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hello good morning this is tayba
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and today again i'm taking another uh
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topic to talk about and the title of my
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presentation is why do christians stand
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and defend the rights of the unborn
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so let's go to my introduction
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um like a lot of people wonder why
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believers in christ or christians are so
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about defending the rights of the unborn
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and i myself have had like several
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conversations with friends and family
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and who always claim that it is a
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woman's right to have an abortion
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and recently i was talking to my dad and
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he's a retired uh pediatrician
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and he made the same assertion he told
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had the right to have an abortion at any
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through her pregnancy and i asked him
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the following question i said that
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what about the fetus of the child what
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is his right or her right
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and he said they don't have any because
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responsible for their own conception you
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can clearly see the flaw in his argument
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he basically gave an arbitrary right to
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and disregarded the unborn a child's
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and the people that espouse this kind of
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statement tend to forget that they
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because their parents didn't abort them
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so you see i can go on and on about
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of the unborn child and those who oppose
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also defend the rights of the woman and
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come to an agreement until we have a
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standard for what is right
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so as long as we don't believe in an
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everything is permissible but
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fortunately there is an absolute
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and we must abide by the absolute so
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today i'm going to show you why
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defend the rights of the unborn babies
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so that's what we're going to be talking
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so the first thing i want to do is i
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want to show that god exists
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objectively because that's our premise
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we need to start with
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that understanding and um
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at the outset without acknowledging the
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object objective existence of god
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i have no business defending the rights
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of the unborn babies because it will be
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against yours so now i'm going to
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establish that there is a god
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and then i tell you why this is
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so basically i'm going to ask you a
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question was there ever a time
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when there was nothing and obviously the
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a big note right because every living
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and doesn't exist on its own the
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and the expansion of the universe proves
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that he had a beginning
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and all of us owe our existence to our
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and the proper functioning of conditions
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outside of our control
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so if you're all derived then logically
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someone must exist that has always
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or nothing could ever be
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all right and then we're going to talk
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you and i are derived individuals
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flux means changing and when i say i am
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i mean i exist so i exist because of my
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and you exist or you are because of your
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and if you keep following that sequence
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you understand that anything that exists
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is derived even your shoes or whatever
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and the statement i am is you only
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meaning he has no beginning and no end
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eternally and that separates us the
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universe from god the eternal being
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and then i want to talk about the human
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dna the intelligent design
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you see like the human dna is about 3.5
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and contained within it is a code that
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many functions of the body that leads to
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the color of your eyes
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your hair your height and several other
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aspects of your being
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and what is the closest thing to the
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human dna that you can think of
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think about it i may give you the answer
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so what does that show that shows that
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if i tell you that the computer
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was self-regenerated you lie to my face
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because the code in the computer is
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specific okay it's a specific
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coding that's in there and you always
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so basically even the dna and the code
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that's within it shows that there is
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a mind behind it it's not random because
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okay so there is a mind behind it
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big bang cosmology again i'm going
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through this like very fast i have
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i have the whole thing on my website if
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you want to look but i'm just going to
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go through this very fast for the sake
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so big bang cosmology now even the big
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bang those who believe in the big bang
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the big bank screams the existence of
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god and i'll tell you why
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because everything in a state of inertia
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stays in that state of inertia unless
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by an outside force so if the big bang
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the cosmos and not chaos then who's
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in other words who caused it
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you see okay i'm gonna keep going
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the universe at the beginning now for
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science believed that the universe was
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eternal and they rejected the idea that
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he had a beginning because they didn't
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want genesis 1 and 1 because genesis 1 1
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in the beginning god created a universe
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okay the world and but astronomer edwin
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he revolutionized the field of
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astrophysics his research
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uh helped prove that the universe is
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and since the universe is expanding it
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means i had a beginning
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so this is my thing had science
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taking genesis 1 1 seriously they would
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have come to that conclusion sooner than
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1929 so basically it took almost 2 000
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years for them to acknowledge
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genesis 1 1 why didn't they do it
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because god in the scripture had it all
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let's keep going the moral law now the
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existence of our moral law
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scream the existence of a moral law
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giver there's only one set of natural
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and that could have only come from one
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mind okay i'm gonna repeat that again
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there's only one set of natural laws and
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could have only come from one mind and
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he created god is no god at all so for
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he must exist eternally
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so scripture says for it's not the
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hearers of the lord who are righteous
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but the dukers of the law who will be
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justified for when gentiles
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who do not have the law by nature do
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what the law requires
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they are a law to themselves even though
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they don't have the law
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they show that the work of the law is
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written on their heart
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while their conscience also bears
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witness and they are conflicting
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accuse or even excuse them on that day
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when according to my gospel
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god judges the secrets of man by christ
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basically god has imposed his laws on
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you don't have to know the ten
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commandments to know that
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stealing is bad because we were created
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to reflect the character of god this is
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we do the things of the lord and if
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there is a universal moral law within
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then there is a law given who is
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constituted the absolute okay
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and then to to cop this off uh i'm gonna
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there's no such thing as an honest
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atheist because people say well i don't
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believe in god because there's no
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that's a lie because the wrath of god is
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his dishonesty and life you see
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god himself has made himself known to
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anyone through the general revelation
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that that be the things that have been
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created through his divine nature and
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so mankind is without excuse and an
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is an atheist not because he or she
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hasn't been given enough
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evidence about the existence of god but
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that's because of his own or her own
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so has she decided to because they've
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to suppress the truth about the
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in order to advance their own agenda
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denying god by suppressing or repressing
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existence eventually becomes adopted as
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the lie becomes the truth to them
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because their minds have been darkened
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and that's what happened to most people
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they get to the point where they begin
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to believe their own lies
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again now that i've proved that god
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i also need to show that the god of
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bible is the only true god
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now i can go through an extensive um
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show again to show you that and i i'm
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gonna do that actually
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so we talked about how to know with
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certainty that god exists
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objectively and we've to your
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satisfaction i've proven that to you
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and now we uh we're gonna look at some
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to show that the god of the scripture is
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the true god so that's what i want to do
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so here's the thing god has given us his
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to reveal his identity okay so if the
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word of god is the truth then god is the
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so how do we know that the word of god
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is the truth and that's my challenge
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right now this is the next challenge for
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me so first we need to know the nature
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okay what is your evaluation of mankind
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inherently good or evil okay and then we
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need to find out what the bible says
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about our natural condition so if you
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scripture says the fool says in his
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heart there is no god
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and the scripture says they are corrupt
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they do abominable deeds there is none
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scripture says the lord looks down from
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heaven on the children of man to see if
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there's there are any who understand
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who seek after god they have all
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turned aside together they have become
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there's none who does good not even one
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you see that there is none who does good
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not even one news flash
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there's none who does good
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not even one the greatest man that you
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nelson mandela you know even um
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whoever you think of according to god
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none who does good not even one because
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we don't understand the goodness of god
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so therefore we say things such as where
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because we compare other people by our
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own standard but the scripture says
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there's none who does good not even one
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okay so i was going to look at second
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timothy but i'm not going to do that
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so basically the bible has accurately
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dis described the condition the
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condition of your heart and my heart
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and the heart of every living human that
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exists on the face of the earth
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how does that inform you the voice
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accuracy in telling the truth
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one of the ways to evaluate the document
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is figuring out whether it's interested
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in truth or telling the truth
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and that brings me to my next point
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which is is the word of god
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interested in truth now here's the thing
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if you pay attention to the account
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recorded in sacred scripture you'll
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recognize his pattern for telling the
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the author does not embellish the jewish
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and we are told of many embarrassing
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stories that the kings and the people
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involved wouldn't want anyone to know
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okay because if you write a book about
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yourself chances are you're not going to
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talk about your embarrassing stories a
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lot of times the things
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you may talk about some funny ones but
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if one the darkest secret
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you don't want that to be known by
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people you want to conceal that because
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that's what we are we want to people to
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know the good things that we've done
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we don't want them to see the darkness
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but if you look at the scriptures then
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by the jewish nation are not hidden so
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what does that say about the authors and
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their willingness to tell the truth
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as it is that means that they want to
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tell the event just like it happened
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david the king is often like we seek
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liver as a champion of the faith
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we call him even the man after god's own
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and i don't think he wants his adultery
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with bathsheba to be made public for all
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he not only committed adultery but he
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also had her husband killed
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i don't think david would have wanted
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people to know about it because he
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wanted to know about his exploit like
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goliath and all that kind of stuff but
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this is written in the chronicles of the
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and the jewish themselves they wouldn't
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want the account of the ark of the
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covenant being captured by the
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philistines to be mentioned
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because that's an embarrassing thing in
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history but this is there for us
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because the bible doesn't shy away from
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exposing these shameful stories to us
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and the next powerful thing that we have
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for at our disposal is the science of
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and i showed you last week how two weeks
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uh isaiah 45 was basically
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authenticated by cyrus cylinder so i'm
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not going to do that today
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because archaeology has proven time and
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that the bible's accounts are indeed
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okay and now i'm also going to talk
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because i've already showed you about
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the universe at the beginning so i'm not
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going to waste time on that
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but also i want to talk about the
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philosophers necessary being now
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philosophers talk about the necessary
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transcendent being that explains
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all other existence and the interesting
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already knew this in exodus 3 14 because
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i am who i am and he said say this to
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the people of israel
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i am have sent me to you because
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this is incredible like this is a
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the the philosopher talked about a
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necessary being and moses knew this
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before these philosophers even
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talk about this thing so how do you
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think people call moses primitive
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but listen to how his reasoning here do
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you see what i'm saying
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now so far all i've done is show you
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word is willing to tell the truth so
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there are other things that we want to
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talk about the nature of god himself
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okay now let's talk about the nature of
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the god of the bible
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god is holy and oftentimes we don't
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truly understand what
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holy means we when we hear holy we
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the moral perfection of god that's not
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the very first thing that god's holiness
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means is his transcendence
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transcendence he's holy he's other
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there's none like god
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okay god is just and because he is just
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he cannot tolerate sin
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so when i say god is holy meaning he is
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holy he's in a category of himself
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because god exists eternally i am holy
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that's not like god okay and like i said
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now let's talk about his moral
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god cannot tolerate sin because a just
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god must hate evil and love good
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because god by nature is good so in
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order for god to be god he must be good
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and he must hate evil so how do we atone
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how do you break the gap and the answer
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to this question is vital
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in understanding why we believe that we
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have the truth and that leads me to my
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next question which is the most
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what did jesus say about himself now
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jesus claimed to be the only son of god
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and he said in john 14 6
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i am the way and the truth and the life
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and no one comes to the father
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except through me and jesus also said in
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and this is eternal life that they know
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the only true god and jesus christ whom
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now jesus talked about the exclusivity
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of truth and he is actually the epitome
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so now the question that we have to
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wrestle with is this was jesus
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telling the truth because if jesus
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wasn't telling the truth then we don't
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need to listen to him
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but if he is telling the truth you
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better pay attention
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so now first of all let's see our other
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view jesus now jews jews believe that
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mary's son he was a teacher and he had
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many disciples and he was respected
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and he performed miracles and claimed to
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be the messiah and was crucified on the
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they also acknowledged his followers
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reported that jesus was raised from the
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now muslims muslims believe that jesus
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was born of a virgin
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is to be revered and respected he was a
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prophet and by definition a prophet does
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and he was a wise teacher who worked in
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miracles and he ascended to heaven
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now amada muslims which are not a branch
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believe that jesus may have been born of
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a virgin he was a prophet and a wise
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he worked miracles and he was crucified
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so baha'i believed that jesus came from
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god was a wise teacher who had a divine
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he worked in miracles and he was
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crucified and he was resurrected
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as an atonement for humanity hindus
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hindus believe that jesus was a holy man
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and was a wise teacher and he's a god
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buddhists they believe jesus was an
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enlightened man and a wise teacher
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and new age believers that he was a
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so you see most religions they say by
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this man that he was a prophet
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so based on the evaluation and feedback
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from other religions
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it is very reasonable to say that jesus
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was a man of his word
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right he's a man of his word so it's
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it's important that we establish that
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and if that's the case then his
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statement in john 17 3
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is true because he's a man of his word
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and i know a lot of you may say that
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this is not sufficient
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evidence and i'm gonna go a little bit
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jesus claimed to be god and he predicted
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his own death and resurrection
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now the question is did that really
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happen now i want you to put your
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thinking caps on and ask yourself
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what were the disciples willing to die
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the disciples were willing to die for a
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faith that rested on their eyewitness of
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i didn't say a fifth arrested on their
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ideology on the i witness
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of the resurrection they claimed that
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they saw the resurrected jesus who
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remained with them for 40 days and were
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willing to die for it
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now one of them recanted even under
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by the way most of them were martyred
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for the every reason
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and some of you may say to me well um
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people die for their faith all the time
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so what's your point the thing is this
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they die for an eyewitness you see
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jesus predicted his death and
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resurrection and he happened
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exactly how he predicted it if the
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disciples were lying about the
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then they had to have known that they
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were dying for something that was a
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lie and that's not reasonable at all
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no one of them recanted even on the
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torture and their exposition of the old
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proves that they have been taught
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prior to his ascension to heaven my
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whole point in this argument is to show
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you that jesus is who he claims
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he is because everything that he said
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and hence jesus is the only way the
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truth and the life as he claimed
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and his statement is true again you can
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and read this extensively some somewhere
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else but i'm not gonna do that right now
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and uh now that we've established it we
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our um topic and then make some points
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so now we've established that there is a
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god and we've established that the god
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of the scripture is the only true god
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so now we need to know what is god's
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will for the unborn babies
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that's our next question
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we are going to go to psalm 139 um
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verse 13 to 6 and we are going to look
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at that the scripture says
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for you formed my inward part you needed
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me together in my mother's womb
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i praise you for i am fearfully and
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wonderful all your works my soul knows
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my frame was not hidden from you when i
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in secret intricately woven in the
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your eyes saw my unformed substance
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in your book were written every one of
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them the dares that were found for me
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when i was yet there was none there was
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you see that this is an incredible
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incredible now let's go back
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so as you can see god cares heavily from
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the unborn babies based on the scripture
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he has put a high premium on their lives
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when david wrote the psalm he was shown
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that his day were ordained
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by god himself before he was even born
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god knew him this is how much god cares
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for those whom he has called
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so because we've established that god is
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the standard for our righteousness
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therefore since god loves the unborn
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must love the unborn babies
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it's not optional but it's an imperative
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love them so when you decide to
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the unborn babies by way of abortion you
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are basically opposing
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god's willing standard and you will be
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headed you will be held
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accountable for your choices and your
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actions unless you repent
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again i'll say that again you will be
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held accountable for your choices and
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unless you repent now the thing is this
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i don't want to talk about this without
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common objection that i hear people
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what about a woman that got raped and
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got pregnant as a result
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what if this is a pregnancy that can be
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fatal to the woman in the sense that
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she will die if she keeps the baby or
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baby is seriously like ill and won't
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have a quality of life what if
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you can fill in the blind with any
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objection that you may have
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and then i'm gonna attempt to answer
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now here's the thing first
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of all i want to establish
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that we are not talking about isolated
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rape is something that's very
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unfortunate and can scar
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a woman for life but we must learn to
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god general defined real and isolated
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okay let me explain what i'm saying
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god's idea of marriage is that we must
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we must remain permanent because god
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but god also allowed divorce in case
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there wasn't there was like
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adultery i'm not saying that god
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condones abortion in certain cases
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but what i'm saying is that god is a god
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of mercy and while he hates abortion i
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believe if a woman has
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an unwanted pregnancy or anything god
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will make a way suitable for her in that
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he may give her other alternatives maybe
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put up the child for adoption
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or he may change the disposition of her
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heart so that she ends up
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loving up loving the child who knows i'm
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but when we begin to make those isolated
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in order to defend our our own
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we are trying to play god i'll say that
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again when we begin to make those
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major in order to defend our own
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we are trying to play god and we bring
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up these hypothetical cases which show
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that we have no clue who god is
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to begin with because scripture says
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that god is faithful
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and we know he will not let us be tried
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beyond our ability to withstand or bear
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but with every temptation or trial he
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that will be bearable for us so we must
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trust in his providence and goodness to
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through whatever trial we are immersed
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and i'm gonna go to scripture for that
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in matthew 12 1-8 to make this point
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scripture says at that time jesus went
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through the grain fields on the sabbath
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his disciples were hungry and they began
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to pluck heads of grain and to eat
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but when the pharisees saw it they said
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your disciples are doing what is not
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lawful to do on the sabbath and jesus
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have you not read what david did when he
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and those who were with him how he
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entered the house of god and
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ate the bread of the presence which is
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for him to eat nor for those who were
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with him but only for the priests
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or have you not read in the law of how
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on the sabbath the priest
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in the temple profane the sabbath and
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are guiltless i tell you
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something greater than the temple is
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here and if you have known what this
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means i desire mercy and not sacrifice
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you will not have condemned the
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guiltless for the son of man is lord of
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so you see what is happening here
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you see what is happening okay like
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jesus goes to the temple and
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he's not going through the temple he's
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walking through this green uh
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this this fields and the disciples
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decide to eat something
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now you need to understand that the
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sabbath was a solemn day of rest as
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that was the rule that was the standard
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but on that day the disciples were
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plucking the heads of grain
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jesus was god he permitted it because of
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his merciful attribute
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he showed them mercy by allowing them to
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but the sabbath keeping was still the
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was not going to violate his own laws
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but in that specific case
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he made provisions through his mercy
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because he's the lord of the sabbath now
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explain this so he can understand
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usually sometimes when there's like an
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accident on the road
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a police officer may show up and begin
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and at that specific moment he may tell
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you to drive even though the traffic
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light is red he may say
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go now does that mean that the police
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officer is valuing the law
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no at that moment the police officer's
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transcends that of the traffic light but
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it doesn't mean that the police officer
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is violating the law he's showing you
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mercy he's saying hey go through the
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i am the lord of this traffic light i am
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telling you to go because there's an
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accident and i'm making provision
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because i understand it's an accident
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so i'm gonna make a provision here the
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traffic light still has value
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but for the meantime the police officer
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you see you can't make the minor cases
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or isolated cases the major
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god divine will is that we keep the
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unborn babies and we protect them
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but in specific cases things may happen
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god himself will make a way i don't know
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what that's going to be for you
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but he will make a way we can't play god
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and start to make these hypothetical
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the major and saying well if a woman
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gets pregnant because she's raped then
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therefore you must allow abortion no
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that's not what jesus did when he was
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walking through this
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fields he allowed the disciples to eat
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at that moment not because he was
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but because he was using his merciful
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attribute at that moment say these
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i know this is the sabbath but i made a
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i'm not violating the sabbath because
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i'm the lord of the sabbath
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this is what jesus was saying i desire
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god is a mercy from god he will make a
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way but we can't play god and trying to
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hey abortion must be allowed no
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god makes provision when there's a
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but the general rule is no abortion
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you understand it this is what i'm
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so you must submit to god's rule and
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authority when it comes to the unborn
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because god is the standard for our
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regardless of whether we approve of his
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we are not autonomous you are not
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i mean that's it you are not
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self-existent you exist because god
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so you are not autonomous you don't make
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the rules you have free will
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but you don't make the rules you abide
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by the rule of the law
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the lord and god he is the lord
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and hopefully this have helped you guys
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out and i'm looking forward to talking
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to you again next time