Passion with Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio - The Most Precious Thing You Could Ever Hold In Your Hands

May 10, 2026 | 27:28

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - The Most Precious Thing You Could Ever Hold In Your Hands | May 10, 2026

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>> this collection is called
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>> this collection is called breath on a page,
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Breath on a page, and what we want to do
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And what we want to do over the next few weeks is we
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Over the next few weeks is we want to combine our brains
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Want to combine our brains and our hearts to examine,
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And our hearts to examine, study the word of god.
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Study the word of god. and when i say
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And when i say examine and study,
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Examine and study, i don't mean like we're going
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I don't mean like we're going to bring our great opinion
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To bring our great opinion and tell the word of god
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And tell the word of god what we think,
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What we think, but we want to come in
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But we want to come in and look carefully
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And look carefully and intently at the scripture.
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And intently at the scripture. and we want to come
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And we want to come with our brains,
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With our brains, not just with our faith.
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Not just with our faith. we want to come with our heart,
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We want to come with our heart, yes, but we also want
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Yes, but we also want to come with our minds.
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To come with our minds. and we're going
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And we're going to look like it is
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To look like it is a core class in the morning.
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A core class in the morning. we're going to learn
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We're going to learn some things together today,
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Some things together today, but the end of it
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But the end of it is not information.
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Is not information. the end of it is that
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The end of it is that we will immerse ourselves
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We will immerse ourselves in the word of god
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In the word of god and find breath for our lives
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And find breath for our lives from the very breath of god.
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From the very breath of god. amen?
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Amen? today we're looking at
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Today we're looking at the uniqueness of scripture,
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The uniqueness of scripture, and i love that.
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And i love that. and when we say scripture,
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And when we say scripture, we mean the bible,
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We mean the bible, but just to be clear,
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But just to be clear, the bible never calls
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The bible never calls itself the bible.
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Itself the bible. the bible calls itself
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The bible calls itself scripture or the word of god,
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Scripture or the word of god, and so most often
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And so most often i like to call scripture
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I like to call scripture what scripture calls itself,
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What scripture calls itself, which is scripture.
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Which is scripture. there's no wrong
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There's no wrong in calling it the bible.
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In calling it the bible. my scripture is called
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My scripture is called the niv bible,
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The niv bible, and we have collaborated here
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And we have collaborated here to create the jesus bible,
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To create the jesus bible, so we're not against the bible,
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So we're not against the bible, but just noting that
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But just noting that the bible refers
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The bible refers to itself as scripture,
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To itself as scripture, and though it doesn't
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And though it doesn't call itself the bible,
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Call itself the bible, it does tell us
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It does tell us just how unique it is.
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Just how unique it is. and i pray we walk out today,
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And i pray we walk out today, i pray that you walk out today
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I pray that you walk out today and that you are in love
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And that you are in love all over again with the miracle
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All over again with the miracle of the word of god.
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Of the word of god. paul wrote in 2 timothy 3 that,
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Paul wrote in 2 timothy 3 that, "all scripture is god-breathed,"
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"all scripture is god-breathed," now, obviously, that's where
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Now, obviously, that's where we get the banner
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We get the banner for this collection,
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For this collection, "and is useful for teaching,
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"and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting,
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Rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness,
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And training in righteousness, so that, key phrase here,
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So that, key phrase here, the servant of god may be
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The servant of god may be thoroughly equipped
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Thoroughly equipped for every good work."
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For every good work." so, we see a few things
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So, we see a few things the scripture
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The scripture is saying about itself,
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Is saying about itself, that all of it is god-breathed.
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That all of it is god-breathed. it's not ink on a page,
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It's not ink on a page, it's breath on a page.
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It's breath on a page. it's not just a product
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It's not just a product of a printing process,
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Of a printing process, it's the product
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It's the product of the exhale of
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Of the exhale of the almighty god of himself
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The almighty god of himself onto the page that you
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Onto the page that you hold in your hand.
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Hold in your hand. and it's not given
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And it's not given so that we can be smarter.
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So that we can be smarter. it's given so that we can be
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It's given so that we can be equipped for every good work.
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Equipped for every good work. number one, scripture is not
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Number one, scripture is not a book, it's 66 books.
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A book, it's 66 books. so, maybe you thought
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So, maybe you thought this is just a thing,
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This is just a thing, beginning to end,
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Beginning to end, somebody sat down
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Somebody sat down and wrote this thing.
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And wrote this thing. no, this one book is made up
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No, this one book is made up of 66 unique books.
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Of 66 unique books. and the thing that's powerful
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And the thing that's powerful about the 66 unique books,
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About the 66 unique books, we'll see this
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We'll see this a little bit later,
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A little bit later, is that they were not
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Is that they were not written by one person,
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Written by one person, they were written by
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They were written by 40 plus authors.
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40 plus authors. and they were written,
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And they were written, these 66 books, over a span
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These 66 books, over a span of 1,500 years.
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Of 1,500 years. they were written,
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They were written, not in somebody's basement,
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Not in somebody's basement, they were written on three
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They were written on three different continents.
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Different continents. and they were written
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And they were written in three different languages.
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In three different languages. yet the symmetry of the story
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Yet the symmetry of the story and the theme is astounding.
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And the theme is astounding. so, astounding that when
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So, astounding that when you see this graph
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You see this graph of the cross-references
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Of the cross-references of the word of god,
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Of the word of god, it absolutely
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It absolutely blows your mind.
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Blows your mind. we brought this in to worship
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We brought this in to worship a couple of years ago,
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A couple of years ago, but i want us to see it
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But i want us to see it again today.
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Again today. it's a chart
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It's a chart of the cross-references
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Of the cross-references in scripture.
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In scripture. what is a cross-reference
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What is a cross-reference in scripture?
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It's where in one book,
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It's where in one book, maybe in the old testament,
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Maybe in the old testament, the prophet says something,
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The prophet says something, and then all the way over
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And then all the way over in the new testament,
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In the new testament, someone quotes what
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Someone quotes what the prophet has said,
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The prophet has said, or the prophecy that
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Or the prophecy that the prophet has said
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The prophet has said comes true in a moment,
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All of these centuries later.
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All of these centuries later. in this moment, these two places
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In this moment, these two places in scripture are connected.
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In scripture are connected. and what we see here,
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And what we see here, the books of the bible,
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The books of the bible, starting with
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Starting with genesis to revelation,
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Genesis to revelation, the length of the chapters,
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The length of the chapters, you can see the one
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You can see the one in the middle, psalm 119,
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In the middle, psalm 119, the longest chapter
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The longest chapter in the bible.
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In the bible. and then, you see
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And then, you see the color coding of how closely
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The color coding of how closely the cross-references are.
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The cross-references are. but some of the cross-references
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But some of the cross-references go all the way from genesis
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Go all the way from genesis to revelation.
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To revelation. and in this graph, we see
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And in this graph, we see the 63,779 cross-references
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The 63,779 cross-references in the word of god.
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In the word of god. forty-plus authors,
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Forty-plus authors, 1,500-year span,
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1,500-year span, three different continents,
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Three different continents, three different languages,
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Three different languages, and over 63,000 connections
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And over 63,000 connections in this scripture.
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In this scripture. i'm telling you,
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I'm telling you, it is impossible that
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It is impossible that a bunch of guys got in a room
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A bunch of guys got in a room and decided they were
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And decided they were going to create a religion
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Going to create a religion and concoct a story like that.
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And concoct a story like that. the second thing that
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The second thing that we see that makes
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We see that makes the scripture so unique
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The scripture so unique is that scripture gives us
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Is that scripture gives us eyewitness accounts of the acts
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Of god through history.
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Of god through history. in other words,
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In other words, it's not just somebody
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It's not just somebody sitting alone under
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Sitting alone under a tree going,
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A tree going, "i think this would be
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"i think this would be a really good religious story."
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A really good religious story." the scripture is filled
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The scripture is filled with people who are
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With people who are telling us what they saw,
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Telling us what they saw, and they're telling us
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And they're telling us what they heard.
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It's like eyewitness news
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It's like eyewitness news at six.
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At six. anybody?
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Anybody? hello?
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Hello? eyewitness news is a thing,
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Eyewitness news is a thing, because at some point,
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Because at some point, people didn't want just
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People didn't want just two news readers behind a desk
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Two news readers behind a desk looking at a teleprompter,
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Looking at a teleprompter, telling them what happened
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Telling them what happened yesterday at 4:30
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Yesterday at 4:30 in the afternoon.
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In the afternoon. and so, now we have
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And so, now we have a field reporter.
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A field reporter. the field reporter goes
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The field reporter goes to the site where it happened
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To the site where it happened yesterday afternoon,
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Yesterday afternoon, and they find somebody
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And they find somebody who saw something.
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Who saw something. and now, we pitch it
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And now, we pitch it to our field reporter,
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To our field reporter, and she is with the neighbor,
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And she is with the neighbor, and the neighbor
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And the neighbor actually was there,
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Actually was there, and the neighbor's now not
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And the neighbor's now not telling us what happened.
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Telling us what happened. they're telling us what
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They're telling us what they saw happen.
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They saw happen. and scripture is filled with
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And scripture is filled with the eyewitness accounts
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The eyewitness accounts of the acts of god.
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Of the acts of god. peter, that fisherman,
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Peter, that fisherman, tells us that he saw
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Tells us that he saw something amazing on
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Something amazing on the mount of transfiguration.
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The mount of transfiguration. it says in 2 peter 1:16,
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"for we did not follow
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"for we did not follow cleverly devised stories
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Cleverly devised stories when we told you about
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When we told you about the coming of our
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The coming of our lord jesus christ in power,
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Lord jesus christ in power, but we were," hello,
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But we were," hello, "eyewitnesses of his majesty."
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"eyewitnesses of his majesty." and now, he describes what
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And now, he describes what happened when jesus went up
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Happened when jesus went up on the mountain, took peter,
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On the mountain, took peter, james, and john,
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James, and john, and elijah appeared,
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And moses appeared,
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And moses appeared, and the glory of god appeared
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And the glory of god appeared on the mountain.
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On the mountain. "he," jesus, "received honor
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"he," jesus, "received honor and glory from god the father
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When the voice came to him from
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When the voice came to him from the majestic glory, saying,
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The majestic glory, saying, 'this is my son, whom i love,
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'this is my son, whom i love, with him i am well pleased.'
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With him i am well pleased.' we ourselves heard this voice
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We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when
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That came from heaven when we were with him on
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We were with him on the sacred mountain.
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The sacred mountain. we also have
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We also have the prophetic message
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The prophetic message as something
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As something completely reliable,
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Completely reliable, and you will do well
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And you will do well to pay attention to it,
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To pay attention to it, as to a light shining
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As to a light shining in a dark place until
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In a dark place until the day dawns and the morning
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The day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
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Star rises in your hearts. above all, you must understand
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Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of scripture
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That no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet's own
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Came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things,
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Interpretation of things, for prophecy never had
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For prophecy never had its origin in the human will,
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Its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human,
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But prophets, though human, spoke from god as
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Spoke from god as they were carried along
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They were carried along by the holy spirit."
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By the holy spirit." peter is saying, we were there.
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Peter is saying, we were there. we were eyewitnesses.
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We were eyewitnesses. and what i love about this is,
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And what i love about this is, he says, we were eyewitnesses.
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He says, we were eyewitnesses. peter, james, and john
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Peter, james, and john up on the mountain.
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Up on the mountain. not just james
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Up on the mountain,
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Up on the mountain, not just peter up
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Not just peter up on the mountain,
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On the mountain, not peter coming back saying,
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Not peter coming back saying, "guys, you're not going
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"guys, you're not going to believe what i saw today."
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To believe what i saw today." no, there's a triad of
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No, there's a triad of corroboration and accountability
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Corroboration and accountability to the veracity of this story.
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To the veracity of this story. james could have said,
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James could have said, "no, that's not how it went.
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"no, that's not how it went. but we were there.
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But we were there. we were eyewitnesses.
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We were eyewitnesses. we heard it with our own ears."
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We heard it with our own ears." this scripture is filled
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This scripture is filled with eyewitness accounts
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With eyewitness accounts of the work of god in history.
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Of the work of god in history. the third thing that makes
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The third thing that makes scripture unique
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Scripture unique is it is a living word.
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It's not just steady state.
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It's not just steady state. it's not one-dimensional.
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It's not one-dimensional. it's not, yeah, i'm reading
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It's not, yeah, i'm reading a book over here, and yeah,
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A book over here, and yeah, some of it moved me
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Some of it moved me and touched me in a certain way.
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And touched me in a certain way. no, this book is living.
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No, this book is living. that's the way
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That's the way the hebrews writer said it.
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The hebrews writer said it. he said, "for the word of god
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Is alive."
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Is alive." can you say alive?
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Can you say alive? this book is alive.
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This book is alive. how will you know it's alive?
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How will you know it's alive? it'll get down inside you
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It'll get down inside you and stir some stuff up.
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And stir some stuff up. so, i love i start digging
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So, i love i start digging into it because we didn't like
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Into it because we didn't like what happened the last time
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What happened the last time we dug into it.
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We dug into it. it's smarter than we are.
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It's smarter than we are. it trumps all argument
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It trumps all argument and debate.
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And debate. and at the end of the day,
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And at the end of the day, it gets to the heart
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It gets to the heart of the matter.
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Of the matter. it cuts through what we want
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It cuts through what we want people to see and think
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People to see and think and gets down to what really is
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And gets down to what really is who we are and what we think.
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Who we are and what we think. it's alive, but it's
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It's alive, but it's also active.
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Also active. that means it's got a purpose.
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That means it's got a purpose. that's what
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That's what the prophet isaiah said.
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The prophet isaiah said. he said, "god sends
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He said, "god sends this word forth,
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This word forth, and when he sends it forth,
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And when he sends it forth, it has assignments."
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It has assignments." in other words, today,
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In other words, today, it's not like a dude speaking
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It's not like a dude speaking and some information's
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And some information's being transferred.
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Being transferred. no, god has assignments
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No, god has assignments for this word today.
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For this word today. and what the prophet said
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And what the prophet said is it never comes back.
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Is it never comes back. the word never comes back
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The word never comes back without doing what it
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Without doing what it was sent to do.
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Was sent to do. it always
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It always accomplishes the purpose
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Accomplishes the purpose for which it was sent.
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For which it was sent. and what was that?
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And what was that? well, it's sharper than
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Well, it's sharper than any double-edged sword.
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Any double-edged sword. it penetrates even
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It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,
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To dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow.
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Joints and marrow. it judges the thoughts
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It judges the thoughts and the attitudes of the heart.
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And the attitudes of the heart. that's what we mean today when
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That's what we mean today when we say it's god breathed.
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We say it's god breathed. that breath is living breath.
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That breath is living breath. and when you open the pages of
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And when you open the pages of this most unique book of books
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In history and in eternity,
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In history and in eternity, it moves and it stirs,
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It moves and it stirs, and it upends and it heals
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And it upends and it heals and restores because
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And restores because it's living and it's active.
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The fourth thing that
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The fourth thing that makes scripture so unique
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Makes scripture so unique is it has a clear and compelling
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Is it has a clear and compelling central character.
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Central character. in other words, it's not just
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A bunch of mumbo-jumbo.
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A bunch of mumbo-jumbo. and i know if
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And i know if you're new to church,
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You're new to church, and a lot of you are,
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And a lot of you are, and you're new to faith
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And you're new to faith and you're like,
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And you're like, i've never really been able
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I've never really been able to fully understand this thing.
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To fully understand this thing. i mean, the lord is my shepherd.
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I mean, the lord is my shepherd. i get that part,
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I get that part, but there's a whole lot
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But there's a whole lot of it in here that i just
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Of it in here that i just don't know what to do with
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Don't know what to do with it all and where to start
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It all and where to start with it all and how
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With it all and how to walk through it all.
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To walk through it all. well, at the end of the day,
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Well, at the end of the day, here's the thing.
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It's not just a big
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It's not just a big collection of information.
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Collection of information. this book, this scripture has
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This book, this scripture has a clear and compelling
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A clear and compelling central character.
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Central character. it's all about one thing,
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It's all about one thing, but it's not a something,
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But it's not a something, it's a someone.
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It's a someone. in other words,
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In other words, a lot of people think
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A lot of people think it's just a set of rules,
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It's just a set of rules, but it's not.
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But it's not. it's about a ruler.
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It's about a ruler. a lot of people think it's just
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A lot of people think it's just a bunch of do's and don'ts,
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A bunch of do's and don'ts, but it's not just about
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But it's not just about do's and don'ts.
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Do's and don'ts. it's about what this
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It's about what this central character has done
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Central character has done and continues to do.
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And continues to do. some people think, oh,
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Some people think, oh, it's just teaching, right?
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It's just teaching, right? no, it's about a teacher that
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No, it's about a teacher that can give you life.
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Can give you life. and here's the key thing
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And here's the key thing i love about it.
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I love about it. it's not information.
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It's not information. this scripture
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This scripture is an introduction.
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Is an introduction. and if you open it
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And if you open it and give it time,
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And give it time, it will introduce you
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It will introduce you to its central character,
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To its central character, and his name is jesus.
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And his name is jesus. it's no minimizing the trinity.
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It's no minimizing the trinity. they are all in scripture,
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They are all in scripture, the father, the son,
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The father, the son, and the holy spirit
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And the holy spirit all partnering together.
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All partnering together. but the scripture is called
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But the scripture is called the word of god.
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The word of god. and the word of god, we know,
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And the word of god, we know, is the person of jesus.
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Is the person of jesus. when we were invited
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When we were invited to this amazing opportunity
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To this amazing opportunity to collaborate on
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To collaborate on creating the jesus bible,
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Creating the jesus bible, we were so fired up.
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We were so fired up. we'd had opportunities before.
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We'd had opportunities before. there are a lot of amazing
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There are a lot of amazing bible resources.
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Bible resources. no knock on any of them.
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No knock on any of them. they're incredible.
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They're incredible. but people had come to us
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But people had come to us over many, many years,
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Over many, many years, "why don't you guys work
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"why don't you guys work to create the passion bible,
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To create the passion bible, or the passion worship bible,
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Or the passion worship bible, or the louie giglio
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Or the louie giglio inspirational bible?"
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Inspirational bible?" and i'm like, yeah, no, no,
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And i'm like, yeah, no, no, i don't think we need that.
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I don't think we need that. we've all got the scripture,
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We've all got the scripture, and i think that's going
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And i think that's going to be fine for all of us.
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To be fine for all of us. and then, this idea came,
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And then, this idea came, would you guys be interested
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Would you guys be interested in helping create a resource
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In helping create a resource that lets people see jesus on
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That lets people see jesus on every page of scripture?
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Every page of scripture? and we were like, yes,
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And we were like, yes, we would be honored to do that.
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We would be honored to do that. and so, our teamwork to create
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And so, our teamwork to create a resource that you can
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A resource that you can open easily and see
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Open easily and see genesis is about jesus,
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Genesis is about jesus, exodus is about jesus,
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Exodus is about jesus, leviticus is about jesus,
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Leviticus is about jesus, numbers, deuteronomy,
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Numbers, deuteronomy, the whole scripture all points
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The whole scripture all points to a central character,
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To a central character, and his name is jesus.
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And his name is jesus. we called it, the tagline,
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We called it, the tagline, 66 books, one story,
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66 books, one story, all about one name,
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All about one name, the jesus bible.
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The jesus bible. you're like, "ooh, that sounds
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You're like, "ooh, that sounds like a nice little marketing
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Like a nice little marketing tagline there, louie, good job."
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Tagline there, louie, good job." no, that didn't come from us.
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No, that didn't come from us. let's let jesus speak
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Let's let jesus speak for himself.
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For himself. john 5, you study
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John 5, you study the scriptures.
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The scriptures. he's talking to this group
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He's talking to this group who has scripture
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Who has scripture in their possession,
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In their possession, looking for life and not
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Looking for life and not realizing that the life
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Realizing that the life is the person standing right
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Is the person standing right in front of them.
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In front of them. you study the scriptures
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You study the scriptures diligently because
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Diligently because you think that in them,
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You think that in them, you have eternal life.
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You have eternal life. these are the very scriptures
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These are the very scriptures that testify about me,
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That testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me
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Yet you refuse to come to me and have life.
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And have life. he was walking
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He was walking on the road to emmaus
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On the road to emmaus after the resurrection
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After the resurrection with some followers,
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With some followers, and they didn't recognize him
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And they didn't recognize him in his glorified body.
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In his glorified body. and he's saying, "you know,
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And he's saying, "you know, what's going down?"
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What's going down?" they say, "you don't know
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They say, "you don't know what's going down?
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What's going down? i mean, hello, you got to be
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I mean, hello, you got to be the only person alive that
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The only person alive that doesn't know something powerful
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Doesn't know something powerful just happened in jerusalem."
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Just happened in jerusalem." he's like,
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He's like, "well, what happened?"
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"well, what happened?" and they start unfolding
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And they start unfolding the story from their
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The story from their eyewitness' perspective,
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Eyewitness' perspective, and they don't understand
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And they don't understand that this is the way
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That this is the way it had to be.
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It had to be. "and so, he says to them,
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"and so, he says to them, 'how foolish are you
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'how foolish are you and how so to believe
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And how so to believe all that the prophets,
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All that the prophets, that's the scripture
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That's the scripture have spoken?
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Have spoken? did not the messiah have
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Did not the messiah have to suffer these things
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To suffer these things and then enter his glory
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And then enter his glory and beginning with moses
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And beginning with moses and all the prophets,
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And all the prophets, he explained to them what was
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He explained to them what was said in all the scriptures
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Said in all the scriptures concerning himself.'"
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Concerning himself.'" it's all about jesus.
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It's all about jesus. he is the word of god.
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He is the word of god. that's what it says in
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That's what it says in john's gospel chapter one.
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John's gospel chapter one. a few verses down in verse 14,
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A few verses down in verse 14, it says, "the word became flesh.
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It says, "the word became flesh. the one that was with god
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The one that was with god and was god became flesh
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And was god became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
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And made his dwelling among us. we've seen his glory,
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We've seen his glory, the glory of the one
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The glory of the one and only son who came from
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And only son who came from the father full
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The father full of grace and truth."
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Of grace and truth." the fifth and last thing that
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The fifth and last thing that i want to highlight about
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I want to highlight about the uniqueness of scripture is
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The uniqueness of scripture is it's scripture fills our souls
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It's scripture fills our souls with spiritual oxygen
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In a suffocating world.
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In a suffocating world. we weren't made for this world.
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We weren't made for this world. we were made for a perfect
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We were made for a perfect version of this world,
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Version of this world, but we weren't made for this
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But we weren't made for this corrupted and broken world.
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Corrupted and broken world. that's why god is creating
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That's why god is creating a new heaven, a new earth,
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A new heaven, a new earth, and that's where we're going
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And that's where we're going to spend eternity with him,
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To spend eternity with him, those of us who have
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Those of us who have put faith in jesus,
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Put faith in jesus, a savior and lord.
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But on this earth,
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But on this earth, there are a lot of days
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There are a lot of days and some weeks and some months
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And some weeks and some months and some years, amen,
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And some years, amen, that you feel like
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That you feel like you are suffocating,
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You are suffocating, that you are underwater
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That you are underwater and you don't know
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And you don't know if you can breathe.
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If you can breathe. anybody been there before
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Anybody been there before in life where you're like,
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In life where you're like, i don't know if i can breathe
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I don't know if i can breathe and i don't know if i'm going
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And i don't know if i'm going to make it through this?
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To make it through this? it feels like i am
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It feels like i am sinking underwater.
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Sinking underwater. that's why it's so incredible
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That's why it's so incredible today that we're talking about
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Today that we're talking about breath on the page because
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Breath on the page because we survive on a broken earth
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We survive on a broken earth by desperately breathing in
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By desperately breathing in what god has miraculously
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What god has miraculously breathed out.
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Breathed out. it looks like scuba diving.
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It looks like scuba diving. anybody been before?
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Anybody been before? oh, a few mighty people.
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Oh, a few mighty people. shelly and i have.
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Shelly and i have. we did the resort dive
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We did the resort dive at the resort on vacation.
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At the resort on vacation. didn't get fully certified,
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Didn't get fully certified, but we did get a few lessons
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But we did get a few lessons in the pool.
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In the pool. anybody been there?
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Anybody been there? and then, they take you out
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And then, they take you out in about 20 feet of water
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In about 20 feet of water and let you go down
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And let you go down for 30 minutes maybe
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For 30 minutes maybe and swim around and see stuff.
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And swim around and see stuff. the thing they tell you is don't
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The thing they tell you is don't panic when you get down there
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Panic when you get down there because you'll suck up
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Because you'll suck up all the oxygen.
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All the oxygen. well, we were with a group
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Well, we were with a group of about 10 people in our
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Of about 10 people in our little resort dive class.
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And when we got in there,
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And when we got in there, it was phenomenal.
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It was phenomenal. and we were experiencing
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And we were experiencing something we've never
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Something we've never experienced before.
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Experienced before. and i can tell this
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And i can tell this precious woman over here is
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Precious woman over here is about to have a panic attack.
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About to have a panic attack. and she's just over there like,
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And she's just over there like, and the guy is like,
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Circles everybody up.
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Circles everybody up. "we got to go.
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"we got to go. ten minutes and jenny,
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Ten minutes and jenny, she's already sucked up
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She's already sucked up all the air.
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All the air. the whole dive is over.
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The whole dive is over. let's go."
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Let's go." but the possibilities were
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But the possibilities were just amazing.
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Just amazing. just incredible.
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Just incredible. the sensation of it.
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The sensation of it. and i don't know who,
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And i don't know who, where you are today,
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Where you are today, what you're walking
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What you're walking through today.
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Through today. but i know this.
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But i know this. i know that the word of god
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I know that the word of god is breath on a page.
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Is breath on a page. and if you feel like you're
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And if you feel like you're going under or you are under,
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Going under or you are under, i've got news for you today.
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I've got news for you today. you can breathe underwater
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You can breathe underwater with the word of god.
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With the word of god. yeah, you can.
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Yeah, you can. you have to take hold of it.
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I don't know how
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I don't know how far down you are.
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Far down you are. you can still breathe.
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You can still breathe. and what's really
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And what's really amazing is that,
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Amazing is that, you'd never go down 50 feet
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You'd never go down 50 feet without this tank.
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Without this tank. but somehow we just keep
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But somehow we just keep trying to knuckle our way
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Trying to knuckle our way through so many different
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Through so many different situations every day
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Situations every day without the word of god.
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Without the word of god. and it's his very breath
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And it's his very breath on a page.
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On a page. and when you're underwater,
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And when you're underwater, you can breathe it in.
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And don't worry, you're not
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And don't worry, you're not going to use it all up.
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Going to use it all up. it's god saying to you,
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It's god saying to you, yes, it's unique.
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Yes, it's unique. it's unique for so many reasons.
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It's unique for so many reasons. there's not a book like it.
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There's not a book like it. but it's unique,
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But it's unique, because it provides you
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Because it provides you spiritual oxygen
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Spiritual oxygen when the world is trying
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When the world is trying to snuff you out,
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To snuff you out, and suffocate you.
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And suffocate you. that's not just for me.
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That's not just for me. it's not just for you.
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It's not just for you. that was jesus himself,
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That was jesus himself, who is the word of god.
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Who is the word of god. underwater.
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Underwater. in the wilderness.
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In the wilderness. under pressure.
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Under pressure. hasn't eaten for 40 days.
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Hasn't eaten for 40 days. hasn't had water for 40 days
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Hasn't had water for 40 days and 40 nights.
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And 40 nights. he's being tested.
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He's being tested. and he's being sharpened
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And he's being sharpened for a miracle work
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For a miracle work to save the world
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To save the world for the glory of god.
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For the glory of god. yeah, he's going
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Yeah, he's going to walk on water.
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To walk on water. sure, he's going
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Sure, he's going to feed a multitude,
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To feed a multitude, and raise the dead,
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And raise the dead, and heal the sick,
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And heal the sick, and teach amazing things.
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And teach amazing things. but ultimately, he's going
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But ultimately, he's going to leverage innocence for
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To leverage innocence for the salvation of the sinner.
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The salvation of the sinner. and the enemy isn't
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And the enemy isn't applauding him coming out
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Applauding him coming out of the wilderness.
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Of the wilderness. the enemy is trying
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The enemy is trying to suffocate him coming out
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To suffocate him coming out of the wilderness.
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Of the wilderness. the enemy sees how weak he is,
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The enemy sees how weak he is, and tries to snuff him out
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And tries to snuff him out before he does one miracle.
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Before he does one miracle. he said to him,
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He said to him, "'if you are the son of god,
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"'if you are the son of god, tell these stones
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Tell these stones to become bread.'
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To become bread.' and jesus answered,
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And jesus answered, 'it is written.'"
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'it is written.'" in other words, jesus.
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In other words, jesus. underwater.
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Underwater. under pressure.
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Under pressure. in the wilderness.
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In the wilderness. weak.
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Weak. frail.
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Frail. he's still got his mouth
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He's still got his mouth on the breath of god.
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On the breath of god. he is the breath of god.
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He is the breath of god. he is the word of god.
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He is the word of god. but his go-to is,
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But his go-to is, what'd you say?
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"man does not live
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"man does not live by bread alone."
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By bread alone." deuteronomy, your favorite
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Deuteronomy, your favorite book in scripture.
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Book in scripture. "and then, the devil took him
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"and then, the devil took him to the holy city and had him
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To the holy city and had him stand on the highest point
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Of the temple.
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Of the temple. 'if you are the son of god.'
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'if you are the son of god.' he said, 'throw yourself down
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He said, 'throw yourself down for it's written.
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For it's written. he will command his angels
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He will command his angels concerning you and they will
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Concerning you and they will lift you up in their hands.'"
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Lift you up in their hands.'" small footnote here,
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Small footnote here, the enemy thought, well,
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The enemy thought, well, that was a good plan.
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That was a good plan. i came at him with one and he
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I came at him with one and he came back with scripture.
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Came back with scripture. so, i'm going to come at him
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So, i'm going to come at him with another one.
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With another one. and then i'm going
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And then i'm going to come with scripture.
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To come with scripture. i'm just going to take it
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I'm just going to take it out of context.
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Out of context. "and jesus said,
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"and jesus said, 'it is also written.'"
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'it is also written.'" in other words,
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In other words, make sure you're reading
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Make sure you're reading the whole scripture.
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The whole scripture. not just a verse of it.
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Not just a verse of it. "'do not put the lord,
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"'do not put the lord, your god to the test."
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Your god to the test." deuteronomy.
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Deuteronomy. "again, the devil took him
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"again, the devil took him to a very high mountain
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To a very high mountain and showed him all
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And showed him all the kingdoms of the world
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The kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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And their splendor. 'all this i will give you,'
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'all this i will give you,' he said, 'if you will bow down
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He said, 'if you will bow down and worship me.'"
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And worship me.'" hello.
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Hello. maybe somebody just snapped
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Maybe somebody just snapped into the message and said,
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Into the message and said, wow, i just figured out why
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Wow, i just figured out why i came to church today.
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Because somebody i didn't
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Because somebody i didn't really realize it
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Really realize it might've been him has
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Might've been him has put me in a position
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Put me in a position that if i'll sell my soul,
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That if i'll sell my soul, they promised me everything.
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They promised me everything. well, jesus already
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Well, jesus already had everything.
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Had everything. "and he said to him,
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'away from me, satan!
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'away from me, satan! for it is written,'"
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For it is written,'" i got my mouth on
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I got my mouth on the very breath of god.
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The very breath of god. 'worship the lord your god,
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'worship the lord your god, and serve him only.'
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And serve him only.' and then the devil left him
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And then the devil left him and angels came
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And angels came and attended him."
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And attended him." is that your first go to?
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Is that your first go to? is that your second go to?
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Is that your third go to
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Is that your third go to your fourth go to?
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Your fourth go to? or is that somewhere fifth,
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Or is that somewhere fifth, sixth down the line?
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Sixth down the line? or you need a friend
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Or you need a friend to text you a passage?
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To text you a passage? when you start sinking,
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When you start sinking, you're like, "praise god,
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You're like, "praise god, i'm not taking my mouth
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I'm not taking my mouth off the living scripture
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Off the living scripture because i can breathe in
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Because i can breathe in desperately what god has
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Desperately what god has breathed out miraculously.
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Breathed out miraculously. and no matter
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And no matter how far under i go,
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How far under i go, i can still breathe."
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I can still breathe." and i think god wants us
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And i think god wants us to change today.
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To change today. and i think he wants to change
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And i think he wants to change the way we approach this.
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The way we approach this. now, we come to it
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Now, we come to it with a little bit
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With a little bit of trembling in our hands.
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Of trembling in our hands. we're not afraid of it,
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We're not afraid of it, but we come to it realizing
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But we come to it realizing what it is and who it is.
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What it is and who it is. i think that for sure
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I think that for sure that he wants to change
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That he wants to change the way we value it.
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The way we value it. that it's not a resource,
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That it's not a resource, it is the source.
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It is the source. i want to cling to it.
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I want to cling to it. i want to take it with me.
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I want to take it with me. i want to take it
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I want to take it everywhere i go.
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Everywhere i go. i don't ever
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I don't ever want to be without it.
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Want to be without it. i want to be near it
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I want to be near it and i want it to be near me.
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And i want it to be near me. and i want to hold on to it.
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And i want to hold on to it. and so, you'll have to pry
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And so, you'll have to pry my fingers off of this word,
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My fingers off of this word, because i will never in my life
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Because i will never in my life hold a thing in my hand more
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Hold a thing in my hand more miraculous than this.
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Miraculous than this. it is the living,
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It is the living, active word of god.
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Active word of god. it is the story of jesus
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It is the story of jesus for the world.
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For the world. and it is my breath
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And it is my breath every single day.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - The Most Precious Thing You Could Ever Hold In Your Hands

May 10, 2026 | 27:28

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