(Music) ? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes he's
worthy ? ?Worthy of all.?
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?all the praise?
Hello, my name is
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Dr. Carlton Byrd and
I'm the senior pastor
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of the Berean Seventh-day
Adventist Church here in
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Atlanta, Georgia, the
home of the Breath of Life
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television ministry.
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And we want to welcome those
who are watching our broadcast
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today, and we do hope
that you are blessed by the
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spoken Word today.
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With that in mind, I'm
excited about the Word of God.
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Anybody else excited
about the Word of God?
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Are you excited
about the Word of God?
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Let me hear you say amen.
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Praise be to God.
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If you're excited about
the Word of God, I want you to
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repeat after me.
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Say, if it's in the
Word, it deserves to be heard.
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Now that you've said that,
take your Bibles, everybody
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hold your Bibles up.
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Come on, everybody hold your
Bibles up, and repeat after me
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and say, if it's in the
Word, it deserves to be heard.
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Praise be to God.
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I'm a Bible preacher and I'm
coming straight from the Word
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of God, because I believe we
ought to know what we believe,
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know why we believe it,
and know where it's found.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And if we are going to
preach the Word of God, we must
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preach what thus saith the Lord.
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Come on, say Amen.
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And so with that in mind, I
want you to take your Bibles,
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go with me to the
book of First John.
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What book, everybody?
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Go with me to the book of
First John, and we're going to
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1 John 5:7.
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If you have it, let
me hear you say Amen.
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Amen, all right.
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1 John 5:7.
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And the Word of God says
to us, let's read it together:
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"For there are three that bear
record in heaven: the Father,
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the Word and the Holy
Ghost, and these three are"what?
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"one."Let's read it one
more time together, everybody.
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One more time.
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"For there are three that bear
record in heaven: the Father,
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the Word and the Holy
Ghost, and these three are one."
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Let's bow our heads.
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Father, we thank you so much
for the privilege that is ours
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to worship you right now.
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We thank you, Lord, for
your Word, sharper than any
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two-edged sword.
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Now, God, we ask that
you be with us as we open
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up your Word.
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Give us clarity of mind,
give us receptivity of heart,
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and God, may your Holy Ghost
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move in this place.
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And at the appropriate
time, where, oh God, you appeal
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to thy people, may
they respond to your voice.
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In the name of Jesus we
pray, begging for forgiveness of
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sin, let everyone
say Amen, and Amen.
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For there are three that bear
record in heaven: the Father,
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whom, everybody?
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The Father.
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The Word.
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Whom, everybody?
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The Word.
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And the what?
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Holy Ghost.
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They are three in one.
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Now, today we want to
talk about the God complex.
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Everybody say the God complex.
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Come on, say it
like you mean it.
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Say the God complex.
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The God complex.
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Now, a God complex is a
term that is used to describe an
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individual who believes that
they can accomplish more than
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is humanly possible, or they
have the opinion that they are
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automatically above everybody
else, and particularly those
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who disagree with them.
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In short, a person
with a God complex believes
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they know it all.
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Everybody say know it all.
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Come on, say it
like you mean it.
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Say know it all.
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They've got the answers,
they've got the solutions,
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they've got the
remedy, they have the way out.
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Now, when you're on your
sickbed of affliction, God
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complex says, I have
the ability to heal you.
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When you're in a court of
law, God complex says, I can get
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you out and win this case.
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A person who is said to have
a God complex does not believe
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he or she is God, but acts
so arrogantly that he might as
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well believe he or
she is God or appointed to
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do work for God.
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But I'm here to let you know,
it is blasphemy to think, for
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a human being to
think that he or she is God.
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Our scripture
text is very clear.
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There is but one
God, the Father, the Son,
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and the Holy Ghost,
and they are three in
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what, everybody?
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God is immortal, which
believes God can't die.
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God's all powerful.
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God's all knowledgeable.
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God is ever present.
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God is infinite and
beyond human comprehension.
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Whatever God says, whatever
God speaks, whatever God
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declares, it is done.
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God is God.
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The buck stops with him.
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He is CEO of the universe.
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He's the King of kings,
and he's the Lord of lords.
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He is God, and beside
him, there is none other.
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You didn't vote him in,
and you can't vote him out.
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He's God by himself.
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God does what he wants to do
when he wants to do it, where
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he wants to do it, how he
wants to do it, and he doesn't
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have to ask you or me
for permission to do it.
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He's God. Genesis 1:1 says,
"In the beginning."In the what,
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everybody?
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"In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth."
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So that means God created us.
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God made us.
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God does not need us.
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God is God all by himself.
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Independent of all
human agency and assistance.
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God has the power to do and
go any and everywhere, any and
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everything, without us.
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There are those who
claim, say that God has no hands
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but our hands.
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But the fact is, God made
our hands without our hands.
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God made us without our help.
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God is sovereign.
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God does not need
help from anybody else.
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And so the Bible
says in Genesis 1:1,
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"In the beginning, "
what, everybody? God.
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Come on, in the beginning what?
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God says, I am the beginning.
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God says, I am the end.
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God says, I am the first.
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God says, I am the last.
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God says, I can't show
you my beginning because
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I never had a beginning.
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God says, I never had a mama.
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I never had a daddy.
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I am the Creator of Life.
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God says, nobody made me.
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Nobody moved me into position.
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God says, I am God.
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In the beginning, God.
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So you know what that tells me?
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Before there was an angel,
before there was an alligator,
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amphibian or ape.
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In the beginning, God.
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Before there was a
sun, a moon or stars.
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In the beginning, God.
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Before there was a man, a
woman, a whale, water or wind,
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in the beginning, God.
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Before there was a day, a
week, a month, or a year, in
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the beginning, God.
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Before there was anybody
there to sing God a song.
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Pray a prayer to God
or give God a praise.
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In the beginning, it was God.
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In fact, God exists outside
of time, outside of eternity.
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Because God is timeless.
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God made you and me and God
made time for you and me so we
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could number our days.
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But God existed before
the evening and the morning
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were the first day.
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In the beginning,
what, everybody? God!
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In the beginning, God.
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So what does that mean?
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God, then, is the
beginner of the beginning.
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He is the beginner in
Whom the beginning began.
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He is the beginner
before the beginning was begun.
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He is the beginning
who did not begin to be.
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He did not start because
he had nowhere to start from.
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He does not stop
because he has no finish line.
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He is older than time, but
yet he's younger than future.
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He is what he was, he was what
he is, and what he was and is,
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he will always be.
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(applause) God was always
here, has always been here,
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always been here,
will be here, always is,
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always was, why?
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Because he's God.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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But our complex today, our
complex in the God complex,
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is not really man
thinking he's God.
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Our complex in the God
complex is not so much the
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sovereignty of God.
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Our complex in the God
complex is not so much,
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is God timeless?
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Our complex in the God
complex is humanity believing,
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understanding, knowing,
acknowledging and accepting
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that there is one God.
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Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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A unity of three
co-eternal persons.
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Our scripture text, 1 John 5:7:
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"For there are three that
bear record in heaven: the
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Father, the Word, the
Holy Ghost, and these three are
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one."This is a God complex.
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For how in our finite
mind can we comprehend that the
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infinite Father, Son and
Holy Ghost are three in one?
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Not three
different Gods, but one God.
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This is a complex because
any mathematician will tell you
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that one plus one
plus one equals three,
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not one equals three.
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This is a God complex, for
how were the Father, the Son and
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the Holy Ghost all active
agents at creation speaking
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something out of nothing?
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This is a complex.
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A God complex.
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For how can that be?
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How can three be one?
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Because God said so.
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Now go with me in
your Bibles, go with me to
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the book of Genesis.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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And we're going to
Genesis, chapter one.
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Let's go back to the beginning.
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Genesis, chapter one,
and we're going to verse 26.
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Genesis, chapter one, and
Genesis 1:26, the Bible says,
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"And God
said."Who said, everybody?
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Come on, who said, everybody?
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God said.
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And God said, let what?
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Us.
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Let whom, everybody?
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Us.
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Make whom?
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Man.
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In our own what?
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Image.
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After our own what?
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Likeness.
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Again, and God said, let whom?
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Us.
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Make what?
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Man.
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In our own what?
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In our own what?
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Likeness.
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Now, understand, the Bible
does not say that God said,
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and let me make man.
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The Bible says that
God said, and let what?
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Us.
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Make what?
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Man.
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Pointing to the fact
that there are three in one.
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The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Go on to Genesis, chapter 3.
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Genesis chapter what, everybody?
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And go with me to verse 22.
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Genesis 3:22, when referring
to Adam, after his fall in the
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garden, God said in Genesis
3:22, "And the Lord God said,
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behold, the man is
become as one of"what?
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One of us.
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One of what?
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Us.
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The man is become as one of us.
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Notice, the Bible does not
say that the man has become
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one as me.
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The Bible is clear that
man has become as one of us.
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Three in one.
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Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost.
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Let's go to another example.
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Turn with me to
Genesis, chapter 11.
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Genesis chapter what, everybody?
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And we're going to verse 7.
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Genesis 11:7.
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When Israel sought to build
a tower to reach heaven and
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called this tower the Tower
of Babel, it was God who said
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something in Genesis 11:7.
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If you have it, let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says
in Genesis 11:7, Go to,
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let what? Us.
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Come on, let whom?
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Us.
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Let us go where?
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Down.
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Let us go down, and there
compound their language, that
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they might not
understand one another's speech.
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Again, the word is us.
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The word is what, everybody?
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Us.
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Let us go down, pointing again
to the Father, the Son and the
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Holy Ghost.
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They are three in one.
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Well, preacher,
that's Old Testament.
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That's Old Testament.
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Preacher, give me
some New Testament.
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Well, let me just
say this first of all.
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The Bible, cover to
cover, Genesis to Revelation, is
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inspired by God.
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Come on, say Amen.
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The Old Testament does not
contradict the New, and the
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New doesn't contradict the Old.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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But let's go to
the New Testament.
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Go with me to the book of John.
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What book, everybody?
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John.
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John, chapter 1, verse 1.
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Let's get some New Testament.
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They are three in one.
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John 1:1, the Word of God says
in John 1:1, the Word says, in
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the, what?
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Beginning.
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Was the what?
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Word.
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And the Word was with whom?
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God.
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And the word
was whom, everybody?
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God.
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In the beginning was the what?
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Word.
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The same that was in the
beginning with God, all things
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were made by what?
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Him.
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And without him was not
anything made that was made.
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Go down to verse 14.
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John 1:14.
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The Bible is very clear
that the Word became what?
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Flesh.
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The Word became flesh and
dwelt among us, that we beheld
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his glory.
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Hallelujah, somebody.
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The glory as of the
only begotten of the Father.
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Full of grace and
full of what? Truth.
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Jesus, then, the Son, is God.
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Jesus, the Son, is the
Word that became flesh.
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Dwelt among us.
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We beheld his glory,
full of grace and truth.
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But then don't
forget about the Holy Ghost.
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The Holy Ghost is also
God, and the Holy Ghost was an
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active agent at creation.
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Genesis 1:1 says, In the
beginning, whom, everybody?
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God created the
heavens and the what? Earth.
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Verse 2 says, And the
earth was without form and void.
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Darkness was upon
the face of the deep.
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And the Spirit of God,
oh, hallelujah, somebody.
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The Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters, and
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God said, Let there be what?
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Light, and there
was what, everybody?
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There is but one God.
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Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
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A unity of three
co-eternal persons.
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No complex, just God.
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No mystery, just God.
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No misunderstanding.
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Just God.
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The Godhead is not one
in person, but God is one in
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purpose, mind and character.
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The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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They each have a function, but
they are all working to bring
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about our salvation.
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The Father acts as the source,
the Son acts as the mediator,
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the Holy Ghost
acts as the applier.
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Remember, God the
Father gave the Son.
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For God so loved the world
that he gave his only begotten
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Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not what?
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Perish, but have
everlasting what? Life.
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For God sent not his Son
into the world to condemn the
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world, but that the world
through him might be saved.
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The Father sent the Son.
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But you will remember,
the Son sent the Holy Ghost.
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Because after he died, Jesus
on Calvary, he rose from the
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grave, and just before his
ascension back to heaven, the
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Son, Jesus, comforted his
disciples by promising to send
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the Holy Ghost.
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John 15:26, Jesus
said, "But when the Comforter
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is come, who I will
send unto you in the name
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of the Father, even
the spirit of truth which
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proceedeth from the
Father, he shall" what?
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"Testify. "You remember
the baptism of Jesus, the Son.
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They're all at work.
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God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Ghost, all at
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work in baptism.
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You will remember Matthew 3
teaches that it was the Father
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who said at Jesus' baptism,
"This is my beloved Son, in
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whom I am well pleased."It
was the Son who gave himself
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to be baptized.
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And then the Holy Ghost
anointed Jesus the Son, by
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descending upon Jesus
in the form of a dove.
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The Bible can go on and on
and tell us about how they are
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three in one.
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The gospel commission
tells us, "Go ye therefore.
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Teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the
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Father, and the"what?
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"Son, and the"what?
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"Holy Ghost."We can go to
the apostolic benediction of
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II Corinthians 13:13.
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It talks about three in one.
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It says, "The grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the love of
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the Father, and the communion
of the Holy Spirit be with you
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all."They are three in one.
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Now, let's talk
about the Father.
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Specifically, let's
talk about God the Father.
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God the eternal Father.
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He is the source,
creator, sustainer.
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He's sovereign, he's holy,
he's just, he's merciful, slow
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to anger, of great kindness.
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Let's give you some
characteristics about God.
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Characteristic number one, God
the Father is a God of mercy.
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Thank you, Jesus,
for being a God of mercy.
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Exodus 34 teaches
that the Lord is merciful.
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He's gracious.
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He's longsuffering.
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He's abounding in
goodness and in truth.
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But then not only is
God a God of mercy, God is a
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God of covenants.
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Which means God
doesn't break the commitment
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he makes with us.
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God is a God of covenants.
00:20:01.23\00:20:02.66
What do I mean?
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In Genesis 8, God gave Noah
assurance of regular seasons.
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And in Genesis 9 he gave
assurance, another covenant,
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that there would never
be a worldwide flood again.
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He said it wouldn't be
water but fire, next time.
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But not only is God a
God of covenant, God is a
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God of redemption.
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As the God of the Exodus,
God miraculously led a nation of
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slaves to freedom.
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God redeemed the chosen of
Israel from the fiery hand of
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mean old Pharaoh.
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But not only is God a
God of redemption; God is a
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God of refuge.
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Because the Psalmist
says, "God is our refuge and
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strength, a very present
help in time of trouble."God is
00:20:46.13\00:20:52.60
also a God of sustenance.
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Whatever I need,
God will give it to me.
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Cast your burden on the Lord.
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The Lord shall sustain you.
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He will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
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For God is also a God of trust.
00:21:06.33\00:21:08.70
Psalm 62:8: "Trust
in him at all times.
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Pour out your heart before
him."God is a refuge for us.
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But not only do I
like that; God is also
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a God of forgiveness.
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All of us have sinned, all
of us have come short of the
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glory of God.
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After his sins of adultery
and murder, David said in
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Psalm 51, "God have mercy on me,
00:21:36.46\00:21:39.56
according to your loving
kindness, according to the
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multitude of your tender
mercies,"he said, "blot out
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my transgressions."God is
also a God of faithfulness.
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Lamentations 3:22-23
says, "It is of the Lord's
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mercies that we
are not consumed.
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Great is thy faithfulness.
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They are new every morning."
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Not only that, I like
this one: God is a God of
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protection.
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Psalm 1:21, when I need
some protection I go there.
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Psalm 1:21, "He that
watches over Israel neither
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slumbers nor sleeps.
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The Lord is your keeper,
the Lord is your shade upon
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your right hand.
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The sun shall not smite thee
by day, nor the moon by night.
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He shall preserve thy
soul even forevermore, my help
00:22:36.33\00:22:41.30
comes from the Lord."Let
me tell you this: Unless your
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help comes from God, unless
the Lord is your God, unless
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the Lord is your
keeper you will not be kept.
00:22:57.23\00:23:01.50
Who is it that draws blood
flowing through your veins?
00:23:01.50\00:23:08.00
Who is it that
keeps your brain alive?
00:23:08.00\00:23:15.00
Who is it that keeps
your lungs functioning?
00:23:15.00\00:23:17.16
Who is it that keeps unseen
microbes from attacking your
00:23:17.16\00:23:20.66
body and eating away
at your internal organs?
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.86
If you don't know who it is,
if you haven't found out who it
00:23:22.86\00:23:29.06
is, let me tell you who it is.
00:23:29.06\00:23:33.36
The Lord is your keeper.
00:23:33.36\00:23:36.10
The Lord is your
protection on every side.
00:23:36.10\00:23:40.43
There's a built-in
security system that cannot be
00:23:40.43\00:23:44.53
destroyed by massive evil.
00:23:44.53\00:23:46.60
There's a built-in security
system that can't be breached
00:23:46.60\00:23:51.26
by human hands.
00:23:51.26\00:23:52.93
He's God, and
God is my protector.
00:23:52.93\00:23:56.40
If you've been kept in this
life, if you've been saved in
00:23:56.40\00:24:00.36
trouble, if you've been
rescued from the edge of
00:24:00.36\00:24:03.70
death, it's not the U.S.
00:24:03.70\00:24:06.50
military, it's not the
city police, it's not your home
00:24:06.50\00:24:12.36
security system, but
understand, it's because of a
00:24:12.36\00:24:15.66
God who watches over
Israel and he neither
00:24:15.66\00:24:20.03
slumbers nor sleeps.
00:24:20.03\00:24:24.10
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:24:24.10\00:24:25.43
But number two, let
me tell you about God,
00:24:25.43\00:24:30.23
the eternal Son.
00:24:30.23\00:24:32.30
God the Son became
incarnate in Jesus Christ.
00:24:32.30\00:24:38.50
In other words, let me
tell you about my Jesus.
00:24:38.50\00:24:43.60
Jesus, sweetest name I know.
00:24:43.60\00:24:47.30
Jesus, I have to
tell it wherever I go.
00:24:47.30\00:24:50.73
Jesus, born of a woman,
rocked in a cow's eating trough.
00:24:50.73\00:24:56.60
Jesus, wrapped in
swaddling clothes, baptized
00:24:56.60\00:25:01.43
in the muddy Jordan.
00:25:01.43\00:25:02.80
Jesus preached a gospel
message, healed thousands
00:25:02.80\00:25:07.60
upon thousands.
00:25:07.60\00:25:09.03
Jesus, condemned by the
government, put out of the
00:25:09.03\00:25:13.86
organized church.
00:25:13.86\00:25:15.40
Jesus, crucified on trumped-up
charges, died on a cruel
00:25:15.40\00:25:21.43
cross, conquered
death, hell, and the grave.
00:25:21.43\00:25:25.93
Rose on the third appointed day.
00:25:25.93\00:25:30.06
Ascended back to heaven,
and one day he's coming back for
00:25:30.06\00:25:34.46
you and for me.
00:25:34.46\00:25:35.80
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