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at Jesus.” So, we look in the gospels and we see His love, His mercy
and His compassion. We see His justice and His holiness and His
goodness.

The Bible says that the Word “tabernacled” among us. You know
the Old Testament tabernacle. It was a tent made out of skin that
God wanted to fill with His glory. You are a tent made out of skin
that God wants to fill with His glory. We said, “Lord, I want to
know You but the word “God” is too big.” In His love He said,
“Alright, the Word became flesh and lived among us.”

So, we begin to study the life of Jesus. Thirty three and a half years
He lived on earth. We study His miracles and study His teachings
and we study His discourses with different people and when we are
all done in our hearts we say, “I still don’t know you. God, You’ve
got to help me. You need to bring it down. I need more words. The
word ‘God’ is too big; ‘the Word became flesh’ is too much.”

He says, “You want words? I’ll give you words. I’ll give you 1,189
chapters. Is that enough words? I’ll give you 81,173 verses. Is that
enough words? I’ll give you 3,000,000 letters. Is that enough?” I
say, “Thank You, Lord. Now I have the Bible.” I begin to study
the history of the Bible and I study the prophecies and I study the
poetry and I study the gospels and I study all of the redemptive
history and I study the titles and names of God and I say, “Thank
You, Lord. You gave me the word but it’s too much. ‘The Word
became flesh.’ That helps but it’s too much. Now I have a whole
Bible. Thank You but I still don’t know the Lord. I end up with
theology. I end up with creeds. I end up with philosophy. And we
have denominations that all comes from the Bible.”

I have a library with three thousand books, all based on the Bible.
Some people study the Bible and they end up in a cult. I say, “Lord,
like Abraham, don’t be angry. Let me ask You one more time. I
appreciate that You took the Word and the Word became flesh. I
appreciate that You took the Word and turned it into words and I
have it on paper; more than 3,000,000 words. Thank You. But