There is only one attribute of God that is ever raised to the third degree of repetition

in Scripture.

This is a dimension of God that consumes His very essence.

The English language, when we want to call attention to something that's particularly important

to give it emphasis, there are different ways that we can do that in print.

We can underline words or italicize them, put them in boldface type, put little quotation

marks or brackets around them, fill the page with exclamation, Paul, how I hate exclamation

points when it's not an exclamation.

Even my editors do that.

I find it in a final draft, I'll read these things and they'll put exclamation points

at sentences, there are an exclamation, and please don't think so poorly of me to think

that I don't know any better about the use of exclamation points.

They do that that drives me crazy.

But that's what we do with emphasis.

Well the Jews did the same thing.

They did all of that, underline, boldface, italicize, but they had another technique to call

attention to something's particular importance.

And it was a simple technique of verbal repetition.

I think for example of the Apostle Paul when he's writing to the Galatians and warning

them of the dangers of departing from the gospel that they had received from Paul.

And he said, I say unto you that if anybody preaches unto you any other gospel than that

which you've received, even if it's an angel from heaven, let him be anathema.

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