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. By nature, we are not inclined to know or obey God and His Word.

So how do we change from being rebellious people to becoming believers?

Does it happen by studying our Bible more or holding to a stricter moral code?

Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Big takes us to John's Gospel for the answer.

We're looking at chapter 17 and verse 26.

Thank you. We're looking at chapter 17 and verse 26.

Jesus is praying to the Father. Oh, Holy Father, he says, O righteous Father, perhaps as it comes to the end of the prayer,

with a sire, with a groan, he says, oh, righteous

father, the world doesn't know you, but I know you, and these that you have given me know

that you sent me. I have given them your name. Now, you get an inkling now of what Jesus is saying. It's saying

that he's not giving a title to God. He's making it clear, who and what God is. Now, the

Bible makes it clear, and the Psalmist help us with this, tells us that the whole of creation declares the

mighty power of God's name. Psalm 19, the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows

his handiwork, day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no

speech nor language where his voice is not heard. His voice has gone out to the very ends of the earth.

It has been displayed today already in Korea, north and south, in Vietnam, in Cambodia, all across the landscape of Western Europe,

across the shadows of the morning sun in the west coast of America, and so on.

The voice of God penetrates any barriers.

Unspoken truth is declared daily in the universe that God himself has made. Not only in creation, but also in Scripture,

the name of God is made clear. Quoting, as I've done, helps us with that. Calvin says,

neither the sun nor the moon, albeit they give clarity to the world, they help us to see in the night

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