Louie Giglio - Reliable

May 17, 2026 | 27:29

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 - Reliable | May 17, 2026

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>> well, i'm pumped
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>> well, i'm pumped about this collection,
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About this collection, "breath on a page,"
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"breath on a page," last week was phenomenal,
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Last week was phenomenal, anchoring out of this text
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Anchoring out of this text in 2 timothy 3:16 and 17,
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In 2 timothy 3:16 and 17, says this, "all scripture
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Is god-breathed
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Is god-breathed 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 the servant of god
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So that the servant of god may be thoroughly equipped
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May be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
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For every good work." it is a pretty crazy thought,
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It is a pretty crazy thought, isn't it, that we hold
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God's breath in our hands.
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God's breath in our hands. i love how pastor louis
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I love how pastor louis said this last week,
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Said this last week, and he said it for a long time,
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And he said it for a long time, that this is not simply
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That this is not simply ink on a page,
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Ink on a page, this is breath on a page.
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This is breath on a page. that in our very hands
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That in our very hands we're holding a miracle,
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We're holding a miracle, god's breath,
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God's breath, "theopneustos" in the text,
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"theopneustos" in the text, in our hands, it's a miracle.
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In our hands, it's a miracle. and throughout this collection,
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And throughout this collection, the goal really isn't,
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The goal really isn't, and you maybe have come
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And you maybe have come to church before,
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To church before, and as a student pastor,
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And as a student pastor, i used to do this all the time,
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I used to do this all the time, you would just, you know,
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You would just, you know, stand up here with your bible
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Stand up here with your bible and you would kind
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And you would kind of plead to people, "come on,
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Of plead to people, "come on, won't you please read it?
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Won't you please read it? just give him a few minutes,
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Just give him a few minutes, do a verse of the day,
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Do a verse of the day, do something,
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Do something, will you please read it?"
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Will you please read it?" that's not really the heartbeat
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That's not really the heartbeat of this collection,
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Of this collection, the heartbeat of this collection
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The heartbeat of this collection is more that you would have
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Is more that you would have your jaw dropped in awe
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Your jaw dropped in awe of the miracle
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Of the miracle that we hold in our hands.
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That we hold in our hands. and if you see that,
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And if you see that, your response will be,
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Your response will be, i can't not be in it,
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I can't not be in it, i gotta wake up early
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I gotta wake up early to be in it,
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To be in it, i'm trying to steal away
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I'm trying to steal away all my lunch break to be in it,
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All my lunch break to be in it, i want to meet with god
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I want to meet with god through the pages of his word.
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Through the pages of his word. that's our hope for our church,
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That's our hope for our church, that's our hope for you
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That's our hope for you as we journey through
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As we journey through this collection.
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This collection. and so i love
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And so i love pastor louis' message
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Pastor louis' message last week around
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Last week around the uniqueness of scripture,
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The uniqueness of scripture, and i encourage you,
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And i encourage you, if you weren't here,
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If you weren't here, go listen to it.
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Go listen to it. today we're gonna talk about
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Today we're gonna talk about the reliability of scripture.
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The reliability of scripture. how do we know that the words
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How do we know that the words we hold in our hands
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We hold in our hands are the actual words of god?
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Are the actual words of god? how can we have confidence
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How can we have confidence that this book is trustworthy
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That this book is trustworthy and true and reliable?
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And true and reliable? and if you remember last week
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And if you remember last week in the first week
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In the first week of the collection,
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Of the collection, pastor louis kind
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Pastor louis kind of talked about
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Of talked about that these few weeks
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That these few weeks are gonna feel
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Are gonna feel a little bit like a core class
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A little bit like a core class dominoing in to sunday,
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Dominoing in to sunday, and i love that.
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And i love that. if you haven't taken
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If you haven't taken a core class,
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A core class, it's a ministry
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It's a ministry of our church
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Of our church that exists to equip people
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That exists to equip people with practical
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With practical theological discipleship.
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Theological discipleship. it's like seminary
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It's like seminary for everybody, for free.
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For everybody, for free. which is awesome.
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Which is awesome. not that awesome
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Not that awesome if you paid a lot of money
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If you paid a lot of money to go to seminary,
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To go to seminary, but it is awesome that
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But it is awesome that in our church
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In our church on a wednesday night
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On a wednesday night you can come and be in classes
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You can come and be in classes like essential theology
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Like essential theology and apologetics
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And apologetics and spiritual life
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And spiritual life and a whole number
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And a whole number of other classes
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Of other classes where you can come
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Where you can come and be formed in your faith.
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And be formed in your faith. and so these weeks are gonna
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And so these weeks are gonna feel like that's kind
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Feel like that's kind of dominoing in to sunday,
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Of dominoing in to sunday, it's gonna feel
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It's gonna feel a little bit, today like,
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A little bit, today like, an apologetics course,
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An apologetics course, maybe more like teaching
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Maybe more like teaching than it is preaching
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Than it is preaching as we talk about
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As we talk about how can we believe
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How can we believe that this book is reliable
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That this book is reliable and trustworthy and true.
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And trustworthy and true. i wanna remind us of the words
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I wanna remind us of the words that we read last week
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That we read last week from 2 peter 1:16 through 21.
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From 2 peter 1:16 through 21. it says this, "for we
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Did not follow
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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 eyewitnesses
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But we were eyewitnesses of his majesty."
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Of his majesty." this is an eyewitness account.
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This is an eyewitness account. "he received honor and glory
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"he received honor and glory from god the father
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From god the father when the voice came to him
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When the voice came to him from the majestic glory saying,
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From 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
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That came from heaven when we were with him
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When we were with him on the sacred mountain."
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On the sacred mountain." verse 19, i want you
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Verse 19, i want you to see this today.
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To see this today. "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." can we say that together?
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Can we say that together? "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." that actually sounded
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That actually sounded like a core class,
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Like a core class, so maybe let's not
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So maybe let's not go to core class
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Go to core class and just say it like
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And just say it like we're excited about it.
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We're excited about it. "we also have
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"we also have this prophetic message
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This 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.
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In a dark place. until the day dawns
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Until the day dawns and the morning star rises
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And the morning star rises in your hearts, above all,
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In your hearts, above all, you must understand that
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You must understand that no prophecy of scripture
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No prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet's
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Came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things."
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Own interpretation of things." this wasn't his own doing.
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This wasn't his own doing. "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
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Spoke from god as they were carried along
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As they were carried along by the holy spirit."
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By the holy spirit." you see in this text
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You see in this text our belief and out of the text
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From 2 timothy that
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From 2 timothy that the word of god is inerrant.
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The word of god is inerrant. that means that
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That means that it's without error.
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It's without error. it's inspired,
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It's inspired, which means that it is
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Which means that it is god's word on the page.
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And before we get into
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And before we get into a few of the arguments,
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A few of the arguments, and there are many
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And there are many and we don't have time
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And we don't have time to cover all of them,
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To cover all of them, so we're just gonna maybe
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So we're just gonna maybe pull out a few today
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Pull out a few today as to how we can know
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As to how we can know this book is reliable,
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This book is reliable, i want to say two things
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I want to say two things as a precursor to that
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As a precursor to that as we journey through
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As we journey through the reliability of scripture.
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Number one, and i want everybody
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Number one, and i want everybody in our house to understand this,
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In our house to understand this, you don't have to turn
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You don't have to turn your brain off to be
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Your brain off to be a person of faith.
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A person of faith. you don't have
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You don't have to turn your brain off
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To turn your brain off to be a person of faith.
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To be a person of faith. in fact, you are commanded
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In fact, you are commanded by the central figure
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By the central figure of our faith
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Of our faith not to turn your brain off.
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Not to turn your brain off. the greatest commandment jesus
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The greatest commandment jesus has asked in matthew 22,
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Has asked in matthew 22, the pharisees,
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The pharisees, the religious leaders,
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The religious leaders, they ask him, "teacher, what's
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They ask him, "teacher, what's the greatest commandment?"
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The greatest commandment?" and this is his response
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And this is his response in verse 37, matthew 22.
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In verse 37, matthew 22. he says, "love the lord your god
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He says, "love the lord your god with all your heart,
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With all your soul,
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With all your soul, and with all of your mind.
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And with all of your mind. this is the first
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This is the first and greatest commandment."
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And greatest commandment." so not only do we not have
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To turn our brains off
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To turn our brains off to worship god,
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To worship god, we are commanded by god
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We are commanded by god when we worship him
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When we worship him to activate our brains.
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To activate our brains. and i think for a long time
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And i think for a long time when we talk about
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When we talk about do we love god with our heart,
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Do we love god with our heart, yes, of course.
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Yes, of course. do we love him with
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Do we love him with all of our soul?
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All of our soul? yes, of course.
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Yes, of course. but he also commands us
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But he also commands us to love him with our brains,
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To love him with our brains, to think deeply about him.
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To think deeply about him. thinking seems to be
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Thinking seems to be a lost art form in 2025,
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A lost art form in 2025, and i think it's just
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And i think it's just because the pace of life
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Because the pace of life is going so fast
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Is going so fast but i believe the scripture
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But i believe the scripture just wants to invite
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Just wants to invite all of us today
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All of us today to think deeply about god.
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To think deeply about god. some of you,
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Some of you, there will be a robust,
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There will be a robust, deep worship that
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Deep worship that rises up in you
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Rises up in you from thinking deeply about god
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From thinking deeply about god that has never risen up
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That has never risen up in you before.
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In you before. and yes, we should sing songs
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And yes, we should sing songs and we should do all the things,
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And we should do all the things, but there is something about
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But there is something about creating space to think deeply
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Creating space to think deeply about the things of god.
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About the things of god. today we not only
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Today we not only have permission to,
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Have permission to, but we are commanded
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But we are commanded to activate our brains
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To activate our brains as we think about him.
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As we think about him. maybe i'll say it this way,
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Maybe i'll say it this way, god is not afraid
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God is not afraid of your investigation.
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Of your investigation. god is not afraid
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God is not afraid of your investigation.
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Of your investigation. this is one of the key arguments
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This is one of the key arguments for the reliability
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For the reliability of scripture,
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Of scripture, is the historical proof
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Is the historical proof and archeological evidence
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And archeological evidence we have that this book contains
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We have that this book contains real events that
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Real events that really happened.
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Really happened. they are historical events.
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They are historical events. the second thing is a precursor,
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The second thing is a precursor, and i've gotta get through
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And i've gotta get through the precursors
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The precursors and get to the message,
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And get to the message, but the second thing is
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But the second thing is that the question
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That the question about the trustworthiness
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About the trustworthiness of god's word
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Of god's word is not a new question,
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Is not a new question, and you need to know that.
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And you need to know that. in fact, it's not only
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In fact, it's not only that it's not a new question,
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That it's not a new question, it was the very first question
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It was the very first question ever asked in humanity.
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Ever asked in humanity. page three of the bible,
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Page three of the bible, genesis 3, the enemy comes to
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Genesis 3, the enemy comes to adam and eve in the garden
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Adam and eve in the garden and what does he say?
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And what does he say? it says, "now the serpent
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It says, "now the serpent was more crafty than
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Any of the wild animals
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Any of the wild animals that the lord god had made.
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That the lord god had made. and he said to the woman,"
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And he said to the woman," first question in history
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First question in history of humanity,
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Of humanity, "did god really say?"
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"did god really say?" the first lie of the enemy
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The first lie of the enemy was an attack against the words
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And trustworthiness
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And trustworthiness of the words of god.
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Of the words of god. "come on, eve,
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"come on, eve, did he really say that?"
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Did he really say that?" and as eve responds
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And as eve responds to the question
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To the question she makes three errors
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She makes three errors in quoting the words of god.
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In quoting the words of god. those three errors
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Those three errors erode her confidence
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Erode her confidence in his words
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In his words and opened her up to a lie
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And opened her up to a lie that had huge consequences
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That had huge consequences in the garden.
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In the garden. and what a gift for us
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And what a gift for us that we don't just have
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That we don't just have to memorize his words,
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To memorize his words, though we should,
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Though we should, but we have them in our hands.
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But we have them in our hands. we can search them in our hands.
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We can search them in our hands. now, what did he really say?
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Now, what did he really say? here it is.
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Here it is. i don't wanna quote him wrong,
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I don't wanna quote him wrong, let me really say.
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Let me really say. and just as a side note,
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And just as a side note, when somebody says to you,
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When somebody says to you, which happened
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Which happened all over the place
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All over the place during the fun years of 2020
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During the fun years of 2020 and 2021 and 2022,
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And 2021 and 2022, and actually is still happening,
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And actually is still happening, people will say to you,
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People will say to you, "well, you know, the bible says.
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"well, you know, the bible says. well, you know, god says
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Well, you know, god says whatever, whatever."
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Whatever, whatever." here's the best response
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Here's the best response you can say back to that.
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You can say back to that. "what page?
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"what page? tell me where,
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Tell me where, i genuinely wanna know
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I genuinely wanna know if god said that,
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If god said that, tell me where.
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Tell me where. because i have what he said
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Because i have what he said in this book."
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In this book." what a gift that
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What a gift that we have access to it.
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We have access to it. the miracle,
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The miracle, we have a miracle
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We have a miracle in our hands.
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In our hands. so today i wanna give us
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So today i wanna give us a few arguments
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A few arguments in the 20 minutes
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In the 20 minutes that i have left
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That i have left on the reliability
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On the reliability of the scriptures.
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Of the scriptures. there are many, many, many,
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There are many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many
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Many, many, many, many, many more, even the ones
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More, even the ones i present today
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I present today we're gonna have to do
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We're gonna have to do so in less detail
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So in less detail than i wish we had time for.
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Than i wish we had time for. but really what i'm just
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But really what i'm just wanting to do is expose you
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Wanting to do is expose you to the arguments
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To the arguments and give you some tools
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And give you some tools to put on your tool belt
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To put on your tool belt for a lifelong
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For a lifelong of thinking deep about god.
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Of thinking deep about god. number one argument
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Number one argument for the reliability
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For the reliability of scripture,
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Of scripture, the internal consistency
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The internal consistency of the scripture.
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Of the scripture. the internal consistency
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The internal consistency of the scripture.
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Of the scripture. we said this last week.
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We said this last week. this is not a book,
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This is not a book, this is a collection
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This is a collection of 66 books
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Of 66 books written by 40 plus authors
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Written by 40 plus authors over 1,500 years
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Over 1,500 years on three continents
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On three continents in three languages.
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In three languages. okay, let's just
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Okay, let's just take this into practical.
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Take this into practical. if i took 40 people
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If i took 40 people from passion city church today,
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From passion city church today, let's just say i took some
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Let's just say i took some from cumberland --
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From cumberland -- we're not gonna go
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We're not gonna go three continents
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Three continents we'll just go three locations.
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We'll just go three locations. i took some from cumberland,
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I took some from cumberland, i took some from trilith
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I took some from trilith and i took some from 515
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And i took some from 515 and i asked you, okay,
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And i asked you, okay, here's our group of 40 people.
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Here's our group of 40 people. and i asked them like,
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And i asked them like, what are your views about god,
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What are your views about god, the problems in the world
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The problems in the world and the solutions to
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And the solutions to how we should fix them?
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How we should fix them? what do you think the odds are
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What do you think the odds are that we would come away
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That we would come away with a unanimous?
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With a unanimous? "here's the path forward."
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"here's the path forward." that we would tell one story?
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That we would tell one story? zero.
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Zero. if you just did it
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If you just did it with the people
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With the people that rode to church with you
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That rode to church with you in your car today,
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In your car today, the chances would be
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The chances would be close to zero
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Close to zero and we live in the same time
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And we live in the same time in the same city
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In the same city and go to the same church.
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And go to the same church. and what we have
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And what we have in the scripture
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In the scripture is people that didn't
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Is people that didn't live at the same time,
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Live at the same time, they didn't live
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They didn't live in the same city.
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In the same city. they lived over a course
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They lived over a course of 1,500 years,
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Of 1,500 years, they spoke different languages,
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They spoke different languages, for crying out loud,
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For crying out loud, and yet there is one story
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And yet there is one story that they tell
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That they tell all in perfect unison
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All in perfect unison and in perfect parallel
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And in perfect parallel to one another.
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To one another. they tell one cohesive story.
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They tell one cohesive story. this is amazing.
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This is amazing. you heard of the telephone
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You heard of the telephone game before, right?
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Game before, right? well, you know, you did this
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Well, you know, you did this in elementary school, you tell
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In elementary school, you tell the one person something
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The one person something and then they tell
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And then they tell a person something
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A person something and then they tell
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And then they tell a person something
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A person something and then they tell
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And then they tell a person something.
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A person something. by the time it gets to the end,
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By the time it gets to the end, whoever started it
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Whoever started it gets in trouble, you know?
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We tried to do this
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We tried to do this at our house the other day.
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At our house the other day. we've got three daughters,
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We've got three daughters, only two of them.
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Only two of them. you know, are old enough
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You know, are old enough to play the telephone game
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To play the telephone game and so i'd say something,
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And so i'd say something, you know, to one
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You know, to one of our daughters,
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Of our daughters, then they'd say it
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Then they'd say it to the other daughter,
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To the other daughter, then they'd say it to my wife.
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Then they'd say it to my wife. and our second daughter
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And our second daughter really is the problem.
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If you took everybody else out
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If you took everybody else out and it was just you and her
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And it was just you and her and that was the end
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And that was the end of the telephone,
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Of the telephone, it'd be a short call,
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It'd be a short call, but you would not get the point.
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But you would not get the point. i'm telling you that.
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I'm telling you that. and yet over 1,500 years
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And yet over 1,500 years we have this perfect alignment.
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We have this perfect alignment. forty authors, 1,500 years,
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Three languages,
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Three languages, three continents,
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Three continents, and yet it tells one story
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And yet it tells one story of one redemption plan,
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Of one redemption plan, one hope, and one final outcome.
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One hope, and one final outcome. this is a miracle
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This is a miracle we have in our hands.
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We have in our hands. number two, second argument is
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Number two, second argument is manuscript reliability.
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Manuscript reliability. now that sounds like core,
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Now that sounds like core, doesn't it?
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Doesn't it? this is the most vetted,
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This is the most vetted, criticized, scrutinized
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Criticized, scrutinized book of all time.
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Book of all time. no question.
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No question. no scholar would question that.
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No scholar would question that. and yet it holds up as reliable,
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And yet it holds up as reliable, true, and a historic document.
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True, and a historic document. so one of the things you'll see,
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So one of the things you'll see, and people will say this to you,
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And people will say this to you, and i just wanna touch on
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And i just wanna touch on this quickly is,
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This quickly is, "well, how come sometimes
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"well, how come sometimes when the bible comes
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When the bible comes on the screen,
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On the screen, it has different words
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It has different words than i have in my bible?"
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Than i have in my bible?" you ever wonder that?
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You ever wonder that? well, that's because there are
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Well, that's because there are different translations
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Different translations of the bible.
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Of the bible. we just said that the bible
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We just said that the bible was written in three languages,
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Was written in three languages, believe it or not,
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Believe it or not, none of them were english.
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None of them were english. and so they've been
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And so they've been translated into english.
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Translated into english. and there are
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And there are different translations
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Different translations that are great translations.
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That are great translations. some translations seek to be
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Some translations seek to be more of a formal translation,
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More of a formal translation, that means like if someone
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That means like if someone was up here translating,
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Was up here translating, they would go word by word.
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They would go word by word. here's a word,
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Here's a word, translate that word.
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Translate that word. here's a word,
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Here's a word, translate that word.
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Translate that word. other translations are more
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Other translations are more of a functional translation,
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Of a functional translation, which means they're gonna
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Which means they're gonna say a whole sentence,
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Say a whole sentence, and then that sentence
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And then that sentence is gonna get translated.
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Is gonna get translated. both of them are telling
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Both of them are telling the same story.
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The same story. so don't be afraid
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So don't be afraid when you hear,
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When you hear, "oh, why is that word
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"oh, why is that word different than this word?"
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Different than this word?" they have the same meaning.
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They have the same meaning. and if you really wanna
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And if you really wanna have confidence, go online
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Have confidence, go online and google the committees
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And google the committees that serve on these teams,
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That serve on these teams, and look at how many letters
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And look at how many letters are after their names
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Are after their names and where they study.
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And where they study. these are the smartest people
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These are the smartest people in the world, and they spend
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In the world, and they spend all their time going,
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All their time going, "i don't know, should
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"i don't know, should we put the comma here
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We put the comma here or should we put
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Or should we put the comma there?"
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The comma there?" you know, we should have
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You know, we should have a lot of confidence
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A lot of confidence in these translations.
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In these translations. if you're looking for
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If you're looking for a good one,
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A good one, which we get asked this
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Which we get asked this all the time in core,
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All the time in core, i would recommend
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I would recommend any of the major ones,
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Any of the major ones, the niv, the esv, the nasb,
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The niv, the esv, the nasb, the cbs is
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The cbs is a new great translation.
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A new great translation. so any of those would be great.
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So any of those would be great. so when asking the question,
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So when asking the question, how do we know if the bible
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How do we know if the bible is a reliable document,
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Is a reliable document, which is a great question,
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Which is a great question, here's how we should
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Here's how we should think about it.
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Think about it. we should be asking
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We should be asking the question, "well, how do we
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The question, "well, how do we know if any historical document
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Know if any historical document is a reliable document?
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Is a reliable document? not just that the bible is
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Not just that the bible is a reliable document."
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A reliable document." and as you do so,
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And as you do so, here's what you're gonna find.
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Here's what you're gonna find. you're gonna find that the bible
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You're gonna find that the bible is the most reliable piece
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Is the most reliable piece of historical literature
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Of historical literature in existence by a long shot.
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In existence by a long shot. so you would think
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So you would think of a few things.
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Of a few things. if you're trying to do this,
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If you're trying to do this, how do i know
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How do i know if this is a true
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If this is a true historic document?
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Historic document? here's some of the things
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Here's some of the things you would look for.
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You would look for. number one, you're looking
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Number one, you're looking for the number of manuscripts
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For the number of manuscripts that we have.
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That we have. we don't have any
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We don't have any of the originals.
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Of the originals. the originals of works
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The originals of works from this time
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From this time would have been written
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Would have been written on papyrus
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On papyrus and they would have
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And they would have disintegrated within
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Disintegrated within a hundred years
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A hundred years of being written.
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Of being written. so we don't have any
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So we don't have any of the originals.
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Of the originals. we have copies of the originals.
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We have copies of the originals. and so you're asking
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And so you're asking one of the questions,
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One of the questions, if you're trying to figure out,
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If you're trying to figure out, is this a verifiable,
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Is this a verifiable, true historic document,
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True historic document, you would go,
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You would go, how many manuscripts
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How many manuscripts do we have?
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Do we have? what's the number?
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What's the number? the second thing you would
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The second thing you would ask is a matter of how close
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Ask is a matter of how close can we get to the source?
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Can we get to the source? a matter of timing.
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A matter of timing. how long after the original
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How long after the original was written do we
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Was written do we have the first copy?
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Have the first copy? and obviously the shorter
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And obviously the shorter that distance is,
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That distance is, the more confidence you have,
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The more confidence you have, the more reliable
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The more reliable the manuscript.
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The manuscript. so let me give you
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So let me give you a few examples.
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A few examples. and when i first saw this,
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And when i first saw this, it blew my mind.
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It blew my mind. some of you will not
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Some of you will not care about this.
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Care about this. some of you,
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Some of you, you'll be thinking
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You'll be thinking about this 10 years from now,
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About this 10 years from now, and i want you to see this.
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And i want you to see this. this will take you back
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This will take you back to high school english class.
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To high school english class. plato, anybody remember him?
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Plato, anybody remember him? okay, a few of us.
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Okay, a few of us. maybe we should retake
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Maybe we should retake a couple of english classes.
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A couple of english classes. plato, okay?
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Plato, okay? when did he write?
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When did he write? he wrote between the years of
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He wrote between the years of 427 and 347 bc, okay?
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427 and 347 bc, okay? the earliest copy
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The earliest copy we have of his manuscripts
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We have of his manuscripts is from ad 900.
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Is from ad 900. that's a 1,200 year gap.
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That's a 1,200 year gap. how many numbers of copies
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How many numbers of copies do we have currently?
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Do we have currently? and this number is always
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And this number is always changing so go look.
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Changing so go look. as we continue to dig,
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As we continue to dig, we continue to find more
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We continue to find more manuscripts of all these
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Manuscripts of all these so these numbers
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So these numbers are continuing to rise.
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Are continuing to rise. the last number that i saw
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The last number that i saw that we currently have is 210.
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That we currently have is 210. 210 manuscript copies.
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210 manuscript copies. caesar, remember him?
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Caesar, remember him? he wrote between 100 and 44 bc.
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He wrote between 100 and 44 bc. the earliest copy we have
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The earliest copy we have of his writings is from ad 900.
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Of his writings is from ad 900. that's 1,000 years.
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That's 1,000 years. how many copies do we have?
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How many copies do we have? two hundred and fifty one..
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Two hundred and fifty one.. homer, who we've all read
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Homer, who we've all read in english class,
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In english class, wrote his iliad 900 bc.
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Wrote his iliad 900 bc. the earliest copy we have
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The earliest copy we have is from 400 bc.
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Is from 400 bc. that's pretty good.
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That's pretty good. that's pretty tight time,
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That's pretty tight time, 500 years.
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500 years. what's the total number
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What's the total number of copies we have?
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Of copies we have? one thousand seven hundred
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One thousand seven hundred and fifty seven.
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And fifty seven. that's strong.
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That's strong. we should keep buying it.
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We should keep buying it. i mean, that's
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I mean, that's a strong document.
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A strong document. now, when we look at
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Now, when we look at the new testament,
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The new testament, the date written is between
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The date written is between ad 50 and ad 100.
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Ad 50 and ad 100. that's when the new testament
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That's when the new testament was written.
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Was written. our earliest copy,
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Our earliest copy, our earliest manuscript copy
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Our earliest manuscript copy that we found is from ad 130.
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That we found is from ad 130. what's the gap?
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What's the gap? 40 years.
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40 years. that's pretty crazy.
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That's pretty crazy. how many manuscripts
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How many manuscripts do we have?
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Do we have? the active number,
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The active number, the last number that i heard
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The last number that i heard is 5,795, greek only.
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Is 5,795, greek only. that doesn't include,
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That doesn't include, as it was being translated
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As it was being translated into other languages
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Into other languages like syriac and latin
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Like syriac and latin and coptic and others.
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And coptic and others. if you include all those,
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If you include all those, daniel b. wallace,
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Daniel b. wallace, who works at dallas seminary
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Who works at dallas seminary and is probably the
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And is probably the leading voice on manuscripts
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Leading voice on manuscripts in the world today,
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In the world today, says if you include
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Says if you include all the other languages,
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All the other languages, we have 25,800 manuscripts
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We have 25,800 manuscripts of the new testament.
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Of the new testament. so if you stack all these
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So if you stack all these manuscripts up, he says,
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Manuscripts up, he says, we found that it would be
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We found that it would be the height, most of them
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The height, most of them are several hundred pages long,
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Are several hundred pages long, most of these manuscripts,
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Most of these manuscripts, several hundred pages long.
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Several hundred pages long. if you stack them all up,
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If you stack them all up, it'd be the height
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It'd be the height of four empire state buildings,
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Of four empire state buildings, antennas included.
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Antennas included. that is pretty crazy.
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That is pretty crazy. and here's what i'll say, like,
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And here's what i'll say, like, the fact that we have
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The fact that we have a lot of manuscripts
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A lot of manuscripts and the fact that it's not from
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And the fact that it's not from a long timeline,
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A long timeline, it doesn't mean
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It doesn't mean that it's inerrant,
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That it's inerrant, it doesn't mean
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It doesn't mean that it's inspired by god.
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That it's inspired by god. what it means is that it is
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What it means is that it is the most reliable piece
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The most reliable piece of historic literature by far.
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Of historic literature by far. nobody can argue that.
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Nobody can argue that. and some critics will say,
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And some critics will say, but you have so many errors
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But you have so many errors in your manuscripts,
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In your manuscripts, which are disagreements,
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Which are disagreements, or the technical term
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Or the technical term they use for it is variant.
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They use for it is variant. there's a letter that's
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There's a letter that's different here and here.
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Different here and here. this is different than that.
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This is different than that. and so critics will say,
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And so critics will say, yeah, you do have
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Yeah, you do have a lot of manuscripts,
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A lot of manuscripts, but all your manuscripts
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But all your manuscripts are different.
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Are different. there's so many disagreements.
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There's so many disagreements. there's so many variants in it,
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There's so many variants in it, and they would be right
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And they would be right about that.
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About that. so you gotta be prepared.
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So you gotta be prepared. we got to think deeply
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We got to think deeply when someone says
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When someone says something like that.
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Something like that. one textual critic said
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One textual critic said there's hundreds
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There's hundreds of thousands of them.
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Of thousands of them. daniel b. wallace
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Daniel b. wallace estimates that there's
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Estimates that there's over 400,000 variants.
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Over 400,000 variants. that's things that
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That's things that are different between
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Are different between one manuscript to another.
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One manuscript to another. so what do we do with that?
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So what do we do with that? i would encourage you
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I would encourage you that this is what we do.
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That this is what we do. we think about it.
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We think about it. we look at them.
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We look at them. we don't just let a reel
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We don't just let a reel come by and go, "oh no."
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We think.
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We think. we go, "okay,
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We go, "okay, let me look into that."
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Let me look into that." so much would change
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So much would change if we activated
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If we activated and thought deeply about this.
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And thought deeply about this. and if you wanna know more
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And if you wanna know more about the variants,
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About the variants, i would highly recommend
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I would highly recommend a talk from ben stewart called
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A talk from ben stewart called "has the bible been corrupted?"
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"has the bible been corrupted?" all that work came from
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All that work came from daniel b. wallace,
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Daniel b. wallace, and it's a phenomenal message,
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And it's a phenomenal message, you can find it on
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You can find it on passion city's website.
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Passion city's website. but what the critics
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But what the critics won't tell you,
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Won't tell you, the ones that make
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The ones that make a big fuss
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A big fuss about the 400,000 variants,
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About the 400,000 variants, what they won't tell you is
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What they won't tell you is that 70% of them
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That 70% of them are spelling errors.
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Are spelling errors. spelling differences,
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Spelling differences, i should say.
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I should say. things like, do you spell john
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Things like, do you spell john with two ns or one?
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With two ns or one? seventy percent of
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Seventy percent of the variants are spelling,
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The variants are spelling, and they don't affect
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And they don't affect meaning at all.
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Meaning at all. 29% of them are because
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29% of them are because they're untranslatable phrases.
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They're untranslatable phrases. or they are things that
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Or they are things that are viable but not meaningful,
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Are viable but not meaningful, or meaningful but not viable.
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Or meaningful but not viable. only 1% of them are
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Only 1% of them are both meaningful and viable.
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Both meaningful and viable. only 1%.
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Only 1%. none of the people that are
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None of the people that are telling you this in your feed
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Telling you this in your feed and writing books about it
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And writing books about it are gonna tell you that, why?
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Are gonna tell you that, why? because that doesn't sell books.
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Because that doesn't sell books. they're just gonna say,
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They're just gonna say, "four hundred?
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"four hundred? you got more errors than you
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You got more errors than you have words in the new testament.
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Have words in the new testament. but when you look at it,
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But when you look at it, you realize, okay, only 1%
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You realize, okay, only 1% of them are both meaningful
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Of them are both meaningful and viable,
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And viable, and 0% of them impact
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And 0% of them impact orthodox christian belief
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Orthodox christian belief at all.
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At all. you go, okay,
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You go, okay, that sounds like a core greek --
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That sounds like a core greek -- that sounds like
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That sounds like a core word, orthodox.
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A core word, orthodox. what do you mean
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What do you mean when you say that?
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When you say that? orthodox is simply
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Orthodox is simply the combination
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The combination of two greek words.
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Of two greek words. ortho, everybody knows
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Ortho, everybody knows what that means,
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What that means, especially if you had kids
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Especially if you had kids that have braces.
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That have braces. you went to the orthodontist,
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You went to the orthodontist, their goal was to make
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Their goal was to make your teeth straight.
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Your teeth straight. ortho, orthopedist,
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Ortho, orthopedist, they're gonna make straight,
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They're gonna make straight, make it right, right,
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Make it right, right, straight, ortho.
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Straight, ortho. doxa is belief.
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Doxa is belief. so orthodox is just
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So orthodox is just right belief, straight thinking,
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Right belief, straight thinking, right thinking.
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Right thinking. so none of the 400,000 variants
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So none of the 400,000 variants do anything to impact
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Do anything to impact our ability to align
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Our ability to align with orthodox christian beliefs.
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That's amazing.
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That's amazing. that's a firm foundation
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That's a firm foundation for us to stand on.
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For us to stand on. the smithsonian,
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The smithsonian, we found one of the members
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We found one of the members on our team sent me this quote
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On our team sent me this quote from the smithsonian,
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From the smithsonian, that great beacon
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That great beacon of theological alignment.
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Of theological alignment. that was a joke.
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[laughter]
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They said, much of the bible,
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They said, much of the bible, in particular the historical
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In particular the historical books of the old testament,
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Books of the old testament, are as accurate
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Are as accurate historical documents
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Historical documents as any that we have found
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As any that we have found from antiquity, and are in fact
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From antiquity, and are in fact more accurate than many
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More accurate than many of the egyptian, mesopotamian,
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Of the egyptian, mesopotamian, and greek histories.
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And greek histories. that's the smithsonian,
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That's the smithsonian, for crying out loud.
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For crying out loud. so we have internal consistency,
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So we have internal consistency, manuscript evidence,
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Manuscript evidence, and last one for today,
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And last one for today, i wish we had more time,
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I wish we had more time, take a core class,
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Take a core class, last one for today,
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Last one for today, prophecy probability.
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Prophecy probability. let's talk about the odds
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Let's talk about the odds as it relates to
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As it relates to the fulfillment
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The fulfillment of the prophecies
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Of the prophecies in holy scripture.
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In holy scripture. things like micah 5:2
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Things like micah 5:2 prophesied that jesus
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Prophesied that jesus would be born in bethlehem,
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Would be born in bethlehem, obviously perfectly
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Obviously perfectly fulfilled in the gospels.
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Fulfilled in the gospels. there are well over
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There are well over 300 prophecies
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300 prophecies that were perfectly fulfilled.
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That were perfectly fulfilled. peter stoner, who
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Peter stoner, who was a professor
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Was a professor of mathematics and astronomy,
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Of mathematics and astronomy, decided along with 600 students
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Decided along with 600 students that he would calculate
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That he would calculate the odds of these prophecies
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The odds of these prophecies being fulfilled,
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Being fulfilled, and he writes about it
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And he writes about it in his book titled
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In his book titled "science speaks."
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"science speaks." this made popular
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This made popular by josh mcdowell in his book
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By josh mcdowell in his book "evidence that demands
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"evidence that demands a verdict."
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A verdict." okay.
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Okay. for just eight
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For just eight of the prophecies,
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Of the prophecies, just eight,
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Just eight, to be fulfilled by any man,
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To be fulfilled by any man, for eight of them
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For eight of them to be fulfilled,
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To be fulfilled, do you know
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Do you know what the odds are?
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What the odds are? the odds are one
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The odds are one in 100 quadrillion.
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In 100 quadrillion. i don't know if you know
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I don't know if you know what a quadrillion is,
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What a quadrillion is, i wasn't familiar
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I wasn't familiar with that language,
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With that language, doesn't show up in
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Doesn't show up in my wells fargo account, so.
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[laughter]
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I think peter stoner knew we
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I think peter stoner knew we wouldn't know what that means.
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Wouldn't know what that means. it's a one with
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It's a one with 17 zeros after it.
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17 zeros after it. and he knew we'd have
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And he knew we'd have no way to know what's
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No way to know what's a 100 quadrillion like,
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A 100 quadrillion like, so he said, here's what it
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So he said, here's what it would be like.
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Would be like. if we took 100 quadrillion
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If we took 100 quadrillion silver dollars,
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Silver dollars, and we picked one of them out,
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And we picked one of them out, and we painted it red,
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And we painted it red, and we put it back
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And we put it back in the batch,
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In the batch, and we dumped out
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And we dumped out the whole bucket of
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The whole bucket of 100 quadrillion silver dollars
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100 quadrillion silver dollars over the state of texas,
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Over the state of texas, it would fill
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It would fill the state of texas,
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The state of texas, the entire state of texas,
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The entire state of texas, two feet deep in silver dollars.
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Two feet deep in silver dollars. now if i took you
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Now if i took you and flew you into
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And flew you into whatever airport you choose
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Whatever airport you choose to go to in texas,
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To go to in texas, i've blindfolded you,
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I've blindfolded you, spun you around a few times,
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Spun you around a few times, let you go in
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Let you go in whatever direction you wanna go
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Whatever direction you wanna go to for as long as you wanna go,
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To for as long as you wanna go, and at some point you go,
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And at some point you go, this is a good spot,
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This is a good spot, and you reach down
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And you reach down however deep you wanna
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However deep you wanna reach down, and you pick out
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Reach down, and you pick out one silver dollar,
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One silver dollar, and it's the red one,
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And it's the red one, that's 100 quadrillion.
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That's 100 quadrillion. and that's only for eight,
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And that's only for eight, eight of the prophecy,
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Eight of the prophecy, he filled 300 plus.
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He filled 300 plus. if you take it to 48,
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If you take it to 48, it's 1 in 10
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It's 1 in 10 to the 157th power.
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To the 157th power. that's just 48.
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That's just 48. if you take it to 300 plus,
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If you take it to 300 plus, and this starts to, you know,
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And this starts to, you know, mess with our minds,
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Mess with our minds, it's 1 in 10 to
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It's 1 in 10 to the 2000th power.
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The 2000th power. this book is a miracle.
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This book is a miracle. it's a miracle,
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It's a miracle, it's the breath of god.
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It's the breath of god. it's trustworthy,
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It's trustworthy, and it's true,
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And it's true, and it's worth us standing on,
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And it's worth us standing on, and it's worth us standing in.
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And it's worth us standing in. what the scripture says
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What the scripture says about itself, it's true.
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About itself, it's true. proverbs 30:5,
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Proverbs 30:5, "every word of god
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"every word of god is flawless."
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Psalm 12:6,
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Psalm 12:6, "and the words of the lord
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"and the words of the lord are flawless like silver,
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Are flawless like silver, purified in a crucible
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Purified in a crucible like gold refined seven times."
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Like gold refined seven times." psalm 119, the longest chapter
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Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the bible,
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In the bible, if you remember
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If you remember the big cross-reference thing
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The big cross-reference thing that pastor louis showed
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That pastor louis showed last week with all these
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Lines going through
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Lines going through all the cross-references
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All the cross-references through scripture,
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Through scripture, you remember that picture?
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You remember that picture? i have it on the wall
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I have it on the wall at my house,
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At my house, if you're wondering
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If you're wondering what kind of artwork
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What kind of artwork pastors have on the wall
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Pastors have on the wall at their house,
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At their house, it's cross-references
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It's cross-references of the bible,
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Of the bible, that's what we have.
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That's what we have. but if you notice it,
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But if you notice it, we all think about
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We all think about the one at the top,
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The one at the top, all the arches going
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All the arches going between this links to this,
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Between this links to this, and this links to this,
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And this links to this, and the connectivity
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And the connectivity of the bible,
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Of the bible, which is stunning and amazing.
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Which is stunning and amazing. but when you look at the chart,
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But when you look at the chart, you'll notice this
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You'll notice this one real long line
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One real long line down the middle
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Down the middle at the bottom,
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At the bottom, that's psalm 119,
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That's psalm 119, it's the longest chapter
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It's the longest chapter in all of scripture.
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In all of scripture. and what is the content
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And what is the content of the longest chapter
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Of the longest chapter in the scripture?
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In the scripture? it is about the trustworthiness
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It is about the trustworthiness of god's word,
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Of god's word, the whole chapter.
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The whole chapter. psalm 119:89 says,
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Psalm 119:89 says, "your word, lord, is eternal.
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It stands firm in the heavens."
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It stands firm in the heavens." psalm 119:160,
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Psalm 119:160, "all your words are true.
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"all your words are true. all your righteous laws
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All your righteous laws are eternal."
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Are eternal." i wanna end by pointing you
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Not towards psalm 119,
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Not towards psalm 119, but psalm 19, two verses
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But psalm 19, two verses i want you to see,
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I want you to see, maybe you could just
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Maybe you could just jot this down and you could
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Jot this down and you could soak in these verses
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Soak in these verses over this week.
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Over this week. it says this, psalm 19:7-9
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It says this, psalm 19:7-9 "the law of the lord is perfect,
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Refreshing the soul.
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Refreshing the soul. the statutes of the lord
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The statutes of the lord are trustworthy,
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Are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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Making wise the simple. the precepts of the lord
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The precepts of the lord are right, giving joy
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Are right, giving joy to the heart.
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To the heart. the commands of the lord
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The commands of the lord are radiant, giving light
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Are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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To the eyes. the fear of the lord is pure,
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The fear of the lord is pure, enduring forever.
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Enduring forever. and the decrees of the lord
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And the decrees of the lord are firm, and all of them
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Are firm, and all of them are righteous."
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Are righteous." and in these two verses,
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You get several names
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You get several names for the scripture,
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For the scripture, that it is the law of the lord,
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That it is the law of the lord, statutes of the lord,
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Statutes of the lord, precepts of the lord,
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Precepts of the lord, commands of the lord,
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Commands of the lord, decrees of the lord.
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Decrees of the lord. you get characteristics
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You get characteristics of the scripture,
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Of the scripture, that it is perfect,
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That it is perfect, trustworthy, right,
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Trustworthy, right, radiant, pure, firm,
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Radiant, pure, firm, and you get results
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And you get results of the scripture,
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Of the scripture, that it refreshes the soul,
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That it refreshes the soul, it makes wise the simple,
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It makes wise the simple, it gives joy to the heart,
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It gives joy to the heart, it gives light to the eyes,
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It gives light to the eyes, it endures forever
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It endures forever and it leads to righteousness.
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And it leads to righteousness. so if you understood the miracle
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So if you understood the miracle that you hold in your hands,
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That you hold in your hands, you would go to the well
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You would go to the well as often as you could,
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As often as you could, to drink from the inexhaustible
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To drink from the inexhaustible well of riches,
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Well of riches, in the miracle of god's word.
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In the miracle of god's word. can i just remind you today
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Can i just remind you today as you leave,
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As you leave, maybe there's somebody here,
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Maybe there's somebody here, you're wrestling with
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You're wrestling with big questions of the faith,
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Big questions of the faith, be free to investigate,
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Be free to investigate, investigate it all,
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Investigate it all, and as you do,
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And as you do, you will find that
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You will find that your heart will not grow
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Your heart will not grow more distant from god,
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More distant from god, it will grow closer to god.
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It will grow closer to god. and so it is important
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And so it is important that you love god
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That you love god with your mind,
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With your mind, so that you can get some rebar
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So that you can get some rebar down into the word of god,
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Down into the word of god, so that when
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So that when the winds of life blow,
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The winds of life blow, it doesn't knock you over,
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It doesn't knock you over, but you stand firm.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - Reliable

May 17, 2026 | 27:29

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