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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and now Rick with part three of a message called

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<v Speaker 1>how do I Know What's True?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Postmodernism says can we really know truth? I mean, there

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<v Speaker 2>may be some truth after but how can anybody really

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<v Speaker 2>know it? Is it possible to know truth? Is it knowable?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is absolutely, I can give you on a

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<v Speaker 2>full guarantee with a resounding yes. Absolutely. Truth can be knowable.

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<v Speaker 2>You can know the truth. In fact, Jesus that you

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<v Speaker 2>know the truth and it'll set you free, and you

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<v Speaker 2>can know what's false. Truth can be discovered. How do

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<v Speaker 2>we discover it? Five ways?

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<v Speaker 3>Number one, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Know what's true through creation, simply by looking around at

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<v Speaker 2>the world. We know what's true through creation. We learn

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<v Speaker 2>a lot about God, a lot about truth just by

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<v Speaker 2>looking at nature. This is why science is so important.

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<v Speaker 2>It helps us understand how things work, It helps us

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<v Speaker 2>understand truth, It helps us understand God and his universe.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why we value science. Romans one twenty says this

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<v Speaker 2>from the Bible. Since the creation of the world, God's

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<v Speaker 2>invisible qualities, his eternal power, his divine nature have been

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<v Speaker 2>clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, in

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<v Speaker 2>other words, through creation. So men are without excuse, in

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<v Speaker 2>other words, forget the Bible. I learn a lot about

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<v Speaker 2>God just by taking a walk this afternoon. When I

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<v Speaker 2>go out and I start walking around in creation, I

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<v Speaker 2>can learn a lot about God. First thing I can

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<v Speaker 2>figure out real quickly is God likes variety.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you noticed that. Have you looked down your row lately?

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<v Speaker 3>There's not anybody like you in the world, all of.

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<v Speaker 2>The different variety. God doesn't want it all alike. God

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<v Speaker 2>gets bored with sameness. God loves diversity. God loves variety.

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<v Speaker 2>Told some of you before. When God created beatles, he

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<v Speaker 2>created over sixty thousand different varieties of beetles. Think about that,

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<v Speaker 2>sixty thousand different kinds of beetles in the world. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you would have thought four or five hundred varieties would

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<v Speaker 2>be enough. No, God wanted sixty thousand different varieties of beatles, John, Paul, Ringo, George,

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<v Speaker 2>and who knows the names are the other ones, But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he's got them all.

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<v Speaker 3>Named because God likes variety. God loves you. Know.

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<v Speaker 2>Another thing, I look, just in nature, I go out

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<v Speaker 2>looking around. I didn't figure out pretty quick this guy's powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>Ever seen a volcano, ever seen an earthquake, tidal wave,

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<v Speaker 2>wave tides, winds. I mean, it's very obvious. If God

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<v Speaker 2>made all this, he's pretty powerful. So I know God

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<v Speaker 2>is creative. I know God likes diversity. I know God

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<v Speaker 2>is powerful. Just by looking at nature.

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<v Speaker 3>I know God is organized organized.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the more we know about nature, the more

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<v Speaker 2>we realize how much he is.

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<v Speaker 3>That the whole earth is an.

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<v Speaker 2>Ecosystem, and it's all delicately balanced, and it can get

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<v Speaker 2>out of balance, and things that we didn't even know

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<v Speaker 2>related to each other we now know are highly organized,

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<v Speaker 2>and that there is an ecosystem balanced in situations that

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<v Speaker 2>we don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Even know all.

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<v Speaker 2>That plant was particularly needed by this particular animal, and

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<v Speaker 2>that animal was needed for this particular animal, and on

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<v Speaker 2>and on and on and on, and you get it

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<v Speaker 2>out of balance.

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<v Speaker 3>It's highly organized.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I look at, for instance, things like the

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<v Speaker 2>angle of the Earth's axis as it is tilted, that

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<v Speaker 2>it's just the right angle to support human life or

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<v Speaker 2>life on this planet, and that if the axis was

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<v Speaker 2>too much this way, we would burn up, or if

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<v Speaker 2>it were too much that way, we'd freeze up. And

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<v Speaker 2>of course we all know that's an accident. Yeah, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the more we understand the planet and God's universe,

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<v Speaker 2>the more we have to thank God for. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>said earlier, I said, you know, we didn't know about genomes,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't know about DNA, we didn't know about all

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<v Speaker 2>these things. But the more we understand, the more we go,

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<v Speaker 2>WHOA what a God? How intricately he designed even our

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<v Speaker 2>own bodies?

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've pretty much become aware of this since

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<v Speaker 2>I became a grandparent. You know, the grandkids are much

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<v Speaker 2>cooler than my kids. You know, I'm just I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I think kids are wasted on us because

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<v Speaker 2>we have when we're young, we don't realize how cool

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<v Speaker 2>they are. And just about the time you get to

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate them and understand them.

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<v Speaker 3>They leave.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm looking at these little fingernails of the babies

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<v Speaker 2>and looking how this came out of a woman's womb

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<v Speaker 2>and it came out and it works, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I just I don't you know, It's an amazing thing.

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<v Speaker 2>When you look biologists and physicists and things, you look

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<v Speaker 2>at the way God wired the world.

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<v Speaker 3>In creation, we learn.

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<v Speaker 2>About God, We learn a lot about value and about truth.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no contradiction between the gooveries of science and faith,

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<v Speaker 2>none at all. There are contradictions between unproven scientific.

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<v Speaker 3>Theories and faith, but there is.

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<v Speaker 2>No contradiction between discoveries and faith because all truth is

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<v Speaker 2>God's truth. God thought it up before the scientist did.

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<v Speaker 2>God designed the laws of physics before anybody professor physics

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<v Speaker 2>even knew about it.

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<v Speaker 3>For instance, watch this, I just learned this. Watch this

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<v Speaker 3>watch was that cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch I'll do it again, Wutch. You know what it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Every time.

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<v Speaker 3>When I let it go, it doesn't go up. It

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<v Speaker 3>always goes down.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that is true, And no matter how much you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want it to be true, the law of gravity

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<v Speaker 2>is always going that way. Now, we didn't know that

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. I mean like thousands of years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>Indians were going, you know, and I go, but they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know why. We now know the law of gravity.

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<v Speaker 2>We understand it and we're discovering truth.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's always true.

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<v Speaker 2>And you could do this one gazillion times, that it's

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<v Speaker 2>always going to fall down.

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<v Speaker 3>Some things are always true.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the Bible says this on the back of your

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<v Speaker 2>outlying Romans one nineteen. The basic reality of God is

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<v Speaker 2>plain enough. Open your eyes and there it is. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just all around you. And that's why throughout history

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<v Speaker 2>up until about the last hundred years, almost all of

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<v Speaker 2>the great scientists were also believers. In fact, many were theologians.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because it was their love of God that drove

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<v Speaker 2>them to discover why do we do what we do.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm reading a book right now called.

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<v Speaker 2>God Seen through the Eye of the Greatest Minds. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a fascinating book on what scientists have said about God

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<v Speaker 2>throughout history and what they've learned about history. I was

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<v Speaker 2>invited to speak at TED, the TED conference up in

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<v Speaker 2>Carmel or Monterey. That's Technology, Entertainment and Design Summit, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's all these scientists and technology people and very very

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<v Speaker 2>smart people. And they put me in an afternoon session

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<v Speaker 2>between probably the two most prominent atheists in America. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that's what's called an ambush. So I ambushed them, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, I'm going, you're gonna give me a

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<v Speaker 2>setup this great, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>God, there is a god in the universe. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I won't let anybody be an enemy.

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<v Speaker 2>I just love them into the kingdom. And by the

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<v Speaker 2>time we were over, well the three of us going

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<v Speaker 2>maybe we ought to write a book together. And one

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<v Speaker 2>of the things that I said is, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't have enough.

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<v Speaker 3>Faith to be an atheist.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes far more faith to be an atheist than

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<v Speaker 2>it does to believe that there's a creator. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>when I look at these instruments over here, and I

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<v Speaker 2>look at these things, I going, somebody had to make that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that just showed up. I don't somebody

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<v Speaker 2>had to design all those keys. That's I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>could stand here for one hundred million years and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think it would just form on its own. Somebody

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<v Speaker 2>had to design that. When I look at this watch,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going, okay, there had to be some kind of

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<v Speaker 2>designer behind us. It takes far more belief for me

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<v Speaker 2>to think, oh, that's an accident and one day or

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<v Speaker 2>over one hundred million years, that just became a watch. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that sounds silly. But to say that the

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<v Speaker 2>whole world happened that way without any intentional design, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have enough faith to believe that.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes far more faith to say this all just

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<v Speaker 2>is a random chance. These lights right here, they just

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<v Speaker 2>showed up there. Okay, they just showed up because over

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<v Speaker 2>a long period of time, lights show up.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've got a number of friends who are atheists,

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<v Speaker 2>and I say, okay.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me ask you this question. Just follow me on this.

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<v Speaker 2>What percentage of the knowledge of the universe do you

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<v Speaker 2>think you have? Ten percent? Of course, not one percent,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, not one billion zillionth of a percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the worlds or the universe's knowledge you might possess.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, maybe one billion zillionth Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So what that's saying is you and I we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know ninety nine point nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Percent of the knowledge that's out there right right.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you telling me there's no possibility that a god

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<v Speaker 2>might exist?

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<v Speaker 3>In the ninety nine point No, no, that you don't

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<v Speaker 3>know about.

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<v Speaker 2>You are just automatically wiping him off as an impossibility. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not called being open minded. That's called arrogance. And

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<v Speaker 2>let's just get down to the real issue here. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not what you don't believe, it's why you don't believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is you don't want to believe in God

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<v Speaker 2>because you'd have to change your ways if there was. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just admit it. It's not that you can't believe in God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that you won't believe in God because if there was,

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<v Speaker 2>you'd have to change some things you do. And you

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<v Speaker 2>want to be your own God.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's just admit it. It's a pride issue. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to run my own life.

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<v Speaker 2>Otherwise, how could I deny the possibility of something in

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<v Speaker 2>the ninety nine point.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever that I don't even know about.

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<v Speaker 2>That is what I would call an extremely closed mind.

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<v Speaker 2>We know what's true through creation number two, we know

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<v Speaker 2>what's true through conscience.

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<v Speaker 3>Through conscience, there's.

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<v Speaker 2>Some things that are hardwired in us by God that

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<v Speaker 2>we know are always right and always wrong, no matter

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<v Speaker 2>what anybody else says. Our conscience tells us this The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says this in Romans too. Some people naturally obey

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<v Speaker 2>God's commands even though they don't have the law. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, there are people all around the world do

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<v Speaker 2>This proves that the conscience is like a law written

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<v Speaker 2>in the human heart, and it will show whether we

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<v Speaker 2>are forgiven or condemned. Let me say we take a

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. Number one, you can ignore her and just let

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, you can help the blind lady across the street.

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<v Speaker 3>Why are you laughing?

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<v Speaker 2>Because we instinctively know there's a right thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>or a Muslim or even a spiritual person. Inside you

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<v Speaker 2>know that's the right thing to do. That's the way

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<v Speaker 2>God wired our conscience. The Bible says this. I love

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<v Speaker 2>This shows that God's law is not something alien imposed

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<v Speaker 2>on us from without, but it's woven into the very

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<v Speaker 2>fabric of our creation. There's something deep within us that

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<v Speaker 2>echoes God's yes and no, right and wrong. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>the next verse on your outline. The Bible says this,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord gave us mind and conscience. We cannot hide

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<v Speaker 2>from ourselves. This week, I was watching and there was

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<v Speaker 2>him as a fugitive. And when he was caught, he

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<v Speaker 2>The guilt was killing me. Where'd that comfort?

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<v Speaker 3>It comes from inside inside?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the problem with conscience is this, one of all

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<v Speaker 2>of the sources of finding truth is the least reliable.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the Bible teaches us that our conscience can be weakened.

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<v Speaker 2>It can be warped. It can be hardened. Our conscience

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<v Speaker 2>can be perverted. In fact, it can be killed. I

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<v Speaker 2>would say somebody like Hitler had a dead conscience.

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<v Speaker 3>It was dead.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the more I violate my conscience, the more

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<v Speaker 2>out of whack it gets. As I said, it just

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<v Speaker 2>gets easier and easier to do the wrong thing. So

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<v Speaker 2>just because my conscience lets me get away with it,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean it's right. But there are The point I'm

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<v Speaker 3>It says, we know what is right and what's wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Number three, we know what's true through consideration. Through consideration,

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<v Speaker 2>and say, what do you mean by that? We can

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<v Speaker 2>we know it's noble, it's intellectual, that you can observe it.

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<v Speaker 2>Truth is noble. You don't just get truth by faith.

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<v Speaker 2>You can test it. You can experiment with it. You

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<v Speaker 2>can you can prove it. Truth is intelligent, it it

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<v Speaker 2>has it's it's rational, there's an you can observe it.

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<v Speaker 2>And just like I did with the you know, dropping

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<v Speaker 2>the pen, you can you can test it. Truth is testable,

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<v Speaker 2>it is verifiable. You can examine the evidence. If I

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<v Speaker 2>get a map, I tell you say I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>Give me a map.

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<v Speaker 2>So you give me a map, and that map I

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<v Speaker 2>follow it and it takes me to San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 3>And then next week I gotta go to.

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco again, and I use the map again and

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<v Speaker 2>over and over. Eventually I figure out this map is true.

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<v Speaker 2>It's reliable that when I look at this map and

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<v Speaker 2>it takes me to San franch this school, like it says,

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<v Speaker 2>and it doesn't take me to Alabama, then this is

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<v Speaker 2>a true map. For forty plus years I've been following

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<v Speaker 2>this map called the Bible. I have found it to

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<v Speaker 2>be true. It always takes me where it says it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna take me. I don't always feel comfortable there, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't always like it there, but it always takes me

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<v Speaker 3>It has never never taken me to some.

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<v Speaker 2>Place I didn't expect because it said something different. And

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<v Speaker 2>so we can through consideration, we can think it. You see,

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you a brain and he expects you to

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<v Speaker 2>use it. Why would people a lot of times say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I want God to just write it in the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, why would God do that? He gave your brain,

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<v Speaker 2>that is his will. And so he says, use your intelligence.

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<v Speaker 2>Use your intellect, and that's how you figure out God's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna write it in the sky. You're in a buffet,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, you know, take broccoli, not Brussels sprouts.

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<v Speaker 3>Happen that way. He says, use your mind, use the brain.

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<v Speaker 2>But most people never slow down long enough for consideration.

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<v Speaker 2>Most people just drift through life. They never even think

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<v Speaker 2>about where am I headed, where am I going? What

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<v Speaker 2>am I doing? Have you ever done that? The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us over and over, ponder the path of your feet.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, think through your life nowhere it's headed.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't just kind of go out and drift through life.

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<v Speaker 2>Spend some time in consideration, in observation, going Am I

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<v Speaker 2>on a true path? And check it out? When in doubt,

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<v Speaker 2>check it out. Schedule time to do that. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says in Proverbs fourteen, fools will believe anything, but the

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<v Speaker 2>wise think about what they do. Think about that means consideration,

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<v Speaker 2>and think about what they do. The next verse says this,

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his

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<v Speaker 2>life on this that God himself is the truth. It's

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<v Speaker 2>okay to check things out. It's okay to be skeptical.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing wrong without at all. In fact, that's kind

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<v Speaker 2>check it out. If you're not checking it out, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the dumb thing to have something so important like does

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<v Speaker 3>Is Jesus who he said he was or not?

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<v Speaker 2>And then to go all through life and come to

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<v Speaker 3>Took the time to check it out. That's the dumb thing. See.

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<v Speaker 2>I always tell people take the time to make the

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<v Speaker 3>You know. Here at Saddleback, I don't believe in.

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<v Speaker 2>Fear of vangelism, in other words, trying to scare people

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<v Speaker 2>out of hell or scare the hell out of them, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>or scare.

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<v Speaker 3>Him into heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because it only lasts about as long as the

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<v Speaker 2>fear does. And I tell you need to accept Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>Christ not because you're going.

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<v Speaker 3>To die tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>You might, but you probably won't. You need to accept

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus not because you're going to die tonight, but because

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<v Speaker 2>you go live tomorrow and you need to know His

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<v Speaker 2>plan and purpose and not waste another single day.

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<v Speaker 3>And so check it out and examine the evidence.

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<v Speaker 2>After having talked to literally tens of thousands of people,

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<v Speaker 2>I've found that when people take the time to check

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<v Speaker 2>it out, they inevitably come down on the side of

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<v Speaker 2>the evidence, and it is incontrovertible. I'm not talking about

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<v Speaker 2>what people think Christianity is. I'm talking about what it

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Now here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with today's offer.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've been a pastor for over three decades,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've been teaching the Word of God for over

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<v Speaker 2>four decades, And in all of that time, the number

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<v Speaker 2>one question I've been asked by people is this, how

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<v Speaker 2>can I change or why can't I change? I've talked

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<v Speaker 2>to literally thousands and thousands of peace people who want

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<v Speaker 2>to change but are just stuck and they can't figure

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<v Speaker 2>out how to get unstuck. You know, the truth is,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't change on your own because will power alone

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<v Speaker 2>isn't enough to make permanent changes. Sure, you can force

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<v Speaker 2>yourself to change, for a month or two months, but

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<v Speaker 2>pretty soon you're going to go back to your old ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>Talking yourself into a change by positive thinking is not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, true transformational change only comes through the

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<v Speaker 2>power of God inside you. So let me ask your

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<v Speaker 2>personal question, how do you want to be different at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of this year? What changes would you like

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<v Speaker 2>to make in your life? What goals would you like

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<v Speaker 2>to see accomplished in your life? Well, it isn't going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen on your own. You're going to need God's power,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want you to understand how to plug into

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<v Speaker 2>God's power. That's why I'm sending out God's Power to

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