The Bible is Enough
Series: Your Word is Truth
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 19th May 2024
Passage: Hebrews 1:1-4
00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 Well, good morning everyone. My name's Steve. I haven't met you before. I'm the senior pastor here at St Paul's.
00:00:05 --> 00:00:13 If you have just jumped in for the first time, we are just partway through a series in understanding the Bible,
00:00:13 --> 00:00:21 growing confidence in the Bible in order that we might grow in confidence in the God who is the God of the Bible.
00:00:21 --> 00:00:29 That's where we're up to right now. I'm going to pray that God might speak this morning, even as I struggle to.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:39 Gracious God, we are grateful that we have this enormous privilege because of the shoulders that we stand on this morning
00:00:39 --> 00:00:49 of those who have preserved for us your word so that it might in fact be in our laps in languages that we can understand.
00:00:50 --> 00:00:52 Primarily, Lord, so that we might know you.
00:00:52 --> 00:01:03 And so even as we engage with it now and even in my weakness, I pray that you would be clear and you would be strong
00:01:03 --> 00:01:11 and that your word would come across as authoritative to us and that the result would be a greater and greater glimpse
00:01:11 --> 00:01:18 of your magnificence and your glory and also a glimpse of our deep, deep need for you.
00:01:18 --> 00:01:20 And we ask it for your sake. Amen.
00:01:20 --> 00:01:32 So have you ever wondered if the Bible is really able to help you in your deepest problems?
00:01:32 --> 00:01:44 Have you struggled to know what to do with your life and wish that you had had, you know, some special word from God,
00:01:45 --> 00:01:50 clear word from God, special communication to tell you this is what you should do here?
00:01:51 --> 00:01:57 Have you thought to yourself that as you look at the Bible and particularly the Bible's teaching on things like sexuality,
00:01:57 --> 00:02:04 it kind of needs to be updated, there needs to be a revised version for the new modern era?
00:02:05 --> 00:02:11 Have you ever wished for a more direct and even a more personal revelation
00:02:11 --> 00:02:19 than what you might get from slowly and consistently reading the Bible?
00:02:19 --> 00:02:23 Have you ever secretly wanted to add something to the Bible?
00:02:23 --> 00:02:31 You've read something in there and you go, hang on a bit, I wish Paul had just clarified what he meant by that.
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34 A little bit of extra information on that issue.
00:02:35 --> 00:02:44 Have you ever secretly wanted to add something to the Bible just to make it in fact safer for your friends and family to read?
00:02:45 --> 00:02:51 Have you ever wanted to take something away from the Bible so it doesn't offend your family and your friends?
00:02:53 --> 00:03:03 If you have answered yes to any of those questions, and if you haven't, let me tell you, you will at some point in your life,
00:03:04 --> 00:03:09 then you are struggling with what is known as the sufficiency of Scripture.
00:03:09 --> 00:03:18 It's not unusual for Christians to know something, if you like, about the attributes of God,
00:03:18 --> 00:03:20 you know, his justice, his mercy, so on and so forth.
00:03:21 --> 00:03:28 On the other hand, what is not as commonly known amongst Christians are what are known as the attributes of Scripture,
00:03:29 --> 00:03:30 the attributes of the Bible.
00:03:31 --> 00:03:38 Protestant theologians generally highlight four essential characteristics of the Bible.
00:03:38 --> 00:03:41 attributes of the Bible.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:43 They are doctrines of the Bible.
00:03:44 --> 00:03:50 The sufficiency of Scripture, the sufficiency, the clarity, the authority, and the necessity of Scripture.
00:03:50 --> 00:03:51 Four of them.
00:03:51 --> 00:03:54 Sufficiency, clarity, authority, and necessity.
00:03:54 --> 00:03:59 Another way to put that is that God's Word is final.
00:04:00 --> 00:04:01 God's Word is understandable.
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 God's Word is necessary.
00:04:05 --> 00:04:09 And God's Word is enough, which is our topic for today.
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12 I'm starting at kind of the end and working our way back over the coming weeks.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:14 That's our topic today.
00:04:14 --> 00:04:19 And I've got three points in terms of our topic today in terms of the Bible is enough,
00:04:19 --> 00:04:21 the Bible's enough because Jesus is enough,
00:04:22 --> 00:04:26 and then finally we're going to land on how Jesus and the Bible together are enough.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:30 So starting of all the Bible is enough.
00:04:30 --> 00:04:37 The sufficiency of Scripture means the Bible is clear enough to make us responsible
00:04:37 --> 00:04:42 for carrying out our present responsibilities to our Creator.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:49 That is, this particular teaching is an ethical teaching.
00:04:49 --> 00:05:00 No one can say that God has not revealed himself enough in order to be saved or to live a life that is pleasing to him.
00:05:02 --> 00:05:08 We don't need to add to it in any way in order to meet the challenges of the modern world,
00:05:08 --> 00:05:17 or in fact to take away from it so that it aligns better with the priorities of the modern world.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:21 God's Word is perfect and it is complete,
00:05:22 --> 00:05:28 giving us all that we need to know about God, about Jesus, about salvation,
00:05:28 --> 00:05:31 and living a life that's aligned to God's purposes.
00:05:32 --> 00:05:36 If you want to specifically know what God's will is for your life,
00:05:37 --> 00:05:39 it is already in the Scriptures.
00:05:39 --> 00:05:48 And yet, this is the one attribute of all four,
00:05:48 --> 00:05:50 the one attribute of the Bible,
00:05:50 --> 00:05:55 that Bible-believing Christians are likely to forget the first.
00:05:56 --> 00:05:58 It's the first one they're going to forget.
00:05:59 --> 00:06:02 The sufficiency of the Bible is the one attribute
00:06:02 --> 00:06:10 that is so quickly doubted or undermined by the average churchgoer.
00:06:12 --> 00:06:17 It is possible, in fact, to say that all the right things about the Bible,
00:06:18 --> 00:06:21 it's possible to read it regularly,
00:06:21 --> 00:06:24 but when life gets tough,
00:06:24 --> 00:06:26 when life gets confusing,
00:06:27 --> 00:06:30 when life gets a little ho-hum,
00:06:30 --> 00:06:31 a little boring,
00:06:32 --> 00:06:34 we look for new words,
00:06:35 --> 00:06:35 new revelation,
00:06:36 --> 00:06:38 new experiences to bring us closer to God
00:06:38 --> 00:06:41 or to get a sense that God loves me.
00:06:42 --> 00:06:45 We may not feel excited at all
00:06:45 --> 00:06:47 by the Bible's description of heaven,
00:06:47 --> 00:06:51 but we are mesmeralized by the latest book
00:06:51 --> 00:06:53 written by someone who has died
00:06:53 --> 00:06:55 and said that they went there and have come back again
00:06:55 --> 00:06:56 and told us about it.
00:06:58 --> 00:06:59 We are captivated by that,
00:07:00 --> 00:07:01 but not the Bible's description,
00:07:02 --> 00:07:04 God himself and what he says about heaven.
00:07:08 --> 00:07:11 We soak up stories of those who declare
00:07:11 --> 00:07:13 that they've received a special revelation from God,
00:07:14 --> 00:07:16 those who claim personal communication with God,
00:07:16 --> 00:07:21 those who attest to regular inward promptings.
00:07:23 --> 00:07:24 And we sit there and we go,
00:07:24 --> 00:07:25 if only I could have more of that.
00:07:26 --> 00:07:28 If only I could have that.
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 Something a little more than the Bible.
00:07:32 --> 00:07:37 Then I would know that God really loves me.
00:07:39 --> 00:07:41 But here's the issue.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:44 And we're going to unpack this for the rest of this message.
00:07:44 --> 00:07:48 The finality of Christ's redemption for us
00:07:48 --> 00:07:51 on the cross for our sin
00:07:51 --> 00:07:55 is intimately tied
00:07:55 --> 00:07:59 to the finality of God's revelation to us.
00:08:02 --> 00:08:03 Intimately tied.
00:08:03 --> 00:08:08 Which leads me to my second point,
00:08:08 --> 00:08:09 that Jesus is enough.
00:08:10 --> 00:08:11 The big idea,
00:08:11 --> 00:08:13 and we're going to turn to Hebrews chapter 1 here,
00:08:13 --> 00:08:15 so grab up Hebrews chapter 1 in your Bibles.
00:08:16 --> 00:08:19 The big idea in the first verses of Hebrews
00:08:19 --> 00:08:22 is in fact the big idea of the entire book of Hebrews.
00:08:23 --> 00:08:24 It's an introduction,
00:08:24 --> 00:08:26 which then gets, if you like,
00:08:28 --> 00:08:30 expanded upon through the rest of Hebrews.
00:08:30 --> 00:08:35 And the big idea is that God has spoken by his son,
00:08:36 --> 00:08:39 and his son is superior to all persons,
00:08:40 --> 00:08:42 superior to all heavenly beings,
00:08:42 --> 00:08:44 superior to all institutions,
00:08:44 --> 00:08:45 superior to all rituals,
00:08:46 --> 00:08:48 and any other means of revelation and redemption.
00:08:49 --> 00:08:52 The first verses are here.
00:08:52 --> 00:08:54 In the first two verses, we have contrasts.
00:08:54 --> 00:08:57 In the past, God spoke to our ancestors
00:08:57 --> 00:08:58 through the prophets at various times
00:08:58 --> 00:08:59 and in various ways,
00:09:00 --> 00:09:01 but in these last days,
00:09:01 --> 00:09:02 he has spoken to us by his son,
00:09:03 --> 00:09:05 whom he appointed heir of all things,
00:09:05 --> 00:09:08 and through whom he also made the universe.
00:09:08 --> 00:09:09 So those two verses,
00:09:10 --> 00:09:11 we have four contrasts.
00:09:12 --> 00:09:13 We have contrasts in eras,
00:09:14 --> 00:09:15 recipients, agents,
00:09:15 --> 00:09:16 and the way of God's revelation.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:18 And all four contrasts
00:09:18 --> 00:09:22 are meant to lead us to the same conclusion.
00:09:22 --> 00:09:27 And that conclusion is decisively spelled out
00:09:27 --> 00:09:29 in verses two to four.
00:09:30 --> 00:09:33 And that conclusion is that Jesus Christ
00:09:33 --> 00:09:37 is the superior and the final agent
00:09:37 --> 00:09:39 of God's redemption and revelation.
00:09:42 --> 00:09:46 The writer of Hebrews draws on Psalm 2 and Psalm 110
00:09:46 --> 00:09:51 and makes seven affirmations to that end
00:09:51 --> 00:09:53 in verses two to four.
00:09:54 --> 00:09:56 The son is the heir of all things,
00:09:56 --> 00:09:58 the creator of all things.
00:09:58 --> 00:10:00 He's the sustainer of all things.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:02 The son is the revelation of God.
00:10:02 --> 00:10:04 The son made purification for our sins.
00:10:05 --> 00:10:05 It says there,
00:10:05 --> 00:10:08 the son sat down.
00:10:10 --> 00:10:13 And let me just slow down on that one a little bit
00:10:13 --> 00:10:13 because it's like,
00:10:13 --> 00:10:16 what do you mean by the son sat down?
00:10:17 --> 00:10:20 Just as a parent might sit down
00:10:20 --> 00:10:21 at the end of the evening
00:10:21 --> 00:10:23 because the kids are in bed,
00:10:23 --> 00:10:24 the dishwasher's on.
00:10:27 --> 00:10:28 And you go,
00:10:28 --> 00:10:30 today my work is done.
00:10:32 --> 00:10:34 That's what it means he sat down.
00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 The work is done.
00:10:35 --> 00:10:37 He's enthroned on high.
00:10:38 --> 00:10:39 The work of revelation
00:10:39 --> 00:10:40 and the work of redemption
00:10:40 --> 00:10:41 is finalized and complete.
00:10:41 --> 00:10:42 He sat down.
00:10:42 --> 00:10:45 The task for sacrifice for sin
00:10:45 --> 00:10:47 was complete in his death on the cross.
00:10:47 --> 00:10:49 He is permanently enthroned.
00:10:51 --> 00:10:52 And the seventh is in verse four.
00:10:52 --> 00:10:55 The son therefore has become much superior
00:10:55 --> 00:10:56 to the angels.
00:10:56 --> 00:10:58 The whole theme of Hebrews
00:10:58 --> 00:11:01 is that Jesus Christ
00:11:01 --> 00:11:03 is the superior
00:11:03 --> 00:11:05 and final agent
00:11:05 --> 00:11:07 of God's redemption and revelation.
00:11:07 --> 00:11:09 Chapters one and two,
00:11:09 --> 00:11:11 he's superior to the angels.
00:11:11 --> 00:11:11 Chapter three,
00:11:12 --> 00:11:12 superior to Moses.
00:11:13 --> 00:11:14 Chapter four,
00:11:14 --> 00:11:14 sorry,
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 chapters three and four,
00:11:16 --> 00:11:17 superior to Joshua.
00:11:17 --> 00:11:18 Chapter five,
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 superior to Abraham.
00:11:19 --> 00:11:20 Chapter six,
00:11:21 --> 00:11:21 sorry,
00:11:21 --> 00:11:21 Aaron.
00:11:22 --> 00:11:23 Chapter six is Abraham.
00:11:23 --> 00:11:24 Chapter seven is Melchizedek.
00:11:25 --> 00:11:26 Chapter eight is the old covenant.
00:11:26 --> 00:11:28 Chapter nine is the temple,
00:11:28 --> 00:11:29 the tabernacle.
00:11:29 --> 00:11:32 Jesus is superior to the high priest
00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 in chapter 10.
00:11:33 --> 00:11:36 He is the,
00:11:36 --> 00:11:38 he's superior to all the treasures
00:11:38 --> 00:11:40 of this world in chapter 11.
00:11:41 --> 00:11:43 He is superior to God's revelation
00:11:43 --> 00:11:44 of the Old Testament law
00:11:44 --> 00:11:47 and Mount Sinai in chapter 12
00:11:47 --> 00:11:48 as the gathering point of God's people.
00:11:49 --> 00:11:51 And he is superior to any city
00:11:51 --> 00:11:53 and any place in this world
00:11:53 --> 00:11:54 that we might call home
00:11:54 --> 00:11:55 in chapter 13.
00:11:57 --> 00:11:59 Every single chapter.
00:11:59 --> 00:12:01 is about the superiority
00:12:01 --> 00:12:03 of Jesus Christ
00:12:03 --> 00:12:04 as the final revelation
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05 of redemption
00:12:05 --> 00:12:07 and revelation of God.
00:12:09 --> 00:12:12 He surpasses all others
00:12:12 --> 00:12:14 because in him
00:12:14 --> 00:12:16 we have the fullness
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17 and the finality
00:12:17 --> 00:12:18 of God's redemption
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19 and revelation.
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 Jesus is enough
00:12:21 --> 00:12:23 because he is superior
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 and the final agent
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 of God's redemption
00:12:25 --> 00:12:27 and revelation.
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 And so the question
00:12:30 --> 00:12:32 you might now have
00:12:32 --> 00:12:34 is what has that got to do
00:12:34 --> 00:12:35 with the sufficiency
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 of scripture?
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 And I'm so glad
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 you asked that question.
00:12:39 --> 00:12:40 I'm so glad
00:12:40 --> 00:12:41 I've got a third point.
00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 Prior, you know,
00:12:43 --> 00:12:44 prepared and ready
00:12:44 --> 00:12:44 for this point.
00:12:46 --> 00:12:48 Jesus with the Bible
00:12:48 --> 00:12:49 are enough.
00:12:50 --> 00:12:52 Or Jesus and the Bible
00:12:52 --> 00:12:54 are enough.
00:12:54 --> 00:12:57 A moment ago,
00:12:57 --> 00:12:58 I said,
00:12:58 --> 00:12:59 Jesus Christ
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 surpasses all others
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 because in him
00:13:01 --> 00:13:03 we have the fullness
00:13:03 --> 00:13:04 and the finality
00:13:04 --> 00:13:06 of God's redemption
00:13:06 --> 00:13:07 and revelation.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 In many cases,
00:13:10 --> 00:13:11 Christians understand
00:13:11 --> 00:13:13 the concept of fullness.
00:13:14 --> 00:13:16 Jesus is the fulfiller
00:13:16 --> 00:13:18 of all the Old Testament
00:13:18 --> 00:13:19 prophecies and promises.
00:13:19 --> 00:13:22 He's the fulfiller
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 of the law.
00:13:23 --> 00:13:24 We understand
00:13:24 --> 00:13:24 that concept.
00:13:25 --> 00:13:27 Everything in the Old Testament
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 is pointing to Jesus.
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 He has completed
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 all of its intention
00:13:31 --> 00:13:31 and purpose.
00:13:32 --> 00:13:33 The bit that we're often
00:13:33 --> 00:13:35 not so clear on
00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 is the bit
00:13:36 --> 00:13:37 where I said finality.
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 The finality
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40 of Jesus' work.
00:13:41 --> 00:13:42 And we attach the idea
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 of the finality
00:13:43 --> 00:13:44 of Jesus' work,
00:13:44 --> 00:13:45 we understand that
00:13:45 --> 00:13:46 in terms of
00:13:46 --> 00:13:48 redemption.
00:13:49 --> 00:13:51 But we don't connect
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 it to revelation often.
00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 We struggle with
00:13:54 --> 00:13:54 the sufficiency
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 of scripture.
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 The finality
00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 of his work
00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 was that he once
00:14:00 --> 00:14:00 for all
00:14:00 --> 00:14:02 paid for all sin.
00:14:03 --> 00:14:04 He came to earth,
00:14:04 --> 00:14:06 he lived amongst us,
00:14:06 --> 00:14:07 he died on a Roman cross
00:14:07 --> 00:14:09 and cried out
00:14:09 --> 00:14:10 in his dying moments,
00:14:11 --> 00:14:13 it is finished.
00:14:13 --> 00:14:19 We're not waiting
00:14:19 --> 00:14:21 for another king
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 to rule over us
00:14:22 --> 00:14:24 or another prophet
00:14:24 --> 00:14:24 to give us
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 some more information
00:14:25 --> 00:14:28 or a further priest
00:14:28 --> 00:14:29 to deal with our sin.
00:14:29 --> 00:14:31 The work of redemption
00:14:31 --> 00:14:32 is complete.
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 And what the book
00:14:37 --> 00:14:38 of Hebrews says,
00:14:38 --> 00:14:38 in fact,
00:14:39 --> 00:14:39 what I declare
00:14:39 --> 00:14:41 is the New Testament
00:14:41 --> 00:14:42 and the Old Testament
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 as well,
00:14:43 --> 00:14:45 you cannot separate
00:14:45 --> 00:14:46 redemption
00:14:46 --> 00:14:47 from revelation.
00:14:49 --> 00:14:50 They're inseparable.
00:14:53 --> 00:14:55 Both are finished
00:14:55 --> 00:14:56 and finally fulfilled
00:14:56 --> 00:14:57 in Jesus.
00:14:59 --> 00:15:00 While the written
00:15:00 --> 00:15:01 word of God,
00:15:01 --> 00:15:01 the Bible,
00:15:01 --> 00:15:02 which we have
00:15:02 --> 00:15:02 in front of us,
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 and the word of God
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 made flesh,
00:15:05 --> 00:15:06 the incarnate word
00:15:06 --> 00:15:06 of God,
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 Jesus Christ,
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 are distinct,
00:15:10 --> 00:15:10 they are also
00:15:10 --> 00:15:11 inseparable.
00:15:12 --> 00:15:17 every single act
00:15:17 --> 00:15:18 of redemption
00:15:18 --> 00:15:19 in the Bible,
00:15:20 --> 00:15:21 from the exodus
00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 out of Egypt
00:15:22 --> 00:15:24 to the return
00:15:24 --> 00:15:24 from exile
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 in Babylon
00:15:25 --> 00:15:27 to the cross
00:15:27 --> 00:15:28 itself
00:15:28 --> 00:15:30 is an act
00:15:30 --> 00:15:31 of revelation,
00:15:31 --> 00:15:34 not just an act
00:15:34 --> 00:15:35 of redemption.
00:15:36 --> 00:15:37 They tell us
00:15:37 --> 00:15:37 something about
00:15:37 --> 00:15:38 the nature of sin,
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 the way of salvation,
00:15:40 --> 00:15:40 and the character
00:15:40 --> 00:15:41 of God.
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 Likewise,
00:15:43 --> 00:15:43 the point of
00:15:43 --> 00:15:46 all revelation
00:15:46 --> 00:15:48 is to redeem.
00:15:50 --> 00:15:51 That's the point
00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 of it,
00:15:52 --> 00:15:53 to redeem
00:15:53 --> 00:15:54 sinful people
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 to God.
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56 All the words
00:15:56 --> 00:15:57 of the prophets,
00:15:58 --> 00:15:59 all the words
00:15:59 --> 00:15:59 of the law,
00:15:59 --> 00:16:00 all the words
00:16:00 --> 00:16:01 of the apostles
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 are not to make
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 us smart,
00:16:03 --> 00:16:06 but to get
00:16:06 --> 00:16:07 us saved
00:16:07 --> 00:16:13 and into
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 the likeness
00:16:14 --> 00:16:15 of Jesus
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 in his character
00:16:16 --> 00:16:17 and his priority.
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 In other words,
00:16:20 --> 00:16:20 redemption
00:16:20 --> 00:16:21 reveals
00:16:21 --> 00:16:23 and revelation
00:16:23 --> 00:16:23 redeems.
00:16:25 --> 00:16:25 They're
00:16:25 --> 00:16:25 inseparable.
00:16:25 --> 00:16:30 Jesus
00:16:30 --> 00:16:31 is God's
00:16:31 --> 00:16:31 full
00:16:31 --> 00:16:32 and final
00:16:32 --> 00:16:33 act
00:16:33 --> 00:16:33 of redemption
00:16:33 --> 00:16:35 and God's
00:16:35 --> 00:16:36 full
00:16:36 --> 00:16:36 and final
00:16:36 --> 00:16:37 revelation
00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 of himself.
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 As John
00:16:39 --> 00:16:39 Frame has
00:16:39 --> 00:16:40 written,
00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 nothing can
00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 be added
00:16:41 --> 00:16:42 to his
00:16:42 --> 00:16:43 redemptive
00:16:43 --> 00:16:44 work and
00:16:44 --> 00:16:44 nothing can
00:16:44 --> 00:16:44 be added
00:16:44 --> 00:16:45 to his
00:16:45 --> 00:16:45 revelation
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 of that
00:16:46 --> 00:16:46 redemptive
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 work.
00:16:51 --> 00:16:51 Therefore,
00:16:52 --> 00:16:52 and I think
00:16:52 --> 00:16:53 this is more
00:16:53 --> 00:16:54 of an
00:16:54 --> 00:16:54 unbeknowing
00:16:54 --> 00:16:55 issue
00:16:55 --> 00:16:57 in that
00:16:57 --> 00:16:59 we doctrinally
00:16:59 --> 00:17:00 stumble into
00:17:00 --> 00:17:00 error.
00:17:03 --> 00:17:04 If we say
00:17:04 --> 00:17:05 revelation
00:17:05 --> 00:17:06 is not
00:17:06 --> 00:17:06 complete,
00:17:07 --> 00:17:08 we probably
00:17:08 --> 00:17:09 are not aware
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 that what we
00:17:10 --> 00:17:11 are automatically
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00:17:34 --> 00:17:35 Now,
00:17:35 --> 00:17:35 I'm not
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00:17:36 --> 00:17:36 God no
00:17:36 --> 00:17:36 longer
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00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 God
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00:18:02 --> 00:18:03 That is
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00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 Hebrews 4
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00:18:11 --> 00:18:11 And in
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00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 But this
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00:18:48 --> 00:18:48 The
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00:19:01 --> 00:19:01 it upon our
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00:19:03 --> 00:19:03 In fact,
00:19:04 --> 00:19:04 it is only
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 because the
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 Bible is
00:19:06 --> 00:19:06 in fact
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00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 complete
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00:19:22 --> 00:19:22 The
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00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 George
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00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 Benjamin
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00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 having heard
00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 him preach,
00:19:41 --> 00:19:42 didn't believe
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00:19:44 --> 00:19:44 George
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00:19:46 --> 00:19:46 about him
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00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 He did his
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00:20:00 --> 00:20:01 Purely a gift
00:20:01 --> 00:20:01 from God.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:05 But George
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 and his
00:20:06 --> 00:20:09 wife had
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 trouble with
00:20:10 --> 00:20:11 having children,
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 had many
00:20:12 --> 00:20:12 miscarriages
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00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 he named
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00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 After John
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00:20:21 --> 00:20:21 and at one
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00:20:23 --> 00:20:24 when his
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00:20:30 --> 00:20:31 he publicly
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00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 Their
00:20:44 --> 00:20:45 only child
00:20:45 --> 00:20:45 John died
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00:20:52 --> 00:20:52 he had
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00:21:00 --> 00:21:01 his child
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00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 He made
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00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 He
00:21:13 --> 00:21:13 thought it
00:21:13 --> 00:21:14 was God
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00:21:19 --> 00:21:20 Now I'm
00:21:20 --> 00:21:20 not saying
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00:21:21 --> 00:21:21 and he
00:21:21 --> 00:21:22 actually had
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00:21:24 --> 00:21:24 I'm not
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00:21:25 --> 00:21:25 God cannot
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 lead you
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00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 but what I
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00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 And that's
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 why I
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 say that
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00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 Because the
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 spirit works
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 through the
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 word,
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 the final
00:22:07 --> 00:22:07 word of
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 God.
00:22:10 --> 00:22:11 And even
00:22:11 --> 00:22:11 in that
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00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 if you are
00:22:12 --> 00:22:13 certain
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00:22:18 --> 00:22:19 you will
00:22:19 --> 00:22:19 still have
00:22:19 --> 00:22:20 experiences like
00:22:20 --> 00:22:20 George
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 Whitefield,
00:22:22 --> 00:22:23 the Bible
00:22:23 --> 00:22:25 is enough.
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 That's the
00:22:28 --> 00:22:29 sufficiency of
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00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 it is
00:22:30 --> 00:22:31 enough.
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00:22:35 --> 00:22:35 should see it
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00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 Realistically,
00:22:37 --> 00:22:38 it is enough.
00:22:38 --> 00:22:39 If you're going
00:22:39 --> 00:22:40 to have a
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 personal
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 relationship
00:22:41 --> 00:22:43 with someone,
00:22:44 --> 00:22:44 you have to
00:22:44 --> 00:22:45 have words
00:22:45 --> 00:22:47 that you
00:22:47 --> 00:22:47 know are
00:22:47 --> 00:22:48 actually from
00:22:48 --> 00:22:48 that
00:22:48 --> 00:22:49 someone.
00:22:50 --> 00:22:50 You know,
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 you've ever
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 had the
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 issue online
00:22:52 --> 00:22:52 where you're
00:22:52 --> 00:22:53 communicating with
00:22:53 --> 00:22:54 someone and
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 you're,
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 hang on a
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55 bit,
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 am I
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00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 the person I
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59 think I'm
00:22:59 --> 00:23:00 communicating from?
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 You know,
00:23:00 --> 00:23:01 I've received
00:23:01 --> 00:23:01 emails from
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 people that I
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 know,
00:23:02 --> 00:23:03 good friends
00:23:03 --> 00:23:05 at the top,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 in fact,
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 I've received
00:23:05 --> 00:23:07 one this
00:23:07 --> 00:23:07 morning.
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 This guy I
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 know from
00:23:10 --> 00:23:10 history,
00:23:10 --> 00:23:10 bang,
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 here's an
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 email from
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 him,
00:23:12 --> 00:23:12 but it
00:23:12 --> 00:23:12 happens to
00:23:12 --> 00:23:13 be my
00:23:13 --> 00:23:13 junk box.
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 Is it
00:23:16 --> 00:23:16 truly him?
00:23:18 --> 00:23:19 Turns out
00:23:19 --> 00:23:20 it's not.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:22 To have
00:23:22 --> 00:23:23 an ongoing
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 personal,
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 you need
00:23:25 --> 00:23:27 words that
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 correspond with
00:23:28 --> 00:23:28 that person,
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 certainty.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:31 There are
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 moments where
00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 Nat and I
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00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 we are
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00:23:39 --> 00:23:39 other.
00:23:40 --> 00:23:41 I think
00:23:41 --> 00:23:44 that's what's
00:23:44 --> 00:23:44 going on.
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 No,
00:23:47 --> 00:23:47 it happens.
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 And the
00:23:49 --> 00:23:49 only reason
00:23:49 --> 00:23:50 that is the
00:23:50 --> 00:23:50 case is
00:23:50 --> 00:23:51 because we've
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 got 27
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 years of
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00:23:52 --> 00:23:53 each other.
00:23:55 --> 00:23:55 You would
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 not have
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 that confidence
00:23:57 --> 00:23:58 at all in
00:23:58 --> 00:23:59 the relationship
00:23:59 --> 00:24:01 if you just
00:24:01 --> 00:24:02 got married and
00:24:02 --> 00:24:02 they never
00:24:02 --> 00:24:03 spoke.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 Never have
00:24:06 --> 00:24:06 confidence in
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 the relationship.
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 If we had
00:24:09 --> 00:24:10 spent 27 years
00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 just staring at
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 each other,
00:24:12 --> 00:24:12 I'm pretty sure
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 we would still
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 not be together.
00:24:14 --> 00:24:17 you need
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 actual
00:24:18 --> 00:24:20 words
00:24:20 --> 00:24:22 that you
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 are confident
00:24:23 --> 00:24:24 are coming
00:24:24 --> 00:24:24 from the
00:24:24 --> 00:24:25 person in
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 order to
00:24:26 --> 00:24:26 build a
00:24:26 --> 00:24:27 dynamic of
00:24:27 --> 00:24:27 relationship.
00:24:29 --> 00:24:30 The very
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 first dynamic
00:24:31 --> 00:24:31 of personal
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 relationship with
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33 God is the
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 acceptance of
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 the fullness
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 and the
00:24:36 --> 00:24:36 finality of
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 the Bible.
00:24:37 --> 00:24:38 every single
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 word is a
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 word from
00:24:40 --> 00:24:42 God to
00:24:42 --> 00:24:42 you.
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 Every word.
00:24:46 --> 00:24:47 But that's
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 not all.
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 Because when we
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 trust the Bible
00:24:50 --> 00:24:50 like that,
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 it's not just a
00:24:52 --> 00:24:52 book of true
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 facts about
00:24:53 --> 00:24:55 God, like the
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 Guinness Book of
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 Records is a
00:24:57 --> 00:24:58 book of facts.
00:24:59 --> 00:24:59 It's not
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 personal in any
00:25:00 --> 00:25:00 way.
00:25:00 --> 00:25:01 Have a look
00:25:01 --> 00:25:03 at Hebrews
00:25:03 --> 00:25:04 4 verses
00:25:04 --> 00:25:05 12 and
00:25:05 --> 00:25:05 13.
00:25:05 --> 00:25:06 For the word
00:25:06 --> 00:25:07 of God is
00:25:07 --> 00:25:07 alive and
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 active, sharper
00:25:08 --> 00:25:09 than any
00:25:09 --> 00:25:09 double-edged
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 sword.
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 It penetrates
00:25:11 --> 00:25:11 even to
00:25:11 --> 00:25:12 dividing soul
00:25:12 --> 00:25:12 and spirit,
00:25:13 --> 00:25:13 joints and
00:25:13 --> 00:25:13 marrow.
00:25:14 --> 00:25:14 It judges
00:25:14 --> 00:25:15 the thoughts
00:25:15 --> 00:25:15 and the
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 attitudes of
00:25:16 --> 00:25:16 the heart.
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 Nothing in
00:25:17 --> 00:25:18 all creation
00:25:18 --> 00:25:19 is hidden
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 from God's
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 sight.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:21 Everything
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 is uncovered
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 and laid
00:25:23 --> 00:25:23 bare before
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 the eyes
00:25:24 --> 00:25:25 of him to
00:25:25 --> 00:25:25 whom we
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 must give
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 account.
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 It's
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 telling us
00:25:30 --> 00:25:30 here,
00:25:30 --> 00:25:32 that God's
00:25:32 --> 00:25:32 word is
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 alive and
00:25:33 --> 00:25:34 active.
00:25:34 --> 00:25:36 It's dynamic.
00:25:36 --> 00:25:36 It is
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 personal.
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 It's
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 personal.
00:25:40 --> 00:25:40 Because when
00:25:40 --> 00:25:41 God speaks,
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 action happens.
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 His word is
00:25:44 --> 00:25:44 active.
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 When he
00:25:46 --> 00:25:46 commands
00:25:46 --> 00:25:47 light for
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 there to
00:25:48 --> 00:25:48 be light,
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 light is
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 the consequence.
00:25:51 --> 00:25:52 That is,
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 his word
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 is his
00:25:54 --> 00:25:54 action.
00:25:55 --> 00:25:56 If I
00:25:56 --> 00:25:57 commanded in
00:25:57 --> 00:25:57 a dark
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 room,
00:25:58 --> 00:25:58 let there
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 be light,
00:25:59 --> 00:26:00 I've then
00:26:00 --> 00:26:00 got to
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 put action
00:26:01 --> 00:26:01 to my
00:26:01 --> 00:26:01 word.
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 I've
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 got to
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 go and
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 flick a
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 light switch
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 or put a
00:26:05 --> 00:26:05 bulb in
00:26:05 --> 00:26:06 or something
00:26:06 --> 00:26:07 to make
00:26:07 --> 00:26:08 light happen.
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 For God,
00:26:10 --> 00:26:11 his word
00:26:11 --> 00:26:12 is his
00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 deed.
00:26:16 --> 00:26:17 Which means
00:26:17 --> 00:26:17 you cannot
00:26:17 --> 00:26:18 have God
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 actively working
00:26:19 --> 00:26:19 in your
00:26:19 --> 00:26:21 life without
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 his word.
00:26:24 --> 00:26:25 His word
00:26:25 --> 00:26:25 is his
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 power.
00:26:27 --> 00:26:27 His power
00:26:27 --> 00:26:29 operates through
00:26:29 --> 00:26:29 his word.
00:26:29 --> 00:26:30 His word
00:26:30 --> 00:26:31 is how
00:26:31 --> 00:26:31 his power
00:26:31 --> 00:26:32 operates in
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 our lives.
00:26:36 --> 00:26:36 Every
00:26:36 --> 00:26:37 single word
00:26:37 --> 00:26:38 is personal,
00:26:39 --> 00:26:39 dynamic,
00:26:41 --> 00:26:42 penetrating,
00:26:42 --> 00:26:43 just like a
00:26:43 --> 00:26:44 surgeon's
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 scalpel.
00:26:45 --> 00:26:45 Bible.
00:26:47 --> 00:26:48 I remember
00:26:48 --> 00:26:50 a few years
00:26:50 --> 00:26:50 ago now
00:26:50 --> 00:26:51 preparing a
00:26:51 --> 00:26:51 sermon.
00:26:53 --> 00:26:54 And the
00:26:54 --> 00:26:56 topic I
00:26:56 --> 00:26:57 was dealing
00:26:57 --> 00:26:57 with on
00:26:57 --> 00:26:57 that day
00:26:57 --> 00:26:58 was looking
00:26:58 --> 00:27:00 at respectable
00:27:00 --> 00:27:01 sins and the
00:27:01 --> 00:27:02 particular topic
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 was judgmentalism
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 that I was
00:27:04 --> 00:27:05 preaching on.
00:27:05 --> 00:27:06 And so I'm
00:27:06 --> 00:27:06 writing this
00:27:06 --> 00:27:08 sermon and
00:27:08 --> 00:27:09 reading the
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 text.
00:27:09 --> 00:27:09 text.
00:27:11 --> 00:27:11 And as
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 I'm doing
00:27:12 --> 00:27:14 that, a
00:27:14 --> 00:27:15 name kept
00:27:15 --> 00:27:15 popping into
00:27:15 --> 00:27:16 my head.
00:27:18 --> 00:27:19 And I'm
00:27:19 --> 00:27:21 getting out of
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 there.
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 Trying to
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 write a
00:27:21 --> 00:27:22 sermon here.
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 Name keeps
00:27:24 --> 00:27:24 popping in my
00:27:24 --> 00:27:25 head.
00:27:26 --> 00:27:27 And that
00:27:27 --> 00:27:27 particular
00:27:27 --> 00:27:29 person was
00:27:29 --> 00:27:30 a person that
00:27:30 --> 00:27:30 I considered
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 had sinned
00:27:31 --> 00:27:32 against me in
00:27:32 --> 00:27:33 this particular
00:27:33 --> 00:27:33 way.
00:27:33 --> 00:27:37 And then
00:27:37 --> 00:27:37 all of a
00:27:37 --> 00:27:38 sudden, as
00:27:38 --> 00:27:39 I'm thinking
00:27:39 --> 00:27:40 about them,
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 and I hope
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 they're going
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 to be there
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 on this
00:27:42 --> 00:27:44 Sunday, or
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 that they
00:27:45 --> 00:27:45 listen to
00:27:45 --> 00:27:46 this, or
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 somehow get
00:27:47 --> 00:27:47 it in their
00:27:47 --> 00:27:49 lap, all of
00:27:49 --> 00:27:49 a sudden the
00:27:49 --> 00:27:50 scalpel fell.
00:27:54 --> 00:27:55 And it
00:27:55 --> 00:27:55 wasn't about
00:27:55 --> 00:27:55 them, it
00:27:55 --> 00:27:56 was actually
00:27:56 --> 00:27:56 about me.
00:27:58 --> 00:27:59 And the
00:27:59 --> 00:27:59 word of God
00:27:59 --> 00:28:00 convicted me in
00:28:00 --> 00:28:02 quite a deep
00:28:02 --> 00:28:02 way.
00:28:03 --> 00:28:04 that I was
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 doing the
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 very thing
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 to them
00:28:07 --> 00:28:09 that I was
00:28:09 --> 00:28:09 considering they
00:28:09 --> 00:28:10 were doing
00:28:10 --> 00:28:10 to me.
00:28:13 --> 00:28:15 I saw
00:28:15 --> 00:28:16 the log in
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 my own
00:28:17 --> 00:28:19 eye through
00:28:19 --> 00:28:19 the work of
00:28:19 --> 00:28:20 the Spirit
00:28:20 --> 00:28:21 and comparison
00:28:21 --> 00:28:22 to the speck
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 that was in
00:28:23 --> 00:28:23 theirs.
00:28:24 --> 00:28:25 It led to
00:28:25 --> 00:28:26 repentance,
00:28:27 --> 00:28:28 it led to
00:28:28 --> 00:28:30 me contacting
00:28:30 --> 00:28:31 that individual
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 and apologising,
00:28:32 --> 00:28:38 and led to
00:28:38 --> 00:28:38 gratitude
00:28:38 --> 00:28:41 as I
00:28:41 --> 00:28:41 reflected on
00:28:41 --> 00:28:42 Jesus, was
00:28:42 --> 00:28:43 the one who
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 in fact had
00:28:44 --> 00:28:44 been judged
00:28:44 --> 00:28:45 and condemned
00:28:45 --> 00:28:48 by me for
00:28:48 --> 00:28:50 me, so
00:28:50 --> 00:28:51 that there is
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 no now, no
00:28:52 --> 00:28:52 any longer,
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 any condemnation,
00:28:54 --> 00:28:54 no longer any
00:28:54 --> 00:28:55 judgement from
00:28:55 --> 00:28:56 God towards
00:28:56 --> 00:28:56 me.
00:28:56 --> 00:28:59 the word of
00:28:59 --> 00:28:59 God speaks
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 immediately,
00:29:01 --> 00:29:01 it speaks
00:29:01 --> 00:29:02 penetratingly,
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03 it speaks
00:29:03 --> 00:29:04 personally,
00:29:05 --> 00:29:06 is what it
00:29:06 --> 00:29:06 does.
00:29:06 --> 00:29:07 That's the
00:29:07 --> 00:29:08 dynamic of a
00:29:08 --> 00:29:08 personal
00:29:08 --> 00:29:08 relationship.
00:29:09 --> 00:29:09 And for this
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10 dynamic to
00:29:10 --> 00:29:11 happen in
00:29:11 --> 00:29:12 our lives,
00:29:12 --> 00:29:13 we need to
00:29:13 --> 00:29:14 accept it as
00:29:14 --> 00:29:15 the final,
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 the full and
00:29:17 --> 00:29:18 final revelation
00:29:18 --> 00:29:19 of God,
00:29:19 --> 00:29:20 and we need to
00:29:20 --> 00:29:21 accept the bad
00:29:21 --> 00:29:22 news that God
00:29:22 --> 00:29:23 has to give
00:29:23 --> 00:29:23 us.
00:29:23 --> 00:29:24 Not just the
00:29:24 --> 00:29:24 good news,
00:29:25 --> 00:29:26 the word of
00:29:26 --> 00:29:27 God has the
00:29:27 --> 00:29:28 power to show
00:29:28 --> 00:29:28 us things that
00:29:28 --> 00:29:29 we don't want
00:29:29 --> 00:29:31 to see or
00:29:31 --> 00:29:31 accept in our
00:29:31 --> 00:29:33 lives at all.
00:29:34 --> 00:29:35 No one wants
00:29:35 --> 00:29:37 to hear how
00:29:37 --> 00:29:38 self-absorbed
00:29:38 --> 00:29:38 they are.
00:29:40 --> 00:29:41 Most of us
00:29:41 --> 00:29:41 think that we're
00:29:41 --> 00:29:41 really good
00:29:41 --> 00:29:43 people, but
00:29:43 --> 00:29:44 the Bible will
00:29:44 --> 00:29:45 wipe us flat
00:29:45 --> 00:29:46 on that point.
00:29:48 --> 00:29:48 We don't want
00:29:48 --> 00:29:49 to hear that.
00:29:51 --> 00:29:52 In fact,
00:29:52 --> 00:29:53 think about
00:29:53 --> 00:29:54 your own
00:29:54 --> 00:29:54 life.
00:29:54 --> 00:29:54 Think about
00:29:54 --> 00:29:55 my life.
00:29:55 --> 00:29:56 Any personal
00:29:56 --> 00:29:57 relationship that
00:29:57 --> 00:29:58 has ever been
00:29:58 --> 00:29:59 of any value
00:29:59 --> 00:30:00 to me or
00:30:00 --> 00:30:01 you is one
00:30:01 --> 00:30:01 where the
00:30:01 --> 00:30:02 other person
00:30:02 --> 00:30:02 has had the
00:30:02 --> 00:30:03 power to
00:30:03 --> 00:30:03 confront us.
00:30:05 --> 00:30:06 Any personal
00:30:06 --> 00:30:07 relationship.
00:30:11 --> 00:30:12 If we leave
00:30:12 --> 00:30:12 out of the
00:30:12 --> 00:30:13 Bible things
00:30:13 --> 00:30:14 that we don't
00:30:14 --> 00:30:14 like, how
00:30:14 --> 00:30:15 will God
00:30:15 --> 00:30:16 ever tell us
00:30:16 --> 00:30:16 something that
00:30:16 --> 00:30:17 we don't like
00:30:17 --> 00:30:18 to hear for
00:30:18 --> 00:30:18 our own
00:30:18 --> 00:30:18 good?
00:30:20 --> 00:30:21 Every single
00:30:21 --> 00:30:21 one of my
00:30:21 --> 00:30:22 closest friends,
00:30:23 --> 00:30:24 every single
00:30:24 --> 00:30:24 one of them,
00:30:25 --> 00:30:26 has offended
00:30:26 --> 00:30:26 me at some
00:30:26 --> 00:30:27 point.
00:30:28 --> 00:30:29 Every spouse
00:30:29 --> 00:30:30 I've had
00:30:30 --> 00:30:31 has offended
00:30:31 --> 00:30:31 me at some
00:30:31 --> 00:30:32 point.
00:30:35 --> 00:30:35 That's only
00:30:35 --> 00:30:36 one, by the
00:30:36 --> 00:30:36 way, in case
00:30:36 --> 00:30:37 you were...
00:30:37 --> 00:30:38 What did he
00:30:38 --> 00:30:38 say it like
00:30:38 --> 00:30:38 that for?
00:30:43 --> 00:30:44 Only as we
00:30:44 --> 00:30:45 see the whole
00:30:45 --> 00:30:45 Bible as
00:30:45 --> 00:30:46 enough can
00:30:46 --> 00:30:47 this happen.
00:30:47 --> 00:30:50 However, it
00:30:50 --> 00:30:50 is only as
00:30:50 --> 00:30:51 we see the
00:30:51 --> 00:30:52 Bible as
00:30:52 --> 00:30:54 enough that
00:30:54 --> 00:30:54 we accept it
00:30:54 --> 00:30:56 fully, we'll
00:30:56 --> 00:30:56 be able to
00:30:56 --> 00:30:56 accept the
00:30:56 --> 00:30:57 great things
00:30:57 --> 00:30:58 that he wants
00:30:58 --> 00:30:59 to tell us.
00:31:00 --> 00:31:01 Until we
00:31:01 --> 00:31:01 accept the
00:31:01 --> 00:31:02 hard things,
00:31:02 --> 00:31:03 we will not
00:31:03 --> 00:31:03 be able to
00:31:03 --> 00:31:04 accept the
00:31:04 --> 00:31:05 great things.
00:31:06 --> 00:31:07 1 John 3,
00:31:07 --> 00:31:09 20, if our
00:31:09 --> 00:31:09 hearts condemn
00:31:09 --> 00:31:11 us, we know
00:31:11 --> 00:31:11 that God is
00:31:11 --> 00:31:13 greater than
00:31:13 --> 00:31:14 our hearts,
00:31:14 --> 00:31:16 and he knows
00:31:16 --> 00:31:16 everything.
00:31:18 --> 00:31:18 What words of
00:31:18 --> 00:31:19 comfort is
00:31:19 --> 00:31:19 there?
00:31:24 --> 00:31:24 We don't
00:31:24 --> 00:31:25 want to
00:31:25 --> 00:31:25 believe what
00:31:25 --> 00:31:26 the Bible
00:31:26 --> 00:31:26 says about
00:31:26 --> 00:31:27 how bad
00:31:27 --> 00:31:27 we are,
00:31:28 --> 00:31:28 and therefore
00:31:28 --> 00:31:29 we will never
00:31:29 --> 00:31:29 understand or
00:31:29 --> 00:31:30 believe what
00:31:30 --> 00:31:30 the Bible
00:31:30 --> 00:31:31 says about
00:31:31 --> 00:31:31 how much
00:31:31 --> 00:31:32 we are loved
00:31:32 --> 00:31:32 and affirmed
00:31:32 --> 00:31:33 by God.
00:31:34 --> 00:31:35 And unless
00:31:35 --> 00:31:36 we are willing
00:31:36 --> 00:31:36 to let the
00:31:36 --> 00:31:37 Bible tell us
00:31:37 --> 00:31:37 things about
00:31:37 --> 00:31:38 our sin that
00:31:38 --> 00:31:39 we don't want
00:31:39 --> 00:31:39 to hear,
00:31:41 --> 00:31:43 how will the
00:31:43 --> 00:31:43 Bible ever
00:31:43 --> 00:31:45 come in and
00:31:45 --> 00:31:46 tell us
00:31:46 --> 00:31:48 that we are
00:31:48 --> 00:31:48 more loved
00:31:48 --> 00:31:49 than we could
00:31:49 --> 00:31:50 possibly imagine.
00:31:52 --> 00:31:52 The Bible
00:31:52 --> 00:31:55 alone, with
00:31:55 --> 00:31:56 the work of
00:31:56 --> 00:31:58 the Spirit, is
00:31:58 --> 00:31:59 enough for a
00:31:59 --> 00:32:01 dynamic, personal,
00:32:01 --> 00:32:01 penetrating
00:32:01 --> 00:32:02 relationship with
00:32:02 --> 00:32:05 Jesus Christ, if
00:32:05 --> 00:32:07 we accept it as
00:32:07 --> 00:32:08 fully, full and
00:32:08 --> 00:32:09 final.
00:32:12 --> 00:32:12 Now, some of us
00:32:12 --> 00:32:13 might be sitting
00:32:13 --> 00:32:14 here and
00:32:14 --> 00:32:17 going, Steve,
00:32:17 --> 00:32:18 I've read the
00:32:18 --> 00:32:20 Bible and I've
00:32:20 --> 00:32:21 never had what
00:32:21 --> 00:32:22 you've just
00:32:22 --> 00:32:23 described.
00:32:24 --> 00:32:25 Some others
00:32:25 --> 00:32:27 know what I'm
00:32:27 --> 00:32:29 talking about in
00:32:29 --> 00:32:30 what I've just
00:32:30 --> 00:32:32 said, but it's
00:32:32 --> 00:32:33 been quite a
00:32:33 --> 00:32:34 while since you've
00:32:34 --> 00:32:34 had that kind of
00:32:34 --> 00:32:35 dynamic.
00:32:35 --> 00:32:35 dynamic.
00:32:37 --> 00:32:38 The answer to
00:32:38 --> 00:32:39 both, getting
00:32:39 --> 00:32:40 it or getting
00:32:40 --> 00:32:42 it back, is
00:32:42 --> 00:32:43 not so much
00:32:43 --> 00:32:44 getting your
00:32:44 --> 00:32:44 doctrine of the
00:32:44 --> 00:32:46 Bible straight.
00:32:47 --> 00:32:48 That's not
00:32:48 --> 00:32:48 really.
00:32:48 --> 00:32:50 Don't study so
00:32:50 --> 00:32:50 much the
00:32:50 --> 00:32:51 attributes of
00:32:51 --> 00:32:51 Scripture.
00:32:53 --> 00:32:54 You study the
00:32:54 --> 00:32:54 attributes of
00:32:54 --> 00:32:55 God, is how
00:32:55 --> 00:32:56 you get it
00:32:56 --> 00:32:56 back.
00:32:56 --> 00:33:00 get your
00:33:00 --> 00:33:00 doctrine of
00:33:00 --> 00:33:01 Jesus Christ
00:33:01 --> 00:33:04 right, which
00:33:04 --> 00:33:05 is why I spent
00:33:05 --> 00:33:05 the most of
00:33:05 --> 00:33:06 this talk on
00:33:06 --> 00:33:08 the Bible about
00:33:08 --> 00:33:09 the finality of
00:33:09 --> 00:33:10 Christ's
00:33:10 --> 00:33:11 revelation and
00:33:11 --> 00:33:12 redemption.
00:33:13 --> 00:33:15 The Bible is
00:33:15 --> 00:33:15 not some
00:33:15 --> 00:33:16 magical thing
00:33:16 --> 00:33:18 that if I start
00:33:18 --> 00:33:19 reading it, then
00:33:19 --> 00:33:19 I'm automatically
00:33:19 --> 00:33:20 going to experience
00:33:20 --> 00:33:21 God's love.
00:33:22 --> 00:33:23 To experience
00:33:23 --> 00:33:24 God's love, we
00:33:24 --> 00:33:25 have to understand
00:33:25 --> 00:33:26 the main message
00:33:26 --> 00:33:27 of the Bible.
00:33:28 --> 00:33:29 Not just the
00:33:29 --> 00:33:29 facts of the
00:33:29 --> 00:33:30 Bible, not
00:33:30 --> 00:33:31 just the
00:33:31 --> 00:33:31 details, not
00:33:31 --> 00:33:32 just the scope
00:33:32 --> 00:33:33 of where the
00:33:33 --> 00:33:34 bits fit.
00:33:35 --> 00:33:36 You need to
00:33:36 --> 00:33:37 know the main
00:33:37 --> 00:33:38 message of
00:33:38 --> 00:33:40 the Bible, which
00:33:40 --> 00:33:41 is fundamentally
00:33:41 --> 00:33:42 the gospel.
00:33:45 --> 00:33:46 The main
00:33:46 --> 00:33:47 message is that
00:33:47 --> 00:33:48 the reason the
00:33:48 --> 00:33:49 Bible is God's
00:33:49 --> 00:33:51 final word is
00:33:51 --> 00:33:52 because Jesus
00:33:52 --> 00:33:56 Christ is
00:33:56 --> 00:33:57 unsurpassable.
00:33:57 --> 00:33:59 He is
00:33:59 --> 00:34:01 supreme in
00:34:01 --> 00:34:02 beauty and
00:34:02 --> 00:34:03 majesty.
00:34:06 --> 00:34:07 Supreme in
00:34:07 --> 00:34:08 beauty and
00:34:08 --> 00:34:09 majesty because
00:34:09 --> 00:34:10 of who he is
00:34:10 --> 00:34:11 and what he
00:34:11 --> 00:34:12 has done.
00:34:13 --> 00:34:14 He is the
00:34:14 --> 00:34:15 radiance of
00:34:15 --> 00:34:16 God's glory, the
00:34:16 --> 00:34:17 exact representation
00:34:17 --> 00:34:18 of his being.
00:34:18 --> 00:34:20 He is God's
00:34:20 --> 00:34:21 glory in human
00:34:21 --> 00:34:21 form.
00:34:21 --> 00:34:23 God's
00:34:23 --> 00:34:23 God's glory in
00:34:23 --> 00:34:24 God's glory in
00:34:24 --> 00:34:25 the world.
00:34:25 --> 00:34:26 He is the
00:34:26 --> 00:34:26 God's glory in
00:34:26 --> 00:34:27 the world.
00:34:27 --> 00:34:28 He is the
00:34:28 --> 00:34:28 glory in the
00:34:28 --> 00:34:29 world.
00:34:29 --> 00:34:30 Only as we see
00:34:30 --> 00:34:31 this God
00:34:31 --> 00:34:33 taking everything
00:34:33 --> 00:34:35 that we deserve,
00:34:36 --> 00:34:39 do we see his
00:34:39 --> 00:34:41 beauty and the
00:34:41 --> 00:34:42 Bible becomes a
00:34:42 --> 00:34:43 living power in
00:34:43 --> 00:34:44 our lives.
00:34:45 --> 00:34:46 Only as we see
00:34:46 --> 00:34:48 again and
00:34:48 --> 00:34:49 again and
00:34:49 --> 00:34:50 again and
00:34:50 --> 00:34:51 again that
00:34:51 --> 00:34:52 the perfect
00:34:52 --> 00:34:53 one, the
00:34:53 --> 00:34:55 one with
00:34:55 --> 00:34:56 unsurpassable
00:34:56 --> 00:34:58 radiance, was
00:34:58 --> 00:34:59 pierced for
00:34:59 --> 00:35:00 us.
00:35:03 --> 00:35:05 Only then as we
00:35:05 --> 00:35:06 see that again and
00:35:06 --> 00:35:07 again and again
00:35:07 --> 00:35:07 that he was
00:35:07 --> 00:35:09 pierced for us,
00:35:10 --> 00:35:12 will his word
00:35:12 --> 00:35:13 ultimately pierce
00:35:13 --> 00:35:14 our hearts.
00:35:14 --> 00:35:15 firstś
00:35:15 --> 00:35:17 as we
00:35:17 --> 00:35:18 an
00:35:18 --> 00:35:18 other
00:35:18 --> 00:35:19 as we
00:35:19 --> 00:35:19 use,
00:35:19 --> 00:35:21 had to
00:35:21 --> 00:35:22 talk about
00:35:22 --> 00:35:23 us,
00:35:23 --> 00:35:24 that 있기
00:35:24 --> 00:35:25 he was
00:35:25 --> 00:35:25 all
00:35:25 --> 00:35:26 made
00:35:26 --> 00:35:27 awesome
00:35:27 --> 00:35:28 and
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