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So Psalm 119 is where we're going to be sitting

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for all of our service today. I'll have one verse

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from Deuteronomy. If you ever get a chance, like

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Psalm 119 is all about the Word of God. Like

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why would God dedicate... one entire psalm, and

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it's 174 verses to the word, it's because it

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is crucial. It's the one psalm that was given

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for parents to teach their kids the Hebrew alphabet.

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So when you see, when they would read Psalm 119

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verses 1 through 8, and each letter has eight

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verses, each of those verses would start with

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the letter of the alphabet, Aleph. So we, in

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English, you know, kind of like English isn't

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great when it comes to translation. So I wish

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we had a rhyme and we could sing them with that,

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but we don't. So I want us to really pay attention

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to the importance of the word of God. As you

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know, we are on a mission to really talk about

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our purpose as a church. Why does God have us

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as a church? Why has God brought you into his

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family? Why does God do anything? Well, it's

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for his glory. But he calls us, commands us,

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and causes us. Calls, commands, and calls. C

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-A -U -S -E. Causes, commands, and calls us to

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love him. So we are going to love God, love his

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word, love his ways, love his things. And that

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is really looking at the reality of the broadness

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of the Christian life, what we're to be doing.

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So we talked about loving God, and we talked

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about loving God last week from the perspective

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of where our treasure is. And that expression

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of that treasure is the least value of the thing

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that you have. We talked about that money really

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has no real true intrinsic value in reality.

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You are born without it. You die without it.

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There is nothing within reality of money. But

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why do we hold on to it so tightly and not willing

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to give it away? So we deal with that issue last

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week. Now we're going to talk about loving his

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word because we can't really learn to give away

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our treasure until we understand God and his

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character and what he commands for us and the

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ways that we should live. So he tells us those

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things through his word. Love his word. Delight

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in his word. It is impossible to know God unless

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he has been pleased to make himself known to

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man. I want you to think about that. So if God

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had created all of us, which he has, placed us

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on the earth, the only reason why you know about

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him is because he was pleased to tell you about

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himself. God didn't have to say a single word

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to you about who he was. He could let us as ants

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just live our lives and die and not even think

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about us. But that's not what God intended for

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us to be when he communes. So it's impossible

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to know God unless he has been pleased to make

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himself known to man. He recognizes the force

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of Zophar's question in Job 11 .7. Can you, by

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searching, find out God? Can you, in your own

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purpose, drive, ever really find out God by your

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own desire? It seems utterly impossible to him

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that man, by his unaided reason, should discover

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God, and he therefore considers the question,

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has God spoken? Numbers 23, 19. As one of the

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utmost importance. Lewis Berkhoff, 1942. Really?

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Why does man seek God? Because God was pleased

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to reveal himself. Why would man, after God is

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pleased to reveal himself, even have the desire

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to go and seek after him because God has placed

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it there? What is the Word of God? There are

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many answers that I could give that would describe

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biblically and scripturally what the Word of

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God is, really well for itself in its own definition.

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And he clarifies this definition pretty revealing

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throughout the scripture of what his word is.

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So we're going to answer that question. The revealing

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of God by inspiration given through men as he

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led them to accurately record and communicate

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his character and message is known as inspiration

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of scripture. and the revealing of God in his

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incarnation through the virgin birth by the power

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of the Holy Spirit, he is called the Logos, known

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as the living word. 2 Timothy 3 .16, John 1 .1.

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The word of God is living and active, sharper

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than a two -edged sword, piercing to the division

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of soul and spirit, of joints and of marrow,

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and discerning the thoughts and intentions of

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the heart. Hebrews 4. The word is the sustainer

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and giver of life. The very word of God sustains

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you and gives you life. Matthew 4, 4. But he

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answered, it is written, man shall not live but

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by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. Psalm 119, 93. I will

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never forget your precepts, for by them you have

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given me. So what is the word of God? Jesus the

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Christ. He is the word of God. And he was pleased

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to put his character and his message on display

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for us to read and to know him. And it's only

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enough for life and godliness. All the answers

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that you will ever desire to be answered by God,

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not all of them, are written. Example, the Trinity.

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Is there anything in all of Scripture, in all

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of creation, that can clearly give us a full

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understanding of the triune, the triuneness of

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God? That God in his wisdom as Yahweh Elohim

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has represented himself as the three in one,

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the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Knowing

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that the only way to fulfill the promise he made

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to Adam and Eve when he cursed the snake, I will

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put an enmity between you and the woman, between

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your seed and her seed, could only come by the

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God -man himself. That the purpose of the triune

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God in his wisdom and in his foreknowledge That

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through the very plan of the Father, the fulfillment

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in the Son, and the guarantee of the Holy Spirit,

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that salvation is an impossibility without the

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Trinity of God. How would we know that? Ephesians

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1. Because the Word of God tells us so. You cannot

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have salvation without the Father planning it.

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You cannot have the fullness of salvation without

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the Son fulfilling it. And you can't have the

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guarantee of your inheritance without the Holy

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Spirit being your guarantee as a deposit. It's

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an impossibility. That's the importance of the

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Trinity. To go any further than that, I would

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really do it in injustice to try to explain why

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God is triune. but communion. God has caused

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and commands us to love his word. John 14, 15

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said this to you last week. If you love me, you

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will keep my commandments. Psalm 119, 97. Oh,

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how I love your law. It is my meditation all

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the day. Do you love God's word where you are

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willing to drive in your car, sit in your house?

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And just listen to the word of God spoken to

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you. Go home when you have the time. Sit down

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and open it and read it and let him speak to

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you. Are you willing to listen to his word through

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the music that he's provided? Are you saturating

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your life with the logos? Or is Christian life

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just a means to an end where you can come and

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do your ritual responsibility on a Sunday morning

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and say, I've done my job. Listen to this psalmist

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says, oh, how I love your law. It is my meditation

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all the day. It's all he thinks about. You'd

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be like, that's a little crazy. That man doesn't

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get involved with the craziness that's going

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on in our world today because his mind is where

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it needs to be. Set your mind on things above,

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not on things of the earth. Oh, Psalm 119, 113.

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I hate the double -minded, but I love your law.

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I hate those who are wavering all the time, that

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never really can make a final decision. They

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just one minute here, next minute there. Why?

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Because they have nothing to stand on. There

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is nothing that their feet is steady on. But

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this man loves God's law. Psalm 119, verse 119.

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Therefore, I love your testimonies. I love your

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testimonies. I love your words. Psalm 119 verse

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32, I will run in the way of your commandments

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when you enlarge my heart. God is busy sanctifying

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and enlarging your heart and your love for his

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word. Do you hunger and thirst for his word?

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As a deer pants after the water, so my soul longs

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after you. God commands us to obey his word.

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1 John 2, 4 -6. Whoever says I know him but does

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not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth

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is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, in

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him truly the love of God is perfected. By this

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we may know that we are in him. Whoever says

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he abides in him ought to walk in the same way

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in which he walked. Do we live like the Logos?

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Psalm 119, verse 1 through 4. Blessed are those

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whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of

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the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,

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who seek him with their whole heart, who also

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do no wrong, but walk in his ways. You have commanded

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your precepts to be kept diligently. You hear

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that? Not an option. Psalm 119 verse 44 through

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45. I will keep your law continually forever

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and ever and I shall walk in a wide place for

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I sought your precepts. Now I want you to get

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that. For those of us who walk according to the

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law and the word of God, we have a broadness

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to our ability to live within the confines of

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the world that he's placed us in. I'm not confined

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to the way of the world. Where Christ is in my

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life, I have the freedom now to go outside of

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that and to touch and to preach and to teach

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and to walk with and to love and to serve those

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outside of that little narrow way. Which in reality,

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that little narrow way that the world says is

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narrow because it's their way or the highway.

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God's way is... Really, narrower, if that's a

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word. My English is terrible, so I don't really

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care. But my ability to live outside of the lines

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is much more greater. You have any questions

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about that? Look at Jesus' life. What did he

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do? Hey, Matt, I'm going to your house to have

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dinner. I'm a tax collector. Hey, don't stop

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her from anointing my head. What? She's a prostitute.

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Writes in the sand. He who is without sin cast

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the first stone. Where are your accusers? Then

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neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.

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That's a really broad way of living, don't you

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think? Why? Because he lives narrow. He lives

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according to the word. Because he lives here,

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he can serve here. That's the idea here. I shall

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walk in a wide place, for I have sought your...

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God commands us to teach his word. Colossians

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3 .16, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

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teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs

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and with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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Do you see that? That not only are we teaching

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and preaching, we are teaching and preaching

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through music. Every opportunity we have. By

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every means that God has provided, we can teach

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and preach and richly bless those who need to

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hear the word of God. Psalm 119, verse 13. This

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is the only verse outside of Psalm 119 I told

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you I was going to give you. Well, that's not

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true. I gave you some Johns and stuff, but this

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is specifically one that I'm using. Deuteronomy

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6, 4 through 9. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our

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God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord

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your God with all your heart and with all your

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soul and with all your might. And these words

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that I command to you today shall be on your

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heart. You shall teach them diligently. You shall

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teach them diligently. You shall teach them diligently

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to your children. and shall talk with them when

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you sit in your house and when you walk by the

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way and when you lie down and when you rise.

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You shall bind them as signs on your forehead,

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on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets

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between your eyes, and you shall write them on

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the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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Can you imagine that? Where you walk into someone's

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house and the only thing that you see is Scripture

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everywhere. I want you to notice something here.

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I think this is one of the things that parents

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have a difficult time understanding. You don't

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schedule time teaching your kids. You teach your

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kids throughout the day. You teach them when

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you're sitting in your house. You teach them

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when you're walking down the road. You teach

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them when they go to bed and when they get back

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up. You teach them when you go to Walmart or

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Weiss. You teach them about Christ everywhere.

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It's not just, you know, hey, I'm going to schedule

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my time with you today. It's in your daily walk

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and driving that you talk about Jesus all the

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time. That doesn't mean that you don't set apart

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time for family worship or family reading. That's

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okay too. But notice it says here, when you lie

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down and when you sit and when you walk and when

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you rise. It's in your everyday moment. Give

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Christ richly in their lives. Do you delight

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in God's word? How important is God's word to

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you? Psalm 119, verse 14 and 16. In the way of

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your testimonies, I delight as much as in all

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riches. Verse 16, I will delight in your statutes.

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I will not forget your word. Verse 20. My soul

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is consumed with longing for your rules at all

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times. Verse 24, your testimonies are my delight.

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They are my counselors. 34, give me understanding

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that I may keep your law and observe it with

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all my whole heart. Verse 35, lead me in the

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path of your commandments for I delight in it.

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Verse 47, I'll read verse 46 first. I will also

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speak of your testimonies before kings and shall

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not be put to shame for I find my delight in

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your commandments which I love. Verse 77, let

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your mercy come to me. That I may live for your

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law is my delight. Verse 89. Forever, O Lord,

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your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Verse

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92. In your law, if your law had not been my

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delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

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Verse 143. Trouble and anguish have found me

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out, but your commandments are my. delight. Even

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he has to continue to walk in the commandments

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of God. Why? Because your sin will find you out.

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And the only way he gets through his sin is the

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fact that he delights in the word of God. Do

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you see that? Delight in the word of God and

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you will live. I rise before dawn and cry for

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help. I hope in your words. That's 147 and 174.

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I long for your salvation, O Lord, for your law

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is my delight. Do you get the point? How important

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is the word of God to you? Or do you just let

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it go throughout your days and weeks or months

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and it really has no means to you? Your very

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existence, you live because God says you do.

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Psalm 119 verse 151 and 152. I want you to hear

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these last few verses. But you are near, O Lord,

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and all your commandments are true. Hear that?

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This is true. Fox News is not true. CNN, not

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true. MSNBC, not true. What's true? God's word

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is true. It has always been true. They can say

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whatever they want to say. It's not true. There's

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only one thing that's true. It's called the word

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of God. We live in the days of lies. Walk in

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his truth. So you can see the lie. Psalm 119

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verse 60. Let me keep reading. I'm sorry, I forgot.

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152, I forgot. Long have I known your testimonies

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that you have founded them forever. Do you know

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why God's word is true? Because it is everlasting.

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Psalm 119, 116. The sum of your word is truth.

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And every one of your righteous rules endures

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forever. The world's going to tell you this isn't

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true. It doesn't matter. I really don't care

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what they say. I know it's true. I'm a listening

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testimony of his truth. He's changed my life.

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If you knew what I was before you ever knew me

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here, I was a dog. Men are dogs. I was a dog,

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man. Thank God I'm not no more. You got an entire

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room full of testimonies of God's word. active

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in their lives where Christ has used his word

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to instill, deposit, and grow faith. The sum

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of your word is truth, and every one of your

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righteous rules endures forever. Psalm 119 verse

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172. My tongue will sing of your word, for all

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your commandments are right. I'm sharing these

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things with you. So that you love his word. When

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you love his word, you will obey his word. When

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you obey his word, there is nothing you won't

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do to honor and please him. You won't listen

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to those around you who listen to his word because

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his word is true. His word is life. You won't

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be paying attention to the narratives and the

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nonsense because the word of God is true. It

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is life. I'm so glad that we talked about this

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today. I think we live in such a rich, overwhelming

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time where all the information that you could

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ever want and desire is at your fingertips, literally.

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And the one place we don't go to, because we

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know it's true, at least we hope, is His Word.

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I'd rather listen to the morning show for truth.

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And every day, we're disappointed. It's sad,

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but I should have expected it, right? That justice

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for the children who have been mistreated, abused,

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neglected, sold, will one day come under the

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wrath of a mighty God. Because the malarkey that

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we're being fed today, how do I know that? Scripture

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says, Vince's mind says, Lord, I will repay.

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Every evil deed that man covers, God will expose

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on his day. On his day. Because God is true.

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We must be different. We must shine differently.

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We must be different than any movement. We must

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be different. We must be a light on a hill. A

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shining city on a hill. We must not put our light

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under a bowl. We must walk. In the word. Thy

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word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto

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my path. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and

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a light unto my path. Father, I want to thank

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you so much that your word is true. It has been

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established forever that you have, as the Logos,

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have put on flesh and have shown us the word

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in action, in living. And then in your wisdom,

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through thousands of years, through 40 men, 66

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books, you have given us your... canon, your

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word, that declares and proclaims the goodness

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of our God, the fulfillment of his promise in

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the redemption of mankind through the Son. We

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praise you and thank you. And we are reminded

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in the same way that Jesus had mentioned to the

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men on the road to Emmaus, have you not read

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all that Moses and the prophets have said about

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me? We thank you that you are the living To you

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be honor and glory. And may we read the inspired

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word to see our God and to know you better. In

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Jesus' name, amen.