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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 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