Celebration #30 Final

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The video explores the power of sight in connecting us to the universe through visualization, using a narrative from 2 Samuel 14 to emphasize mercy and doing the right thing. It discusses the effectiveness of storytelling and visual arts in creating emotional connections and belief, noting that around 80% of scriptures are in story form to depict God's actions and character.

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The power of sight in connecting us to the universe and the importance of storytelling.

00:36

The video segment uses 2 Samuel 14 to illustrate the significance of extending mercy and doing what is right.

Visual arts, theater, and films are highlighted for their ability to convey powerful narratives that evoke emotional connections and belief.

Around 80% of scriptures are in storytelling form to help depict God's actions and character.

00:00number 30.

00:02we introduced the concept of sight the

00:04fifth and final of our five senses and

00:07remember as we begin

00:10we talked about taste that happens

00:12inside us

00:14touch happens on the edge of us where my

00:18fingers or my hand touches your fingers

00:20your hand or your shoulder or whatever

00:22this is something that touch smell

00:26happens close by

00:29um you can smell something a lady's

00:31perfume when you're within a few feet of

00:33her

00:34but this

00:36this gift a site lets us look across

00:41space and see distance galaxies each of

00:44these senses

00:45take us progressively towards more and

00:48more of God's world to embrace a greater

00:51community of being connected in a larger

00:54and larger universe

00:57and so sight is very powerful and we see

01:00it is often used in the scriptures with

01:03dramatic arts where

01:05where things are visualized one example

01:07of many is second Samuel 14. and I'm

01:11going to read some selections from

01:12verses 1 to 11.

01:15Joe absent for a woman from Toccoa who

01:18had a reputation for great wisdom then

01:20job told her what to say

01:22when the woman from tecoa approached the

01:24king that's David she bowed with her

01:27face to the ground in deep respect and

01:28cried out O King help me

01:31what's the trouble the king asked alas I

01:34am a widow she replied my husband is

01:37dead

01:37my two sons had a fight out in the field

01:40and so since no one was there to stop it

01:43one of them was killed now the rest of

01:45the family want to extinguish

01:47the only coal I have left

01:50leave it to me the Kings told her go

01:52home not a hair on your son's head will

01:55be disturbed

01:58so she tells the story it's a fictional

02:02narrative to try to show the importance

02:04of extending mercy and doing the right

02:08thing

02:10there's power and drama there's power in

02:13theater there's power in the visual arts

02:16and movie making and films

02:18hearing a story well told is compelling

02:22seen it portrayed on a the big screen

02:25can be even more captivating

02:29story is powerful

02:31you know if you see it you believe it

02:34is compelling

02:36and it gives a great connectivity

02:38you feel like you were there when you

02:41see something on the news or you you

02:45experience something of entertainment at

02:47a show you feel like you're part of that

02:50story and you you connect powerfully to

02:53it that's why about some 80 percent of

02:57scriptures are story

02:59their dialogue their narrative that help

03:02paint a picture to help you see what God

03:05has done and who he is like

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