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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. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's get right to it with Rick and his final

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<v Speaker 1>part of a message called how do I Know What's true?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know when a teacher is teaching the truth?

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<v Speaker 2>For that matter, how do you know if I'm teaching

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<v Speaker 2>the truth? Well, if you're teaching the Bible? First, does

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<v Speaker 2>it square with the Bible? But there's a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>other things that you need to look at. You might

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<v Speaker 2>write these down. How do you know if a teacher's

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<v Speaker 2>teaching the truth? Number one? Examine their lifestyle. Examine their lifestyle,

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<v Speaker 2>figure out does what they say match what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, if you guys hear a guy on

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<v Speaker 2>TV preaching about giving money to the poor, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>driving around in a Bentley. What's that say to you?

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<v Speaker 2>He's not living what he's teaching. Okay, so you check out.

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<v Speaker 2>Are they hypocritical? Do they walk the talk? Is their

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<v Speaker 2>life match what they say they believe? And if it doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't need to pay any attention to them. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>I would say to you, never study a philosopher without

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<v Speaker 2>knowing their biography. In fact, those of your parents. You

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<v Speaker 2>teach your kids this, Never study a philosophy or a

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<v Speaker 2>thinker without knowing their biography and knowing what did it

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<v Speaker 2>do in their life. Because some of these guys who

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<v Speaker 2>wrote the supposed great books, their lives were a basket case.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't even work in their own life, much less

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<v Speaker 2>than anybody else's. If you go and you study some

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<v Speaker 2>of the great philosophers, some of them, many of them

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<v Speaker 2>either committed suicide or went insane. Well, I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>a philosophy that that's the end result. For instance, Nietzschee,

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<v Speaker 2>who was the first guy said God is dead. Nietzschee

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<v Speaker 2>went insane. Sigmund Freud committed suicide. Well, I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>He hated his father and all of his life, resented

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<v Speaker 2>and rejected it. In fact, if you ever want to

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<v Speaker 2>read a good book, I can't remember the name of it.

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<v Speaker 2>In nineteen ninety nine, the great imminent professor of psychology,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul Vitz, wrote a book called I Think It's Faith

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<v Speaker 2>of the Fatherless, and he studied the one hundred most

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<v Speaker 2>famous atheist in history. See is there anything in common?

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<v Speaker 2>And do you know what the one hundred famous atheist

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<v Speaker 2>and history had in common? They all hated their fathers.

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<v Speaker 2>They were either abandoned by their father, ridiculed by their father,

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<v Speaker 2>rejected by their father, their father died at an early age,

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<v Speaker 2>or they hated their father. Well, that makes sense because

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<v Speaker 2>if we're to pray our father who art in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>if God's like my father, no, thanks God. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to study the psychology of atheism and know why people

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<v Speaker 2>do what they do. Never accept the belief without looking

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<v Speaker 2>at the lifestyle behind it, because if it doesn't work

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<v Speaker 2>in their life, you don't need to spend any time

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<v Speaker 2>on it. Now, notice what Jesus said here two three

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<v Speaker 2>verses up here on the screen. Matthew seven. Beware of

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<v Speaker 2>false teachers. You can detect them by the way they

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<v Speaker 2>what act, just as you can identify a tree by

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<v Speaker 2>its fruit. In other words, don't look at what they say,

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<v Speaker 2>look at what they do. Talk as cheap. What do

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<v Speaker 2>they do? In fact, Matthew nine sixteen and the message

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<v Speaker 2>says this, don't be impressed with charisma. Look for character.

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<v Speaker 2>Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say.

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<v Speaker 2>Charisma is highly overrated, folks. Yes, charisma has nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do with leadership except it is an impediment to it.

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<v Speaker 2>The three most charismatic leaders of the twentieth century were

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<v Speaker 2>also the worst Mao, Stalin and Hitler. Extremely charismatic men,

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<v Speaker 2>but very evil men and caused the result of millions

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<v Speaker 2>and millions of deaths. Charisma is highly overrated. Look for character,

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<v Speaker 2>not charisma. In fact, Matthew seven twenty says this the

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<v Speaker 2>best way to identify a tree or a person is

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<v Speaker 2>the guy, the kind of fruit produced, look at their lifestyle.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason I'm pushing this is because I care

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<v Speaker 2>about it very deeply. First, I'm a teacher, I'm a leader,

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<v Speaker 2>and second, I've had friends who died unnecessarily because they

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<v Speaker 2>followed fake leaders. I grew up in the Bay Area

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<v Speaker 2>and then later on up in northern California in the Redwoods,

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<v Speaker 2>in a little town called Redwood Valley, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>a very charismatic man who moved into our little town

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<v Speaker 2>and quote started a church. It was a cult. My

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<v Speaker 2>was very, very charismatic, and they did whatever he told

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<v Speaker 2>him to do, and eventually he led them all to

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<v Speaker 2>move down to Guiana. And one day he led them

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<v Speaker 2>all to drink poisoned kool aid and about six seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred of them died in the jungle. His name was

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<v Speaker 2>Jim Jones. I had friends who died in Guiana. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you just because somebody says they're from God

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean they're from God. You should check them out.

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<v Speaker 2>You should consider them. The other thing you do is

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<v Speaker 2>listen for God's spirit when you're listening to a teacher.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says in John fourteen, the Father will give

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<v Speaker 2>you another helper. He's talking about his spirit, the Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>The Father will give you another helper who will stay

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<v Speaker 2>with you forever. He is the spirit who reveals the

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<v Speaker 2>truth about God. So you say, when you're listening to me, God,

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<v Speaker 2>is this guy talking the truth? Is you really telling

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<v Speaker 2>the truth? And you listen and you listen for the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit's confirmation. It's one of the other ways. If Tom's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna come and talk about the fourth way we know truth.

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<v Speaker 4>A fourth way that you can know truth is through

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<v Speaker 4>God's commandments, through what God tells us in the direction

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<v Speaker 4>he gives us in the Bible. Look at what two

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<v Speaker 4>Timothy three sixteen says. All scripture is inspired by God

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<v Speaker 4>and is useful to teach us what's true and make

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<v Speaker 4>us realize what's wrong in our lives.

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<v Speaker 3>It straightens us out. It teaches us to do what's right. Now.

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<v Speaker 4>If I discover truth from the Bible, then how do

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<v Speaker 4>I know the Bible's true? If you've ever asked that question,

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<v Speaker 4>I honor you for asking that question. You should How

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<v Speaker 4>do I know that this book is true? I know

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<v Speaker 4>it's true because of the difference it's made in my life.

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<v Speaker 4>I know it's true because Jesus said it's true. But

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<v Speaker 4>some of you might be asking, is there any like

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<v Speaker 4>objective truth, objective evidence that shows me that the Bible

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<v Speaker 4>is true?

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<v Speaker 3>The answer is yes, there is.

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<v Speaker 4>There's just a world of objective evidence that says that

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<v Speaker 4>this book is true. There is both external evidence and

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<v Speaker 4>internal evidence. The external evidence that it's a historical book.

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<v Speaker 4>You can rely on the internal evidence that there is

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<v Speaker 4>the truth in this book. External evidence is things like

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<v Speaker 4>the number of copies of the Bible from around the

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<v Speaker 4>time when it was written. That's what historians look for

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<v Speaker 4>to see if a book is accurate, it's true. For instance,

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<v Speaker 4>a book like Homer's Iliad Love you had to read

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<v Speaker 4>that in school, there's about six hundred and.

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<v Speaker 3>Forty three copies of that.

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<v Speaker 4>They all historians look back, they see all the copies,

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<v Speaker 4>they compare them, and they go, Okay, that's what that

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<v Speaker 4>book said. Or a book like Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.

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<v Speaker 4>There's only ten copies of that. The earliest one of

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<v Speaker 4>those is a thousand years from when it was supposedly written.

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<v Speaker 4>But a historians still saying, that's probably what the book said.

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<v Speaker 4>How about the Bible? How many copies of the Bible?

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<v Speaker 4>There are three hundred and sixty six copies of the

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<v Speaker 4>Bible from when it was written and then on earliest

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<v Speaker 4>from just seventy years afterwards. And let me tell you

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<v Speaker 4>why that's important. It dispels what I would call an

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<v Speaker 4>urban legend about the Bible. This urban legend is out

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<v Speaker 4>there that somehow the Bible was passed down from generation

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<v Speaker 4>to generation, and so it got changed as it was

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<v Speaker 4>passed down, translated from this language to that language to

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<v Speaker 4>this language. That's just not true. That's like alligators and

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<v Speaker 4>the sewers of New York.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just not true. The truth of the matter is

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<v Speaker 3>when translators translate the.

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<v Speaker 4>Bible, they go back to these five thousand copies from

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<v Speaker 4>right around the time when it was written.

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<v Speaker 3>Compare them, see how they all match.

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<v Speaker 4>So we know it is what it is, and it

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<v Speaker 4>says what it says. That's external evidence. External evidence is

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<v Speaker 4>also stuff like archaeology. The cities are there, the places

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<v Speaker 4>are there, you can go back and find them. In fact,

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<v Speaker 4>it's sort of humorous. There's been many times in history

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<v Speaker 4>when historians have said, well, the Bible's probably wrong, that's

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<v Speaker 4>not really accurate, and then the Bible has proved itself

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<v Speaker 4>to be true and the historians wrong. There was a

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<v Speaker 4>long period of time when historians said there was no

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<v Speaker 4>such thing as a tribe called the hit Tits like

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible talks about in the Old Testament.

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<v Speaker 3>Just no such thing, just somebody made it up.

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<v Speaker 4>name of Hugo Winkler discovered at a place called Boziskoy.

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<v Speaker 3>Ten thousand clay tablets.

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<v Speaker 4>At the Hittite capital, and now everybody accepts it as

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<v Speaker 4>a part of history.

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<v Speaker 3>Historians used to.

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<v Speaker 4>Say that when the Bible talks about Solomon having all

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<v Speaker 4>these horses, that that was wrong. Nobody had horses back then.

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<v Speaker 4>But then they dug up a place called Megiddo and

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<v Speaker 4>guess what they found thousands of horse stables. That's meant

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<v Speaker 4>that he had horses. Again and again, the Bible has

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<v Speaker 4>proved itself to be true. There is the external evidence

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<v Speaker 4>in history. There's also the internal evidence of the Bible itself.

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<v Speaker 4>Internal evidence is the fact that something can be trusted.

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<v Speaker 4>One of the internal evidences that people look for is

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<v Speaker 4>eyewitness accounts. If something secondhand or third hand, I can't

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<v Speaker 4>trust maybe what somebody said, but if it's an eyewitness account,

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<v Speaker 4>I can trust it. In a court of law, if

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<v Speaker 4>a prosecutor has two or three eyewitness accounts of something,

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<v Speaker 4>he's got a pretty good chance of making his case. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>the Bible is filled with eyewitnesses. Counts, Moses was there

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<v Speaker 4>when the Red Seas split, Joshua was there, and watched

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<v Speaker 4>the walls of Jericho fall. The disciples of Jesus stood

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<v Speaker 4>in that upper room, and all of a sudden saw

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<v Speaker 4>the resurrected Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>It's filled with eyewitness accounts.

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<v Speaker 4>The internal evidence of the Bible is also in the

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<v Speaker 4>fact of how this book tells one story with consistency.

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<v Speaker 3>Now think of this with me.

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<v Speaker 4>This book, the Bible was written over a fifteen hundred

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<v Speaker 4>year time span. It was written on three different continents

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<v Speaker 4>by forty different authors, kings and shepherds and fishermen and

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<v Speaker 4>tax collectors, people from every walk of life.

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<v Speaker 3>And yet it speaks.

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<v Speaker 4>With consistency on the most controversial subjects of the day.

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<v Speaker 4>And yet it tells one story from beginning to end.

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<v Speaker 4>God's salvation and love for man, and how he came

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<v Speaker 4>into this world through Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>No human being could have come up with that.

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<v Speaker 4>It's an amazing example of the power of God to

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<v Speaker 4>write that story for our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>The fifth and highest way that we know the truth

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<v Speaker 2>is through Christ. To creation, conscience, consideration, commandments, and Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>God came to earth and human form to personify truth.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I not a religion, not a race, not

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<v Speaker 2>person on the planet, every other leader, every other faith.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, if I stood up here today and

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<v Speaker 2>Rick Warren and I'm a man of God. Okay, my

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a prophet of God. Well I don't know about

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<v Speaker 2>that one. My name is Rick Warren. Oh and by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, I'm God. Now if I said that, would

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<v Speaker 2>that change anything in our relationship? Well duh, because all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden you got to make a decision. If

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<v Speaker 2>I stand up. My name's Rick Warren. I am the Way,

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<v Speaker 2>the Truth, and the Life. There's not a snowball's chance

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<v Speaker 2>in hell you're gonna get into Heaven except through me. Hello.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that means one of three things. I'm either a

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<v Speaker 2>What is Jesus when he says I am the Way,

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<v Speaker 2>God except through me. Okay, he's either conning two point

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<v Speaker 2>three billion people in the world right now who have

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<v Speaker 2>Of wis there's a guy here today, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>And you think you're in because you come to church.

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<v Speaker 2>I told the people up at ted, I said, everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>betting their life on something. Okay, everybody's betting their life.

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<v Speaker 2>I am betting my life. I willingly tell you this.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you examined the evidence? Have you check it out?

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<v Speaker 2>don't have time to get into it. Well, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm in. Jesus said I Am the Way, and

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says in John three p. Thirty three and

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<v Speaker 2>God is true. Now quick, just write this down. I

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<v Speaker 2>won't even talk about it. What do I do with

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<v Speaker 2>real quickly. Number one, believe it. Believe it. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us, continue to believe this truth and stand in

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<v Speaker 2>it firmly. Believe it. Number two, do it. Truth is

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<v Speaker 2>practice it, you apply it, you live it, you obey it.

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<v Speaker 2>before you start learning any the other new truth, why

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<v Speaker 2>do you start doing the ones you already know? Believe it?

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<v Speaker 2>Do it? Number three stand for it, Stand for it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be ashamed in a relevant or relational postmodern world

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<v Speaker 2>that says, oh, it doesn't really matter. Stand for truth.

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<v Speaker 2>trips like this so we can work together and spreading

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<v Speaker 2>are in dead earnest about it. The friends, I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you. There's a lot in this book that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand, and there's a lot in this book

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<v Speaker 2>that is uncomfortable to me. But the fact is, it

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Let's bow our heads. Would you pray this prayer? God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm stepping across the line today, Jesus Christ. I want

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<v Speaker 2>Hi everybody, this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer

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<v Speaker 2>for the very first time, or you just committed your

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<v Speaker 2>life to Jesus again today, would you let me know

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<v Speaker 2>about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment. So

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<v Speaker 2>write me Rick at Pastorick dot com and say, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life

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<v Speaker 2>to Christ. And I'll send you some material that will

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<v Speaker 2>help you on your journey with Jesus. And I'll also

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<v Speaker 2>pray for you. God bless you. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Some powerful words from Pastor Rick today. And now this

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<v Speaker 1>is really one of my favorite parts of the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This is letters from our listeners. And now here's Rick.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the greatest joys of my day is reading

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<v Speaker 2>letters from our listeners. It truly is inspiring to see

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<v Speaker 2>how God is working in your lives, and it encourages

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<v Speaker 2>me just as much as I hope to encourage you.

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<v Speaker 2>So today I want to share a note from Heather,

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<v Speaker 2>who has been discovering the incredible benefits of studying God's

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<v Speaker 2>word every day. Heather wrote to me, she said, Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Rick, a friend of mine recently sent me your podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've been feeling lost and helpless and I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't sure what to pray, or how to pray,

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<v Speaker 2>or when to pray. And it's like I hit a

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<v Speaker 2>on track. Well, your message really spoke truth to me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it made me realize the missing pieces I had

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<v Speaker 2>in my life because I was not in God's Word daily.

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<v Speaker 2>I was basically living my life without God, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to do everything on my own. Well, Pastor Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>it goes without saying that doing life without God has

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<v Speaker 2>been miserable failure. So thank you for stirring the Holy

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<v Speaker 2>Spirit in my heart with the words that I needed

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<v Speaker 2>to hear. I have now made the commitment to read

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<v Speaker 2>God's Word every day and to pray daily, and I

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<v Speaker 2>even started praying in the cars I go about my

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<v Speaker 2>day just like you, it's hard for me to close

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<v Speaker 2>my eyes and not fall asleep you were listening. Please

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<v Speaker 2>keep doing what you're doing and reaching people who really

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<v Speaker 2>need to hear about Jesus and God's love. Well, Heather,

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<v Speaker 2>I am so glad to hear that you're back in

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<v Speaker 2>God's word and that you're making it a part of

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<v Speaker 2>deepening your relationship with Him, and I love the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that you are praying every day, especially keeping your eyes

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<v Speaker 2>open while you're driving. Do you or somebody know or

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<v Speaker 2>even feel lost yourself like Heather once did? Well, the

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<v Speaker 2>best way to find hope and strength is by staying

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<v Speaker 2>connected to God every day. That's the purpose of Daily

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<v Speaker 2>Hope and that's why I started it, to help people

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<v Speaker 2>like Heather dive into God's Word and experience his encouragement

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<v Speaker 2>on a daily basis. Now, our Daily Hope devotionals and

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, be sure to join us next time when we

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