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Hey there, Sprouse. Today is Friday, January 12th, 2024. This week we are talking about the fact that Jesus is indeed God. Before we wrap up our studies on this subject, however,

please join me in the prayer for students.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Lord, our God, in your wisdom and love, you surround us with the mysteries of the universe.

Send your spirit upon us and fill us with your wisdom and

blessings. Grant that we may devote ourselves to our studies. Through them, draw us ever closer

to you the source of all knowledge. We ask this through Christ, our Lord, amen.

So we've talked about a lot of important things this week.

A reminder that the most important thing for us to know about Jesus is that he is God.

He is the second person of the Trinity that at the beginning of the world, at the moment of creation, he was the very word that spoke everything into being.

That he demonstrated this divine power throughout his public ministry, when he healed the sick, when he calmed the storm, and when he rose the dead. He also demonstrated this divine power when he offered the forgiveness of sins.

And this was so startling, such a loud proclamation that he was indeed God that the Pharisees freaked out,

that they couldn't stand the fact that he was doing this, that it was so startling that he

was indeed saying that he was forgiving sins.

Yesterday we talked about the way that Jesus taught, that he taught in such a radical way that

he did not lean upon the authority of other rabbis, that he didn't even lean upon the authority

of the Torah, the Old Testament, but in fact he leaned upon his own authority, and that he

expanded the teachings of the Old Testament of the Torah.

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