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We have an expression, “In other words.” So, when
Lillian wants me to really know what she is saying, she will
give me her command and then she’ll say, “In other words,” and
she’ll restate the same 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