Three Angels Broadcasting
Network and the South England
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Conference present:
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Here at Croydon church we join
with a number of other churches
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in the London area as we
work in partnership with 3ABN.
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And as we have our service
here tonight a number of other
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churches are also conducting
their series of meetings,
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all with one purpose,
and that is to lift up
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the name of Jesus Christ.
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And I believe that that is
what will happen this evening.
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Our theme is One Life, One Life.
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And Jesus said, That I have
come that you may have life,
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and that we may have
life more abundantly.
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And it is a joy that we
can work in coalition with 3ABN
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to fulfill this cause.
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And so as Pastor John
Lomacang speaks to us tonight
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on the topic, The Book
That Breathes, may our hearts be
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truly receptive to his words
as they come as an instrument,
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as he is the instrument,
through the Holy Spirit
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working through him.
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Before he speaks, once
again we will have special
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music by Tim Parton.
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I'm finding myself
at a loss for words,
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And the funny
thing is it's okay.
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The last thing I
need is to be heard,
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but to hear
what You have to say.
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So Word of God speak.
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Would you pour down
like rain Washing my eyes
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to see Your majesty?
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To be still and know
That You're in this place?
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Please let me stay
and rest In Your holiness.
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Word of God speak.
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I'm finding myself
in the midst of You.
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Beyond the
music, beyond the noise.
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All that I need is to be
with You, and in the quiet
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to hear Your voice.
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So Word of God speak.
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Would You pour down
like rain Washing my eyes
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to see Your majesty
To be still and know
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That You're in this
place Please let me stay
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And rest In Your holiness
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O Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
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Washing my eyes
to see Your majesty
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To be still and know
That You're in this place.
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Please let me stay
and rest In Your Holiness.
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Word of God speak.
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Amen again! Amen!
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Isn't that a beautiful song?
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It encapsulates the
reason why we're here tonight;
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to allow God's word to speak.
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I am so excited about tonight's
topic, because I know personally
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what the word of God
has done in my own life;
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how the word of God is
empowering, transforming.
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It is a book that breathes.
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It is the only
breathing book on planet earth.
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And so tonight as we open
God's word, this living word,
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this transforming word, this
word that has been sustained
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through the
course of human history.
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The only book that has
survived every human attempt
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of extinction: the word of God.
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This book born from the heart
of God, transferred to the heart
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of man, this book
born in the mind of God
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to convert the mind of man.
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Tonight I bring to you
the book that breathes.
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But before we open God's word,
and have it transform our minds,
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and convert our hearts, we
go before the Lord to ask for
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His presence and power.
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Let us pray. Father in Heaven,
this is an opportunity for
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humanity to be
confronted by the transforming,
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powerful word of God.
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And so Lord, do
what You do best.
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In Jesus' name, Amen.
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I heard the story about a young
lady that met a young man that
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desired so much to
take her out on a date.
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And as they sat in a restaurant
together, she seemed awfully
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uninterested as he
pressed every attempt to gain
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access to her mind; trying to
find one subject after the other
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to spark up a conversation
to gain access to her heart.
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And every attempt he
made it was like missing
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the mark, missing the goal.
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And he continued to file
through the topics that went in
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and out of his mind.
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And then he asked her
the question, Do you read?
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And she said, Yes, I'm
reading a book right now,
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but it is the most
boring book I've ever read.
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And he said, Well, who wrote it?
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And as she mentioned the authors
name, he leaned back in his seat
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in that restaurant and he
said, Well, I wrote that book.
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And all of a sudden she felt
fairly embarrassed that she had
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made such a negative
comment about the book he wrote.
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But that evening and the
next evening they made a plan to
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meet for the next weekend.
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After one week of reading
that book with a different
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determination, and a different
attitude, understanding the
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difference of a relationship;
after one week he met with
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her again and said, How
is the book that I wrote?
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She said, It is the most
wonderful book I've ever read.
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The question is,
What made the difference?
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The difference is relationship.
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The word of God can do
absolutely nothing for us
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without relationship.
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You know, in the Bible, in the
book of Acts 4:31, and I thank
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the Lord for our graphic team.
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They are so kind to
include our graphics.
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But there's a specific Scripture
that I want to begin tonight
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with in Acts 4:31 that
talks about the power of the
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New Testament church.
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And it goes as follows:
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They spoke the word
of God with boldness.
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In other words,
without shame, without fear.
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And one thing our world needs
today is for the word of God to
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be spoken without
fear, and without apology.
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There is no other
book on the planet that
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can transform a life.
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There is no other book on
this globe that can change
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a persons mind
and direction of life.
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When you look at the New
Testament church you find
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twelve times in the book of
Acts the success of the early
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church is described.
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And each time it is
described it is linked to the
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proclamation of the word.
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Empowered lives
begin with a relationship
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with the word of God.
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As you continue reading in the
book of Acts, which is the book
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of the Acts of the Apostles,
you also discover that when they
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went from city to
city, from town to villages,
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when they stood
before the Sanhedrin's,
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when they stood before the
Jews that were not converted,
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when they stood before the
kings, every attempt was made
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to prevent the proclamation,
and the teaching of God's word.
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But the Bible says in Acts
12: 24, I like these words:
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And so tonight allow me to
introduce to you the only living
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book on the
planet, the Word of God.
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Can somebody say Amen? Amen!
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The only book from heaven to
earth that will survive every
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attempt made by humanity
to spell its extinction,
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the only book God
breathed, Holy Spirit inspired,
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it transformed
and changed lives.
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And if it changed lives in the
past, it can change lives today.
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If the preaching of God's word
was needed at the inauguration
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of the church, how much more is
it needed as we prepare for the
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coronation of the church?
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If the word of God was needed
in the early days of the church,
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how much more is God's
word needed today in the
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latter days of the church?
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When Jesus outlined the
conditions of the last days,
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in Matthew 24 He began to
describe a condition that would
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become a worldwide concern.
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Notice, as He spoke to
His disciples privately,
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notice the words that
Jesus conveyed to us today.
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Matthew 24:7, 8.
And Jesus said to them,
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Can you tell me, Are nations
rising against nations today?
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God's word is accurate.
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Thousands of years ago it comes
to fruition before our eyes.
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Together, what else?
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My wife and I live in the
Midwest where 3ABN is located.
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That's the mid-west
of the United States.
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And just a few days ago we heard
that there was an earthquake.
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Now when we lived in California,
the earthquake state,
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we never felt an earthquake.
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We live in the midwest
now, and we are being haunted,
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and hunted by earthquakes.
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The Bible says, There will be
earthquakes in various places;
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meaning places that
earthquakes are not known to be,
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will begin to
occur in the latter days.
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But as you look at
this description of Jesus,
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there's a phrase here that
I like to emphasize even more.
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He used a word that
describes a catastrophe,
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an epidemic, a deprivation.
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He uses the word famine.
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What word did I say? famine,
which is not just a physical
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condition, but I suggest
to you that a famine is a
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Spiritual
condition. Look at Amos 8:11.
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Amos 8:11, and this is a
prophecy that has come to pass
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before our eyes,
especially in our days.
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The Lord said,
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And can I alter that?
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Behold the days are here.
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I can guarantee you that there
are not many places in London
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where crowds are gathering,
where people are pushing against
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one another to
hear the word of God.
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I can guarantee you that
stadiums today are not being
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packed to hear the
word of God. Not in London.
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I can guarantee you in major
cities people are not staying up
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all night to get in
line to hear the word of God.
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But when you read the text
it almost suggests that God is
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the One that is divinely
orchestrating this famine.
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But the reality is when
the Bread of Life is rejected,
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when you fail to eat
that which gives you life,
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the natural result is famine.
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And so today the
world is starving.
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They're not starving for money.
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They're not
starving for entertainment.
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They're not
starving for finances.
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They're not starving for
the things that are temporary.
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But the world is starving.
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The world is emaciated.
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The world is famished.
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Because the world does not
have a diet for the word of God.
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If there's something that people
in London need today it is a
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thirst, and a
hunger for the word of God.
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He said if you hunger and
thirst after righteousness
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you will be filled, which means
anything else you hunger after,
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that is not God's
word, you won't be filled.
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That's where
addictions come from.
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People look for substances
like drugs and alcohol to fill a
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vacuum that can
only be filled by God.
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That's why they become addicted,
because they need more and more.
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But I would say to you that
I've discovered in my own life
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when I'm discouraged, even
as a pastor, when I'm tired,
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when I'm drawn out, when I turn
to God's word it is though the
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light comes back on, and
the power begins to flow again,
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and life begins
to be meaningful.
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When the world
doesn't make sense,
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when politics is leading
us in the wrong direction,
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all you've got to do is open
God's word and you can hear,
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as it were, the voice
of God speaking to the
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needs of humanity.
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A young man called me
one day, and he was...
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When he heard a
series I did on the occult,
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and the entertainment industry.
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He was involved
in a very dark place.
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He was dressing in black,
wearing black fingernails.
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He would always color
his face with black outlines,
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and he was involved in
many of these occult symbols.
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And he said to me, When
I heard about your series,
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it didn't make sense.
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I had no desire; I
didn't want to see it.
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But my teenage friends continued
to press that I would watch it.
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And he said, Sir, the reason
I'm calling you now is because
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God reached me through the word.
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And he said, Now that I
study my Bible, I can almost...
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This is a seventeen year old.
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He said, I can almost hear
God audibly speaking to me.
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Can somebody say Amen? Amen!
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Because he exposed
himself to the only living book,
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the word of God,
the word that speaks.
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And so the question is,
Why is the world famished?
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The reality is the
world is socially motivated.
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But Jesus wants His followers
to be Scripturally motivated.
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Our foundation is
in the word of God.
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I was sitting with a pastor
one time on a television program
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in California, and I remember he
began to shoot questions my way.
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And every question he
posed I responded by saying,
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the word of God says,
or thus says the Lord.
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And he said to me with an
angry face expression, he said,
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Can't you just give
me your opinion without
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saying, The Bible says?
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And I said, Sir, my
opinion doesn't matter.
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If God's word said
it, we can trust it.
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What do you say? Amen!
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But my opinion is like
a cup with holes in it.
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Opinions change, attitudes
change, suggestions change,
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philosophy changes, but the
word of God endures forever.
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Consider some very interesting
facts about the Bible.
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The Bible was written
over a 1500 year period.
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Now how many books can
you think of that were written
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over a 1500 year period,
where the authors are amazingly
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synchronized with one another?
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How many people can go
back to the book of Genesis,
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and then open Revelation
and find such myriad language
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by people that never met
one another? people who are
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separated by
thousands of generations?
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You can open the book of Matthew
and read forty-two generations
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in the very first chapter.
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And then you begin to
discover what was said forty-two
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generations ago, or more
than seven hundred years before,
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was coming to pass
with startling accuracy,
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written by men that had never
even heard each other's name
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except for those who
are alive at the time of the
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fulfillment of God's word.
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God's word stands
fast forever and ever.
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The Bible also is
not a single book,
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but a volume of sixty-six books
written by forty-four authors.
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But the reality of the Bible
is the real author of God's word
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is God Himself.
What do you say? Amen!
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Listen carefully, and
let me move a little quicker.
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2 Timothy 3:16, 17. And
the Bible says about itself:
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All Scripture... How
many Scriptures? all.
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I like another text that says
that, The man of God may not
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be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth.
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I've been in situations
with very educated individuals,
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double degrees, very
intellectual, very esoteric.
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And sometimes I feel very small.
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But then they make the mistake
and tumble on the topic of
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topic of the Bible.
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because that's a
book I'm familiar with.
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And my heart
begins to pulse and beat,
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because that's a
book I'm familiar with.
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And I've seen men with degrees
too long to even know what they
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mean: Th, Dh, Ph,
MA, and I'm thinking
00:19:08.34\00:19:12.91
all I have is a
BA; a born again.
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Come on somebody! Amen!
00:19:14.92\00:19:16.92
And I hear these men recite
philosophies and theories.
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I sat in a class and my
instructor was an atheist.
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And he said to me, as I was
taking in college some courses
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in electronics, and he said..
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he dazzled, and bedazzled,
and captured the minds of the
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students for
about thirty minutes
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until I couldn't take any more.
00:19:33.37\00:19:34.84
And I said, Instructor, I
called him something else,
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but I said Instructor,
can I ask you a question?
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He was a devout atheist.
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I said, Can I ask you something?
00:19:43.81\00:19:45.35
He said, Sure.
Mr. Spa was his name.
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He always stroked his beard.
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He looked very
hippie, as it were.
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And I said, Are
you married? I am.
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I said, Why?
Because I wanted a wife.
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I said, But who said you
need to be married? Well...
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I said, Mr. Spa, could I
take you to the next level?
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If I went to bed with
your wife, would that be wrong?
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Well, of course
it would be wrong.
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Who said? I asked him.
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I said, Mr. Spa, why do we die?
00:20:21.52\00:20:26.79
And he said, Well,
eventually all mechanical
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instruments break down.
00:20:29.36\00:20:31.83
I said, Are you a
mechanical instrument?
00:20:31.86\00:20:33.40
He said, Well, actually not.
00:20:33.43\00:20:34.76
Because we're taking
electronics he knew that he
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was not mechanical.
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He knew that he was physical.
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And we continued back and forth
for about 30 to 45 minutes.
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He entertained me.
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After the class
somebody said to me, Well, what
00:20:45.11\00:20:47.51
church do you belong to?
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And I said, Well, I'm
a Seventh-day Adventist.
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And he said, What's
seven days in advance?
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I said, No,
that's not what I said.
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But when you look at the
Bible you discover that these
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66 books are broken
down: 39 Old Testament books,
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27 New Testament books.
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In other words, the Old
Testament is the New Testament
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concealed, and the New Testament
is the Old Testament revealed.
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And, by the way, when
you continue studying,
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the word testament
simply means covenant.
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It has other meanings,
covenant or contract, testament.
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When you hear people say
that they are New Testament
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Christians it's amazing to me,
because New Testament Christians
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were not New
Testament Christians.
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They were Old
Testament Christians.
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There was no New
Testament in Paul's day.
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There was no New
Testament in John's day.
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There was no New
Testament in Jesus' day.
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They quoted from
the Old Testament.
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So if you're a New Testament
Christian, you have to ask
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the apostle Paul why did
not he have a New Testament.
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It was not even
constructed in his day.
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You find in the Bible people are
often confused about the word
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between testament and covenant.
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And while those words are
interchangeable, they are not
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contextually synonymous.
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Let me give you an example.
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Look at Hebrews 8:10.
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It's going to be on
the screen. The Bible says:
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That's written in
the New Testament.
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But a lot of people
don't know that while that is a
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New Testament testament,
while that is a New Testament
00:22:29.68\00:22:37.45
contract, that contract
was made in the Old Testament.
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Look at the exact
words in Jeremiah 31:33.
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The same exact words.
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People often turn to this and
say, See, this is the covenant
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that the Lord made.
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Whether you go to the Old
Testament or the New Testament,
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you cannot get
away from God's law.
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It is in both
places. What do you say?
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Look at how accurate, and
how synonymous these Scriptures
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are with each other.
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He made that agreement in the
Old Testament, and continued to
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ratify it in the New Testament.
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Long after the ceremonial system
had died off, long after Jesus
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had ascended back to heaven,
long after the apostles began
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to preach to the Gentiles, the
word that God confirmed in the
00:23:33.98\00:23:38.28
Old Testament was
reconfirmed in the New.
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That's why the apostle
Paul says, All Scripture...
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How much Scripture?
all Scripture is given by
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inspiration of God: New
Testament and Old Testament.
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However, the
inspiration came from God,
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but God didn't write it.
00:23:54.70\00:23:56.26
Look at 2 Peter 1:20, 21.
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The inspiration came from
God, but God did not write it.
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The apostle says:
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Let me pause a second
before that goes away.
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In other words, men did not sit
down and decide what to write.
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That's what people say: How can
I trust that? Men wrote that.
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They didn't
decide what to write.
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Let's go on. Verse 21.
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What kind of men?
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The Holy Spirit watched
and guided these scribes,
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guided these men
whose lives were holy.
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As a matter of fact, God's
word is so holy that scribes,
00:24:50.29\00:24:54.52
they talk about how the
word of God was inscribed.
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And when they would get to the
name, when they would get to the
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name in the Bible that described
one of the names of God,
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they would put down one quill
and pick up the other quill
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just to write God's name.
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And when they wrote God's name
they would put that quill down
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and continue writing
the rest with another quill.
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And if they messed up on
the writing of God's name,
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they didn't erase.
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They took the entire
document and threw it away,
00:25:22.28\00:25:24.75
and started all over fresh.
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The word of God was sustained.
00:25:26.99\00:25:29.06
It's not a book of
errors, as some suggest.
00:25:29.09\00:25:31.29
Some people read the word
of God to find its errors.
00:25:31.33\00:25:34.06
You know what? You can
find a mistake in anything.
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Let me tell you
how you can do that.
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Because the Bible says when
your eyes are not spiritual,
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you cannot
discern spiritual things.
00:25:41.70\00:25:43.71
I could look at a science
book and I find a lot of errors,
00:25:43.74\00:25:47.31
because I'm not a scientist.
00:25:47.34\00:25:49.48
But if you're looking for
inspiration, and you pray for
00:25:49.51\00:25:52.95
God to open your eyes, that's
why whenever you study the Bible
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.38
don't open the Bible
like you open your math book.
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If God inspired it,
God can enlighten it.
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The patriarch David
said, The entrance of
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Your word gives light.
00:26:06.73\00:26:08.06
We have somebody that's now in
one of my classes at my church
00:26:08.10\00:26:12.17
there in Thompsonville, and she
recently joined our fellowship.
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And she's in my class.
00:26:16.50\00:26:18.07
And periodically I would see
her, she'd take her pencil out,
00:26:18.11\00:26:22.31
and she'd begin to erase.
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.28
And I'd say, Ah,
Chris, what are you erasing?
00:26:24.31\00:26:26.95
And she'd say, Well, Pastor,
I mean, I was raised to believe
00:26:27.02\00:26:31.95
this, but as I study the Bible,
I'm beginning to see that it
00:26:31.99\00:26:36.89
didn't mean what I
was taught to believe,
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.66
but it means
what God's word says.
00:26:38.69\00:26:41.56
So she says, I'm
erasing my definition
00:26:41.60\00:26:44.67
and putting in
God's definition. Amen!
00:26:44.70\00:26:47.74
Whenever you approach
the word of God opinionated,
00:26:47.77\00:26:51.51
you will always come up
with error, and difficulty.
00:26:51.54\00:26:55.21
But when you search the
Scriptures under the inspiration
00:26:55.24\00:26:58.28
of the Spirit of
God, the lines make sense.
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The entrance of
God's word brings light.
00:27:01.28\00:27:04.05
The entire Bible
was written by men.
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.59
Now let me also
add another component.
00:27:06.62\00:27:09.06
When you read the
phrase in the Bible, God said,
00:27:09.09\00:27:14.00
or God spoke, the words
that follow that are direct
00:27:14.03\00:27:18.93
quotations from God.
00:27:18.97\00:27:20.67
Now let me say that again.
00:27:20.70\00:27:22.24
I don't think you caught that.
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When you read in the Bible, God
said, or God spoke, what's said
00:27:23.77\00:27:33.01
right after that is a
direct quote from God.
00:27:33.05\00:27:36.95
I mean God said it.
00:27:36.99\00:27:38.69
Jeremiah didn't
say it; he wrote it.
00:27:38.75\00:27:41.66
Paul didn't say it; he wrote it.
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.23
John didn't say it; he wrote it.
00:27:44.26\00:27:46.73
In other words God
said, Paul listen to this,
00:27:46.76\00:27:51.57
and write
exactly what I tell you.
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For example, Genesis 1:3.
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Here's an
example. The Bible says:
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Let's read this together.
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Now only God can
bring light out of darkness.
00:28:05.81\00:28:09.28
So when God
speaks things happen.
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.35
When God speaks things happen.
00:28:12.42\00:28:15.49
Only God's word has life in it.
00:28:15.52\00:28:18.53
So another writer said the
word of God is God breathed.
00:28:18.56\00:28:22.53
So when God spoke, when
God said, Let there be light.
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Light listened to
God, and light showed up.
00:28:26.53\00:28:29.74
Amen somebody. Amen!
00:28:29.77\00:28:31.41
God turned the light
on by saying, Lights on!
00:28:31.44\00:28:35.21
God said it, it happened.
00:28:40.45\00:28:42.38
Another example:
Exodus 20:1. Look at this.
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The Bible says:
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How many?
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Now if you know anything about
Exodus 20, Pastor, it is this:
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what follows after that are
the ten commandments of God,
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not the ten suggestions, not
ten multiple choice questions.
00:29:06.41\00:29:12.28
That's why when I read that
it makes my skin crawl to think
00:29:12.31\00:29:18.15
that men that even put
themselves in the category of
00:29:18.19\00:29:21.42
preachers and teachers would
dare to say that the words that
00:29:21.46\00:29:25.99
God spoke are no longer relevant
while God is still alive.
00:29:26.03\00:29:30.50
Doesn't make sense.
00:29:32.17\00:29:33.50
I remember saying to somebody,
God said, but the preacher said.
00:29:33.54\00:29:39.57
So now who do you
believe? God or the preacher?
00:29:39.61\00:29:43.61
And a lot of people
say, Well, my pastor...
00:29:43.65\00:29:45.31
I know what the Bible
says, but my pastor says...
00:29:45.35\00:29:47.72
I said, Well, when you and
your pastor stand before God,
00:29:47.75\00:29:50.75
let's figure out who's
going to be right then.
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.72
Come on somebody! If God says
it, don't let any earthly man or
00:29:52.75\00:29:57.86
prelate, or no matter
how intelligent they may be,
00:29:57.89\00:30:01.60
don't allow anybody earthly
to edit what God has said.
00:30:01.63\00:30:05.30
Don't put a question
mark where God put a period.
00:30:05.33\00:30:07.90
Don't put a question mark where
God put an exclamation point.
00:30:07.94\00:30:11.57
When He exclaims it, it's
clear. What do you say? Amen!
00:30:11.64\00:30:15.24
Also the other component
that repeatedly confirms
00:30:17.38\00:30:20.32
the authenticity of
the Bible is prophecy.
00:30:20.35\00:30:23.59
It is what? prophecy.
00:30:23.62\00:30:25.25
Prophecy is history
concealed, and history
00:30:25.29\00:30:28.92
is prophecy revealed.
00:30:28.96\00:30:30.43
Prophecy is history concealed.
00:30:30.46\00:30:33.83
God says it, and He holds
off and reveals it when history
00:30:33.86\00:30:39.23
begins to unfold before us.
00:30:39.27\00:30:41.40
History now takes us
back and says, Do you remember
00:30:41.44\00:30:44.57
what I said before?
00:30:44.61\00:30:45.94
Look at Isaiah 46:9, 10.
00:30:45.97\00:30:48.64
Prophecy is the only
thing in the Bible that outlines
00:30:48.68\00:30:54.82
the march of human history.
00:30:54.85\00:30:56.28
When I was in high
school I loved history.
00:30:56.32\00:31:01.62
I loved world history.
00:31:02.96\00:31:04.33
And I remember growing up,
and I found in my father's,
00:31:04.36\00:31:09.26
among his old, old books.
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.60
He had a very old history book,
so old that the pages would
00:31:11.63\00:31:16.27
crumble if handled indelicately.
00:31:16.30\00:31:18.47
And I opened that book and
began to slowly turn the pages.
00:31:18.51\00:31:22.84
You know when
something's old you kind of turn
00:31:22.88\00:31:24.88
the page like this.
00:31:24.91\00:31:26.25
And I began to turn
those pages, and began to read.
00:31:26.28\00:31:29.45
And what amazed me is as I
began to become reacquainted
00:31:29.48\00:31:34.52
with the Bible, and began
to dive into Bible prophecy,
00:31:34.56\00:31:37.59
I began to understand.
00:31:37.63\00:31:38.96
Wait a minute, I read this in
the Bible in the book of Daniel,
00:31:38.99\00:31:41.93
in the book of Revelation, and
now I read this history book,
00:31:41.96\00:31:45.10
and it confirms what the prophet
talked about thousands of years
00:31:45.13\00:31:49.64
before, showing that
prophecy is history concealed,
00:31:49.67\00:31:54.08
and history is
prophecy revealed.
00:31:54.11\00:31:56.61
And notice Isaiah 46:9, 10.
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God says this about His word.
00:31:58.61\00:32:00.48
And here's the reason why
we can trust prophecy. He says:
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That's why, as I said a few days
ago, I don't, I don't hang my
00:32:30.58\00:32:36.48
hope on the
words of politicians.
00:32:36.55\00:32:38.35
I hang my hope on
the words of God. Amen!
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.92
Because they make
all kinds of promises
00:32:40.96\00:32:43.46
that they don't fulfill.
00:32:43.49\00:32:44.83
But the Bible says
every word, and every
00:32:44.86\00:32:47.63
promise of God is sure.
00:32:47.66\00:32:49.46
You can trust God's word.
00:32:49.50\00:32:51.20
If He says it... Matter of fact,
in the Bible the Lord says,
00:32:51.23\00:32:55.30
He honors His
word above His name.
00:32:55.34\00:32:58.44
If I said it, you can
take that to the bank.
00:32:58.47\00:33:01.78
Amen somebody! Amen!
00:33:01.84\00:33:03.24
He says, If you can fight it,
that's why we call it promises.
00:33:03.28\00:33:06.01
Some people pray and say, Lord,
You remember what You said?
00:33:06.05\00:33:08.72
God didn't forget, but it's
good to just say, Remember Lord?
00:33:10.09\00:33:13.56
I remember when Moses
prayed about the wayward
00:33:13.59\00:33:17.39
children of Israel.
00:33:17.43\00:33:18.76
Moses said,
Remember what You said, Lord?
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.80
The Lord got so upset
with the Israelites, He says,
00:33:20.83\00:33:22.96
You know what? I want to
wipe them out in the wilderness.
00:33:23.00\00:33:25.43
And Moses said, Wait a minute
Lord, remember what You said?
00:33:25.47\00:33:27.87
That they are
Your special people?
00:33:27.90\00:33:30.21
That You love them.
00:33:30.27\00:33:31.61
That You brought them out
of Egypt because You love them?
00:33:31.64\00:33:33.94
God said, Alright,
alright, I won't do it.
00:33:33.98\00:33:35.31
Now it's not that
Moses was in charge of
00:33:35.91\00:33:40.42
reminding God of anything.
00:33:40.45\00:33:41.92
But Moses, in that example,
was a mediator like Jesus,
00:33:44.22\00:33:48.92
pleading in behalf of
the people that He loved.
00:33:48.99\00:33:53.33
He said, If you do anything,
if you do anything, take my name
00:33:53.36\00:33:56.67
out of the book,
but leave those there.
00:33:56.70\00:33:58.50
That's what Jesus does.
00:33:58.53\00:34:01.04
He'd rather put His life at risk
than have our lives to be lost.
00:34:01.07\00:34:07.11
What a God we
serve. Amen somebody. Amen!
00:34:07.14\00:34:09.71
Archeology also has something
to contribute about the
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.41
authenticity of the Bible.
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.78
Follow me very
carefully tonight.
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.15
This is kind of
esoteric and intellectual,
00:34:15.18\00:34:16.69
but listen to
me as a New Yorker.
00:34:16.72\00:34:18.49
I'll speak as a
person from London, slowly,
00:34:18.52\00:34:20.79
but listen carefully.
00:34:20.82\00:34:22.49
Evidences of archeological
finds that confirm the
00:34:23.53\00:34:27.70
authenticity of the Bible.
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.40
First on the list
is the Moabite Stone.
00:34:29.43\00:34:32.97
Say that
together, the Moabite Stone.
00:34:33.00\00:34:36.50
Connect it to the Moabites.
00:34:36.54\00:34:39.37
This stone was discovered
in 1868 at Dibon, Jordan,
00:34:39.41\00:34:44.25
confirming the Moabite attack
on Israel, and the written
00:34:44.28\00:34:49.08
record of 2 Kings 1:3.
00:34:49.12\00:34:52.05
Up until that particular
point Bible scholars had some
00:34:52.09\00:34:56.59
questions about the
content of the Bible.
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.99
But what God did is God allowed
man to find the documents,
00:34:59.06\00:35:03.57
whether on stone, or on
parchment, or in tubes of clay.
00:35:03.60\00:35:10.04
God allowed men to periodically,
first trust His word by faith,
00:35:10.11\00:35:14.48
and then God turned that faith
into sight by allowing these
00:35:14.51\00:35:18.85
archeological finds to
confirm His word. Amen? Amen!
00:35:18.88\00:35:23.59
Because those are something
called the Lachish Letters
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.95
discovered in 1932 to 1938,
24 miles archeologists say,
00:35:25.99\00:35:31.23
from a place called Beersheba.
00:35:31.26\00:35:32.59
It describes the attack of
Nebuchadnezzar on Jerusalem
00:35:32.66\00:35:35.90
that took place in 586 B.C.
00:35:35.96\00:35:38.97
This was discovered
between 1932 and 1938.
00:35:39.00\00:35:43.57
That is more than
almost 2,000 years earlier.
00:35:43.61\00:35:48.91
This event occurred
almost 2,000 years later,
00:35:48.94\00:35:54.22
the evidence of
this event was unfolded.
00:35:54.25\00:35:57.25
So what happened to the people
that read the Bible about this
00:35:57.29\00:36:01.22
event before this
archeological find?
00:36:01.29\00:36:04.13
They trusted
God's word by faith.
00:36:04.16\00:36:06.96
The Bible says, Without faith
it is impossible to please Him.
00:36:07.00\00:36:11.13
You cannot confirm
everything in God's word.
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.70
Somewhere along the
way you've got to believe,
00:36:13.74\00:36:16.24
If He's God, I
can trust Him. Amen!
00:36:16.27\00:36:20.74
If God is love, and He
loved me so much He gave
00:36:21.88\00:36:25.18
His only Son to save me;
if He is God, I can trust Him.
00:36:25.21\00:36:29.22
I don't know anybody
that I can trust 100%.
00:36:29.25\00:36:32.75
Now I can trust my wife.
00:36:32.79\00:36:35.12
Amen lights.
Everybody else has to earn it.
00:36:41.50\00:36:45.77
We can have God's trust always.
00:36:45.80\00:36:50.47
In every circumstance, in every
situation God can be trusted.
00:36:50.51\00:36:55.11
Let me move on. Also
on the archeological find
00:36:55.14\00:36:58.31
is the Cyrus Cylinders.
00:36:58.35\00:37:00.52
Say that, the what? Cyrus
Cylinder containing the records
00:37:00.58\00:37:04.09
of the Persian king Cyrus,
and his overthrow of Babylon,
00:37:04.12\00:37:07.62
and the deliverance of
the children of Israel.
00:37:07.66\00:37:10.49
You'll find it in
Daniel, in the book of Daniel.
00:37:10.53\00:37:14.63
Babylon in prophecy was
proceeded by Medo Persia,
00:37:14.66\00:37:18.73
proceeded by
Greece, proceeded by Rome.
00:37:18.77\00:37:23.34
And the Bible predicted
prophetically that the last
00:37:23.37\00:37:26.57
reigning kingdom on earth
would be the Roman Empire.
00:37:26.61\00:37:29.78
Now let me ask you a question.
00:37:29.81\00:37:31.18
What power on earth has
more influence with political,
00:37:33.01\00:37:37.19
and religious leaders on earth
other than the Vatican in Rome?
00:37:37.22\00:37:41.52
Predicted
thousands of years ago.
00:37:41.56\00:37:44.96
God said that's going
to be the last kingdom.
00:37:44.99\00:37:47.73
Rome is going to rule the earth
politically and religiously.
00:37:47.76\00:37:52.03
God's word has been confirmed.
00:37:52.07\00:37:53.74
Can you say Amen? Amen!
00:37:53.77\00:37:55.44
Also the Rosetta Stone,
discovered in 1799 in Egypt
00:37:55.47\00:38:00.01
by Napoleon's scientists,
written in three languages:
00:38:00.04\00:38:03.35
hieroglyphics,
demotic's, and Greek.
00:38:03.38\00:38:05.68
When they unlock the
understanding of the ancient
00:38:05.71\00:38:08.85
languages of hieroglyphics,
demotic's, and Greek,
00:38:08.88\00:38:11.85
it began to confirm the
authenticity of the Bible.
00:38:11.89\00:38:15.16
Because they looked at
these ancient languages,
00:38:15.19\00:38:17.53
and the translators were now
able to get the keys and begin
00:38:17.56\00:38:21.93
to see that the word of God was
clear, and they began to sharpen
00:38:21.96\00:38:26.13
and tighten the translations.
00:38:26.17\00:38:28.00
That's why you have, and
let me make it very clear,
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.17
that's why you have
the King James Version
00:38:30.21\00:38:32.94
and the New King James Version.
00:38:32.97\00:38:35.11
Some people say, Well, if
the King James Version was good
00:38:35.14\00:38:37.85
enough for the apostles,
it's good enough for me.
00:38:37.88\00:38:39.58
You'll get that tomorrow.
00:38:39.61\00:38:41.65
The King James Version was
simply financed by king James,
00:38:43.25\00:38:47.36
not written by king James.
00:38:47.39\00:38:49.26
Some people think, Well,
king James was a corrupt man.
00:38:49.29\00:38:52.49
Yes, he was, but he had money.
00:38:52.53\00:38:53.86
He financed the translation.
00:38:53.90\00:38:56.23
Thank God he didn't write it.
00:38:56.26\00:38:58.20
But the New King James version
came along and tightened up
00:38:59.70\00:39:02.50
some for the understanding
of the words in Hebrew, Aramaic
00:39:02.54\00:39:07.14
in the book of Daniel, and
also Greek in the New Testament.
00:39:07.18\00:39:09.68
For example, you find in
Genesis when Satan said to Eve,
00:39:09.71\00:39:14.35
You shall be as god's, plural,
small g, knowing good and evil.
00:39:14.38\00:39:20.82
But in the original translation
the word there for god's that
00:39:21.16\00:39:24.56
was in the King James is Elohim
in the Hebrew, which is not a
00:39:24.59\00:39:28.56
little god, but the supreme God.
00:39:28.60\00:39:30.53
So in the New King James Version
they don't use the small god
00:39:30.57\00:39:35.00
plural, but they use capital God
singular, because Israel knew
00:39:35.04\00:39:40.08
The Lord our God He is One God.
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.51
There is no God like Him.
00:39:42.54\00:39:44.45
Amen somebody. Amen!
00:39:44.48\00:39:45.81
So when you look at the
translations the reason why
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.35
there is the New King James
Version; he is simply tightening
00:39:47.38\00:39:50.85
up the translation, but
not changing the context.
00:39:50.89\00:39:54.06
The meaning is the same.
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.49
Then you have also the Dead
Sea Scrolls, discovered in 1948.
00:39:55.52\00:40:01.60
But get this, they date
back to 150 to 170 B.C.,
00:40:01.63\00:40:07.50
and they contain almost
all of the Old Testament
00:40:07.54\00:40:10.74
except the book of Esther.
00:40:10.77\00:40:12.11
Almost all the Old Testament
except the book of Esther.
00:40:13.17\00:40:16.54
Theologians became excited when
they found the Dead Sea Scrolls.
00:40:16.58\00:40:22.08
It was the find that
shook the theological world.
00:40:22.12\00:40:26.15
Because all of a sudden
this book that was doubted by
00:40:26.19\00:40:28.79
atheists and agnostics, and
people said this book is not
00:40:28.82\00:40:32.06
a book other than just something
devised by human minds.
00:40:32.09\00:40:35.50
When they found the Dead Sea
Scrolls in 1948, people began to
00:40:35.53\00:40:39.93
be excited, and for the
first time there was a revival.
00:40:39.97\00:40:43.14
People began to
treasure their Bibles
00:40:43.17\00:40:45.61
as it is the
authoritative word of God. Amen!
00:40:45.64\00:40:49.84
But three very quick facts about
the authenticity of the Bible:
00:40:49.88\00:40:53.01
one is our dating system.
00:40:54.25\00:40:55.92
This is the
universally undeniable fact:
00:40:58.95\00:41:01.99
our dating
system, B.C. versus A.D.
00:41:02.02\00:41:06.76
Today is September.
00:41:06.80\00:41:09.30
I don't want to give the date.
00:41:09.33\00:41:10.67
But what year is
it somebody tell me.
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.03
2000 what? 16, 2016
A.D., Latin for anno domini.
00:41:13.90\00:41:22.98
meaning in the year of our Lord.
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.48
B.C. is before Christ, A.D. is
anno domini, in the year of our
00:41:26.51\00:41:33.09
Lord, meaning A.D.
couldn't be until Jesus came.
00:41:33.12\00:41:41.26
There could be no
A.D. without Jesus.
00:41:43.23\00:41:45.40
So while people may think of
him as a prophet or a good man,
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.97
or a good teacher, and for the
fact of the matter they cannot
00:41:50.01\00:41:53.81
find where He's buried, because
He's not dead, He's alive. Amen!
00:41:53.84\00:41:57.51
There could not be
a B.C. without a J.C.
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.35
Come on, help me out.
00:42:02.38\00:42:03.92
Without Jesus Christ
there could be no A.D. or B.C.
00:42:03.95\00:42:07.16
He is the dividing line between
the past and the present.
00:42:07.19\00:42:10.43
That's why He says, I
am the alpha and the omega,
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.09
the beginning and the
end, the first and the last.
00:42:13.13\00:42:16.26
He is the dividing line in
human history between hope lost,
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.20
and hope regained.
00:42:19.23\00:42:20.64
He is the dividing line
between I am eternally lost,
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.57
and I can be eternally saved.
00:42:23.61\00:42:25.21
He is the dividing line.
00:42:25.24\00:42:26.81
Somebody ought
to say Amen. Amen!
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.54
I don't need to preach, I'm just
teaching tonight, by the way.
00:42:28.58\00:42:31.18
The second fact of three about
the authenticity of God's word
00:42:31.21\00:42:34.88
is the seven day week.
00:42:34.92\00:42:36.25
Follow me very
carefully. This is huge!
00:42:36.28\00:42:39.02
When you argue with the Bible
you find yourself in a blender.
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.43
But don't press the button.
00:42:43.46\00:42:45.39
The day can be astronomatically
confirmed, the twenty-four hour
00:42:47.26\00:42:53.30
day, simply defined
by the earth's rotation
00:42:53.34\00:42:56.10
around its own axis.
00:42:56.14\00:42:57.47
It takes
approximately twenty-four hours,
00:42:57.51\00:43:00.11
specifically twenty-three
hours and fifty-six minutes,
00:43:00.14\00:43:02.68
which is why we
need a leap year.
00:43:02.71\00:43:04.05
It can be
confirmed astronomically.
00:43:05.48\00:43:07.35
It is a fact. It
cannot be denied.
00:43:07.38\00:43:11.85
Twenty-four hours from
now I'll be standing here.
00:43:11.89\00:43:15.52
Come and look for me.
00:43:15.56\00:43:16.89
I will be here. Amen somebody.
00:43:16.93\00:43:18.39
If God gives me life,
by His grace I'll be here.
00:43:18.43\00:43:21.30
That's a fact. We
have sunup and sundown.
00:43:21.33\00:43:23.97
The news reporters, they can...
00:43:24.00\00:43:26.60
This is amazing. Astronomers,
or as they would say,
00:43:26.63\00:43:30.44
meteorologists, can date
back, turn the clock back,
00:43:30.47\00:43:34.74
and tell you exactly
what time it was 25 years ago,
00:43:34.78\00:43:38.75
50 years ago, 200 years ago.
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.95
They can date, because
these things are like a
00:43:40.98\00:43:43.25
cadence; they continue.
00:43:43.28\00:43:44.62
The sun goes up,
the sun comes down.
00:43:44.65\00:43:46.32
During Bible times that's
how they knew what time it was;
00:43:46.35\00:43:49.96
from sunrise to sunrise.
00:43:49.99\00:43:52.53
They called it sunset.
00:43:52.56\00:43:54.06
And, by the way,
twelve o'clock at night is not
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.56
the beginning of a new day.
00:43:56.60\00:43:57.93
That's called what?
midnight, which means the day
00:43:57.97\00:44:01.17
began a long time ago.
00:44:01.20\00:44:02.54
Before you had a watch, when
the sun set the day was over.
00:44:02.57\00:44:06.07
Ask a farmer. They go to
bed when the sun goes away.
00:44:06.11\00:44:08.98
They wake up
before the sun comes up.
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.78
The day ends when
the sun goes down.
00:44:11.81\00:44:15.48
As Christians we
say, Happy New Years when
00:44:15.52\00:44:18.19
the sun disappears.
00:44:18.22\00:44:19.55
But the world
says it at midnight.
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.22
Nothing wrong with that, but
you ought to know it's called
00:44:21.26\00:44:23.12
midnight, because
that's the middle of the night.
00:44:23.16\00:44:26.09
Noon is called midday.
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.66
The day does not begin at noon.
00:44:28.70\00:44:31.00
But there's
something else that can also be
00:44:31.03\00:44:32.50
astronomically confirmed;
the lunar cycle, defined by the
00:44:32.53\00:44:36.64
moon's orbit around the earth.
00:44:36.67\00:44:38.34
That's where we get the
four conditions of the moon:
00:44:38.37\00:44:40.84
the quarter moon, the half
moon, the three-quarter moon,
00:44:40.88\00:44:45.68
the full moon. It takes
approximately twenty-nine
00:44:45.71\00:44:49.28
to thirty days for
the moon to complete its
00:44:49.32\00:44:51.79
rotation around the earth.
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.46
It's called the lunar
cycle. It is confirmed.
00:44:53.49\00:44:57.26
It's full moon tonight.
00:44:57.29\00:44:58.63
Where is the moon?
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.00
It's about to come
back to quarter, then half,
00:45:00.03\00:45:03.50
then three-quarter,
and that is undeniable.
00:45:03.53\00:45:06.03
That's why we have the month.
00:45:06.07\00:45:08.24
That is
confirmed by the heavens.
00:45:08.27\00:45:10.24
God put that into rotation.
00:45:10.27\00:45:12.17
Then also the year.
00:45:12.21\00:45:13.71
The year has four seasons.
00:45:14.81\00:45:16.58
Why? because it is defined
by the earth's orbit around
00:45:16.61\00:45:20.38
the sun, which takes
approximately 365 days.
00:45:20.42\00:45:25.25
And every four years we
get a leap year to fit in that
00:45:25.29\00:45:28.42
inaccuracy of human calculation.
00:45:28.46\00:45:30.89
But I want to say this.
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.26
Humans may not be
as accurate as God.
00:45:32.29\00:45:34.53
Can I resay that? Humans will
never be as accurate as God.
00:45:34.56\00:45:39.00
So we need to add a leap
year to catch up with God.
00:45:39.03\00:45:42.54
365 days, so we have
astronomical fact for the day,
00:45:42.57\00:45:47.31
the month, the year.
00:45:47.34\00:45:48.68
And here's how the
Bible confirms that.
00:45:48.71\00:45:50.88
Look at Genesis 1:14.
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.61
The accuracy of our time keeping
system was set up by God.
00:45:52.65\00:45:56.75
God set up the
accuracy of our time system.
00:46:15.84\00:46:19.41
You see, God is not
discovering what we created,
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.68
we're
discovering what God created.
00:46:22.71\00:46:24.41
All these digital
devices aren't nothing for God.
00:46:24.45\00:46:29.05
I can tell you, God is
digital, and He's analog.
00:46:29.08\00:46:31.99
Come on somebody. Amen!
00:46:32.02\00:46:33.36
He's metric as well as
whatever we have in the
00:46:33.39\00:46:35.69
United States; imperial.
00:46:35.72\00:46:38.39
We are not
informing God about anything.
00:46:39.83\00:46:42.16
We are discovering what
God always knew existed.
00:46:42.20\00:46:46.07
Now let me blow your mind.
00:46:46.10\00:46:49.44
Are you ready?
Hold onto your mind.
00:46:49.47\00:46:51.54
We have astronomical proof
for the day, for the month,
00:46:51.57\00:46:56.01
and for the year, but there is
no astronomical authentication
00:46:56.04\00:47:00.35
for the seven day week
except in the Bible. Amen!
00:47:00.38\00:47:04.75
Get rid of the Bible,
you lose the seven day week.
00:47:04.79\00:47:07.69
Deny the existence
of God, then get rid
00:47:07.72\00:47:10.43
of the seven day week.
00:47:10.46\00:47:11.79
You don't have a week,
because you can't find the week
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.66
anywhere but the Bible.
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.03
So deny the very
book that gives the week,
00:47:16.70\00:47:18.90
the seven day
week its authenticity.
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Are you ready? Here's the week.
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Genesis 1:5. It's
not on the screen.
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Genesis 1:5. The first day,
the Bible gives it: first day,
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second day, third
day, fourth day, fifth day,
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sixth day, and seventh day.
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The Bible says, On the
first day God separated
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the light from the darkness.
00:47:35.85\00:47:37.19
The second day He
created the firmament.
00:47:37.22\00:47:38.95
There was a time when there
was a canopy that surrounded
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the earth like a filter.
00:47:41.46\00:47:43.06
It did not rain for a long time.
00:47:43.09\00:47:44.69
That's why when the flood
was predicted men thought that
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.63
Noah was out of his mind.
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.00
It's going to
rain? It never rained!
00:47:49.03\00:47:50.37
Plants were watered by a
mist that came from the ground,
00:47:50.40\00:47:53.34
and a perfect temperature
about 72 degrees all year long.
00:47:53.37\00:47:57.77
How would you like London
to be 72 degrees all year long?
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Not sticky, hot, and
humid, but the way God
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always intended it to be.
00:48:04.31\00:48:05.65
That was the firmament.
00:48:05.68\00:48:07.35
The third day God
created the grass,
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the plants, the fruit trees.
00:48:09.72\00:48:11.05
The fourth day the
sun, the moon, the stars,
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that govern the seasons.
00:48:13.59\00:48:15.19
The fifth day God created all
sea creatures, and all birds.
00:48:15.22\00:48:18.89
And the sixth day God created
land creatures, invertebrates,
00:48:18.93\00:48:24.93
which means including insects,
and non-insects; all the creepy
00:48:24.97\00:48:28.37
stuff; the grasshoppers.
00:48:28.40\00:48:29.74
They were all in
that same category.
00:48:29.77\00:48:31.11
And God also created
humanity on the sixth day.
00:48:31.14\00:48:34.54
Now for the fact that all these
things exist; they didn't get
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here by coincidence.
00:48:38.55\00:48:39.88
Come on somebody;
help me out. Amen!
00:48:39.91\00:48:41.68
And how was it that monkeys
that look like monkeys 4,000
00:48:41.72\00:48:46.42
years ago, still
look like monkeys?
00:48:46.45\00:48:48.26
Aren't no evolutionary process!
00:48:48.29\00:48:51.06
You can find a canary
3,000 years ago that looked
00:48:51.09\00:48:54.26
like a canary today.
00:48:54.30\00:48:55.63
You can find a bald
eagle 5,000 years ago,
00:48:55.66\00:48:59.53
and a bald eagle today.
00:48:59.57\00:49:01.77
He's still bald; no
change in his design.
00:49:01.80\00:49:05.97
I also discovered that you did
not need every species of dogs
00:49:06.01\00:49:10.51
to produce all the
species we have today.
00:49:10.55\00:49:12.78
For example, the
Doberman pincher.
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It's a combination
of two kinds of species.
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And you'll find in the DNA that
God created in His creation,
00:49:17.42\00:49:22.86
is the ability to not only
procreate, but to create in
00:49:22.89\00:49:27.33
animal kingdom
species after their own kind.
00:49:27.36\00:49:31.90
In other words, a dog will never
create a cat, and a cat could
00:49:31.93\00:49:35.87
never make a bird.
00:49:35.90\00:49:37.24
The theory of
evolution is insane.
00:49:37.27\00:49:39.67
You've got to have
faith to believe that.
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.68
You need more faith to believe
evolution than you need to
00:49:43.71\00:49:46.75
simply accept God did it.
00:49:46.78\00:49:48.28
Well, what did God
do on the seventh day?
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Genesis 2:1-3. First, second,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth.
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What did God do on the seventh?
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Here's how the
week was completed.
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Now, do you wonder why the Devil
wants to get rid of the Bible?
00:50:26.39\00:50:30.53
If he can get rid of the
Bible, He can get rid of the
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seventh day, which is the
only day that God blessed.
00:50:33.96\00:50:37.53
That's why what's
happening in our world today...
00:50:37.57\00:50:39.67
And we'll talk about this
in a couple of nights from now.
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What's happening in our
world today is substitutionary,
00:50:42.30\00:50:45.87
trying to find in what God
never blessed, the blessing that
00:50:45.91\00:50:51.48
can only be found
in what God did bless.
00:50:51.51\00:50:53.62
That's why when you read
the Bible you'll understand why
00:50:53.65\00:50:58.65
Isaiah the
prophet wrote these words.
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.52
Listen to what he said.
00:51:00.56\00:51:01.89
God is saying.
00:51:06.76\00:51:08.10
In other words, today whatever
God says is going to happen
00:51:22.44\00:51:25.41
the way God said it. Amen!
00:51:25.45\00:51:27.25
The confirmation is
clearly times and season,
00:51:27.28\00:51:30.72
the seven day week.
00:51:30.75\00:51:32.09
And the third most confirming
thing of the accuracy,
00:51:32.12\00:51:35.06
and authenticity of
God's word is prophecy.
00:51:35.09\00:51:37.46
We'll talk about
prophecy in a few nights.
00:51:37.49\00:51:39.53
Give you some prophecies to
show you how God's word can be
00:51:39.56\00:51:42.00
continually trusted.
00:51:42.03\00:51:43.37
We are where we are
today not by human accident.
00:51:43.40\00:51:46.10
And, by the way, you'll
also discover that in the Bible
00:51:46.13\00:51:48.37
American plays a role in
the events of the last days.
00:51:48.40\00:51:51.34
Prophecy, accurate to the
T, and, by the way, Daniel also
00:51:51.37\00:51:55.44
outlined a prophecy describing
and predicting the exact moment
00:51:56.34\00:52:01.12
of the arrival of the ministry
of Jesus, which today so many
00:52:01.15\00:52:06.15
have thwarted and distorted.
00:52:06.19\00:52:07.52
That prophecy
was about the Christ.
00:52:09.02\00:52:10.83
But for those who did
not understand that prophecy,
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.33
they have made it
apply now to the antichrist.
00:52:13.36\00:52:15.56
And we have this ridiculous
teaching today called,
00:52:15.60\00:52:18.13
The Rapture Theory, which points
to the antichrist, when in fact
00:52:18.17\00:52:22.84
that prophecy was
pointing to the Christ.
00:52:22.87\00:52:25.44
And finally we have atheism.
00:52:25.47\00:52:27.84
And atheism, in the broadest
sense, is the absence of belief
00:52:27.88\00:52:31.71
in the existence of God.
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.42
In a less broader sense, atheism
is the rejection of the belief
00:52:33.45\00:52:37.35
in any existence of God.
00:52:37.39\00:52:39.89
And even narrower than that, is
the position that no God exists.
00:52:39.92\00:52:44.03
Now get this for a moment.
00:52:44.06\00:52:45.39
Atheism denies, and they
say that the evidence for the
00:52:45.43\00:52:49.13
existence of God is missing.
00:52:49.16\00:52:51.10
The evidence for the
existence of God was missing.
00:52:51.13\00:52:54.50
So when asked, What's missing?
00:52:54.54\00:52:57.31
They can't tell
you what's missing.
00:52:57.34\00:52:59.44
They just said, The
evidence is missing.
00:52:59.47\00:53:01.54
Now if something was missing
out of your purse, would you say
00:53:01.58\00:53:04.31
that unless you
knew it was missing?
00:53:04.35\00:53:05.68
Absolutely not! So to say
it's missing, and you don't know
00:53:05.71\00:53:09.02
what's missing, is to say, No,
what's missing is your logic.
00:53:09.05\00:53:12.59
There is no missing evidence.
00:53:12.62\00:53:14.62
All you've got to
do is look around you.
00:53:14.66\00:53:17.06
The earth is the Lord's,
and the fullness thereof.
00:53:17.09\00:53:20.70
I want to tell you some
more, but I'll leave this
00:53:20.73\00:53:23.43
for tomorrow night.
00:53:23.47\00:53:24.80
I want to tell you
friends, God can be trusted.
00:53:24.83\00:53:28.34
The other reasons for
the existence of God is the
00:53:28.37\00:53:31.87
complexity of our planet,
its design, our universe.
00:53:31.91\00:53:36.48
Scientists have said there
is nothing else designed so
00:53:36.51\00:53:40.08
completely like the
earth that its size is perfect.
00:53:40.12\00:53:43.72
Scientists say that if the earth
were any smaller it could not
00:53:43.75\00:53:47.36
sustain life, like Mercury.
00:53:47.39\00:53:49.62
Any larger it could not
sustain humanity, like Jupiter.
00:53:49.66\00:53:53.76
The nitrogen content would
be much too great for human
00:53:53.80\00:53:57.17
life to be sustained.
00:53:57.20\00:53:58.53
And so tonight we find ourselves
confronting the word of God.
00:53:58.57\00:54:02.17
The word of God is undeniable.
00:54:02.20\00:54:04.04
The word of God
cannot be denied.
00:54:04.07\00:54:06.27
And so I end tonight with this
Scripture that I want to take
00:54:06.31\00:54:08.51
you to down to 2 Timothy 4:2, 5.
00:54:08.54\00:54:10.85
Go down to the last
Scripture for those of you
00:54:10.88\00:54:12.65
on the graphics tonight.
00:54:12.68\00:54:14.02
That's why our
commission is preach the word.
00:54:14.05\00:54:17.02
What is our commission friends?
00:54:17.05\00:54:18.39
We have arrived.
00:54:30.27\00:54:31.60
They don't want to
believe God's word.
00:54:36.37\00:54:37.87
So tonight let me end.
00:54:49.98\00:54:51.32
Let's talk about the
most powerful weapon on earth.
00:54:51.35\00:54:53.86
It can outlast any
slaughter, and transform
00:54:53.89\00:54:56.62
any life; God's word.
00:54:56.66\00:54:57.99
It can humble the exalted, and
educate the simple, God's word.
00:54:58.03\00:55:01.56
It is a light in
darkness, a pathway to the lost.
00:55:01.60\00:55:04.83
It can encourage the
weak, and comfort the weary.
00:55:04.87\00:55:06.84
If you are
hungry it will feed you.
00:55:06.87\00:55:08.77
If you are thirsty
it will soothe you.
00:55:08.80\00:55:10.64
I speak of nothing
other than the Holy Bible.
00:55:10.67\00:55:13.41
The book reveals the
mind of God, the state of man,
00:55:13.44\00:55:15.61
the way of
salvation, the doom of sinners,
00:55:15.64\00:55:17.45
the happiness of believers.
00:55:17.48\00:55:19.05
Its precepts are binding.
00:55:19.08\00:55:20.78
Its history is true.
00:55:20.82\00:55:22.18
And its decisions are immutable.
00:55:22.22\00:55:24.72
Read it to be wise.
00:55:24.75\00:55:26.19
Believe it to be saved.
00:55:26.22\00:55:27.56
And practice it to be holy.
00:55:27.59\00:55:29.02
It contains light to
direct you, food to support you,
00:55:29.06\00:55:32.39
and comfort to cheer you.
00:55:32.43\00:55:33.83
It is the traveler's
map, the Christian charter.
00:55:33.86\00:55:36.63
It can't lie, but it can
detect one. Amen somebody!
00:55:36.67\00:55:39.83
It has no pulse, and
yet it breathes and lives.
00:55:39.87\00:55:42.77
In it paradise is
restored, heaven opened,
00:55:42.80\00:55:45.47
the gates of hell are closed.
00:55:45.51\00:55:46.84
Christ is the grand
theme, our good it's design,
00:55:46.88\00:55:50.25
and the glory of God its end.
00:55:50.28\00:55:52.35
Read it slowly,
frequently, and prayerfully.
00:55:52.38\00:55:55.05
It is a mine of
wealth, a paradise of glory,
00:55:55.08\00:55:57.55
and a river of pleasure.
00:55:57.59\00:55:59.05
It will reward the greatest
labor, and condemn all who
00:55:59.09\00:56:02.39
trifle with its sacred contents.
00:56:02.42\00:56:04.63
Paul turned the
world upside down with it.
00:56:04.66\00:56:06.90
Elijah called
down fire through it,
00:56:06.93\00:56:09.16
and God created the world by it.
00:56:09.20\00:56:11.37
What do you say? Amen!
00:56:11.40\00:56:12.73
It can't be stopped,
prevented, denied, or destroyed.
00:56:12.77\00:56:15.37
It will outlive any
novel, and outlast any show.
00:56:15.40\00:56:18.01
The word of God
is divine, dynamic,
00:56:18.04\00:56:20.98
didactic, and delightful.
00:56:21.01\00:56:23.11
It is a conundrum to the proud,
and a solution to the humble.
00:56:23.14\00:56:26.35
It can open and close
your eyes at the same time.
00:56:26.38\00:56:29.18
It can confuse the scoffer,
and enlighten the seeker.
00:56:29.22\00:56:32.35
The book, the book of books, the
book of life, the book of God,
00:56:32.39\00:56:35.16
the Bible, the
revelation of God to man.
00:56:35.19\00:56:37.19
But it comes with a
warning, and here it is.
00:56:37.23\00:56:39.76
This book will
keep you from sin,
00:56:39.79\00:56:41.80
or sin will keep
you from this book.
00:56:41.83\00:56:43.77
Reading, confessing this
book will terrify the Devil,
00:56:43.80\00:56:46.87
stupefy the rebellious, mystify
the world, pacify the critic,
00:56:46.90\00:56:50.57
ratify the
covenant, edify the church,
00:56:50.61\00:56:52.37
magnify the
word, and glorify God.
00:56:52.41\00:56:54.64
And guess what? It is still the
best selling book of all time.
00:56:54.68\00:56:57.58
What do you say? Amen!
00:56:57.61\00:56:58.95
So tonight, tonight we're going
to ask God's word to speak.
00:56:58.98\00:57:02.18
God's word, the undeniable,
undeniable, champion of truth.
00:57:02.22\00:57:09.19
Tonight we're going to sing
that song together, Tim and I.
00:57:09.22\00:57:11.93
And if you know it, I want
you to join with us tonight.
00:57:11.96\00:57:14.56
Word of God speak;
pour down like rain.
00:57:14.60\00:57:17.43
God's word is a powerful book.
00:57:17.47\00:57:19.23
Let's sing this song together.
00:57:19.27\00:57:20.60
Word of God speak; Let
it pour down like rain,
00:57:20.64\00:57:28.11
Washing my eyes
to see Your majesty.
00:57:28.14\00:57:35.55
To be still and know
That You're in this place.
00:57:35.58\00:57:42.12
Please let me stay
and rest in Your holiness.
00:57:42.16\00:57:49.86
Word of God speak.
00:57:49.90\00:57:52.73
Would You pour down like rain?
00:57:52.77\00:57:56.50
Washing my eyes
to see Your majesty.
00:57:56.54\00:58:04.11
To be still and know
You're in this place.
00:58:04.15\00:58:10.59
Please let me stay
and rest in Your holiness.
00:58:10.62\00:58:18.56
Word of God speak.
00:58:18.59\00:58:21.66