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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 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