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The Abba Who Nutures Like A Mother Part 1

Hope Generation with Ben Courson

February 25, 2018

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Hope Generation with Ben Courson

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The Abba Who Nutures Like A Mother Part 1

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THE GOODNESS OF GOD?
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YOU MEDITATE ON THE PROMISES OF GOD.
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PROMISES LIKE WHAT THE ENEMY MEANS FOR EVIL,
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THE LORD MEANS FOR GOOD.
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BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE.
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DO NOT BE AFRAID NOR BE DISMAYED,
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FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.
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I WOULD HAVE DESPAIRED BUT I BELIEVE TO SEE THE
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GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
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WAIT ON THE LORD, BE OF GOOD COURAGE AND HE WILL
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STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART.
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WAIT, I SAY, ON THE LORD.
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FOR THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD,
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THEY'LL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.
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THEY'LL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES.
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THEY'LL RUN AND NOT GROW WEARY.
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THEY'LL WALK AND NOT FAINT.
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FOR THE LORD HAS APPEARED TO ME OF OLD SAYING YES,
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I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.
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THEREFORE WITH LOVING KINDNESS HAVE I DRAWN YOU.
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IF YOU ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU,
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YOU WILL ASK WHATEVER YOU DESIRE IN MY NAME AND IT
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WILL BE DONE FOR YOU.
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HIS BANNER OVER ME WAS LOVE.
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TURN TO THE STRONGHOLDS YOU PRISONERS OF HOPE.
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EVEN TODAY DO I DECLARE THAT I WILL
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RESTORE DOUBLE UNTO YOU.
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ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE.
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SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND.
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KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED UNTO YOU.
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FOR IF GOD DID NOT SPARE HIS ONLY SON,
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WILL HE NOT ALSO WITH HIM FREELY GIVE US ALL THINGS.
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WE TAKE UP THE HELMET OF SALVATION,
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THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD,
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THE SHIELD OF FAITH WHICH CAN QUENCH EVERY FIERY DART
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OF THE WICKED ONE, THE BREASTPLATE OF
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RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE BELT OF TRUTH,
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THE SHOES AND PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE,
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FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT, WAGE A GOOD WARFARE,
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BECAUSE NEITHER LIFE NOR DEATH, NOR ANGELS NOR
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PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT NOR
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THINGS TO COME, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH,
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NOR ANY OTHER CREATED THING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM THE
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LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
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WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVES US.
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WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF
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POWER, LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND.
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WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE AGAIN TO
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FEAR BUT THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION BY WHOM
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WE CRY ABBA FATHER.
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AND HIS SPIRIT TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRITS THAT WE
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ARE CHILDREN OF GOD AND IF CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS,
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HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST.
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IF INDEED WE SUFFER WITH HIM,
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WE WILL ALSO BE GLORIFIED TOGETHER FOR WE GLORY IN
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TRIBULATION KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION PRODUCES
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PATIENCE, PATIENCE EXPERIENCE,
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EXPERIENCE HOPE, AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED BECAUSE
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OF THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS SPREAD ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS
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BY THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS GIVEN UNTO US.
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SO STAND FAST IN THE LORD.
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REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS.
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AGAIN I WILL SAY REJOICE.
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BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING BUT IN EVERYTHING BY PRAYER AND
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SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR
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REQUEST BE MADE KNOWN TO GOD.
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AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
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WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
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FOR WHETHER I'M HUNGRY OR FULL, SUFFERING
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OR ABOUNDING, I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT
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FOR I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM
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WHO STRENGTHENS ME.
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MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO THE
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RICHES OF GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS WHO THE BIBLE SAYS IS
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THE KING OF KINGS, THE LORD OF LORDS, EMMANUEL,
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MESSIAH, THE PRINCE OF PEACE, THE SON OF GOD,
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THE BREAD OF LIFE, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
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THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE, THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF
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JUDAH, THE DOOR FOR HIS SHEEP,
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THE SHEPHERD WHO LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS LAMBS,
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THE VINE WHO GIVES FRUIT TO HIS BRANCHES,
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THE WORD OF GOD MADE FLESH, THE ALPHA,
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THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING, THE END, THE RESURRECTION AND
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THE LIFE, THE PRINCE OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH,
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THE AMEN, THE ROOT OF DAVID, THE MAN CHILD,
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THE BEGINNING OF GOD'S CREATION.
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HE WHO HOLDS THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD,
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HE WHO WIELDS THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR,
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THAT CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION,
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THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD AND THE ANCHOR OF HOPE.
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I'M JUST SAYIN'.
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SO THINK LIKE A PROTON AND BE POSITIVE...
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OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
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[MUSIC]
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GOD IS NOT JUST A COLLECTION OF PROTONS.
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HE IS A PERSONABLE PRONOUN.
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HE'S NOT ONLY ABBA FATHER, BUT ISAIAH TEACHES THAT
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HE'S LIKE A NURTURING MOTHER.
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I'M BEN COURSON AND YOU'RE WATCHING HOPE GENERATION.
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AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA ABSORB A TEACHING ENTITLED
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"THE ABBA WHO NURTURES LIKE A MOTHER."
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OUTLOOK, I LIKE TO SAY, DETERMINES OUTCOME.
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AND WHEN YOUR OUTLOOK GETS BLEAK, YOU'VE GOT TO TRY
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THE UP LOOK, BECAUSE IF YOU WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU
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LOOK AT THINGS, THINGS WILL CHANGE THE WAY THEY LOOK.
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THE PROBLEM IS NEVER THE PROBLEM.
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THE PROBLEM IS OUR PERCEPTION ABOUT THE
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PROBLEM, AND HOW WE PERCEIVE GOD DICTATES HOW
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WE RECEIVE FROM GOD.
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WE DON'T HAVE TO BEHAVE TO GET SAVED.
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WE JUST BELIEVE AND RECEIVE.
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WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH GOOD THINGS TO GET GOD, AND WE
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CAN'T DO ENOUGH BAD THINGS TO LOSE GOD.
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LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS,
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EVEN UNTO THE ENDING OF THE AGE.
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SO BECAUSE OF THIS, MY HOPELESSNESS ABOUT A
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PROBLEM IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN MY PROBLEM.
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AND WHEN MY PROBLEM IS TOO BIG FOR ME, IT'S JUST THE
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RIGHT SIZE FOR GOD.
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BUT MY PRAISE WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR MY PROBLEM, SO
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I'M NOT GONNA LOOK DOWN AND GET DEPRESSED, I'M GONNA
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LOOK UP AND GET BLESSED BECAUSE JESUS
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ROSE SO WE CAN RISE.
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COME ON! [APPLAUSE]
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HE'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
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SO DO NOT FOCUS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR STORM SWELLS.
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FOCUS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR STRONG SAVIOR.
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DO NOT FOCUS ON THE POWER OF THE GRAVE.
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FOCUS ON THE POWER OF YOUR GOD.
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DO NOT FOCUS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR GIANT, FOCUS ON THE
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SIZE OF JEHOVAH BECAUSE THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS ANYWAY.
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THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD.
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AND THROUGH SIMPLE TRUST, YOU LET HIM GET YOUR BACK.
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YOU LET HIM PUT HIS WEIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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THAT'S WHAT THE WORD "GLORY" MEANS.
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IT MEANS WEIGHT.
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SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GLORY OF GOD, IT CAN BE
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TRANSLATED EXCELLENT, AND IT CAN BE TRANSLATED
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WEIGHT. HE'S PUTTING HIS EXCELLENT WEIGHT BEHIND YOU.
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- ATTENDEE: WOW!
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[LAUGHTER]
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- I AM BRINGING YOU WITH ME EVERYWHERE.
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[LAUGHTER]
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PEOPLE SAY NO, GOD'S NOT THAT GOOD BECAUSE HE
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NEVER SEEMS TO MEET MY EXPECTATIONS.
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THE BIBLE NEVER SAYS HE'LL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GOT THAT.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE WILL DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE
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ALL YOU COULD ASK OR EVEN IMAGINE, MEANING THAT GOD
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DOESN'T JUST SAY I'M GONNA MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
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GOD SAYS I'M GONNA DO WAY ABOVE THAT.
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HE DOESN'T JUST FEED 5.000 HUNGRY PEOPLE WITH
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SOME LOAVES AND FISHES.
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HE GIVES THEM 12 BASKETS OF LEFTOVERS ON TOP OF IT.
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HE DOESN'T JUST CALM THE LIFE-THREATENING STORM.
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HE WALKS ON ITS WAVES TOO BECAUSE HE CAN FOR,
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LIKE, NO REASON.
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HE DOESN'T JUST GIVE THE CRIPPLED MAN A COIN OR TWO
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AT THE GATE BEAUTIFUL IN ACTS 3.
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HE HEALS HIS LEGS.
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HE DOESN'T JUST DIE FOR OUR SINS, 1 JOHN SAYS,
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HE DIES FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
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HE'S WAY BETTER THAN YOU THINK.
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PICTURE THE MOST AMAZING IMAGE OF GOD THAT YOU CAN
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POSSIBLY CONJURE UP, PURE GOODNESS, PURE PERFECTION.
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GOD SAYS I'M BETTER THAN THAT.
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I AM LIGHT. IN ME THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.
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I AM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS IN WHOM THERE IS NO
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VARIABLENESS OR SHADOW OF TURNING.
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IT'S NOT LIKE KYLO REN.
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HE DOESN'T HAVE A DARK SIDE.
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IT'S ALL LIGHT. GOD, HE'S SO GOOD.
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HE DOESN'T JUST BRING THE ISRAELITES OUT OF EGYPTIAN
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BONDAGE AND INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN
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FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
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HE PARTS THE RED SEA ON THE WAY THERE JUST FOR
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GRATUITOUS SPECTACLE. HE'S REALLY GOOD.
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THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU.
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HE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD!
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AND MY HEART FOR US IS THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
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GOD IS NOT JUST A BUNCH OF PROTONS.
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GOD IS A PRONOUN. HE'S PERSONABLE.
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HE IS PERSONIFIED AS A FATHER WHO LOVES YOU.
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WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS RECENTLY, BUT I LOVE HOW
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GOD IS NOT ONLY SO GOOD BUT HE IS HUGE.
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HE'S REALLY BIG.
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LISTEN TO THIS.
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ALL OF SCIENCE GOD SUMMED UP IN ONE VERSE.
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SO OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE BEEN STUDYING QUANTUM
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MECHANICS AND ASTROPHYSICS AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD,
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AND I REALLY LOVE NOT SKIMMING OF SURFACE OF
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EXISTENCE BUT REALLY PLUMBING THE DEEPS THROUGH
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A PRIORI LOGIC AND THEORY.
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I LOVE ALL THIS SCIENCE STUFF.
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AND ALL OF SCIENCE IS SUMMED UP IN ONE VERSE,
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GENESIS 1:1. LISTEN TO THIS.
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"IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE
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HEAVENS AND THE EARTH."
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NOW, WHEN IT SAYS GOD CREATED, THAT VERB "CREATE"
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IS USED ONLY OF DIVINE AND NEVER OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
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SO YOU'LL NEVER SEE THAT VERB CREATE IN HEBREW
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ANYWHERE IN OLD TESTAMENT TALKING ABOUT DAVID
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CREATING A PSALM, OR TALKING ABOUT RUTH CREATING
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A CHILD WITH BOAZ.
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THAT VERB IN HEBREW FOR CREATE IS ONLY USED OF GOD.
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IT IS NEVER USED OF HUMANS.
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BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN BARA, CREATE
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SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.
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WE CANNOT CREATE ANYTHING-- FEATHERLESS BIPEDS.
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ALL WE CAN DO IS REASSEMBLE ATOMS AND MOLECULES AND
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REARRANGE VIBRATIONS.
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SO EVERY GREAT ARTIST WILL TELL YOU THIS WHEN YOU ASK
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A GREAT ARTIST WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR MUSIC, WHERE DO
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YOU GET YOUR ART PIECES, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR SONGS?
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THEY SAY I DON'T KNOW FROM WHENCE THE MUSES SING, I
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HAVE JUST UNEARTHED AND DUG UP AN ARTIFACT THAT
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PREVIOUSLY EXISTED.
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I ACTUALLY HEARD A MUSICIAN SAY THAT.
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WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR SONGS FROM?
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HE SAID I DON'T KNOW, I JUST DIG UP FOSSILS.
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[LAUGHTER]
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THAT'S WHAT WRITING A GOOD SONG IS.
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YOU'RE DIGGING UP SOMETHING THAT GOD ALREADY CREATED,
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AND YOU'RE JUST REASSEMBLING VIBRATIONS TO
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CREATE WHAT WE THINK IS A NEW SONG BUT REALLY IS
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SOMETHING GOD ALREADY MADE. ON A SCIENTIFIC LEVEL
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VIBRATIONS PREVIOUSLY EXISTED, WE JUST ARRANGED
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THEM HOW WE LIKE. SO GOD CREATED.
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IT'S NEVER USED OF HUMANS, ONLY OF DIVINE ACTIVITY
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BECAUSE ONLY GOD CAN CREATE OUT OF NOTHING.
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HUMANS HAVE NEVER CREATED ENERGY.
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WE HAVE NEVER CREATED MATTER.
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MATTER AND ENERGY, SCIENCE TELLS US, CAN NEITHER BE
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CREATED NOR DESTROYED.
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THAT'S WHY GOD IS SPIRIT.
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HE CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED.
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HE'S EVERLASTING. NOW LISTEN TO THIS.
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"IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE
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HEAVENS AND THE EARTH."
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SO IN THE BEGINNING-- EVERYBODY SAY THE BEGINNING.
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- CONGREGATION: THE BEGINNING.
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- THE BEGINNING IS A MEASUREMENT OF TIME, OKAY?
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SO THIS IS CALLED THE TRINITY OF TRINITIES.
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IN THE BEGINNING, THE BEGINNING IS A
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MEASUREMENT OF TIME.
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GOD CREATED-- REMEMBER, ONLY USED OF DIVINE, NEVER OF
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HUMAN ACTIVITY, THE HEAVENS.
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THE HEAVENS SPEAKS OF OUTER SPACE.
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GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS.
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THE HEAVENS DECLARED THE GLORY OF GOD.
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THE HEAVENS SPEAKS OF OUTER SPACE.
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AND THE EARTH. THE EARTH SPEAKS OF MATTER.
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SO YOU HAVE A TRINITY THERE.
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YOU HAVE IN THE BEGINNING, TIME; GOD CREATED THE
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HEAVENS, SPACE; AND GOD CREATED THE EARTH, MATTER.
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OKAY, I REALLY NEED YOU TO TRACK WITH ME,
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SO FOLLOW THIS.
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IN THE BEGINNING, TIME, TIME, TIME, GOD CREATED THE
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HEAVENS, SPACE, HEAVENS, SPACE, HEAVENS, SPACE.
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AND THE EARTH, EARTH, MATTER.
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EARTH, MATTER. EARTH, MATTER.
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SO YOU HAVE A TRINITY THERE: TIME, SPACE, MATTER.
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THAT SUMS UP ALL OF SCIENTIFIC EXISTENCE.
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BUT THERE IS A TRINITY IN EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE
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PARTS OF THE TRINITY. IN THE BEGINNING,
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TIME. TIME IS MADE UP OF THREE PROPERTIES:
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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
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IN THE BEGINNING, MEASUREMENT OF TIME.
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TIME IS MADE UP OF THREE PROPERTIES:
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PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
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GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS.
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THE HEAVENS ARE OUTER SPACE.
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OUTER SPACE IS MADE UP OF THREE PROPERTIES:
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HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH.
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THE HEAVENS, OUTER SPACE: HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH.
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THREE PROPERTIES.
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AND GOD CREATED THE EARTH, MATTER. EARTH, MATTER.
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MATTER IS MADE UP OF THREE PROPERTIES:
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SOLID, LIQUID, GAS.
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SO IN THE FIRST VERSE OF THE BIBLE, ALL OF THE
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS SUMMED UP IN THE BEGINNING, PAST,
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PRESENT AND FUTURE, GOD CREATED SOMETHING OUT OF
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NOTHING, THE HEAVENS, SPACE, HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH
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AND THE EARTH, MATTER, SOLID, LIQUID, GAS,
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#NOBIGDEAL. [LAUGHTER]
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[APPLAUSE]
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HE'S REALLY BIG IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY!
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HE'S MASSIVE!
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AND I LOVE HOW GOD IS NOT ONLY BIG, BUT HE'S ALSO
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CARING AS WE TALK ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
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HE'S NOT ONLY PURE LIGHT;
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IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS.
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HE'S BETTER THAN YOU THINK.
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NOT ONLY IS HE BIG, THE TRINITY OF TRINITIES SUMMED
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UP IN THE FIRST VERSE OF THE BIBLE ALL THE
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
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BUT HE'S ALSO REALLY REALLY CARING.
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HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
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HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH.
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THIS IS WHAT ISAIAH'S GONNA TELL US.
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 49:14-16.
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I'M ACTUALLY DOING 13 SERMONS IN SIX DAYS, SO
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SORRY IF I'M A LITTLE PUNCHY RIGHT NOW, BUT I
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JUST, I LOVE SHARING!
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I JUST LOVE SHARING.
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I WOULD HAVE SHARED 26 TIMES THIS WEEK IF I COULD
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HAVE. BUT I JUST LOVE-- I HAVE THIS BURDEN ON MY HEART.
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I LOVE GETTING TO SHARE THE SCRIPTURES.
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LOOK AT THIS. ISAIAH CHAPTER 49 VERSE 14.
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BUT ZION SAID-- IT'S FUNNY, WE ACTUALLY DEDICATED A
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BABY NAMED ZION THIS MORNING FOR FIRST SERVICE.
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BUT ZION SAID THE LORD HAS FORSAKEN ME AND MY LORD HAS
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FORGOTTEN ME. CAN WE PAUSE THERE FOR A MOMENT?
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I LOVE HOW THE BIBLE'S REALLY REAL.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN'T SAY THE LORD HAS
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FORGOTTEN ME, THE LORD HAS FORSAKEN ME, AND YOU CAN'T
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APPROACH GOD OR ADDRESS GOD WITH THE HARD QUESTIONS.
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BUT THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT REALLY HARD STUFF.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT SEX.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HOW TO GET MOLD
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OUT OF YOUR KITCHEN.
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IT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, INCLUDING THE
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HARD QUESTION OF HAS GOD FORGOTTEN ME?
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HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME?
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ELOI ELOI LAMA SABACHTHANI, JESUS CRIED ON THE CROSS.
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MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?
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QUOTING DAVID IN PSALM 22 VERSE 1.
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AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS 80 PERCENT OF THE BIBLE
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IS EITHER POETRY OR A STORY.
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AND THIS POETIC STORY OF GOD'S LOVE FROM GENESIS TO
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REVELATION IS A LOVE LETTER IN WHICH HE ADDRESSES THE
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HARDEST QUESTIONS THAT MAKE US QUESTION HIS LOVE.
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AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
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ZION ASKED-- ZION STANDS FOR JERUSALEM.
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HAS THE LORD FORSAKEN ME?
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HAS THE LORD FORGOTTEN ME?
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LOOK AT THE NEXT TEXT.
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CAN A WOMAN FORGET HER NURSING CHILD?
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IT'S LIKE, NO!
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MY SISTER HAS A COUPLE OF BABIES.
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REL AND EVERETT.
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AND THEY'RE JUST, THEY MELT MY FACE OFF.
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LIKE, MY FACE IS JUST LIKE A SKELETON WITH SKIN
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MELTING OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST FACE MELTERS.
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THEY'RE JUST SO CUTE.
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AND REL IS JUST A BALL. LIKE, SHE'S A BALL.
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JUST A BALL OF CUTE FAT. I CALL HER A "HUTTLET".
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LIKE IF JABBA THE HUTT HAD A REALLY CUTE KID.
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[LAUGHTER]
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BECAUSE SHE'S JUST SO CUTE.
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SHE'S JUST THAT LITTLE FAT BALL.
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SHE JUST ROLLS AROUND LIKE JUST A FAT BALL THAT JUST--
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[LAUGHTER] OH, BY THE WAY-- A.D.D.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS GODLINESS WITH
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CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN, THAT WORD FOR CONTENTMENT
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IN GREEK IS THE WORD USED OF A BABY
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SIGHING IN THE ARMS OF ITS FATHER.
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[SIGHS]
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THAT WAS A GOOD RESPONSE.
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[LAUGHTER]
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AND REL'S JUST A LITTLE HUTTLET.
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SHE'S JUST A CUTE FAT BALL OF FUN.
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MY SISTER NEVER FORGETS ABOUT REL.
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IT'S SO FUNNY.
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LITERALLY, REL WILL BE RIGHT HERE, MY SISTER WILL
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WALK FIVE FEET AWAY AND REL IS HAVING
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INCREDIBLE SEPARATION ANXIETY RIGHT NOW.
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AND BY THE WAY, SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US THAT ALL
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GRIEF IS JUST A FORM OF SEPARATION ANXIETY BECAUSE
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WE'RE SOCIAL SPECIES.
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BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS WHENEVER MY SISTER GOES
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LIKE FIVE FEET AWAY, REL STARTS BAWLING.
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AND MY SISTER NEVER FORGETS ABOUT REL.
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IF I SEE MARY, I SEE REL.
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REL CANNOT BE AWAY FROM MARY. WHY?
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BECAUSE A NURSING MOTHER CANNOT FORGET HER CHILD,
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RIGHT? OF COURSE!
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SOMEBODY LIKE MY SISTER WOULD NEVER FORGET ABOUT
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HER NURSING CHILD BECAUSE SHE LOVES REL.
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BUT THEORETICALLY AND HYPOTHETICALLY, WHAT IF
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THERE WAS A REALLY EVIL MOM AROUND WHO JUST FORGOT
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ABOUT HER NURSING CHILD?
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THAT'S WHAT ISAIAH GOES ON TO SAY.
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CAN A WOMAN, LOOK AT THIS, FORGET HER NURSING CHILD
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AND NOT HAVE COMPASSION ON THE SON OF HER WOMB?
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THEN HE SAYS SURELY THEY MAY FORGET.
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BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO SOME REALLY BAD STUFF AS
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HUMANS. ASK LAS VEGAS.
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I LOVE HOW JESUS SAID IF YOU EARTHLY PARENTS HEARD
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YOUR KID ASK FOR A STONE AND HE LIVED NEAR
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LIMESTONES WHICH LOOK LIKE LOAVES OF BREAD, PARDON ME,
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IF YOUR SON ASKS FOR A LOAF OF BREAD, WOULD YOU
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GIVE HIM A LIMESTONE?
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A LIMESTONE LOOKS LIKE A LOAF OF BREAD.
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WOULD YOU PARENTS TRICK YOUR KID AND KICK HIM A
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LIMESTONE AND HE BROKE HIS TEETH ON WHAT HE THOUGHT
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LOOKED LIKE A LOAF OF BREAD. NO.
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JESUS SAID WOULD YOU PARENTS GIVE YOUR SON A
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SNAKE IF HE ASKED FOR A FISH?
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BY THE WAY, THE WORD "SNAKE" CAN ALSO BE
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TRANSLATED EEL IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, AND EEL
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WAS PART OF THE FORBIDDEN FOOD GROUPS IN LEVITICUS.
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SO IMAGINE THE SON'S LIKE, DAD, CAN I GO TO SEAFOOD
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TONIGHT? AND DAD'S LIKE SURE, HERE'S AN EEL.
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THE SON'S LIKE, I CAN'T EAT THIS SEAFOOD, IT'S AGAINST
00:17:57.010 --> 00:17:58.230
THE LEVITICAL LAW FOR ME TO DO SO.
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NO DAD'S GONNA DO THAT.
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THEN JESUS SAID IN LUKE, WHICH OF YOU DADS WOULD
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GIVE YOUR SON A SCORPION IF HE ASKED FOR AN EGG?
00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:07.230
NOW, THERE'S A PALE SCORPION IN NATURE THAT
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ROLLS UP INTO A BALL, AND IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE AN
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EGG, AND THEN IT WILL POP OUT AND STING YOU.
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AND ITS STINGS CAN BE LETHAL.
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IN FACT, KIM YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO MILL CREEK
00:18:18.080 --> 00:18:20.130
FALLS, I WAS WALKING AND A SCORPION JUST JUMPED ON ME.
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THEY'RE FRIGHTENING CREATURES.
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[LAUGHTER]
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AND THERE'S THIS PALE KIND OF SCORPION THAT ROLLS UP
00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.040
INTO A BALL AND IT STINGS PEOPLE.
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COULD YOU IMAGINE A DAD'S LIKE YOU WANT AN EGG?
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SURE. HAPPY EASTER! [LAUGHTER]
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AND THEN IT STINGS ITS KID?
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JESUS SAYS NO DAD'S GONNA DO THAT.
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AND THEN I LOVE WHAT JESUS SAID, YOU FATHERS ARE EVIL.
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HE SAID THAT TO EVERYBODY.
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HE'S LIKE-- WHAT WAS HE SAYING?
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YOU GUYS ARE-- AS GREAT AS YOU ARE, YOU'RE EVIL IN
00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.060
COMPARISON TO HOW GOOD GOD IS.
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AND GOD IS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AND
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YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT.
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SO A MOTHER WOULD NEVER FORGET HER CHILD, BUT EVEN
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IF HYPOTHETICALLY SHE COULD, I WILL NEVER.
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I WILL NEVER, I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOU.
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SURELY THEY MAY FORGET, YET I WILL NOT FORGET YOU.
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LET'S CONTINUE ON ISAIAH 49.
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SEE, I HAVE INSCRIBED YOU ON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS.
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YOUR WALLS ARE CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME.
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DID YOU SEE THAT VERSE?
00:19:23.250 --> 00:19:25.090
I HAVE INSCRIBED YOU ON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS!
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IT DOESN'T SAY I HAVE WRITTEN YOUR NAME ON THE
00:19:29.290 --> 00:19:31.140
PALM OF MY HAND.
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ONE TRANSLATION ACTUALLY RENDERS THIS: I HAVE
00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.020
ENGRAVED YOUR NAME ON THE PALM OF MY HAND.
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SO IT'S NOT LIKE GOD USED A SHARPIE.
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LIKE WHEN I WAS IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH
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SCHOOL, I ALWAYS WROTE ON MY HAND ALL THE TIME
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BECAUSE I WOULD FORGET STUFF.
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AND I FORGET EVERYTHING. I HAVE ALZHEIMER'S.
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WHEN I MEET PEOPLE, I HAVE NAMES-HEIMER'S.
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I JUST FORGET A LOT OF STUFF.
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FROZEN CHOSEN TODAY.
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IF NO ONE WANTS TO LAUGH, THAT'S FINE.
00:19:56.130 --> 00:19:57.260
I'LL LAUGH AT MY OWN JOKES LIKE MY DAD.
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[LAUGHTER]
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BUT I WOULD FORGET STUFF ALL THE TIME, AND I WOULD
00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.040
WRITE IT ON MY HAND.
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BUT BECAUSE OF MY INCREDIBLE
00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:07.250
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, WHENEVER I WOULD
00:20:07.280 --> 00:20:09.250
WASH MY HANDS, WHICH WOULD BE FREQUENT AND MANY TIMES
00:20:09.280 --> 00:20:12.040
A DAY, IT WOULD WASH OFF.
00:20:12.070 --> 00:20:14.190
GOD DOESN'T SAY I'VE WRITTEN YOU WITH SHARPIE
00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:16.130
ON MY HAND, BUT IT MIGHT WASH OFF.
00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.120
HE SAYS NO, LISTEN, EVEN ON RAINY DAYS IT DOESN'T WASH
00:20:18.150 --> 00:20:21.160
OFF. EVEN WHEN STORMS COME, IT DOESN'T WASH OFF.
00:20:21.190 --> 00:20:24.230
I HAVE ENGRAVED YOU.
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I DIDN'T USE A SHARPIE, I USED TATTOO INK.
00:20:26.150 --> 00:20:28.220
IN FACT, I USED THE NAIL IN MY HAND.
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YOU WERE ENGRAVED THERE.
00:20:31.250 --> 00:20:34.180
SO WHENEVER I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WALKING ABOUT DOING
00:20:34.210 --> 00:20:36.290
MY HEAVENLY BUSINESS IN THE THRONE ROOM, I JUST
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LOOK AT MY HAND AND I'M LIKE OH, YEAH, BEN.
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I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
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ARE YOU GUYS DOING GOOD? [LAUGHTER]
00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:50.260
I HAVE ENGRAVED YOU ON THE PALM OF MY HAND.
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LIKE, THAT VERSE WRECKS ME.
00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:56.200
NOW HERE'S THE THING, NOTICE HOW THIS VERSE
00:20:56.230 --> 00:20:59.050
COMPARES GOD TO A NURSING MOTHER.
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REMEMBER, WE OFTEN USE THESE PERSONIFIED TERMS TO
00:21:02.030 --> 00:21:05.220
USE RHETORIC AND SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS TO
00:21:05.250 --> 00:21:08.180
ASCRIBE MONIKERS TO THE UNKNOWABLE AND UNNAMABLE.
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BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS GOD IS NOT A MAN.
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NUMBERS 23:19 SAYS GOD IS NOT A MAN. AND
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SOMETIMES WE THINK OF GOD AS A MAN IN HEAVEN. NO.
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NUMBERS 23:19 SAYS VERY CLEARLY GOD IS NOT A MAN.
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SO WHEN JESUS CALLS HIM ABBA FATHER, HE'S USING
00:21:26.050 --> 00:21:28.090
HUMAN LANGUAGE THAT HELPS US BEST UNDERSTAND THE
00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:31.180
PERFECT NATURE OF OUR LOVING GOD.
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BUT HE IS NOT A MAN. GOD IS NOT A MAN.
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PAUL TOLD THE CORINTHIANS GOD IS SPIRIT, AND THAT'S
00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:41.040
WHY IN GENESIS IT SAYS MAN AND WOMAN HE CREATED IN THE
00:21:41.070 --> 00:21:45.090
IMAGE OF GOD, BECAUSE YOU BOTH NEED MEN AND YOU NEED
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WOMEN TO PORTRAY THE FULLNESS OF THE ATTRIBUTES
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OF GOD. MEN HAVE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
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WOMEN HAVE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
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GOD IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE WITHOUT THE WEAKNESSES.
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AND THAT'S WHY THE FIRST COMMANDMENT OF GOD IS
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"YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
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AND YOU SHALL MAKE NO GRAVEN IMAGES OF ME"
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BECAUSE JOHN THE APOSTLE ENDED ONE OF HIS EPISTLES
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WITH THIS COMMANDMENT: LITTLE CHILDREN, KEEP
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YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS.
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WHY DOES IT SAY DO NOT MAKE GRAVEN IMAGES OF ME?
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BECAUSE GOD SAYS I'VE ALREADY MADE IMAGES OF
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MYSELF. IT'S YOU HUMANS.
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COME ON, MAN!
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I'M PREACHING BETTER THAN YOU'RE LISTENING.
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WOULD SOMEBODY SAY AMEN? [APPLAUSE]
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SO WE WALK THE DOG AND GOD'S LIKE-- WE SEE A HUMAN
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WALKING A DOG, WE'RE LIKE OH, A CUTE, A PUPPY!
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GOD SEES A HUMAN WALKING A DOG, AND HE SAYS
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OH, CUTE, A HUMAN! [LAUGHTER]
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YOU ARE THE HIGHEST FORM OF GOD'S CREATION.
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SUNSETS ARE NOT MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS ARE NOT MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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STARS ARE NOT MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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HUMANS ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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AND MALE AND FEMALE ARE THE HIGHEST FORM
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OF GOD'S CREATION.
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SO DON'T MAKE ANY IMAGES OF GOD BECAUSE HE ALREADY DID
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THAT WHEN HE MADE YOU. SO HERE'S THE REALITY.
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THANK YOU, KEN. JUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
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THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS MY HEART FOR US IS THAT WE
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WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS NOT A MAN.
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HE'S NOT A WOMAN. RATHER, HE IS EL SHADDAI.
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PSALM 98 CALLS HIM THE MOST HIGH.
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IT CALLS HIM EL SHADDAI, PSALM 90, 91. YOU CAN READ THIS.
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THE WORD "EL" IS A MASCULINE FORM.
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THE WORD "SHADDAI" IS A FEMININE FORM.
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SO GOD IS BOTH MASCULINE AND HE HAS A FEMININE SIDE.
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HE'S BOTH SO STRONG HE CAN LIFT ISLANDS AS THOUGH THEY
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WERE A LITTLE THING.
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HE'S NOT AN IRON CURLER, HE'S AN ISLAND CURLER.
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THAT'S WHAT ISAIAH SAID.
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BUT HE'S ALSO LIKE A MOTHER HEN, JESUS SAID.
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LIKE A MOTHER HEN GATHERING HIS CHICKS.
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SO HE HAS THE PERFECT FULLNESS OF BOTH SIDES OF
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THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE SPECTRUM.
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SO IT'S NOT JUST "GOD OUR FATHER," BUT POETICALLY THE
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MOTHERHOOD OF GOD IS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL.
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AND A MOTHER REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT GOD LOOKS
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LIKE BECAUSE LISTEN TO THIS, WHEN A MOTHER GIVES
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BIRTH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT IT AIN'T PRETTY.
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[LAUGHTER]
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LIKE BRINGING HUMANS INTO THE WORLD IS NOT NICE,
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NEAT, RIGHT ANGLES.
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
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HOSPITAL ROOM, AND HONESTLY I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A
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HOSPITAL ROOM EXCEPT FOR WHEN I MYSELF WAS BORN, BUT
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LIKE IT'S REALLY BLOODY FROM WHAT I CAN TELL.
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AND WHAT A WOMAN DOES IS SHE EXPOSES HERSELF IN HALF
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NAKEDNESS, AND THROUGH LABOR PAINS IS LITERALLY
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BREAKING HER BODY, OPENING HER BODY TO
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GIVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
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AS MY FRIENDS LIKE TO SAY WHENEVER WE NEED TO LEAVE
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SOMEWHERE-- I THINK PETER, YOU MIGHT HAVE TOLD ME
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THIS. LET'S MAKE LIKE A BABY AND HEAD OUT.
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BUT ANYWAYS. [LAUGHTER]
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WAS THAT YOU OR NO?
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THE THING IS SHE LITERALLY BREAKS OPEN HER BODY TO
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GIVE BIRTH TO HER CHILD.
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THIS IS MY BODY BROKEN FOR YOU.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS?
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THIS IS MY BODY BROKEN FOR YOU AS HE LABORED IN PAIN
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ON THE CROSS TO GIVE SECOND BIRTH THAT
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WE MIGHT BE BORN AGAIN.
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[APPLAUSE]
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THIS IS MY BODY BROKEN FOR YOU.
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAUSE RIGHT HERE, BUT LET'S TAKE
00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:17.290
IN A QUICK SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA
00:25:18.020 --> 00:25:20.030
SEE IN OUR NEXT EPISODE.
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ACTUALLY, THERE ARE POLYNESIAN TRIBES THAT
00:25:24.130 --> 00:25:26.140
DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF, AND SO WHEN THEIR
00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:29.140
LOVED ONES DIE IN SOME OF THESE POLYNESIAN TRIBES,
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THE CLOSEST WORD THEY HAVE TO GRIEF
00:25:31.190 --> 00:25:33.090
IS THE WORD FATIGUE.
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SO WHEN SOMEBODY DIES, THEY SAY I FEEL FATIGUE.
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AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD TO
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ARTICULATE WHAT GRIEF IS.
00:25:40.110 --> 00:25:43.040
AND SOCIOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL US THAT
00:25:43.070 --> 00:25:45.170
WHEN A NATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A LABEL
00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:48.080
FOR A CERTAIN EMOTION, THEY CANNOT BE CONSCIOUS OF SAID
00:25:48.110 --> 00:25:51.090
EMOTION BECAUSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND LABELS
00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:53.200
ARE INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED ON A
00:25:53.230 --> 00:25:55.130
CELLULAR VISCERAL LEVEL.
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AND SO THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A WORD FOR GRIEF, SO THEY
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JUST SAY I FEEL FATIGUE.
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BY THE WAY, ALEX, YOU SENT ME THIS TEXT THE
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OTHER DAY THAT I LOVE.
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ALEX SENT ME THIS TEXT. LISTEN TO THIS.
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FATIGUE IS THE PRICE OF LEADERSHIP.
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THE WORLD IS RUN BY TIRED MEN.
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[LAUGHTER]
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WHO TEXTS SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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THAT IS AWESOME!
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DO NOT FEEL SAD FOR YOUR TEARS AS ROCKS NEVER
00:26:23.130 --> 00:26:25.250
REGRET THE WATERFALLS.
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IF YOU SOW IN TEARS, YOU WILL REAP IN JOY.
00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:31.040
WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR THE NIGHT, BUT JOY COMES IN THE
00:26:31.070 --> 00:26:34.060
MORNING. HE TURNS THE VALLEY OF TEARS
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INTO POOLS OF REFRESHMENT.
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I'M BEN COURSON AND YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING
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HOPE GENERATION.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOUR STORIES OF HOPE
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HAVE IMPACTED THE TEAM OF HOPE GENERATION TO KNOW
00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:06.290
THAT LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED BY THE MESSAGE
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OF THE GOD OF HOPE.
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