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[2591.94 --> 2595.32] And precisely because Christmas did happen, |
[2595.44 --> 2597.80] that Jesus did come in history, |
[2597.96 --> 2601.72] precisely because this is the greatest story ever told |
[2601.72 --> 2604.70] and its greatness is largely owing to the fact |
[2604.70 --> 2605.80] that it's real, |
[2606.10 --> 2610.78] we constantly need to re-narrate our lives |
[2610.78 --> 2612.14] in the truth of the gospel |
[2612.14 --> 2615.94] and the truth of Jesus' come and his coming again. |
[2615.94 --> 2619.28] And here's the thing about that |
[2619.28 --> 2622.40] where I'd like to spend a little time with you this morning. |
[2623.72 --> 2625.54] Because you see, this time of year |
[2625.54 --> 2630.08] and our places in the world, |
[2631.32 --> 2633.44] our responsibilities, |
[2634.28 --> 2637.22] our idea of meaning, right? |
[2637.82 --> 2642.34] Meaning comes from these stories. |
[2642.34 --> 2644.44] That meaning is found, |
[2644.66 --> 2645.68] it is identified, |
[2645.94 --> 2646.62] it is made, |
[2646.74 --> 2647.84] however you want to put it. |
[2648.14 --> 2651.10] Meaning comes out of the story |
[2651.10 --> 2653.90] that you are rooting yourself in. |
[2656.60 --> 2659.26] I listened to a podcast recently |
[2659.26 --> 2662.20] called The Four Horsemen of Meaning. |
[2662.58 --> 2663.50] We can talk about it later. |
[2663.56 --> 2664.52] I don't need to get into the details. |
[2664.66 --> 2665.62] It's two and a half hours long. |
[2666.20 --> 2667.00] But in there, |
[2667.08 --> 2668.90] there was a whole conversation about meaning |
[2668.90 --> 2670.14] and the source of meaning. |
[2670.26 --> 2672.32] And the people in this conversation |
[2672.32 --> 2674.16] was a cognitive scientist |
[2674.16 --> 2676.08] and a psychoanalyst, |
[2676.44 --> 2678.02] an art theologian, |
[2678.12 --> 2679.28] and a Catholic bishop. |
[2680.14 --> 2682.44] And the whole conversation was about meaning |
[2682.44 --> 2684.46] and where meaning is found |
[2684.46 --> 2685.50] or how we find it |
[2685.50 --> 2686.92] and how we come by it. |
[2687.08 --> 2687.88] And at one point, |
[2687.94 --> 2689.94] one of the people in this conversation |
[2689.94 --> 2692.60] said that meaning comes |
[2692.60 --> 2695.90] from living in purposive relationship |
[2695.90 --> 2697.02] to the true, |
[2697.34 --> 2697.76] the good, |
[2697.84 --> 2698.60] and the beautiful. |
[2700.32 --> 2701.58] And as Christians, |
[2701.92 --> 2702.10] right, |
[2702.14 --> 2703.60] we know that the ultimate true, |
[2703.72 --> 2704.32] the ultimate good, |
[2704.40 --> 2705.20] the ultimate beautiful |
[2705.20 --> 2706.98] is God. |
[2708.80 --> 2709.26] Now, |
[2709.46 --> 2712.58] I would add to that conversation |
[2712.58 --> 2715.76] that the way that we have |
[2715.76 --> 2717.78] a purposive relationship |
[2717.78 --> 2718.78] to the true, |
[2718.92 --> 2719.28] the good, |
[2719.34 --> 2720.00] and the beautiful |
[2720.00 --> 2723.50] is as God reveals himself |
[2723.50 --> 2725.76] to us in his word. |
[2727.26 --> 2727.44] Now, |
[2727.58 --> 2730.34] let me be really clear with you, |
[2730.38 --> 2730.54] right, |
[2730.62 --> 2732.14] because all people, |
[2732.66 --> 2734.16] whether or not they are Christian |
[2734.16 --> 2736.90] or whether or not they call it as such, |
[2737.20 --> 2739.32] all people have a relationship |
[2739.32 --> 2740.26] to the true, |
[2740.38 --> 2740.66] the good, |
[2740.70 --> 2741.30] and the beautiful |
[2741.30 --> 2743.66] or an idea of what the ultimate true, |
[2743.80 --> 2743.98] good, |
[2744.06 --> 2745.48] and beautiful is. |
[2746.36 --> 2747.90] And as Reformed Christians, |
[2748.10 --> 2750.84] as our branch of Christianity |
[2750.84 --> 2752.96] and the Protestant stream, |
[2753.50 --> 2754.56] as Reformed Christians, |
[2755.00 --> 2757.20] we call that general sense |
[2757.20 --> 2758.12] of relationship |
[2758.12 --> 2759.02] to the true, |
[2759.14 --> 2759.30] good, |
[2759.36 --> 2759.74] and the beautiful, |
[2759.80 --> 2761.56] we call that general revelation. |
[2762.52 --> 2762.62] Right, |
[2762.70 --> 2763.74] God reveals himself |
[2763.74 --> 2764.56] to the world |
[2764.56 --> 2765.50] in the order |
[2765.50 --> 2766.62] and the majesty |
[2766.62 --> 2767.94] and the magnitude |
[2767.94 --> 2769.30] of creation. |
[2769.66 --> 2770.48] God reveals himself |
[2770.48 --> 2771.08] to the world |
[2771.08 --> 2772.02] in its beauty. |
[2774.08 --> 2774.64] But, |
[2774.98 --> 2776.46] the way that you have |
[2776.46 --> 2777.74] a purposive, |
[2778.10 --> 2778.26] right, |
[2778.44 --> 2780.20] a meaningful relationship |
[2780.20 --> 2780.90] to God, |
[2781.00 --> 2781.44] and thus, |
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