AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>IN OUR MESSAGE TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE
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MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY.
THERE ARE THREE DIVINE EQUAL,
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ETERNAL PERSONS THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN YOUR CREATION
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AND IN YOUR REDEMPTION.
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>>IN OUR MESSAGE TODAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE
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MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY.
THE TRINITY IS PROBABLY ONE OF
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THE DEEPEST AND MOST SUBLIME,
PROFOUND SUBJECTS THAT WE COULD
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EXPLORE. IN OUR
PRAYER, PREPARING FOR THE
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SERVICE, OUR BROTHER JUST SAID
'WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PASTOR
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DOUG EXPLAINING THIS MYSTERY.'
I WANT TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT
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WILL STILL BE A MYSTERY
WHEN THE SERMON IS OVER.
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SO I'M NOT GOING TO PRESUME THAT
I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNLOCK
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ALL THE
MYSTERIES OF GOD FOR YOU.
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THIS IS A MYSTERY THAT WE WILL
DELVE INTO A LITTLE BIT TOGETHER
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AND THERE'LL BE MANY THINGS
THAT ARE STILL VERY MYSTERIOUS
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ABOUT IT. IT'S
LIKE YOU AND I TRYING TO
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LOOK AT THE COSMOS
THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
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SO IN THE BIBLE, WHEN WE TRY
TO UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERY OF THE
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TRINITY, WE'RE
VENTURING ON HOLY GROUND.
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IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE
INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO TAKE MY
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SHOES OFF DURING THIS SERMON.
THE CARPET WOULD FEEL PRETTY
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GOOD, I KNOW, BUT IT
MIGHT BE A DISTRACTION FOR YOU.
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BUT IT IS HOLY GROUND
AND THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR:
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WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND GOD.
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LET ME JUST GIVE
YOU A FEW VERSES.
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IN FACT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE
A PENCIL HANDY, WE'LL BE LOOKING
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AT A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TODAY
AND I'LL BE READING THEM QUICKLY
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SO AS TO COVER
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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"'FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR
THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY
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WAYS,' SAYS THE LORD, 'FOR AS
THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE
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EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER
THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS
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THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.'" GOD
IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN WE CAN
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COMPREHEND. PSALM 145, VERSE 3,
"GREAT IS THE LORD, AND GREATLY
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TO BE PRAISED; AND HIS
GREATNESS IS UNSEARCHABLE."
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NOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SAVED -
AND I PRAY I AM - I PRAY YOU ARE
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- THAT'S WHY
WE'RE ALL HERE, RIGHT?
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YOU'LL LIVE FOR HOW LONG?
FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER.
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WILL YOU EVER SAY
'I UNDERSTAND GOD'?
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SO IF THROUGH ETERNITY WE KNOW
THAT WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
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FULLY COMPREHEND GOD - YOU HAVE
TO BE GOD TO UNDERSTAND GOD -
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THEN HOW MUCH CAN
WE KNOW IN THIS LIFE?
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BUT THE LORD DOES WANT US
TO KNOW WHAT HE'S REVEALED.
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BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS
IS A BIG SUBJECT AND WE'RE NOT
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CLAIMING THAT WE
CAN UNPACK IT FOR YOU.
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AGAIN, ROMANS 11:33, "OH, THE
DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE
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WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS
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JUDGMENTS AND HIS
WAYS PAST FINDING OUT?"
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PAST FINDING OUT. JOB
26:14, "INDEED THESE ARE THE
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MERE EDGES OF HIS WAYS, AND HOW
SMALL A WHISPER WE HEAR OF HIM!
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BUT THE THUNDER OF HIS
POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND?"
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HERE IN THIS WORLD WE JUST GET
A FRAGMENT OF A WHISPER OF WHAT
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THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT GOD, BUT
WHO CAN COMPREHEND THE THUNDER?
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'WHAT'S THUNDER
COMPARED TO A WHISPER?'
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- IS WHAT JOB IS
SAYING. WHO CAN UNDERSTAND?
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JOHN WESLEY SAID, 'BRING ME A
WORM THAT CAN COMPREHEND A MAN
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AND I'LL SHOW YOU A MAN THAT CAN
COMPREHEND THE TRIUNE GOD.' SO I
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JUST WANTED TO LAY THE
GROUNDWORK HERE THAT I'M NOT
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PRETENDING THAT I'M NOW GOING TO
REVEAL THE MYSTERY OF GOD OR THE
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TRINITY, BUT LET'S LOOK AT SOME
THINGS THAT ARE REVEALED IN THE
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BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND
THIS AS WELL AS WE CAN.
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NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
SUBJECT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
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DO YOU KNOW WARS HAVE
BEEN FOUGHT OVER THIS SUBJECT?
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IT'S BEEN - NATIONS HAVE
BEEN ERADICATED BECAUSE OF
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DISAGREEMENTS OVER
THE BELIEF OF THE SUBJECT.
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NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO
SAY, 'DOUG, YOU'RE TEACHING A
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DOCTRINE THAT'S
NOT EVEN IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU DON'T FIND THE WORD TRINITY
IN THE BIBLE.' THAT'S TRUE.
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YOU DO NOT FIND THE
WORD 'TRINITY' IN THE BIBLE.
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THE WORD 'TRINITY' SIMPLY MEANS
'TRI' - LIKE A TRICYCLE HAS HOW
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MANY WHEELS? THREE.
TRI-'ENTITY' - THREE ENTITIES.
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IT'S TALKING - IT'S A WORD THAT
WE USE TO DESCRIBE THE DOCTRINE
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OF THE THREE
ENTITIES IN THE GODHEAD.
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THE BIBLE DOES USE
THE WORD 'GODHEAD'.
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THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH THE WORD TRINITY.
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YOU DON'T FIND THE
WORD. RAPTURE IN THE BIBLE.
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YOU DON'T FIND THE
WORD 'BIBLE' IN THE BIBLE.
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SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE
BIBLE BECAUSE THE WORD 'BIBLE'
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IS NOT IN THE BIBLE?
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THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS THAT WE
DON'T FIND, PER SE - MILLENNIUM
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IS NOT IN THE BIBLE BUT IF WE
TALK ABOUT THE DOCTRINE OF THE
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MILLENNIUM IT TALKS ABOUT THE
THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD THAT YOU
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SEE THERE IN REVELATION CHAPTER
20 AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TERMS
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THAT WE USE - THEOLOGICAL TERMS
TO DISCUSS VARIOUS DOCTRINES AND
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THIS IS CALLED THE DOCTRINE OF
THE TRINITY - THE THREE ENTITIES
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THAT COMPOSE THE BIBLE GOD.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE
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DISCUSSING. THERE'S
NO CONFLICT IN THAT.
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LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE.
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MATTHEW 28 - SOME OF
THE LAST WORDS OF JESUS.
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AFTER HE SENDS THE DISCIPLES
INTO THE WORLD HE SAYS, IN
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MATTHEW 28:19, "GO THEREFORE
AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE
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NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE
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SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
NOW, IT IS TRUE, IN THE NEW
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TESTAMENT, IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
WHEN THE DISCIPLES WENT OUT IT
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SAYS THEY WENT AND THEY BAPTIZED
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OR IN
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THE NAME OF THE LORD,
JESUS OR IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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BUT JESUS DEFINITELY SAID, 'THE
NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND
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HOLY SPIRIT.' THAT TELLS
ME, SOMETIMES, THAT THE EXACT
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WORDING IN THE BAPTISM IS NOT
THE BIG ISSUE; IT'S THAT YOU'RE
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GETTING BAPTIZED INTO THE
NAME OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE.
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AND JESUS SAID,
'FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT'
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AND THAT'S GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME, AMEN?
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NOW, HERE'S THE QUESTION:
CAN GOD BE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE
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SAYING - COULD THE BIBLE BE
ACCURATE - CAN CHRISTIANS BE
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RIGHT SAYING, 'THERE'S ONE GOD'
AND YET SAYING, 'ONE DOESN'T
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ALWAYS MEAN ONE.' NOW
THAT'S THE THING TO UNDERSTAND.
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NOW THIS ISN'T DOUBLE
TALK, THIS IS GOOD SCRIPTURE.
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AGAIN, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A FEW
VERSES. FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT IN
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THE BEGINNING - GENESIS 1:26
- GOD SAYS, "LET US MAKE MAN
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IN OUR IMAGE,
ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS."
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NOW, DO YOU HEAR
MORE THAN ONE IN THAT?
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DO YOU KNOW THE WORD THAT'S
USED THERE IN HEBREW FOR GOD IS
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ELOHIM. THAT WORD
'ELOHIM' IS PLURAL.
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IT'S LIKE 'WE' - 'US' - WHENEVER
I SAY THAT THEN - IF I SAY, 'WE
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ARE GOING TO THE STORE.' KAREN
WOULD SAY, 'WHO ARE YOU GOING
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WITH?' I WOULD
SAY, 'I'M TALKING ABOUT
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MYSELF.' YOU WOULD
SAY, 'WHAT'S WRONG?
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DOUG'S TALKING ABOUT 'WE' -
HAS HE BECOME SCHIZOPHRENIC?
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HAS HE GOT SPLIT
PERSONALITY PROBLEMS?'
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SO WHEN GOD SAYS THIS IT'S
NOT BECAUSE GOD IS CONFUSED, THE
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PRIMARY WORD USED FOR 'GOD'
OVER 2,700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE IS
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'ELOHIM' - IT'S THE PLURAL.
THERE'S THE OTHER WORD 'EL'
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WHICH IS SINGULAR, BUT THE
INSPIRED WRITERS CHOSE TO USE
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'ELOHIM' TEN
TIMES MORE THAN 'EL'.
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THIS IS ALL THROUGH THE - MOSTLY
OLD TESTAMENT. IT'S A PLURAL.
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GOD HAS COMMUNICATED HIMSELF TO
US AS A PLURAL GOD BECAUSE HE IS
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COMPOSED OF THESE THREE PERSONS.
NOW THIS IS A MYSTERY AND IT MAY
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STILL BE A
MYSTERY WHEN WE'RE DONE.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, - AND SOME
PEOPLE CHALLENGE THIS VERSE BUT
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IT'S IN THE BIBLE. I BELIEVE IT.
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1 JOHN 5:7, "FOR THERE ARE THREE
THAT BEAR WITNESS IN HEAVEN: THE
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FATHER," - THAT'S FATHER - GOD
THE FATHER - "THE WORD," - JESUS
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IS THE WORD BECOME FLESH - "AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT; AND THESE THREE
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ARE ONE." THAT'S
HARD TO MISUNDERSTAND.
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THE THREE ARE ONE.
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JOHN 17:20 - NOW THIS IS,
I THINK, THE BEST EXAMPLE.
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THIS IS IN THE SPECIAL
INTERCESSORY PRAYER OF JESUS -
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JOHN 17:20 - I'LL
READ ALSO VERSE 21.
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CHRIST SAID, "I DO NOT PRAY FOR
THESE ALONE, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE
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WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME
THROUGH THEIR WORD;" - WHAT'S HE
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PRAYING? - "THAT
THE ALL MAY BE ONE."
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- NOW HE'S PRAYING FOR THE
TWELVE APOSTLES AND HE'S PRAYING
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THAT THEY CAN BE ONE. HOW?
- "AS YOU, FATHER, ARE IN ME,
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AND I IN YOU." -
NOTICE, GOD IS IN JESUS AND
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JESUS IS IN GOD.
THAT'S GOING TO COME UP LATER.
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- "THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE" -
THERE IT IS AGAIN - "IN US, THAT
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THE WORLD MAY
BELIEVE THAT YOU SENT ME."
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SO YOU'VE GOT A
NATION THAT'S ONE.
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YOU'VE GOT THE APOSTLES ARE ONE.
YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT'S ONE,
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BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S
MANY PERSONS INVOLVED IN THOSE.
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SO IT'S NOT INCONSISTENT FOR US
TO SAY THAT THERE'S ONE GOD, BUT
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IN THE CHRISTIAN - ONE GOD -
IT IS COMPOSED OF THREE PERSONS.
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NOW, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT 'IS JESUS GOD AND IS
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THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?'
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ME TALK
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A LOT ABOUT 'IS GOD THE
FATHER GOD?' YOU KNOW WHY?
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I'VE NEVER RUN INTO
ANYBODY THAT HAS THAT PROBLEM.
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MOST CHRISTIANS AGREE THAT GOD
THE FATHER IS GOD - THAT HE GETS
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TO BE THE SUPREME GOD AND HE'S
ALWAYS BEEN - THOUGH, YOU KNOW,
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THERE ARE, ACTUALLY, SOME WHO
BELIEVE THAT THE GOD WHO MADE
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OUR UNIVERSE ONCE WAS A LOWER
GOD BUT HE'S WORKED HIS WAY UP
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TO BEING A BIGGER GOD AND THERE
ARE OTHER GODS ABOVE HIM - IF
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YOU COULD GO FAR ENOUGH
INTO SPACE YOU'D FIND THEM.
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THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT
WOULD IMPLY THAT GOD IS LEARNING
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AND HOW COULD YOU KNOW
EVERYTHING AND STILL LEARN?
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ASK A TEENAGER
(LAUGHTER) IN HIGH SCHOOL.
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SO GOD, OBVIOUSLY, IF HE
KNOWS EVERYTHING, AND IF HE IS
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ALMIGHTY, HOW CAN HE
BE MIGHTIER THAN ALMIGHTY?
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BUT MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT GOD
IS SUPREME, BUT THEY STRUGGLE
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WITH 'WHAT IS THE ROLE OF JESUS
AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE
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SPIRIT?' BY THE
WAY, ANOTHER VIEW OF
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ARIANISM IS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS NOT A PERSON - NOT ONLY THAT
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HE WAS CREATED BY JESUS - BUT
THAT HE'S NOT A PERSON BUT HE'S
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'THE FORCE' - KIND
OF AN IMPERSONAL FORCE
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THAT GOD WORKS THROUGH.
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AND SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THOSE CONCEPTS.
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FIRST OF ALL,
IS JESUS FULLY GOD?
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WELL, LET'S FIND
OUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
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MATTHEW 1:23, "'THEY SHALL CALL
HIS NAME IMMANUEL,' WHICH IS
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TRANSLATED, 'GOD WITH US.'"
THE INCARNATION IS GOD - FULLY A
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HUNDRED PERCENT GOD BECOMING
A MAN - THAT'S A MYSTERY.
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YOU'VE GOT A MYSTERY OF
GODLINESS IN THE BIBLE AND
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THAT'S HOW GOD BECAME A MAN.
YOU HAVE A MYSTERY OF INIQUITY
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IN THE BIBLE AND THAT'S
HOW A CREATURE - THE DEVIL -
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WANTED TO BE GOD. HOW
COULD THE CREATURE THINK,
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'I CAN OVERTHROW THE CREATOR'?
THAT'S A CRAZY THOUGHT.
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THAT'S A MYSTERY TO ME - HOW THE
DEVIL THINKS THAT HE CAN SOMEHOW
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LAUNCH A WAR - HE'S A
CREATION - AGAINST HIS CREATOR.
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HOW SOMETHING THAT HAD A LIMITED
EXISTENCE COULD LAUNCH A WAR AND
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SAY, 'I AM GOING TO TAKE
OVER THE PLACE OF THE ONE WHO IS
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SELF-EXISTENT AND
ETERNAL. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
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>> SO THERE'S THE MYSTERY OF
GOD - GOD LOWERING HIMSELF AND
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BECOMING A MAN - AND THERE'S
THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY - THE
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CREATURE TRYING TO
EXALT HIMSELF AND BECOME GOD.
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WHAT DID THE DEVIL
SAY TO ADAM AND EVE?
00:12:20.04\00:12:22.40
'LISTEN TO ME, YOU'LL BE
LIKE GOD.' WHY DID HE SAY THAT?
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THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.
PEOPLE OFTEN SUPERIMPOSE ON
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OTHERS THEIR DESIRES.
HEBREWS 1:8, IS JESUS GOD?
00:12:29.38\00:12:34.25
"BUT UNTO THE SON HE SAITH,
'THY THRONE, O GOD.'" NOW WAIT A
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SECOND - HEBREWS 1:8, "BUT UNTO
THE SON" - GOD, THE FATHER -
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"UNTO THE SON HE SAITH, 'THY
THRONE, O GOD.'" TO THE SON, THE
00:12:42.49\00:12:46.36
FATHER SAYS, 'THY THRONE, O GOD
IS FOREVER AND EVER.' SO WHAT
00:12:46.39\00:12:50.47
DOES THE FATHER CALL THE SON?
'O GOD'. "FOR EVER AND EVER:
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A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS THE SCEPTER OF THY KINGDOM."
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WHEN JESUS AROSE FROM THE DEAD
- REMEMBER, THE FIRST WEEK HE
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APPEARED THOMAS MISSED IT - HE
SAID, 'I WON'T BELIEVE UNTIL I
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SEE THE PRINT IN HIS HANDS AND
THE SCAR IN HIS SIDE.' AND THEN
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JESUS APPEARED THAT NEXT
WEEK AND HE SAID, 'THOMAS, YOU
00:13:12.69\00:13:17.39
BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN.'
THOMAS FALLS DOWN AND YOU KNOW
00:13:17.43\00:13:19.86
WHAT HE SAYS? "MY LORD
AND MY GOD." BY THE WAY,
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THAT'S JOHN 20, VERSE
26 AND ON THROUGH VERSE 29.
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AND DID JESUS SAY, 'NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, DON'T SAY THAT.
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LET'S NOT GET CARRIED
AWAY.' OR DID HE ACCEPT THAT?
00:13:30.34\00:13:33.84
'MY LORD AND MY GOD' HE
CALLED JESUS BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
00:13:33.88\00:13:38.21
NOW, QUICKLY, SOME DEFINITIONS:
THE BIBLE SAYS WE SHOULD ONLY
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WORSHIP GOD. IS THAT
ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS?
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EVEN JESUS CITED
THAT BACK TO SATAN.
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MATTHEW 28 -
SHOULD WE WORSHIP JESUS?
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"AND AS THEY WENT TO TELL
HIS DISCIPLES, BEHOLD, JESUS MET
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THEM, SAYING 'ALL HAIL.'" - HAIL
MEANS 'WORSHIP' - "AND THEY CAME
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AND HELD HIM BY THE
FEET, AND WORSHIPPED HIM."
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AND HE RECEIVED THE WORSHIP.
00:14:02.80\00:14:04.34
BUT THE BIBLE
SAYS ONLY WORSHIP GOD.
00:14:04.37\00:14:06.27
HEBREWS 1:6 - IT SAYS WE'RE ONLY
SUPPOSED TO WORSHIP GOD BUT ALL
00:14:06.31\00:14:10.88
THE ANGELS WORSHIP
JESUS - THAT'S IN HEBREWS 1:6.
00:14:10.91\00:14:14.75
REVELATION 7:11 - YOU CAN
REMEMBER THAT - THAT'S THE
00:14:14.78\00:14:19.59
CONVENIENT VERSE IN REVELATION -
"AND ALL THE ANGELS STOOD ROUND
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ABOUT THE THRONE, AND ABOUT THE
ELDERS AND THE FOUR BEASTS, AND
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FELL BEFORE THE THRONE ON THEIR
FACES, AND WORSHIPPED GOD."
00:14:26.46\00:14:31.07
SO THE ANGELS WORSHIPPED
GOD AND, YET, IT SAYS THE ANGELS
00:14:31.10\00:14:33.50
WORSHIPPED JESUS. WELL, IF JESUS
IS GOD, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
00:14:33.54\00:14:37.54
YOU CAN ONLY WORSHIP HIM - YOU
CAN ONLY WORSHIP GOD - BUT IF
00:14:37.57\00:14:42.08
THEY WORSHIPPED JESUS HE MUST BE
GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD CREATED.
00:14:42.11\00:14:47.32
YOU'VE READ THE FIRST VERSE
IN THE BIBLE BEFORE - 'IN THE
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BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.'
00:14:50.05\00:14:52.45
ALRIGHT, WHO IS
THAT GOD THAT CREATED?
00:14:52.49\00:14:54.66
1 JOHN - NOT 1 JOHN, SORRY -
JOHN CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1, "IN THE
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BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE
WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD
00:14:59.49\00:15:02.63
WAS GOD." - WHO IS THAT WORD?
00:15:02.66\00:15:05.47
THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT
AMONG US - THAT'S JESUS, RIGHT?
00:15:05.50\00:15:08.84
- "THE SAME WAS IN
THE BEGINNING WITH GOD.
00:15:08.87\00:15:10.57
ALL THINGS" - AND THIS IS VERY
CLEAR IN THE GREEK - "ALL THINGS
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WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT
HIM WAS NOT ANY THING MADE THAT
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WAS MADE." NOTHING WAS MADE
THAT WAS MADE, WITHOUT JESUS.
00:15:21.02\00:15:23.99
THAT MEANS THAT JESUS WAS
NOT MADE. HE HAS ALWAYS EXISTED.
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HE SAYS, 'I AM THE ALPHA AND THE
OMEGA.' THAT MEANS AS FAR AS YOU
00:15:29.16\00:15:32.23
CAN GO - THE BEGINNING AND THE
END - AS FAR AS YOU CAN GO IN
00:15:32.26\00:15:34.73
THAT DIRECTION - AS FAR AS YOU
CAN GO - 'ETERNITY TO ETERNITY
00:15:34.76\00:15:37.63
I AM GOD' - HE'S
ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
00:15:37.67\00:15:40.54
HEBREWS 1, VERSES 1 AND 2, "GOD,
WHO AT VARIOUS TIMES AND IN
00:15:40.57\00:15:44.54
VARIOUS WAYS SPOKE IN TIME PAST
TO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS,
00:15:44.57\00:15:47.71
HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN
TO US BY HIS SON, WHOM HE HAS
00:15:47.74\00:15:51.61
APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS,
THROUGH WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE
00:15:51.65\00:15:54.95
WORLDS;" IN THE BEGINNING
GOD CREATED. JESUS IS GOD.
00:15:54.98\00:16:00.62
EPHESIANS 3:9, "AND TO MAKE ALL
SEE WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP OF
00:16:00.66\00:16:05.03
THE MYSTERY, WHICH FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE AGES HAS BEEN
00:16:05.06\00:16:08.56
HIDDEN IN GOD WHO CREATED ALL
THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST;"
00:16:08.60\00:16:14.50
JESUS IS GOD AND
GOD MADE ALL THINGS.
00:16:14.54\00:16:17.24
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THERE'S
ONLY ONE SAVIOR - THAT GOD IS
00:16:17.27\00:16:20.24
OUR SAVIOR. ISAIAH
43 - ONE SAVIOR - 43,
00:16:20.28\00:16:26.65
VERSE 11 - ISAIAH, "I, EVEN
I, AM THE LORD, AND BESIDES ME
00:16:26.68\00:16:31.39
THERE IS NO SAVIOR."
BUT WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
00:16:31.42\00:16:35.42
JUDE 25, "TO GOD OUR SAVIOR" -
SO ONLY ONE SAVIOR - GOD IS OUR
00:16:35.46\00:16:41.56
SAVIOR IN JUDE 25 AND
THERE ARE MANY VERSES IN THE NEW
00:16:41.60\00:16:45.27
TESTAMENT, INCLUDING THIS ONE, 1
JOHN 4:14, THAT SAY JESUS IS OUR
00:16:45.30\00:16:49.07
SAVIOR - "AND WE HAVE SEEN AND
TESTIFY THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT
00:16:49.10\00:16:52.94
THE SON AS SAVIOR OF THE
WORLD." NOW, AM I MAKING SENSE?
00:16:52.97\00:16:57.85
THERE'S ONLY ONE SAVIOR - GOD IS
OUR SAVIOR - AND THE BIBLE SAYS
00:16:57.88\00:17:01.82
JESUS IS OUR SAVIOR. THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN RECONCILE
00:17:01.85\00:17:04.82
THOSE IS TO SAY JESUS IS
GOD. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:17:04.85\00:17:08.96
SO DID JESUS CLAIM EQUALITY WITH
GOD? WOULDN'T THAT SETTLE IT?
00:17:08.99\00:17:15.53
NOTICE - JOHN 5:17 AND VERSE 18,
"BUT JESUS ANSWERED THEM, 'MY
00:17:15.56\00:17:21.70
FATHER HAS BEEN WORKING UNTIL
NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING.'
00:17:21.74\00:17:24.71
THEREFORE THE JEWS SOUGHT ALL
THE MORE TO KILL HIM, BECAUSE HE
00:17:24.74\00:17:27.31
NOT ONLY BROKE THE SABBATH," -
OR AT LEAST THEY ACCUSED HIM OF
00:17:27.34\00:17:29.61
THAT - "BUT ALSO SAID THAT GOD
WAS HIS FATHER, MAKING HIMSELF
00:17:29.64\00:17:33.62
EQUAL WITH GOD." I
MEAN, JESUS KNEW WHAT HE WAS
00:17:33.65\00:17:37.05
SAYING AND THE JEWS KNEW
WHY THEY WANTED TO KILL HIM.
00:17:37.09\00:17:39.99
AGAIN, JOHN 10:30, "I
AND MY FATHER ARE ONE."
00:17:40.02\00:17:45.13
SO THERE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE
THE IDEA OF, CAN GOD BE ONE AND
00:17:45.16\00:17:49.96
STILL BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON?
THEN THE JEWS TOOK UP STONES TO
00:17:50.00\00:17:53.90
STONE HIM AGAIN BECAUSE
THEY KNEW WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT.
00:17:53.94\00:17:58.34
JOHN 14:9, "JESUS SAID TO HIM,
'HAVE I BEEN WITH YOU SO LONG,
00:17:58.37\00:18:01.74
AND YET YOU HAVE
NOT KNOWN ME, PHILIP?
00:18:01.78\00:18:03.75
HE WHO HAS SEEN ME HAS SEEN
THE FATHER, SO HOW CAN YOU SAY,
00:18:03.78\00:18:07.78
'SHOW US THE FATHER?' "
IT SAYS, 'WE'RE THE SAME.'
00:18:07.82\00:18:11.85
NOW, WHAT EVERYONE GETS STUMPED
ON - IF YOU TALK TO AN ATHEIST
00:18:11.89\00:18:15.56
ABOUT GOD OR AN AGNOSTIC AND
THEY SAY, ALRIGHT, I CAN TELL
00:18:15.59\00:18:19.26
YOU WHERE THE
UNIVERSE CAME FROM.
00:18:19.29\00:18:21.20
WHERE DID GOD COME FROM?'
I'LL SAY, 'WELL, I DON'T KNOW
00:18:21.23\00:18:24.03
WHERE GOD CAME FROM BUT YOU
CAN'T TELL ME WHERE THE UNIVERSE
00:18:24.07\00:18:26.17
CAME FROM BECAUSE WHAT YOU'LL DO
IS YOU'LL SAY, 'OUR WORLD CAME
00:18:26.20\00:18:29.87
FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WHEN IT
FORMED AND THE SUN EXPLODED AND
00:18:29.90\00:18:32.57
SENT THESE PLANETS SPIRALING OUT
INTO SPACE.' 'WHERE'D THE SUN
00:18:32.61\00:18:35.64
COME FROM?' 'WELL,' -
THEY'LL SAY - 'THE SUN
00:18:35.68\00:18:38.81
CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, A SUPERNOVA
OUT THERE WHEN THERE WAS AN
00:18:38.85\00:18:42.42
EXPLOSION AND ALL THESE
SUNS WERE SENT WHIRLING OFF INTO
00:18:42.45\00:18:45.49
SPACE.' I'LL SAY,
'OKAY, WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?'
00:18:45.52\00:18:49.62
'WELL, THESE NEBULOUS GAS
PARTICLES COLLIDED AND EXPLODED
00:18:49.66\00:18:53.16
AND THERE WAS A BIG BANG.' I'D
SAY, 'ALRIGHT, WHERE'D THE STUFF
00:18:53.19\00:18:56.83
COME FROM - THAT COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIAL THAT CAUSED THE BIG
00:18:56.87\00:18:59.90
BANG?' AND, EVENTUALLY,
EVOLUTIONISTS, ATHEISTS,
00:18:59.93\00:19:05.04
AGNOSTICS WILL ALL SAY, 'WELL,
THERE'S A MYSTERY. SOMETHING
00:19:05.07\00:19:08.84
ALWAYS EXISTED.' SO THEY'RE
AT THE SAME PLACE YOU'RE AT.
00:19:08.88\00:19:12.81
THE DIFFERENCE IS OUR SOMETHING
THAT ALWAYS EXISTED WAS
00:19:12.85\00:19:15.98
INTELLIGENT AND POWERFUL.
THEIRS IS ALL A BIG ACCIDENT.
00:19:16.02\00:19:21.39
SO YOU CAN DESCRIBE EVERYTHING
YOU SEE AROUND YOU AS THE RESULT
00:19:21.42\00:19:24.59
OF AN INTELLIGENCE WITH
PURPOSE OR JUST A BIG ACCIDENT.
00:19:24.63\00:19:27.23
WE CAN ALL GO HOME NOW AND
THERE IS NO PURPOSE TO LIFE.
00:19:27.23\00:19:30.70
SO I CHOOSE TO
BELIEVE THERE IS A PURPOSE.
00:19:30.73\00:19:32.57
I SEE TOO MANY THINGS THAT
SEEM TO REFLECT INTELLIGENCE.
00:19:32.60\00:19:35.64
SO JESUS HAS ALWAYS EXISTED.
JOHN 17:5, "AND NOW, O FATHER,
00:19:35.67\00:19:40.38
GLORIFY ME TOGETHER WITH
YOURSELF, WITH THE GLORY WHICH I
00:19:40.41\00:19:44.08
HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD
WAS." SEE, JESUS LAID ASIDE
00:19:44.11\00:19:47.85
THE GLORY - THE PERFECT EQUALITY
HE SHARED WITH THE FATHER
00:19:47.88\00:19:51.32
BEFORE THE WORLD WAS - HE
CAME AND HE LIVED AMONG US.
00:19:51.35\00:19:54.66
HE WAS THEN
RECEIVED BACK UP INTO GLORY.
00:19:54.69\00:19:57.23
HE IS, AGAIN, GLORIFIED AT
THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER.
00:19:57.26\00:20:00.06
HE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT GOD.
00:20:00.10\00:20:02.30
SO, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE
THAT JESUS IS GOD - AND I DIDN'T
00:20:02.33\00:20:06.47
COVER ALL THE EVIDENCE.
WHAT ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:20:06.50\00:20:10.11
NOW, MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY,
'WELL, IF JESUS IS GOD, WE DON'T
00:20:10.14\00:20:12.31
HAVE A PROBLEM BELIEVING THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD, BUT HE'S NOT
00:20:12.34\00:20:14.94
A PERSON, HE'S THE FORCE OF
GOD THAT GOD USES' - I THINK THE
00:20:14.98\00:20:19.55
HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD.
HE'S NOT JUST AN IMPERSONAL
00:20:19.58\00:20:22.38
VEHICLE, BECAUSE GOD SAYS SO.
FIRST OF ALL, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:20:22.42\00:20:26.02
GOD? ACTS 5:3 AND 4 - PETER
SAID TO ANANIAS - REMEMBER WHEN
00:20:26.05\00:20:31.93
ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
LIED? - "BUT PETER SAID,
00:20:31.96\00:20:35.76
'ANANIAS, WHY HAS
SATAN FILLED YOUR HEART TO
00:20:35.80\00:20:37.90
LIE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT...YOU'VE
NOT LIED TO MEN BUT TO GOD."
00:20:37.93\00:20:42.84
WHEN YOU LIE TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT YOU'VE LIED TO GOD.
00:20:42.87\00:20:44.74
GOD SAID, "MY SPIRIT SHALL
NOT ALWAYS STRIVE WITH MAN."
00:20:44.77\00:20:48.34
GENESIS 6, VERSE 3 - GOD THE
SPIRIT. AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU
00:20:48.38\00:20:53.55
ABOUT THE SEVEN SPIRITS
AROUND THE THRONE OF GOD.
00:20:53.58\00:20:55.92
IT SAYS THAT THE
SPIRIT LEADS US OR GUIDES US.
00:20:55.95\00:20:59.55
IT'S NOT AN IMPERSONAL FORCE
THAT LEADS US OR GUIDES US.
00:20:59.59\00:21:03.49
I'VE GOT A GPS IN MY CAR - HAVE
YOU - HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A GPS
00:21:03.53\00:21:06.90
ON YOUR PHONE OR IN YOUR CAR?
LET ME JUST SEE. BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:21:06.93\00:21:09.16
MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND.
ALRIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
00:21:09.20\00:21:11.30
RIDDEN WITH
SOMEBODY THAT HAS A GPS?
00:21:11.33\00:21:13.50
I'VE SET A DESTINATION BEFORE,
IN MY CAR, MAYBE I'LL GO VISIT
00:21:13.54\00:21:16.81
SOMEBODY - ON THE WAY I'LL SEE A
STORE OR I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING
00:21:16.84\00:21:20.74
ELSE - AN ERRAND I NEED TO DO -
AND I'LL SAY, 'OH, I DIDN'T KNOW
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.71
THAT STORE WAS HERE.' I'LL TURN
OFF AND MY GPS SAYS, 'TURN, MAKE
00:21:22.74\00:21:28.38
CORRECTION, RE-ROUTING, TURN
LEFT HERE.' AND I'M THINKING,
00:21:28.42\00:21:32.05
'OH, I'M SORRY,
DID I OFFEND YOU?'
00:21:32.09\00:21:35.59
MINE'S A LADY VOICE, YOU KNOW,
AND I JUST ALWAYS THINK OF MY
00:21:35.62\00:21:40.03
MOTHER, 'TURN HERE.' 'OKAY.'
AND I DON'T WANT TO HURT HER
00:21:40.06\00:21:44.57
FEELINGS SO I'LL TURN. 'I
WAS GOING TO GO TO THE STORE
00:21:44.60\00:21:46.97
BUT YOU TOLD ME TO
TURN.' IS THAT WHAT I SAY?
00:21:47.00\00:21:50.31
I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE SAYS, IT'S
A COMPUTER. IT'S JUST A FORCE,
00:21:50.34\00:21:54.48
RIGHT? I'M NOT GOING
TO HURT IT'S FEELINGS.
00:21:54.51\00:21:56.71
I NEVER HEAR IT SAY TO ME,
'OH, COME ON, PLEASE TURN HERE.
00:21:56.75\00:22:01.48
YOU'RE GOING TO HURT MY FEELINGS
IF YOU DON'T - I'M GOING TO WEEP
00:22:01.52\00:22:04.69
LITTLE TRANSISTOR TEARS OUT
OF MY CIRCUITS IF YOU DON'T TURN
00:22:04.72\00:22:08.29
HERE.' DOES IT CARE? NO.
BUT DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT CARE?
00:22:08.32\00:22:14.10
IF HE'S JUST A COMPUTER - IF
HE'S JUST AN IMPERSONAL FORCE -
00:22:14.13\00:22:17.30
HE CANNOT BE GRIEVED.
00:22:17.33\00:22:19.97
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS
YOU CAN GRIEVE THE SPIRIT.
00:22:20.00\00:22:22.74
MATTER OF FACT, JESUS SAYS -
JOHN 16:13, "WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT
00:22:22.77\00:22:28.68
OF TRUTH, HAS COME, HE
WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH."
00:22:28.71\00:22:32.75
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT
YEARS AGO, BEFORE GPS, WHEN THE
00:22:32.78\00:22:36.92
ARABS WERE GOING ACROSS SOME
OF THESE VAST DESERTS IN SAUDI
00:22:36.95\00:22:41.09
ARABIA, SOMETIMES THEY'D HAVE
SANDSTORMS - THEY COULDN'T EVEN
00:22:41.12\00:22:43.86
SEE THE SUN TO
DETERMINE EAST FROM WEST.
00:22:43.89\00:22:46.06
IN MANY OF THOSE CARAVANS THEY
KEPT A DOVE WITH THEM - A HOMING
00:22:46.09\00:22:49.86
PIGEON - THEY KEPT A THREAD
TIED ON ITS LEG AND THEY WOULD
00:22:49.90\00:22:55.27
RELEASE IT AND IT WOULD
ALWAYS FLY TOWARDS HOME.
00:22:55.30\00:22:58.54
IT WOULD MAKE A BEELINE TOWARDS
HOME AND THEY WOULD HOLD IT IN
00:22:58.57\00:23:00.91
THEIR HAND TO
FIND OUT WHICH WAY.
00:23:00.94\00:23:02.81
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
LEAD US AND HE'LL GUIDE US.
00:23:02.84\00:23:05.55
YOU'LL FEEL, SOMETIMES,
THAT TUGGING IN YOUR HEART.
00:23:05.58\00:23:07.35
HE'LL NEVER LEAD YOU CONTRARY
TO THE WORD BECAUSE THE HOLY
00:23:07.38\00:23:10.72
SPIRIT IS ONE WITH
JESUS WHO IS THE WORD.
00:23:10.75\00:23:13.72
THEY'LL NEVER
CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.
00:23:13.76\00:23:15.46
I'VE MET PEOPLE BEFORE THAT SAY,
'I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THIS, BUT
00:23:15.49\00:23:20.30
THE SPIRIT IS TELLING ME...'
- AS THOUGH IT'S DIFFERENT OR
00:23:20.33\00:23:23.00
FRESH INFORMATION. THE
SPIRIT OF GOD WILL NEVER
00:23:23.03\00:23:25.80
CONFLICT WITH THE WORD OF GOD
BECAUSE IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:23:25.83\00:23:28.44
THAT INSPIRED MEN TO WRITE
THE THINGS THAT THEY WROTE.
00:23:28.47\00:23:33.64
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
HOLY MEN WROTE AS THEY WERE
00:23:33.68\00:23:36.91
INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
IT SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES
00:23:36.95\00:23:40.78
THEM. YOU KNOW
THAT - I THINK THERE'S
00:23:40.82\00:23:43.99
15 TIMES JESUS REFERRED
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS 'HE'.
00:23:44.02\00:23:48.59
HE COULD HAVE SAID
'IT'. WHY DID HE SAY 'HE'?
00:23:48.62\00:23:51.03
THAT WAS HIS CHOSEN WORD.
00:23:51.06\00:23:52.29
THE BIBLE TELLS US
THE HOLY SPIRIT COMFORTS.
00:23:52.33\00:23:55.80
NOW IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS JUST
A POWER, WHO GETS COMFORT FROM,
00:23:55.83\00:24:00.07
YOU KNOW,
HUGGING AN ELECTRIC POLE?
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.27
THAT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU
COMFORT - IF HE'S JUST A POWER
00:24:02.30\00:24:04.74
WITH NO PERSONALITY. YOU
FIND COMFORT FROM A PERSON.
00:24:04.77\00:24:09.88
THE BIBLE SAYS HE CONVICTS.
NOW I REMEMBER THE GREATEST
00:24:09.91\00:24:14.68
CONVICTION I FELT WAS SOMETIMES
FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S LOOK.
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AND SHE'D JUST LOOK AT ME
- THAT COMES FROM A PERSON.
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JOHN 16:8, "AND WHEN HE HAS
COME," - NOTICE, 'HE' - "HE WILL
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CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND OF JUDGMENT."
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AND IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS JUST
A FORCE, YOU NOTICE WHAT THE
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GREATEST SIN IS? WHAT'S THE
SIN THAT CANNOT BE PARDONED?
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BLASPHEMY
AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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MATTHEW 12:31 AND 32,
"THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU, EVERY
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SIN AND BLASPHEMY
WILL BE FORGIVEN MEN."
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- EVEN IF YOU SIN AGAINST THE
SON IT SAID IT'LL BE FORGIVEN,
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BUT BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY
SPIRIT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN - IN
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THIS LIFE OR IN
THE NEXT. HE'S GRIEVED.
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I MENTIONED THAT ALREADY.
EPHESIANS 4:30, "DO NOT GRIEVE
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THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED."
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HE'S A REAL FORCE.
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SO THE BIBLE'S REALLY
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THERE'S A FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT.
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IT'S NOT ONE GOD THAT CHANGES
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DECIDED TO CREATE LESSER
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THERE ARE THREE DIVINE
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IT'S NOT JUST THAT JESUS
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00:25:31.83\00:25:34.46
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