Why don't you grab your Bible, turn to Habakkuk or Habakkuk?

Or if you want to do it like the Jews in Jerusalem, Havakouk is the way they say.

Like have a cookie.

That's the way you say it.

Havakouk.

But our text is somewhat famous and it changed the world.

I think the whole Bible has changed the world, but this, this one changed the course of history, this little phrase that's tucked away in a single verse in

Habakkuk. And we're going to take a look at this little verse. It's chapter two, verse four.

It says, behold, his soul, which is lifted up, is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith. The just shall live

by his faith. This phrase changed the course of history in pretty radical ways

you got to go back over 500 years ago 539 years ago to be precise November 10th 1483

coal miner there in islben germany and his wife gave birth to a baby boy.

The poor coal miner and his wife, well, she was a homemaker, and they just, you know, were in such poverty.

They wanted their son to surpass their poverty.

And so they decided to prepare him and send him off to law school when he got old enough.

And he wanted to be better off than his parents.

So he studied hard to be a lawyer and did really well there in his schooling.

But a life-changing event happened to this young man

as he was attending law school in 1504. He was caught in walking outside on the campus there of the

college during a massive lightning and thunderstorm. I guess it was pretty dramatic. Have you ever been in a real

lightning and thunderstorm? We Oregonians, I didn't realize this when I was a kid, but we don't

even know what lightning and thunder is here in Oregon. We think we do, but we don't. I've since

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