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[2781.54 --> 2782.88] the way that we understand
[2782.88 --> 2783.86] ultimate meaning
[2783.86 --> 2785.36] is only by
[2785.36 --> 2787.40] his special revelation,
[2787.56 --> 2788.26] is only by
[2788.26 --> 2790.34] his word,
[2790.80 --> 2792.24] by his story.
[2793.16 --> 2793.38] Now,
[2793.86 --> 2794.98] I get that right now
[2794.98 --> 2795.66] I'm at the risk
[2795.66 --> 2796.74] of losing some of you
[2796.74 --> 2798.42] because I'm talking
[2798.42 --> 2799.66] philosophy and theology,
[2799.82 --> 2800.80] and so let me just wrap that up
[2800.80 --> 2801.58] with this point.
[2803.34 --> 2803.82] Meaning,
[2805.26 --> 2805.90] individual
[2805.90 --> 2807.68] and personal,
[2808.60 --> 2809.20] meaning,
[2809.46 --> 2809.98] societal
[2809.98 --> 2811.06] and collective,
[2811.72 --> 2812.98] to not put too fine
[2812.98 --> 2813.76] a point on it,
[2813.94 --> 2814.04] right,
[2814.08 --> 2815.06] the very why
[2815.06 --> 2815.80] of life
[2815.80 --> 2816.76] and purpose
[2816.76 --> 2818.56] comes out of
[2818.56 --> 2819.32] living in
[2819.32 --> 2820.04] purposive
[2820.04 --> 2820.92] relationship
[2820.92 --> 2821.90] to God
[2821.90 --> 2822.78] as the one
[2822.78 --> 2823.84] true God
[2823.84 --> 2824.52] and the God
[2824.52 --> 2825.44] of truth,
[2825.50 --> 2826.38] as the only
[2826.38 --> 2827.46] ultimate good
[2827.46 --> 2828.42] and the overflowing
[2828.42 --> 2829.84] source of all good,
[2829.94 --> 2830.66] as the most
[2830.66 --> 2831.24] magnificent
[2831.24 --> 2832.26] and beautiful
[2832.26 --> 2832.74] being
[2832.74 --> 2833.66] as his glory
[2833.66 --> 2835.16] pours forth.
[2836.58 --> 2837.52] Any sense
[2837.52 --> 2838.14] of meaning
[2838.14 --> 2839.84] that you make,
[2839.88 --> 2840.76] or for any sense
[2840.76 --> 2841.10] of meaning
[2841.10 --> 2841.58] that you make
[2841.58 --> 2842.76] to have legs,
[2842.98 --> 2843.94] it needs to
[2843.94 --> 2845.90] walk in the story
[2845.90 --> 2847.64] of God's revelation
[2847.64 --> 2848.88] to the world.
[2850.16 --> 2850.98] I can't
[2850.98 --> 2851.90] understate this
[2851.90 --> 2852.90] point
[2852.90 --> 2853.86] at all
[2853.86 --> 2854.78] here now
[2854.78 --> 2855.50] at Christmas.
[2856.66 --> 2858.08] Who you are
[2858.08 --> 2859.42] is filled
[2859.42 --> 2860.52] up with meaning
[2860.52 --> 2861.88] and with purpose
[2861.88 --> 2862.98] as you are
[2862.98 --> 2863.64] found
[2863.64 --> 2865.04] in the story
[2865.04 --> 2866.10] of God.
[2867.74 --> 2868.12] And so,
[2868.24 --> 2868.76] by all means,
[2869.12 --> 2869.86] deconstruct
[2869.86 --> 2870.52] your faith,
[2871.70 --> 2872.16] but do it
[2872.16 --> 2872.98] in the context
[2872.98 --> 2874.00] of the community
[2874.00 --> 2874.58] of faith,
[2875.38 --> 2875.52] right,
[2875.56 --> 2876.68] make it your own,
[2877.60 --> 2878.80] ask hard questions,
[2879.32 --> 2879.98] expose
[2879.98 --> 2881.56] the competing
[2881.56 --> 2882.32] stories
[2882.32 --> 2883.56] of the culture
[2883.56 --> 2884.32] to the truth
[2884.32 --> 2884.92] of the gospel,
[2885.20 --> 2885.38] right,
[2885.54 --> 2886.30] unhallmark
[2886.30 --> 2887.24] your Christmases
[2887.24 --> 2887.94] because the very
[2887.94 --> 2889.24] meaning of your life
[2889.24 --> 2891.06] comes out of the story
[2891.06 --> 2891.88] that you are
[2891.88 --> 2892.94] rooting yourself in.
[2895.44 --> 2896.96] And it's been my prayer
[2896.96 --> 2897.70] throughout this
[2897.70 --> 2899.06] Christmas season
[2899.06 --> 2900.34] that we,