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We're going to begin our children's sermon

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which several adults have told me

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that it's been very helpful to them.

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And what we're talking about, children,

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in the little handout that I've made

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and was given out -

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I probably need to give 
it out next week again -

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is we're talking about the glory of God.

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Everything that we do,

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we are to do for the glory of God.

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Now, we began with a question.

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What is the chief end of man?

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That means, why were you made?

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The 1689 London Confession

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and the Westminster Confession say this:

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You were made for the glory of God,

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to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

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Now what we're studying right now

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is how do you glorify God?

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And one of the things that we mentioned

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that's so very important is this:

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You must recognize the worth of God.

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You must recognize His worth.

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That is why as we go on,

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we're going to teach you, children,

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about the attributes of God.

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Do you know most adults that go to church

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and have gone to church all their life

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could not sit down and write out

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a list of what are the attributes

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or the characteristics of God?

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But we don't want you to be that way.

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Because the beginning of all knowledge,

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the greatest of all knowledge

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is knowledge of God.

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And if you understand how worthy He is,

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how valuable He is,

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then we won't have to psych you up.

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We won't have to send you off

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to some conference to get all psyched up

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for about a week or two,

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and then come back and die.

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If you know how wonderful He is,

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then you'll want to serve Him

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if He has worked in your heart.

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Now, last week,

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we studied a few things

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that I want to look at.

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First of all,

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we discovered how valuable God is.

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That if you took everything 
that's in the world

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and you put it on one side of the scale,

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and you put God on the 
other side of the scale,

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God would outweigh them all.

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He is worth more

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than all the universe combined.

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But not only did we learn that,

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we also mentioned that God was beautiful.

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That He was more beautiful

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than all the things He has made combined.

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Now I want you to listen to a verse.

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It's in Psalm 27:4 and it says this,

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"One thing I have asked of the Lord,

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that I shall seek, that I may dwell

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in the house of the Lord

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all the days of my life..." Why?

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"...To behold the beauty of the Lord

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and to meditate in His temple."

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And then in Psalm 96:6 it says this,

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"Splendor and majesty are before Him;

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strength and beauty are in His sanctuary."

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Have you ever seen something so beautiful

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that you just went (gasp)?

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It took your breath away.

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It was so beautiful.

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A sunset.

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A beautiful scenery in the wilderness.

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Maybe the trees turning 
their different colors

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or a magnificent sunset.

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You just literally thought it was 
going to take your breath away.

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Well, let me share with you something.

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Now children, listen to this.

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God is so beautiful

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that if He right now showed you

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just a glimpse of His beauty,

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that beauty would be so great

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that your mind would not 
be able to comprehend it.

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It would, in a sense, drive you crazy.

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It would be so magnificent, so big,

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so beautiful that it would almost

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explode your mind

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and definitely explode your heart.

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That is why in order to be in Heaven

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and to catch a glimpse of God there,

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you must be supernaturally strengthened.

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You see, we're not serving God

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because we want to be religious

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or we like a bunch of rules.

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That's not why we serve God.

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We serve God because 
He's absolutely beautiful!

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Now adults, it might 
be a little bit difficult

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to explain this to your children,

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but here's something that you 
might want to think about.

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God is so beautiful

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that it is an act of condescension;

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it is an act of humility 
on the part of God

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to turn His eyes off of Himself

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to look at any other thing.

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He has to humble Himself.

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And it's one of the reasons,

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we can also get into this,

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that throughout all eternity,

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God has beheld His own beauty

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in great joy

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by looking into the face of His Son

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Who is the perfect reflection

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of the beauty of God.

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You see, it's marvelous!

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It's exciting! It's wonderful to know Him!

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I don't get up in the morning

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and read five chapters just because

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I want to say I was able 
to read five chapters

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or ten chapters.

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I get up every morning in the same way

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that a miner gets up and 
goes down into the mine

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looking for gold;

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looking for precious jewels.

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So God is beautiful.

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Now, I want to say one 
more thing about God

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before we go on.

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Remember, we said that God was worth more

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than all the universe.

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We also said that God was more beautiful

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than all the universe.

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But now, I want you to also 
understand something.

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And children, this is very important.

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Parents, this is why

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before your child leaves the home,

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they should go through Proverbs with you

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at least 20 or 30 times.

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God is the smartest.

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He is the most intelligent.

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We've got students here 
today from Virginia Tech,

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and I asked each one of them,

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what do you do?

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And they're all just brainiacs.

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They're all engineers 
and things like that you know.

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All the things I shied 
away from in college.

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But as smart as they 
are, they're not smart,

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compared to God.

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Because the greatest wisdom in this world

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is dumb compared to God.

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Now, let me just say this.

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I've written something here

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in your little study.

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Imagine all the most intelligent men

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that ever lived

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were sitting in a room

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and talking about their great ideas.

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It would be amazing to hear

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all the great things they knew,

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but compared to God,

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they know nothing.

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Now, let me share with you something.

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A lot of young people think they know

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all the answers.

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Let me tell you something,

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you don't even know 
what the questions are.

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Okay?

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I desperately need God's wisdom.

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And I'm a lot older than you are.

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I study the book of Proverbs every day

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with my children,

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not simply for them, but for me.

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If I do what I think is right

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in my own eyes,

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I'm dead.

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And literally, I'm not kidding. I'm dead.

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It leads to death.

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To do what is right in your own eyes.

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You must do what is right

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according to God's Word.

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Let me just read something to you.

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In Romans 11:33-34, it says this,

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"Oh, the depth of the riches

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both of the wisdom and knowledge of God.

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How unsearchable are His judgments

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and unfathomable His ways.

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For who has known the mind of the Lord

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or who has become His counselor?"

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Now, you say, okay, Brother Paul,

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I want to listen to God.

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Well, let me ask you a question.

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Do you listen to your parents?

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Are you someone who listens quietly

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to obey your parents?

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Or are you someone that's always

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every time your dad speaks, you go,

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"yes, but..."?

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Like you've got a better idea?

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You ought to listen to your parents.

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And parents, if you speak

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out of your own authority,

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you're wrong.

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If you're going to claim 
parental authority,

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then you better know the Scriptures

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so that when you do command

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and give guidance to your children,

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it is not your human wisdom

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or something just handed down to you,

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but it's the wisdom of Scripture.

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The wisdom of Scripture.

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And so what do we know about God?

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He is beautiful.

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What else do we know?

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He's very smart.

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Let me share with you just one thing

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about how smart He is.

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When we say that God knows everything,

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we mean that He knows everything.

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We use the word "infinite."

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His knowledge has no end.

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His knowledge is infinite.

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It's exhaustive.

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And it's without effort.

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Now what do I mean?

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God doesn't have to think

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and try to figure out what's going on.

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He doesn't have to research a topic.

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He just knows it.

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It's instantaneous and without effort.

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That's amazing.

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He knows all things infinitely

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and without effort.

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When it talks about the books

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on the day of judgment

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and them being opened up,

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it's speaking metaphorically.

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He needs no book.

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He doesn't even need to remember

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or think.

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He knows.

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He knows.

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His knowledge was not gained.

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It simply was, is, and always will be.

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Now that's a great God.

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And that's the God that we follow,

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the God we love,

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and the God we fear.

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