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command. Sometimes when the house is on fire and someone says,
“Jump!” you understand one word. If a missile is flying toward your
head and someone says, “Duck!” you understand one word.

I used to golf but I don’t anymore. I hit a lady in the head with a
golf ball and she sued me and I yelled one word, “Fore!” She didn’t
duck. It’s her fault! It was a good shot. It went over the pin, over
the fence and into the parking lot where she was putting groceries in
her car. So, that was a good shot!

One word sometimes can communicate an idea but let’s say the
word is “person”. I am thinking of a person. Who am I thinking of?
You don’t know if it’s a girl, a boy, a child or an athlete or a political
person or a character in the Bible. You need more words. You’ll
say, “I need more than ‘person’.” “I’m thinking of an animal. What
is it?” You don’t know. One word is not enough. “I’m thinking of
a plant. I’m thinking of a food.” You might say, “That’s not
enough. I need more words.” What if the word is bigger, like
“planet”. And I say, “Tell me everything about a planet.” You
would say, “Which one?”

Here’s a word; universe. I say, “Tell me everything about the
universe.” Or I say, “Tell me everything about the galaxy.” It’s one
word and it’s too big. Even “earth”, you would say, “I need to know
about weather and about rocks and about plants.” So, one word is
not enough.

John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.” Explain God. It’s too big. It’s bigger
than “galaxy”. It’s bigger than the universe. So, we come to the
Lord and say, “The Word is God. Help us. That’s too big.” So God
says, “I’ll help you.” John 1:14, “And the Word became flesh, and
dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The Word became
flesh. He says, “Now you have extra help. Now you have Jesus on
earth. If you want to know the Word, the Word became flesh; look