the years she wanted to be an actress. Pretty good too. Remember this summer she wanted the most popular girl at Camp Waterhummy.  I'll finish you, just sit down and talk to me. Oh, I'll help. How I'm going to get all these clothes in here, I'll never know. Does this go? Yeah. Did Rodney leave? Yes, he wanted to come down the train there, but I thought that was silly. It's a working day. He's a nice boy. Now Sam, bring the things from the dresser, will you? We've all agreed that if this is what Marcy wants to do, she should do it. Well, I just thought maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea if she stayed and married him. Where do you want the... I'll take him. Oh, he's sweet, Dad, but it's strictly a business arrangement. Oh, that's too bad, because I think... Go, go sit down here. I gave him an idea for his canning factor to can't whole family dinners. They come in sets, everything from soup to desserts. Say, that's a wonderful idea. It's working out, too. No, and doesn't your head ever get tired of these things? Mine does. Oh, before I forget, I ordered the stove, and if they don't bring it on Monday, you better call them, Mother. We'll do. Let me see. I cancelled my speech at the advertising club. Oh, my road. When the gardener puts in the dahlia, tell him not to put him so close to the fence. Well, that's your department. Oh, and before I forget, we've got a credit of three dollars and fifty cents of the meat market. If you go down there, Mother asks for Marty. Marty? He must be you. Yeah. And I was thinking, Daddy, when you buy your new suit, ask him to show you some pinstripes. I think they'd look good on you. Oh, you do? And guess where I put your pipe cleaners? Where? In your top desk drawer. Well, it'll be nice having them where they belong. Well, now you two take care of yourself while I'm away. Oh, it'll be all right. It'll be all right. Guess that's it. No, we better stop. The taxi's waiting. Well, what's the hurry? The taxi can wait. Oh, we're going to miss you, honey. Well, I'm going to miss you too. I might be back. Maybe they'll turn me down. No, they won't. But let me give you some advice. Don't give them a million suggestions your first day. You know, don't take over all at once. They've probably been getting along fine up until now. And when you go in for your interview, just say no, sir, and yes, sir. Will you remember that? Yes, sir. How do you do? I'm Marcy Lewis. Sit down, Miss Lewis. Thank you very much, Mr. Woodhouse. I thought you wrote a very impressive letter. So you're from Havenville, Indiana. Yes, sir. Do you like it there? Yes, sir. Where'd you go to school? Havenville. Tell me about your parents. They're living.  I had a friend who was one. She... Yes? She likes it. You know, Miss Lewis, sometimes girls who are very well adapted to other things aren't quite suited to this kind of work. Oh, it's no reflection on the individual. Ninety-five percent of our applicants are rejected. You mean I'm not accepted? I'm afraid not. You see, we're looking primarily for girls who like to meet people and take care of them. A stewardess is a greatest salesman an airline can have. We've got to be very... But you're absolutely right, Mr. Williams. If you had a girl who was tongue-tied and couldn't take care of people, you'd have the passengers at each other's throats. And I love meeting people and I love flying.  It's a home in the air. That might be a wonderful slogan for our company. You're home in the air. If you don't like that when Mr. Williams, I've got a lot of other slogans. I've wanted to be an airline stewardess ever since I can remember. Aviation is the most exciting thing in the world. You know, God didn't mean people to be strangers. And with commercial aviation, people all over the world are becoming neighbors. Let me tell you about my uncle that used to fly in the last four. He was my mother's brother, but you won't believe this. When he started to fly, June, you go to dormitory DC three. That's the first one. Hello. Hello. I'm Marcy Lewis. I'm Anne White and this is Ms. Wells. Hello Ms. White. Hello Ms. Wells. You're assigned to dormitory DC six. That's the second room down. Thank you. I think you'll find everything you need there. Thank you very much. Joyce Davis. Ms. Jan Banks. I'm Marcy Lewis. You're welcome. Oh, I'm exhausted. I wonder which one's mine. Take any bed. I feel like an old timer. I've been here ten minutes. Do you mind if I take the one next to yours? No, we're probably the oldest friends here. Hey, he's cute. Is he yours? Mm-hmm. Too jammed with my highest esteem. Raj is not very emotional. I haven't found what I've forgotten yet. Oh, I think I belong here. My name is Kathy Hunter. Hi, Kathy Honey. This is Jan Banks. I can sure use one. I'm dead. Will you get your things unpacked immediately and report to Ms. White in 15 minutes? Service involves safety, capability, efficiency, and courtesy. A stewardess must not only make a good first impression, but a lasting one. Now, your first duty is to go directly to the cockpit, where you'll clean the captain's earphones and radio mouthpiece with exuberol. Now, I'll show you how that's done. On the cotton, it's very simple. Phew. On a conbear, you'll work alone. On a DC-6, there are always two stewardesses. All right, Ms. Wells. Hope I didn't flunk that meteorology test. Marcy, what's that? Marcy! What's that rule about air masses? Oh, Alice. Since the general motion of the atmosphere in the United States is toward the east, the polar and Arctic air masses generally move toward the southeast. I came here today to congratulate you. But after looking you over, I think I should congratulate our passengers. There's a lot of hard work ahead of you and a lot of fun. I won't keep you from it any longer. In case you're mildly curious about your assignments, they're in the next room. We'll be on our own flights. I can't believe it. Attention, please. Flight 485 leaving for now. Oh, that's me. Don't worry, Cassie. We're not going to an execution. I know, but I'm afraid I'm suddenly going to forget everything. Oh, no, you're not. You're not nervous. I'm not. Well, then why are my knees shaking? Oh, Janne. Goodbye. Take care, Alice. Attention, please. American Airlines flight 576 for Cleveland. Now, ready at eighty-seven. That's me. Now, you're both going to be all right.  I guess I'd better get a board. Goodbye, Janne. American operation. Point killer. 283 is on the ground, Joe. All right. As I was saying, it was the most beautiful two-wing job you ever saw. I had smooth air all the way and was all set for a two-point landing. What happened? Her mother walked in. Oh, all right. Stewardess Marcy Lewis reporting for duty. Me if you're all just talking. Blake Dispatcher Brown. Williams, charge of crew schedules. Allison, radio operator. At ease, man. You're not going to fly in this weather. But it's beautiful here. Ah, but you're not flying here. You're going to fly to Nashville. What's the weather in Nashville, Mr. Hawkins? I don't know, sir. I'll look in the paper. They're expecting a tornado, sir. But I love tornadoes. I've been out with the operation screw in Chicago. Uh-oh. Welcome to the club. We check in at a downtown hotel until you can find an apartment. Thank you. You'll go out and flight 783. Report back here tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock sharp. Synchronize your watches, men. We're expecting big things of you. Roger, over. If you put the jack on to the axle, I think you get a better leverage. Yes, but this is a bumper jack. Well, will you please hurry? I got to be at the airport in ten minutes. I'm going as fast as I can. I don't think there's enough of a fulcrum. Look, lady, I've been jacking these cars all my life. You're going to be so late. Yeah, can I give you a lift? Oh, I've never been late for a flight. Oh? Oh, I'm a stewardess. You see, a stewardess must not only create a good first impression, but a lasting one. Oh, really? Would you mind driving just a little bit faster? Oh, no. An airline service involves safety, capability, efficiency, and courtesy. Do you do much flying? Only a little. Me too. No other way to travel. You know, I'm not really happy unless I'm in the air taking care of my passengers and crew. Gives you a feeling that you're, well, indispensable. You know, I never realized that a stewardess was so important. Lanes don't fly without us. How about pilots? Shelfers. Well, I can't thank you enough. Well, I wouldn't have missed it for anything, Miss... Oh, Lewis, Marcy Lewis. Maybe we'll meet again sometime. I hope so, Miss Lewis. All right, thank you. It's all right. Bye. Bye. Attention, please. American Airlines flight 183 from New York and Bethel. Now arriving at gate five. Number one, sterilized captain's microphone. Virginia, Italy. We have a message for you and the Casual Airlines ticket counter. Attention, please. American Airlines flight 783 leaving Fort Asheville. Now ready at gate four. All aboard, please. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Your clearance, slip. Oh, thanks. Have a nice trip. Wait a minute. Oh, sonny, you've got to see me now. Here's your boy. That's one of your stuff. Your name, please? Mary did that. Proud. Just a moment, please. Destination. What can we do for you? Oh, well, I'm afraid that I don't, I don't speak whatever it is you speak. Would you hold the baby, please? Isn't she sweet? It's a boy. Miss, how about something to eat? Oh, thank you very much. I just ate. Take the baby, please. When you get a clearance order, bring it to me. Yes, sir. I'm terribly... What are you doing here? I work here.  Well, you didn't give me a chance. Well, I'd like to explain about this morning. Well, we could go someplace and chat over a cup of coffee. I'd love to, but we have to fly. That's what's been on my mind. Now, I remember. The tower has been asking me to take off. Now, then, if it won't inconvenient you, I'd like to leave. Would you a little rough on her? That one needs a lesson. I think she's kind of cute. She's darling, fellas. Now, how about moving that ship? Magazine. May I have a pillow, please? Oh, yes. Wouldn't you like to take your hat off and be more comfortable? Miss, if it isn't too much trouble, I'd like some lunch. Well, of course, I'm going to serve right away. Here's something for you to read. Time's lunch. That's what I wanted to talk about. Well, you see, there was so much excitement and confusion, and then one of the passengers said he was hungry, and then I went to look. I forgot to check... About the food. Yes, sir. What? Yes, sir. Oh, of all the stewardesses in this country, I had to get to you. What I'd like to know is what have I done to... Hi, Sally. A stewardess's job is to make a good impression.  Let me go back for instructions. Those passengers have to be fed. You know what that means? 2783. That means we have to go back to the airport. That's 15 minutes long. Then land. That's 10 minutes long. Let me look. We'll get up. I have an hour later, and then we can start all over again. It's an hour and last year. Sorry. Maybe we won't have to... But you didn't write. I suppose things like this happen often. I've never seen this happen before. But don't judge by me. I've only been with the company for 15 years. Are they terribly upset? Well, you know how it is. Schedules and all that nonsense. Look, if this aeroplane ever reaches Nashville, Mr. Thomas, the operations chief there, is very anxious to see you. He is, huh? Fly again? They get dams like that. He's a menace to commercial aviation. Take it easy, Mike.  Fellas, your lunches are packed. We have other planes to land. Is Mike ready, sir? Sir, he wanted to land it by parachute. Thanks for everything, Marcy. Goodbye. Thank you very much, ma'am. It was nice, and don't you worry about a thing. We enjoyed the trip. Goodbye. I don't know, Mike. This is a pretty serious thing. We can't just overlook it. Well, I'm not asking you to overlook it, Tommy. I just hope that you won't be too hard on her, that's all. Sure, she was excited. It was her first flight. She's great with passengers. Well, I'll see. Thanks, Tommy. Mr. Thomas? Yes. Come over here, Miss Lewis. You know who I am? The whole airline knows who you are. Aviation stocks are tumbling. I said I was sorry. I tried to take care of all the passengers. I did everything I could to make them feel at home. Maybe I tried too hard, but... Anyway, I tried. Well, I don't mind. I can go back to Havenville... for the more I'm gone by bus. Bye. Miss Lewis, you'd better check your schedule. Your next flight goes out in an hour. Oh. Oh, thank you, Mr. Thomas. I promise you you won't be sorry. I hope not. You're flying with Mike Jameson. Oh. Anyway, thank you. Don't forget the lunches. No, sir. Captain Jameson. Oh. You'll be disappointed to know that I'm not being fired. Well, you don't say. Mr. Thomas was very understanding. He felt it could have been worse. Yes. You could have forgotten your airplane. Let's get rid of these. Bye, Miss London. Goodbye, Miss London. Bye-bye. Your transfer came through. No. Yeah, you're assigned to the Chicago Los Angeles Run. Oh, Willie. That came through for you, too. Oh, thanks. Well, this is from my roommate. We're going to be on the same run together. She's going to meet me in Chicago. Better get started. You're scheduled to leave at three o'clock. Come on. I'll buy some coffee. OK, Mike. Me, too. Anything the matter? No. Nothing, I. I just got my apartment furnished. I'll see you before you go. 17 and leaving for Milwaukee, Denver, and Fort Angeles. Already 40 cars are in reach. Go over, please. American Flight 369, Chicago Midway Tower. Chicago Tower.  American Flight 369, in range of shoreline. Go ahead with landing instructions. You're number three to land on runway 22L, wind Southwest 5. Call on base leg. American Flight 369. Please come to the information counter. This way. Well, I knew I had to do something, so I took my perfume out and put that on. Hope you've been flying with.  That's romantic of him.  You love Hollywood, Jan. It's a wonderful place. Everything out there is touched with a kind of magic. Shit, sounds wonderful. Oh, when were you there? This'll be my first trip. Oh, honestly, Marcy. United Airlines mainliner service flight 608 from Los Angeles. Now arriving at gate two. Better turn the oven off, Jan. Okay. Number three? Mm-hmm. Did you take a look at all the passengers on board? Mm-hmm. Why? Did they leave? No, but there's a man named Michael Lawrence I've got a feeling about. What kind of a feeling? I need two milks. Nothing, except I think he's a VIP. The list didn't say anything about a very important person. Well, he isn't listed, it's just a feeling. Sort of an intuition. Yeah, sort of. I think it's too early to get the desserts out. Are you ready to serve? Mm-hmm. Now, Marcy, these intuitions of yours are top of his head, looks fine. I'll take his dinner and let you know. Thank you very much. Here's your dinner, Mr. Lawrence. Thank you. You're welcome. Did you enjoy your dinner, Mr. Lawrence? Yes, thank you. Did you have enough? Yes, thank you. Would you like some more hot coffee? This plane is going to be 48 hours late. That's nice. Oh, God, you're awake. Oh, well, so am I. What's your name? Natalie, what's yours? My name's Mike. I'm terribly sorry that she disturbed you. Oh, that's all right. She got lonesome, I guess, and needed somebody to talk to.  I'm not the least bit sleepy.  Oh, are you sure she won't disturb you? Don't you think Mike is handsome? Well, I... Yes, I do. Wouldn't you like me to tell you a story? I don't think so. Thank you. Have you ever flown before? Oh, yes. I love to watch the stars. You do? Oh, there's the Big Dipper out there. See it? And there's the Milky Way. Did you know that the Big Dipper scoops up all the milk that passes through the sky? Did you know that, Mike? Well, actually, the Big Dipper, or Ursa Major, as it is called, is used very little to scoop up milk. For many years, the sailors have been using it to find Polaris, the North Star. That's the beacon light that guides them safely home from voyages all over the world. You see that group of stars over there that resemble a big chair? That's Cassiopeia. It's known as the Seated Lady. Further south, just out of sight of the Pleiades. Long ago, the Babylonians called them the many little ones. The ancient Greeks called them the Seven Sisters. And the American Indians, they were known as the Seven Brothers. I don't think Mr. Lawrence can answer that question, unless Mr. Lawrence has been to the moon. I can tell you a little about the moon, Natalie. I've been there on a telescope. If you had a house on the moon, you'd ever have to clean it because there's no dust up there. And you wouldn't need any glass in your windows because there's no rain or wind to keep out. And you can't hear any noise up there. That would be nice. Oh, I'm terribly sorry. Don't you think you ought to go to sleep now? I think I could if I had my dog with me.  Oh, well, you see, Natalie, I'm afraid the company can't allow animals back here. What's his name, Natalie? Poochie. Poochie? Well, isn't that a coincidence? Only dogs named Poochie are allowed back here. Oh. I'll go get him. Thank you. He's very pretty, isn't he? Is he very what? Pretty. Yes, I guess she is. Here he is, Natalie. Oh, Poochie.  Can I stay with Mike?  There's plenty of room, really. Is it all right? Was it all right? Let's get her a pillow. Blanket. Put your room there. There we are. All right, Natalie. Now go to sleep now. Just like you're at home. There. The blanket tucked in there. Oh, there we are. I heard you bring a dog in here. I did. What? I brought a dog in. You read the rules lately? Yeah, I read the rules. Poochie says we have to use our heads. There was a little girl who couldn't sleep. Now she has her dog and everybody can sleep. What's the harm in that? I wish I'd gotten a chance to say goodbye to Mike. Who? Your VIP. You know, I can't believe we're in Hollywood. I bet Kathy's rented us a bungalow. Hope it isn't too fancy. Just a nice little place with a little backyard where we can lie out in the sun. Oh, here it is. Dude, this is going to look better in the dark. Better get a key. Silly. Come on. It's supposed to get in the penthouse apart and we've got to go. It's your turn. It's like something left over from Halloween. This room needs something, but I'm sure it is not. What are the closet? Look, you've lived here as long as I can, haven't you? Oh, here's a door. See where that leads to. You're right there. Find a quiz show. It must know how many times an hour a Rick's sign goes on. The answer is 900. Oh, that's awful. I didn't mind that. What made me mad was that at 4.17 the sign went off and I didn't have a thing to do. I had the craziest dream. I'd have all night long people knocking at our door. You weren't dreaming. Seems that the former tenant of this dungeon was an exceedingly popular girl named Bubbles. Her friends kept trying to drop in all night. Why didn't you wake me? They wanted Bubbles. Bulls doesn't live here anymore. Yes, I know. Are you Marcy Lewis? Yes. A telephone for you downstairs in the hall. I'm not back in an hour. There is no phone in the hall. Yes, this is Marcy Lewis. Who? Who is it? Miss Hale. Yes, Miss Hale. Oh, dear. Something wrong? If you'll wait a minute. I'll give you the full report. But what's the time? But it was my fault. Jan had nothing to do with this. You see, I was... Yes, Miss Hale. Yes, I understand. All right, I'll come in this afternoon. Goodbye. You're in trouble, huh? How do you spell catastrophe? Well, let me see. What? Yes, who's been grounded for a week. Oh, no. Yes. Poochie had to pick a woman who collects cats. She reported me. Well, I don't know what we're going to do. You're not going to do anything, Leigh Ann. You are not. This is on me. It hardly seems to care. Well, I'm not worried, Jan. What I did was right. It just turned out wrong. It certainly did. I'm just afraid they're going to find out they can fly without me. Well, I'm doing a land office business. Yes? Yes. This is a housing shortage. I can well believe it.  Well, there goes the housing shortage. But I don't know why I didn't think of it before. There are four of us. And if we pool what we're paying right now, we could have a lovely little house. That sounds wonderful. What do you think of the restaurant that we all hang out? Oh, good. Well, let's go. Let's take the cooking for mothers, but the prices are reasonable. You mistake it for my mother. She's an awful cook. Look, let's order right away. I can't wait to start looking for a house. Where is the best place to live? We're going to have to take anything we can get. You know, Alice and I have to fly this afternoon, so if you'll drop us off at the airport, you can take the car and pick up a map. And good luck. Good.  Well, that's what I get for taking an interest in a small child. You should get a look at that small child. Oh, well, that's not what you think at all. He's some kind of a scientist. He communes with time and space and things. Sir, it's just like a cousin of mine from South Carolina. They finally put him away. What does he look like?  He was back this week. Quiet, Alice. Oh, I don't know. He's, uh, he's tall. He has light.  Also, communes with spirits. Excuse me. Don't stare. Hello. Hello. If you don't recognize me, it's because I'm out of uniform. You're out of uniform? Oh, of course. You're, uh, Pucci's friend. Oh, that's not going to that. I want to talk to you. Must be the safe one. As soon as I put it on, everybody wants to talk to me. What are you, a fine bartender? Oh, that. No. I flew to Chicago to attend a research conference. Do bartenders have research conferences? Oh, no. The university sent me back. I do this because, contrary to public opinion, graduate research students have to eat. That's who I am, graduate research student. I see. I'm awfully glad. Why? Just confirms the feeling I had about you. What kind of a feeling? Oh, just a feeling. How've you seen me? You seem to have misplaced Sunset Boulevard. What does it say on the map? That it says we're locked. Let me see. You'll have to drop everything and leave for London by tomorrow. Right, Mike. Tell them I'm airmailing a whole new advertising campaign. I want you to report to me as soon as you've met with Henley. This new campaign of yours is great. They're going to love it. I hope so. You better get going. What is this, old oak? Well, there it is. Good. Now, let me see. I have to left after trying. So are we. I don't know where I'm staying yet. I'll cable you as soon as I get there. Okay, have a good trip, Otto. Thanks, Mike. We can have to tell you. What's the matter? Start of stuck. Step out. I'll take a look at it. Turn the ignition on. Put it in second. Push your clutch in and let it out and we start to roll. Okay? One's as bad as the other. It's a good thing this isn't a night flight. They both be banging at the push Roger or a wolf. What? My mother taught me how to handle a man that didn't treat. Notting license. Hey, wait. Just a minute, please. Good salesman never gives up. Poor now look. For the tenth time, why won't you have dinner with me tonight in Chicago? But I'm sorry I never eat. Excuse me. Well, look, honey. Well, what do you say, baby? I got some pretty good connections and old shy.  Excuse me. Don't await him.  Look, come here. Here's the key to my suite. I'll expect you round seven. You'll have a little drinky, hang on the old feedback, and you and I'll go on the tour. How does that sound, huh? Oh, boy. What about that little celebration? All right, you win. Seven o'clock. Hi, Mark. Hi, bud. Pardon me. Haven't we met before? No, we haven't. That line's had it. How's your battery? What a gardener. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't recognize you dressed. You didn't?  If you're not a gardener, what do you do? I'm an advertising. My name is Mike Tracy. Mike? Mm-hmm. Well, I'm Marcy Lewis. Hello, Marcy. Say, look. You didn't like Kevin we met before. You're really going to hate this, but it happens to be true. I have to take an important client and his wife to dinner tonight. My date is at home with a virus. Oh, really, honest. Would you like to join us? You could help me to spend that dollar again. Oh, well, I believe you. But, uh, I'm sorry. I just can't. Well, that's too bad. Maybe some other time. All right. Thanks again for the push. Bye. Hi, Jack. Hi, Marcy. I missed your last two letters. I don't know why. You must be Roger. You must be Marcy. I knew it was you because it's Chicago. In California, it's Bill. Well, who? Marcy, what are you talking about? Oh, is it Tony? I don't know. Bill, Tony. Check this out so I'll be seeing you. Oh, you're not going to leave now. Oh, yes, I have a date standing right over there. So you kids, uh, have fun. Just wait till I get you alone. Jan, I want to talk to you. Oh, that's fine. Here we go. Thank you very much. Mr. Tracy.  Would you mind dropping me by the public library? I'd love to. Seven minutes late. Clock, watch out. I'd like to present Miss Lewis. Mrs. Bellamy. How do you do, Mr. Bellamy? I'm afraid it's my fault. I had to get out of my uniform. Wait. Well, Brian, shall you in? Miss Lewis is an airline stewardess. Oh? Out and out of the Navy. I've ordered champagne cocktails. I hope you like them. Yes, I do. Well, here's to Mr. Bellamy's gardenia soap, which brings us all together on this pleasant occasion. Oh, no, I think we ought to make a toast to Michael's lovely young lady. Thank you. Do you like being an airline's hostess, dear? Oh, yes, I love it. I can't remember seeing you or Mr. Bellamy on any of my flights. Well, you young ones can have the airplanes. I'll stick to the ground. But I thought you were so interested in selling soap. What's that got to do with it? Well, does our airline use your soap? I don't know. But you should know you're letting a big customer get away. That's very true, my dear. But right now selling one customer isn't our problem. We need to map out a whole new campaign. One that's just as effective as the last one. Mr. Bellamy, I think I have it. Yeah? It has everything. Color, appeal, educational value. Here, go on. Well, we run a series of ads going back to the origins of soap. Show how they made soap in the old days. We can use posters of the pioneers. Contrast these posters with a modern Godinia soap plant. I like that. That stinks. If I want to educate people, I'll go to college. All right, I'll find another approach. Well, I have an idea. I have a better one. Let's dance. All right. Excuse me. Sorry we got involved in business. Oh, I didn't mind. Mr. Bellamy likes you, I can tell. There's one thing about old Bellamy. He's got a tough exterior, but inside he has a heart of rock. He was a little rough on your idea. You know, I have an idea. Yes, so have I. And it has nothing to do with Godinia soap.   That's the way it goes to talk. The art of flattering men seems to be lost. Women can't seem to lie the way they used to. Oh, we'll do all right. You know, I really think I know what would appeal to Mr. Bellamy. No, honey, honey, the office is closed. Look, if you're so eager to sell Godinia soap, why don't you write him a letter? I'm sorry. That's the girl I've adored all these years. You see, if two people really love each other, these little spats can be patched up. Yes, Mike. I'm awfully glad the battery in your car ran down. We should celebrate every anniversary in the garage. Where would you like to go from here? Oh, I don't care any place you like. Maybe we should get home to the children. Oh, I think the governess could take care of them all. Oh. How many do we have? Six. Leave you alone with all this stuff. The other kids flying, do I? There are things in the car before they leave. Yeah, what's the trucks get here? Well, all mother necessity will find a way. Look, you better get out of here before your passengers have to serve themselves. Okay, okay. I'll see you, Mark, in your house. Oh, and, Mark, see, that's my best suit. Don't put it on the floor of the car. All right, all right. You know me. I don't make a suit. You do? Thank you.  Yes. I guess you'd be wanting milk. Hold on right now. Would you do something for me? Sure, what? See the box up front? Yeah. Would you mind taking that out? No trouble at all. It's heavy. I'll watch it. Good morning. Moving in? Good morning, yes. I gave you baked cream. Oh, could you give us a hand? Pleasure, lady. Thank you. On the wrong street. Oh, dear. I think we can manage. No neon signs? Imagine you've got this. Well, Mike, what are you doing here? I just moved in from Boston, rented the gym at the airport.  Oh, I'm sorry. This is Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Tracy. Howdy-do. Howdy-do. Well, what's the problem? Well? Simple logistics. We move these from here to there. For you. I guess that's where the work will be run. That's wonderful. Hey, what are you? A one-woman moving company? Well, not exactly. Gee, you look good. Oh, thank you. Well, look, Captain Jameson on the job. Your trouble's over, ma'am. Thank you. I'll be the cake for you when I combine them more. Captain Jameson. Howdy-do. Oh, dear. Maybe we better go inside. Eat us some family dinner. Everything from soup to dessert. Friend of mine, canned stars. Really? What? Speaking of eating, Lawrence, see, I have the evening off. I thought maybe if you weren't busy tonight. Oh, I'd love to, Mike. I would. I'll be right back. It's a Tomcat again. I told you we'd have to get rid of him. Be careful. Whoops. What'll the children say? Say, you really want six kids? Yes. Miss Lewis, in many ways, you're a very remarkable girl. Why don't we talk about it at dinner tonight?  Curtains up, but I've got a couple of pieces left over there. Kind of little. Oh, well, those are the tie-backs here. I'll do that myself. Come on down, Skipper. Oh, thanks. All the two is beginning to get me anyway. Tie-backs, huh? Mm-hmm. Well, I don't know much about that. There's a lot that I do know that I want to talk to you about at dinner tonight. Can I rest for a minute, Mommy? Why, sure. Mommy? Oh, yes. We have to- Marcy? Yeah, Mike. What else goes in the kitchen? Well, there's one more carton, and I know just where it is. Hi. Yep. Oh, dear. This'll never do, will it? Uh-uh. Well, um, you'll be Mike. Uh, Mickey and Michael. Mike, Mickey and Michael. How's that? Why can't he be Mickey? Because I'm Michael. It couldn't be. I'm on 24-hour reserve. That must be the airport. There'll be only ones that know the number. This is she. Dallas in 40 minutes. I'll run you to the F. Far outside. Thank you. Now, let me see. Mike, what do I do with my uniform? Oh, talk to one another. Will you please? Oh, yes. Oh, Mike! Yeah, yeah. Would you please unhitch the trailer for me? Yeah. Thank you. I guess I'll be running along. That's been so wonderful. Yeah, I'm really going to have to go in the back door with this uniform on. I'll be grounded for good. Thanks a lot, fellas. Goodbye. So long. Keep your flats up. Nice seeing you. Yeah, likewise. This is wonderful. Did you do all of this? Oh, it's Dallas. Well, the flight was canceled because of fog. Oh, no. I, uh, haven't eaten yet if you'd still like to have dinner. Well, thanks so much. Where are you going? Well, like, this interior decorating is just a hobby with me. I'm a scientist. Well, I know you're a scientist, but what's the matter? Well, let's examine it scientifically, huh? All right. Premise. You needed some help. Yes. Argument. You got it. Well, I appreciate it. That phone call from the airport was very convenient. Kept things from getting too complicated. The coast clears and you're back with some convenient fog. Oh, my. Conclusion. I think I'll stick to my test hopes. What? Well, laboratory before. This is it. So this is where you work? Yep. Seems all I do is mix drinks. Well, this is very interesting. You know, I didn't know... Would you mind turning out the light, Marcy? Turning out the light. It has to be dark. Dark for what? Now look, Professor. There we are. Professor, what is it? Living bacteria. It's called bioluminescence. Isn't that pretty? Well, it's beautiful. Would you mind explaining it to me? Well, I wouldn't mind, Marcy, but I don't think you'd understand it.  Tell me. Very well. What I'm doing is an experiment with intensity, which varies in proportion to the velocity of reaction of the oxidative enzyme Luciferos, accompanied by Luciferin, which is a substrate. I warned you. I must have missed something. All right, let me explain it another way. Bioluminescence is a cold light. Am I interrupting anything? Oh, Dr. Hardy, come in. May I present Marcy Lewis? Dr. Hardy. How do you do, Doctor? How do you do? I feel as though I know you. We used your books in my science classes.  Science became my favorite subject. Oh, you've got a pretty fine instructor right here. He was the guest lecturer at the research conference in Chicago. Well, he didn't tell me. I suppose you didn't tell her about the Bricker Fellowship, either. I don't think Miss Lewis would be interested in that. But I am. Of course she is. The Bricker Fellowship is awarded only once a year to an outstanding scientist. It's based on achievement and character. And this year, Mike is one of the nominees. But that's a great honor. Oh, it's very flattering, I think, too. If I win, it means a teaching job here. And I go out with my experiments. I hope you do. I do, too. Do you think you will, Doctor? I'm not allowed to say I'm on the selection committee. Oh, would you like to hear my relativity joke? Oh, Doctor. Ask me to explain the theory of relativity. All right. Will you explain the theory of relativity? Well, when you're sitting in a dentist chair for five minutes, it seems like five years. But when you're holding a pretty girl and you're laughing for five minutes, it seems like five seconds. I see. Oh, when Einstein tells it, he gets belly laughs. He never gives up on that story. Well, someday you'll see. You bet. Someday it'll be one of the school traditions to talk about Doctor Hardy's relativity joke. You love all of this, don't you, Mike? You mean the lab? The lab, the campus, your work. It shows in your face. It does? I'm afraid I'm just a teacher at heart. Well, that's wonderful. Now you're being polite. No, I'm not. You mentioned the word teacher to anybody, and right away they think of a little underpaid absent-minded Mr. Chip's character wearing an alpaca jacket surrounded by dusty books. They don't understand. But teaching is just about as close to immortality as you can come. You know, in every class that you teach, someone will remember something you say. And because of it, his life will be changed a little. And he'll change someone else's life. And in that way, you become projected into the future. I'm lecturing, and you're not even registered. I'm registered, Mike. My mother was a teacher. Well, I didn't know that. You'd like mother... Oh, I'm sure I would. You're not at all like I thought you'd be. I'm not? I was brought up in a little college town. Really? I love this life. Some people think it's sheltered and unimportant. Oh, no. It's terribly important. I think so, too. I'm very excited. Mike, I'm so glad we met. So am I. No, I wasn't. How was your date last night?  He's a very remarkable young man. What'd you do? You want some coffee? What'd you do last night? Learned about bioluminescence. Please, you seem to be in trouble again. What'd you do? You didn't say, but I did it. Take this upstairs. Don't worry myself to death sometimes. Maybe she shouldn't have learned about that. I can't eat. Miss Lewis, Mr. Tracer. Oh, Marcy. This is Mr. Tanner. How do you do? Mr. Parker, our photographer, Mr. Hamilton, head of our art department. How do you do? This is our little Marcy. We've certainly got the hand to you, Miss Lewis. You do? It's all right, Marcy. We know all about it. We've heard from Bellamy. Oh, how is he? He's fine. Like a kid, full of enthusiasm. He's got the greatest advertising campaign for his company lined up. Well, that's wonderful, Mike. Is it yours? No, yours. Mine? Didn't you write him a letter giving him an idea for Goddini's soap? Remember that night we were dancing in Chicago? You told me to write him a note? Well, I did. You did? Did he like it? He's insane about it. And I use the word insane advisedly. He's talking bonuses. I'm not brave about this idea, and I don't even know what it's about. What's a wonderful idea? It is. Miss Lewis, could you be a little bit more specific? Well, of course. That would be nice. Well, the idea is this. You've seen pictures of actresses, socialites, and athletes endorsing different things, and I was thinking, why not airline stortices? I know people are interested in us because they're always asking me about our work, and if you use pictures of airline stortices with the idea that Goddini's soap is the same under all conditions. You like it? Like it? I think it's great. It's just great. Oscar, I want you to get an exclusive tie-up with the airline. We're going to use 24 sheets all over the country. Right. Hamilton, give me a layout for a series of radio commercials. Use the marriage angle. The airline stortices have gotten married. They don't fly after they're married. Strike the marriage angle. We'll keep them single. CJ, don't let's forget to call Bellamy. We'll make it a gardenia girl of the month. Get your girls to start shooting art. We can use backgrounds all over the world, but wherever they are, they're using Goddini's soap. Got it? Got it. One thing. Who's going to be our first gardenia girl? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Now, Marcy, hold it. Good. One second now, Marcy. Ah, that's good. Now let's have one for the road, huh? You can relax a second. Hi, kids. How's it going? Hello, Mike. Just finish. Got it? This should make it even more fun. Mike, all of that for me. All for you. Say, how about having dinner with me tonight? Oh, I'm sorry. I have to take a flight out. Ooh, and I better get my clothes changed. All right. I'll see you as soon as you get back. You and I are due for a long talk. We're on a flight 4-5-5, calling Douglas plus weather. I'm... 4-5-5. We're setting down at Douglas. Two sugars, that's your... You can't do that. I've got a dinner date in Los Angeles. Well, I'll eat that too bad. Better get your passengers ready. And don't give him any. Hee-hee-hee-hee. Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee. These are all taken care of. The busters took them in town. I just checked with the hotel. Well, they got room enough for them, but that's all. I'm afraid the crew will have to sleep here. I got a cop back there that you're welcome to use, Miss. Well, thanks anyway. I'll stick with the troops. Uh, you mean tell me that's the only hotel around here? Well, there's the Adobe Inn, but that's no good. They're closed for the season. Wait a minute. Old Hawkins is still there. Well, I forgot.  Would you want to take a chance with cars outside? What do you say? Fine with me. Well, let's pick up Benson McGraw and take a look at it. Thank you. See you later. We're sorry I didn't chew it on you like this, but our plane went into a little weather. Well, the hotel is officially closed up, but... I guess I can accommodate you. You folks want to know? Two rooms. Well, shouldn't be any trouble. You have 50 women to choose from. Come on in. Flyers, eh? Dig up some fresh linen. Could we get something to eat? Oh, I don't know.  Have you got any food? Oh, sure, lady. We've got food. Well, if you show me the kitchen, I'll fix you something. Oh, I love to eat. Come on this way. She cooks. Wow. Some more coffee, Benson? Mmm. I've had it. My compliments to the chef. Thank you. I better check on the weather. That's a good idea.  Oh, no, thank you. I couldn't eat another bite. See ya. You know, that's the best meal I've had since the hotel closed up. Now, you leave everything right here, and I'll clean it up in the morning. I, uh, I better go get started on your rooms. The nice old guy. Yeah. There are only two pancakes left. Surely you can eat them. Oh, no, no. Gosh, I thought cooking like this was a lost art. I love to cook. Now, this is nice. You realize we've never really had a chance to talk alone before? I know. I can remember the time when you weren't very anxious to talk to me. Remember the first day when I give you a lift? When I forgot the luncheon? Oh. I still can't figure out why you didn't let him fire me. That was something you said in the car. Something I said? Mm-hmm, that first day. About pilots being chauffeurs? Oh, no, no. Oh, about not really being alive unless you're in the air. Oh. I felt that way ever since I was a kid. How long have you been flying, Mike? Mm-hmm. That was my first flying lesson. I was about 15. Really? Now, no crate with wings. My old man found out about it a whale that tore out of me, but it was too late. Why? Well, I got hung up on a cloud. I ran away from home and joined an air circus. Barn starmed all over the country. Had no airline for a while. You didn't. Yeah. Consisted of one airplane and two engines. Then the war came along. I joined up. You know, most people get tired of traveling around. But traveling affects me like some people are affected by money. The more I get, the more I want. I know. But a lot of people don't. You know, you and I are alike, Marcy.  That can never satisfy me. People at home don't seem to understand that you seem to think I'm running away from something. Oh, I don't think you're running away from anything, Mike. I think you're running to something. Hey, that's it. Exactly. You know, Marcy, this is a great big world we live in filled with many languages. And I want to hear all of them before I die. I want to meet as many people as I can and find out what makes them take what they talk about and what they think about. I don't want to miss anything. That's the way I feel, Mike. Only CR's best president of the airline. CR? Now what did I do? Well, thanks, Joe. Your attention, please. On American World Airways, Annunciona Llegada, El Puelo 500-2004. Los Ines de Médico Centro de Estuna América. Los Paz de los Andres, Buenos Aires. These are good. Have you seen them? Yeah, that's fine. Come in. Hello, Marcy. Hello, Mike, Mike. Mr. Ozzett. Yeah, this is CR's Smith, your boss, Marcy Lewis. Hello. How do you do, sir?  This campaign of yours is great. Sensational, I think, is the word. That's the word, all right. You like it? It's crazy about it. It's the biggest thing that's happened to us since a reversible propeller. Here, Marcy, wait till you get a look at these pictures. You're just wonderful. As quickly as possible. As soon as you okay the proofs, we'll get a temporary layup. It's not a great shot. Oh, Marcy, these are wonderful. Look what I had to work with. I've arranged for you to get a nice bonus. You see? Bonus? Oh, thank you. How would you like to spend some of that bonus on a fellow who hasn't got a thing to do with Mac? I'd like it. You're all welcome to join us, of course. I'd love to. Oh, I forgot. I've got another appointment. Oh, isn't that too bad? Thank you, Mac. We'll see you all later. Come on. Marcy, will you tell me something? What? What are you doing as a stewardess? I like it, Mike. You sure? It's great. But not for the rest of your life. I hadn't planned on being the oldest stewardess in the world.  Has anybody ever remembered to tell you that? You don't fall into any of the ordinary layout patterns you're wonderful to look at in advertising that's impact. Most bread, that's having you in sight. Most remembered, that's not having you in sight and wanting to. Marcy, you know, I think you'd like the kind of a life I live. It's almost like another world. The constant excitement of senior ideas come alive and start all kinds of wheels moving all over the earth. You get an idea today, and tomorrow it influences millions of people you'll never even see. People in South America, Bombay, England. It's nothing to match it, Marcy. You make it sound so wonderful, Mike. Well, why? Captain James. How do you do, sir? I'm having a particularly good time. I'm supposed to be at a faculty dinner. Oh, Mike and I just about finished our experiments in bioluminescence. Really? Yeah. What? Bioluminescence? That's the emission of light from living organisms. Oh, I see. Well, pardon, pardon, pardon. Must be very interesting being a pilot. Oh, we get it wrong. I don't like to be tied down myself. That's for the Kiwis. What? Well, that's the club the stewardesses join when they get married and can't fly anymore. It's named after an almost extinct bird in New Zealand that can't fly. Oh, Mr. Osgood, have you met everyone? Yes, I believe I have. See, this is quite a party. Real impact. That's an advertising phrase. It means balanced eye appeal. Oh, the cheese. I'll be right back. Marcy? I have to leave for a few minutes. That was Mike Tracy's photographer. He needs one more picture to airmail to the east tonight. I'll only be a few minutes. I'll drive you back.  I'll slip out the back way. Goodbye. Goodbye, doctor. What a funny time to be taking pictures, isn't it? I don't like it either. Where'd you put my briefcase? Oh, it's upstairs when I'm down the hall. Where's Tracy? You don't think that... I wouldn't put it past him. Hey, uh... Good evening, Mickey. I'm Michael. You're Mickey. Don't forget me, Michael. Good evening, Mike. Oh, yeah. Where's Marcy? Don't you know? Hmm. Should I know?  Parker? Did he call her? Yeah. He said he needed an extra picture tonight to send east. I'll bet he did. Don't you trust him? I wouldn't trust him with Whistler's mother.  No. A little drink, Marcy? No, thanks. Not even just a little teeny one? No. I don't know why I have to wear this. All the other pictures were taken in uniform. Yeah, I know. That's why I thought we'd add something different.  Oh, yeah, different what there is of it. Great. But will I sell soap? Honey, you could sell mud.  Look, Mac, if you're in a romantic mood, go to the movies. I've got a house full of people waiting for me. Now, where do you want me? I, uh, have known a lot of girls in my day, Marcy, but when I tell you... Are you sure you asked me down here to take pictures?  I've got a couple of lights out there. Doorbell. Yeah. Just about one second. I'll set this... There's somebody at the door, Mac. Mac, you get him. This is caught. Well, what'd you expect? Are you just about that? You're one of the primitives. Marcy, what are you doing there? I'm taking pictures. You think I'm gonna think of it? I'll bet you. Take it easy. Why should I? Well, boxing at college.  Come on, Marcy. I'm taking you home.  Joke about this. The phone's been disqualified for his fellowship. Mike Jamison has been grounded. And Mike Tracy lost the Bellamy account, and I've been suspended. I'd say you'd had a busy day. But, honey, worrying about it isn't going to help. Well, I'd just like to unscramble it. Darling, if you don't mind a suggestion. Why don't you let him all alone before you get him all hanged? Hmm. Well, anyway, one good thing's come out of all this. What? Roger saw the paper this morning. He's informed me that we're to be married right away.  I'm glad that's settled. That's wonderful. Oh, I'm so happy for you, Jan. Just great. Anybody want some more coffee? Hmm. Alex? Won't you come up, sweetie? Kathy? A little. How's the toast? I realize the fellowship depends partly on character, but Mike has one of the finest characters I've ever known, Dr. Hardy. And that's what makes me feel so bad. If he didn't care about people, he wouldn't have gone down there in the first place and he wouldn't be in all this trouble. If he didn't care about people, what kind of a scientist would he make? Why would he want to devote his entire life to working and teaching to make life easier for all of us? Please, don't take this opportunity away from him. It wasn't his fault. He had no idea this would happen. It isn't fair for you to take your account away from Mike because of this. He's impulsive. That's what makes him a creator. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't get ideas like the Gardenia Girl campaign, which is still great advertising. I don't have to tell you how lucky you are to have a man like Mike working for you. Look at his record. You can't dismiss that. Mr. Smith, Mike Jamison is the best pilot you have for the simple reason that flying is the most important thing in his life. If he weren't adventurous and courageous, he just wouldn't be Captain Mike Jamison.  I'm on suspension. I know. I issued the order myself. It's none of my business, but what were you doing in that sarong? Posing for the Gardenia ad? Oh, I wondered. Then the fight started and I had to... Yes, I read the rest of it. Look, if you can find something a little less colorful to wear, like our regulation uniform, you and Mike can go back to cloud hopping. What do you mean by cloud hopping? Well, that's up to Marcy. Oh, she and Mike were getting along very well on the ground. No, that's not what she needs. She needs a guy like Mike who's creative, impulsive. She told me so herself. Mr. Bellamy, you just heard, Miss Lewis. She admires a man of courage. Only she admires a man of character. Now, what? A man of character? I have to disagree with you. I am all this girl. A man who was your friend... For Chicago and New York. Now boarding at America... Look, not until I talk to you. Look, Marcy, I don't know how to say this. Marcy, Marcy, I've got to talk to you alone. Just a minute. I've got to say this before you leave. You don't mind. Dad, tell me you're leaving. This is important. I'm glad I got here. Marcy, I never thought I'd have to propose in front of a crowd, but... Marcy, will you marry me? Oh, Mike. Remember what we said about the world being filled with wonderful people talking strange languages? We could listen to them together. We've got the whole world to fly around in. We could be awfully happy, Marcy. I... Marcy. I... Marcy, that's wrong for you. You and I are not going to watch history. We're going to make it. It's ideas that move the world, Marcy. That's where your excitement is the same as mine. Besides, those six kids need a father. Marcy! Yes, Mike? There's not much more I can say. All this sounds pretty wonderful. Then why are you here, Mike? Because I love you. Oh, Marcy. You don't have to say anything. Being married to a teacher wouldn't be very exciting. Oh, you're going to be surprised. Hello, Mr. Chips. Oh! We have to go. Where are we going? Oh, Mike. Mike. Are you sure, Marcy? Oh, yes. It's simple bioluminescence. It's what? He lights up. Lights up? Goodbye. Goodbye, Marcy. Marcy, here's your clearance slip. Hey, that's an extra passenger. He's with me! Come with her! Hey, Marcy, you can't do that. It's against the rules. Marcy! Marcy! She can't do that. It's against the rules. Rules weren't made for Marcy. They sure weren't. Well, we got each other. Yeah.


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The title of our sermon this morning is the glory of the triune God, the glory of the triune God. If you're new to our church or you're visiting with us today, we've taken a relatively brief break from our usual practice of verse by verse sequential exposition through books of the Bible. That's what we ordinarily do. We've taken a brief break from that and we've set out on a series we're calling the essentials where each week through various important texts in the Bible, we're looking at biblical foundational biblical truths that are foundational to the faith that we profess as the people of God. Our approach to this series will still be biblical exposition, but topical exposition if you will. Our aim is to address each subject from the text of Scripture in one sermon, which is kind of like trying to describe someone you love in a single word. It's difficult to do. Like trying to describe a sunset or a sunrise in one word. Look out over the ocean, describe the beauty of that in one word. Like trying to describe lasagna in one word. It's very difficult to do that. So each subject that we are taking a look at, each subject about which volumes have been written, we're giving a brief introduction, so to speak, a 30,000 foot flyover, a foot in the front door. We could call it a string of pearls, a series of small studies on great subjects. Our hope is to put together a resource that we can use for new members to our church, newcomers to our church, or as an aid to give new believers, to give them a solid foundation in the faith. But for the more seasoned saints among us who have been with us for a while, I pray this is also going to be a benefit and a blessing to you. It helps us to learn more about the living God that we serve, amen? That we might know him who is true, that we would know his revealed word more fully so that we might worship him more faithfully. These doctrines give us a solid foundation for our faith, whereby we might love him more fervently, whereby we might serve him more devotedly, obey him more joyfully. In other words, a study like this one is a worthwhile endeavor for every single one of us. Not simply to inform the mind, but to renew the mind. It's no mystery in Scripture that theology transforms how we think. And how we think impacts, influences, how we live, how we act, how we love, how we trust, how we worship, how we obey. In other words, theology, theos lagos, right? The knowledge of God is fuel to our affections for God. Theology fuels our affections for God. Paul says in Romans chapter 12 verse two, he says, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. So that being said, we embark today on the doctrine of God. And the subject that will occupy our attention this morning in our study of the essentials is the trinity. Immediately, immediately we're hitting the face with how, how crazy our one subject, one sermon plan really is. Okay. We're attempting to climb Everest before lunch. We're standing on an iceberg and we're looking at an ice crystal. We're going to do our best, however. This is simply an introduction. I hope it provokes you to more study. I hope it provokes you to more reading. The truth is we're never going to reach the top or the summit of this Everest. Never. And we will have an eternity of joyful progress in the ascent. This is something we'll consider together for all of eternity. Listen to the words of Spurgeon. Spurgeon says this, he says, there is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the divinity. It is a subject so vast that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity, so deep that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can compass and grapple with in them. We feel a kind of self-content and we go our way with the thought, Oh, behold, I am wise. But when we come to this master science, finding that our plumb line cannot sound its depth and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought that vain man would be wise. But he is like a wild ass's cult with solemn exclamation, I am but of yesterday and know nothing. No subject of contemplation will tend more to humble the mind than thoughts of God. Now, why is that? It's because God is incomprehensible. God is incomprehensible. His judgments unsearchable, his ways past finding out. No matter how much we may occupy our heart and mind with contemplations of God, he is ultimately beyond our finite comprehension. The finite cannot contain or exhaustively comprehend the infinite. We cannot grasp the infinite. Isaiah 55, the Lord tells us, my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. The majestic and infinite God who inhabits eternity dwells in unapproachable light. No one can even see him and live, right? Moses was just given a passing glance at his backside and any more would have killed him. God is incomprehensible. In addition to being incomprehensible, God is incomparable, incomparable. Isaiah 40, listen to the words of the prophet. Verse 18, to whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? Verse 25, to whom then will you liken me? God says, or to whom shall I be equal? Says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see who has created these things, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might and the strength of his power. Not one is missing. Verse 28, have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. The error that we most often make is attempting to fashion our understanding of this incomprehensible, incomparable God after our understanding of fallen man. That's exactly what not to do in the pursuit of an understanding or knowledge of God. God is not like you and I. His ways are not our ways. If we do that, we end up in idolatry. We end up in idolatry. Isaiah 46, verse 5, to whom will you liken me then? And make me equal and compare me that we should be alike? For I am God, verse 9, there is no other. I am God and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times, things that are not yet done, saying my counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure. However, to say that God is incomprehensible and to say that God is incomparable is not to say that God is entirely unknowable. We were created to know and to worship God. You were created, you were made fearfully and wonderfully made to know God and to worship Him. There's much that we can know about God because what may be known about God has been revealed. It's been revealed to us by God Himself. Among the infinite secret things that belong to God alone, there are those things which have been revealed to us that belong to us and our children forever. Those things necessary to our redemption. Those things necessary to our salvation. Those things necessary to being reconciled to Him as our Creator and our Redeemer. Those things revealed in the person and work of His Son applied by the Spirit. Those things by which we may know Him who is true in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. John says that this is eternal life, that they may know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. That's what Christianity is all about. That's what your Christian life is all about. That you may know Him who is true. That you may worship Him who is true. That you may love Him, trust Him, obey Him. That we must know Him, that we would know Him as He has been revealed to us. The living God, the one who has created all things, the one who has wonderfully made you, has revealed Himself to us in His Word. The Puritan, Stephen Charnock said this. He says it is impossible to honor God as we ought unless we know Him as He is. It is impossible to honor God as we ought to. Unless we know Him as He is. The only way that we're gonna know Him as He is, is by taking heed according to His Word. Learning of Him in His Word. We must learn of Him. That's why theology is so important. Brothers, sisters, right?  Right, you have a Bible. Read your Bible. Learn of Him, worship Him, learn good theology. We need good theology. So how has God then been revealed to us in His Word? Now bear in mind, so we consider the answer to that question, that even what has been revealed to us in His Word is more than we can lay hold of in this life. We'll be learning of those things, those truths for all of eternity. And as we've considered previously now, that God is first revealed to us through general revelation. His invisible attributes, clearly seeing, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead. And God is revealed through special revelation, through His revealed Word. Most preeminently, most supremely, in the person and work of the Logos, the Word, His only begotten Son. That's through that means of God's Word, through the means of the Logos, the Word of God, the second person of the Trinity, the Lord Jesus Christ, that God reveals Himself as triune. It's the Word of God that reveals the Trinity, the Trinity. Now that word Trinity is not in Scripture. You're not gonna find it in the Bible. It's a theological term. And that theological word used to describe what it is that Scripture reveals about God. If someone comes to you and objects, the word Trinity is nowhere in the Bible. Yes, but everything the Trinity represents is. The Trinity is a theological term used to represent what it is that the Scripture clearly, undeniably, inarguably reveals about God. That word was coined by the second century theologian, Tertullian. And it's used to refer to the one indivisible or simple divine essence that subsists in three persons, right? The one indivisible or simple divine essence that subsists in three persons. One God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now immediately we can recognize this as something that is incomprehensible and incomparable. Can't we? We're talking about something that's inexplicable, something infinite. It can't be understood by finite reason. And yet it's true. Why? Because it's revealed in God's word. We understand it in as much as it's been revealed because the word of God teaches it. Something infinite cannot be understood by our finite reason. We can only understand the Trinity so far as it is revealed in the Bible. And this crucial doctrine has been revealed. This crucial doctrine has been revealed. People get themselves in significant trouble when they set out to subject what may be known of God to human reason. When they subject what the Bible says or what the Bible teaches, when they subject what the Bible reveals about a subject like this, which is so incomprehensible and so inexplicable when they subject that truth to human reason. It's a damning error. People reject the Trinity because they don't understand it. Man says in his pride that all truth is subject to my reason, subject to my understanding. If I can't understand it, if it makes no rational sense to me, a finite rational creature, then it must not be true. Right? And they reject the Trinity. That is damning error. Our God is incomprehensible. The Bible doesn't set out to prove the existence of the Trinity. The Bible simply reveals the doctrine of the Trinity. And then the Bible in revealing the doctrine of the Trinity lays upon us an obligation to believe it. Okay? It's in the same way, just like the Bible doesn't set out to prove the existence of God. The Bible is presuppositional. The Bible doesn't set out to prove the existence of God. The Bible simply declares that he exists. The Bible presupposes God and simply reveals him. And then it lays upon us the obligation to believe. The one who comes to him must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. Genesis chapter 1, verse 1. Turn there with me. Genesis chapter 1, verse 1. In the beginning, God. From the very first chapter, in the very first verse, the Bible simply reveals the existence of God. Presupposes and declares him. The Bible doesn't prove purpose or intend to prove that God exists. The Bible simply declares that he does. In the beginning, God. In the very same way, the Bible doesn't set out to prove the doctrine of the Trinity. The Bible simply declares the Trinity. The Bible simply reveals the Trinity. The Bible in multiple ways across the length and breadth of God's redemptive revelation simply declares that the Trinity is so. And he does that from the very beginning. Look at verse 1. In the beginning, God. That is the word Elohim. And that word is plural. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void and darkness was on the face of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Drop down to verse 26. Then God said, Let us make man in our image according to our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. And so God, Elohim, created man in his own image. In the image of God, he created him, male and female, he created them. There's a plurality of persons being referenced here, right? And someone might come along and say, well, that's what they did with important people, kings in those times. They would often use a lordship plurality or a ruling or a reigning plurality. No. The word for God is plural. And then God uses plural pronouns. There's a plurality of persons being referenced here. Let us make man in our image. Even the name of God, Elohim, is plural. In God's unity, right from the beginning, there is an obvious plurality. Now only God can create. Only God creates. Ex nihilo, out of nothing, God creates. So what is meant by this plurality then in the very opening verses of the Bible? God is referenced in a plurality. God creates. And we see in verse one, the Spirit of God found operative in creation in verse two, hovering over the face of the waters. Listen to this from Psalm 33, verse six. And turn on your Trinitarian ears as you listen to this. Psalm 33 in verse six. By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Mention here again is the word, the Lord who here is Yahweh and the breath. Job chapter 33, verse four. Job says, the Spirit of God has made me and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Now what then is shadowy? You could say even somewhat mysterious in the Old Testament, then burst forth in technicolor splendor in the New Testament. John chapter one, verse one, considering all that we just read in the Old Testament and that's just a sampling of the very first chapter in the Bible. Now listen to John chapter one, verse one.  He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. Well, wait a minute, I thought that only God created. That's right. All things were made through him and without him, nothing that was made that was made in him was life. I thought God was the sorts of life. That's right. And the life was the light of man and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. Listen to Colossians chapter one, verse 16.  Visible, invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. In other words, all things, all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things and in him, all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead that in all things he may have the preeminence. Scripture reveals that God creates. And in the Scriptures, from beginning to end, we see the Father operative in creation. We see the Son or the Word operative in creation and we see the Spirit or the breath operative in creation. Therefore, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are God. It simply cannot be understood otherwise. It explains the plurality, doesn't it, of Genesis chapter one, verse 26. We see how the Bible in that, don't we? We see how the Bible doesn't set out to explain the doctrine of the Trinity. Rather, we see how the Bible merely sets out, simply sets out to reveal that it is so. It reveals the doctrine of the Trinity. And then in the very opening words of God's revelation to man, we see that glorious truth. Now the Bible reveals the doctrine of the Trinity like that in many ways. In many ways, many ways the Bible does the same thing in the same way, revealing the truth of the Trinity. One way we just saw was through the biblical account of creation, just one example. But there are many ways in which the Bible reveals this doctrine. The more you understand your Bible, the more you read your Bible, the more that you read your Bible through that lens, the more that you see the doctrine of the Trinity all over the place. It is everywhere in the Bible, everywhere in the Bible. So if we take all that revelation, that's just one, we have an hour. It's just one taste of that. If we take all that revelation and then we summarize what the Bible teaches about God, we come to two very basic but profound conclusions about who God is and then a host of theological implications that flow from those conclusions. The first conclusion that we arrive at is this. There is but one true and living God. Our first conclusion from the summary of what the Bible teaches about God, the first conclusion is this. There is but one true and living God. In Deuteronomy 6, verse 4, we have what is the first and great confession of faith of the people of God under the Old Covenant. It's called the Shema. Here, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. The Lord our God, the Lord is one. The Lord there is Yahweh. Yahweh, singular. Our God is the word Elohim. Elohim, plural. The Lord Yahweh is one. The Lord Yahweh, our God Elohim, is one. Meaning there is one infinite and eternal and unique and immutable and supreme and preeminent and eternal being. And although there are consistent references in the Bible throughout the Bible to the gods of the pagan nations around Israel or even in the New Testament and God of this age, all little G, right? He Yahweh is the one true and living God. Those other gods are supposed gods. There are no gods at all. No other God is or can be God.  You see? Isaiah chapter 43, verse 10. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen that you may know and believe me and understand that I am He. Before me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after me, I even I am the Lord, and besides me there is no Savior. Many assertions there about who God is. Right? Did you get those? Before Him no God formed, nor shall there be any God formed after Him. I even I am the Lord, besides me there is no Savior. Besides God, Yahweh, there is no Savior. That's going to be very important as we consider the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ in a future sermon. Consider with me Isaiah 44, beginning in verse 6. Go ahead and turn there with me since we're in Isaiah. The Gospel of the Old Testament. Isaiah 44, look there beginning at verse 6. Jesus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and His Redeemer, the Lord of hosts. He says, I am the first, I am the last, besides me there is no God. Who can proclaim as I do? Then let Him declare it and set it in order for me since I appointed the ancient people and the things that are coming and shall come, let them show these to them. Do not fear nor be afraid. I have not told you from that time and declared it. You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is no other rock. I know not one. Verse 24, Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, I am the Lord who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad the earth by myself. Remember this was unique in Israel at the time. Very unique because the pagan nations around Israel were all polytheistic. There was a pantheon of pagan gods at their disposal. The Egyptian pantheon of gods that the Lord mocked and derided with the plagues under Moses. There were the Baals and the Asheras. We see those in the book of Judges. The gods of the Canaanites. God is saying those are no gods at all. Besides Him, there is no other. The consistent teaching of the Bible is an uncompromising monotheism. Monotheism, there is but one God. Jesus refers to Himself, refers to Him, refers to Yahweh as the only true God. Paul refers to Him as the one living and true God, one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all. So the Bible start to finish. Old Testament and New Testament clearly affirms that God is one, that God is one. He is the true and living God, the one who is infinite, immutable, eternal, incomprehensible, incomparable. Besides Him, there is no other God. First conclusion, there is but one true and living God. And that then leads us to our second inarguable and undeniable assertion of the Bible with respect to God. That one God exists in three persons who are themselves God. That one God exists in three persons. One of the ways in which the Bible clearly affirms the doctrine of the Trinity is by revealing the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ and by revealing the deity of the Holy Spirit. The three members of the Godhead all are God. God exists, one God exists in three persons. Now Sermon addressing the deity of Christ is fast approaching in this series or this study of the essentials. But it'll have to suffice for now to look at just a couple of examples of this biblical truth. The deity of Christ, like the doctrine of the Trinity, is all over the Bible. The deity of the Lord Jesus Christ all over the Bible, most clearly revealed in the New Testament but also clearly inarguably seen in the Old Testament, both through explicit statements and through implicit statements that the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the anointed one, is God, the second person of the Trinity. Now first, we're in Isaiah. Turn back to Isaiah 7. In the Old Testament, we see the prophecies of the Lord Jesus Christ in the coming Messiah and we see in this a picture of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ giving credence to the truth of the Trinity. Look at Isaiah 7. Look at verse 14 there. Isaiah 7 beginning in verse 14. Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel. What does the word Emmanuel mean? It means God with us. It means God with us. Pretty good indication that the Messiah, the anointed one, the one who is to come is going to be God with us. Flip the page, Isaiah chapter 9. Isaiah chapter 9, verse 6. This one whose name shall be Emmanuel or God with us is described here in verse 6. For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given. The government will be upon his shoulder and his name will be called wonderful. Counselor, mighty God. Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. El-Gibor, mighty God. Parent of perpetuity. It's what that means, everlasting Father. It means Father of forever. Jesus Christ is the Father of forever. El-Gibor, mighty God. Emmanuel, God with us. Flip over to Jeremiah. Jeremiah, there are so many more in Isaiah. Jeremiah 23. Jeremiah 23. And look there beginning at verse 5. Jeremiah 23 beginning in verse 5. Behold, the days are coming says the Lord that I will raise to David a branch of righteousness. Now he's going to raise to David a descendant, a son of David, right? A branch of righteousness, a king. Behold the days are coming says the Lord that I will raise to David a branch of righteousness. A king shall reign and prosper and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth In his days Judah will be saved. Israel will dwell safely. Now this is his name by which he will be called the Lord that word is Yahweh, our righteousness. He will be called Yahweh, our righteousness. This is one who is a Savior when God is the only Savior and besides him there is no Savior. This is the one who is called El-Gibor, the mighty God when there are no other gods besides him. This is the one who is the parent of perpetuity, the Father of forever. This is the Lord Yahweh, our righteousness. Now flip over to Matthew chapter 1. Matthew chapter 1. Bringing this home in the New Testament, look there beginning in Matthew chapter 1 at verse 18. Matthew chapter 1 verse 18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph before they came together, he was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband being a just man not wanting to make her a public example was minded to put her away secretly. But while he thought about these things, behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.  Now Jesus is a word, Yeshua. It means Yahweh saves. That's what the name Jesus means. Yahweh saves for He. Who's the He? Yahweh saves.  God said that there would be no Savior but Him. Besides me there is no Savior. And here is one who is born and his name means Yahweh saves. Verse 22, all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophets saying, behold the virgin shall be with child and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which is translated God with us. Then Joseph being aroused from sleep did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife. Did not know her till she had brought forth her first born son and he called his name Jesus. This is none other than the Messiah, none other than the branch who is Yahweh our righteousness. This is the Lord Jesus Christ. God Himself incarnate, the Word then became flesh and dwelt among us, do you see? And so much more that could be said and more will be. All right, more will be. Suffice it to say for now that Jesus Christ is God. Right, the New Testament declares it to be so. John 1-1, in the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him. Without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life and the life was the light of men and the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. We'll look at this more when we get to the deity of Christ. Listen to this from Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews chapter 1. For to which of the angels did he ever say, You are my son, today I have begotten you. And again, I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son. It's a common objection of the cults, especially with regard to Genesis chapter 1, that when the Lord says let us make man in our image, God is standing in a company of angels, and the us refers to both God and the angels. No, no. One, man wasn't created in the image of angels. Man was created in the image of God. To which of the angels? Hebrews chapter 1, verse 5. To which of the angels did he ever say, You are my son, today I have begotten you. And again, I will be to him a father, he shall be to me a son. But when he again brings the firstborn into the world, it's another objection of the cults, that the firstborn over all creation or the firstborn refers to the first created one. That's a lie, it's not understanding, protogeniture or the rights of the firstborn. He is the firstborn over all creation because he's the one who created all things. He is the firstborn from the dead, not because he is the first one who is resurrected, right? But because he is the preeminent one who is resurrected. He says, I will be a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he again brings the firstborn into the world, he says, let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels, he says, who makes his angels, spirits and his ministers a flame of fire? But to the son, Hebrews chapter one, verse eight. To the son, God Yahweh says, your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. You are the branch, Yahweh, our righteousness, right? You have loved righteousness, hated lawlessness. Therefore, God, your God has anointed you with the order of gladness more than your companions.  They will perish, but you remain.   But to which of the angels has he ever said, sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool? In other words, he would never say that to an angel. But he does say it of the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, the branch, our righteousness. Are they not all just ministering spirit sent forth the minister for those who will inherit salvation? Jesus Christ is God. So many texts, so many texts. We'll look at those at a future date. We also know from the Bible that the Holy Spirit is God. The Holy Spirit is God. Look at Acts chapter five. The Holy Spirit is God. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In Acts chapter five, the Bible, not setting out or purposing or intending to prove the doctrine of the Trinity or to explain the doctrine of the Trinity, but simply to reveal the doctrine of the Trinity says this in Acts chapter five, verse one. But a certain man named Ananias with Sapphira his wife, they sold the possession. And he cut back part of the proceeds. His wife also being aware of it and brought out a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit? Who is he lying to? The Holy Spirit. And to keep back part of the price of the land for yourself. Again, it wasn't sin for Ananias and Sapphira to have kept back part of the land for themselves. They could have decided to do that very thing. But they didn't. They lied to the Holy Spirit. So keep in mind here what the judgment is for. While it remained, was it not your own verse four? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. Lied to the Holy Spirit. Lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is God. Ananias hearing these words, fell down, breathed his last. Great fear came upon all those who heard these things. Young men arose, wrapped them up, carried them out, buried them. His wife came in, said the same, buried her with him. We'll look at this more when we get to the subject of the person and work of the Holy Spirit coming soon. Jesus Christ is God. The Holy Spirit is God. Two clear, basic, profound conclusions. There is but one true and living God, and that one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now this has profound implications seen clearly all over the Bible. Profound implications. We think about these sermons and wanting, desiring to think about this good, gloriously good truth that we learn from these doctrines taught in Scripture. But it's not information for the sake of information. It's information for the sake of transformation. It should be information that fills the heart and mind and changes you from the inside out. And this doctrine is no exception. Let me give you just a couple, just a couple of many implications of this doctrine seen clearly all over the Bible. One, the first is this. It's impossible to truly understand the gospel apart from an understanding of the Trinity. It's impossible to understand God's saving work apart from an understanding of God as Trinity. It's impossible. Peter says this. Peter says that we are elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in sanctification of the Spirit for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1, verse 2. Listen to this from Galatians 4, verse 4. Galatians 4, verse 4. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman, born under the law to redeem those who were under the law that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts crying out Abba, Father. We see Abba, Father, the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit. Interesting here in Galatians 4, it's the Spirit of His Son. The Spirit of God proceeding both from the Father and from the Son. Listen to Titus chapter 3. Titus chapter 3. But when the kindness and the love of God, our Savior toward man, appeared not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. There's so many texts like that in the Bible where the Trinity is all over the text. God the Father working in our redemption. God the Son working in our redemption. Holy Spirit working in our redemption. Perfect economy of labor in the Godhead to secure the redemption of His prized possession, His people. Ephesians chapter 1. The Father chooses us before the foundation of the world. Ephesians chapter 1, in His Son we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of His sins, and we are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of His glory. Every time the gospel is revealed or unfolded in the Scriptures there is an explicit or implicit reference to the work of the triune God in our redemption. Spurgeon says this, a gospel without the Trinity? It is a pyramid built upside down. A gospel without the Trinity? It is a rope of sand that cannot hold together. A gospel without the Trinity? Then clearly Satan can overturn it. But give me a gospel with the Trinity and all the power of hell cannot prevail against it. No man can any more overthrow it than a bubble could split a rock or a feather break a mountain into. Gain an understanding of the Trinity, Spurgeon continues, and you have discovered the heart of all divinity. Understand that the three distinct persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one, then all things will appear clear. This is the golden key to the secrets of nature and he who understands this will soon understand as much as mortals can ever know. We need to have a biblical understanding of the Trinity to understand the gospel and the work of God in our redemption. If you're here today and you are not saved, you've never turned from your sin to trust Christ alone than consider our glorious triune God. The one who has done such miraculous works to secure the redemption of his people, turn from your sin and trust him alone. Cry out to the Spirit of God to do that work in your heart. Cry out to God to save you. Secondly, just another of many. It's impossible to effectively understand or to live the Christian life apart from a biblical understanding of the Trinity. We simply cannot live effectively the Christian life apart from the Trinity. I might ask the question, what practical help is there in this doctrine? Think of it as an academic pursuit. We're just going to study the Trinity but there's no practical use for that. It is in every way practical. Listen to the words of Jude in verse 20. Listen to this. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ under eternal life. You want a schematic of the Christian life? There you go. What am I supposed to do? Build yourselves up on your most holy faith and keep yourselves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Paul says in Ephesians 2 verse 18, for through him, through Jesus Christ, we both have access by one spirit to the Father. I think with me for a moment and consider how just that one thought would change the way that you pray. Should influence the way that you pray? For through him, we both have access by one spirit to the Father. Think about how we worship together. Through him, we both have access by one spirit to the Father. Think about when you obey him. It's through Christ that we have access by one spirit to the Father. Think about battling sin, the mortification of the flesh. It's through him that we have access by one spirit to the Father. We need to be more Trinitarian in our worship, more Trinitarian in our prayer, more Trinitarian in our thoughts, more Trinitarian in our faith, more Trinitarian in our obedience, more Trinitarian in our battle against sin, more Trinitarian in our reading of the Bible, more Trinitarian in our fellowship, more Trinitarian in our praise. Certainly we need to be more Trinitarian in our knowledge of God. Augustine said this. He said, in no other subject is error more dangerous or inquiry more laborious or discovery of truth more profitable. Considering the words of Augustine there, let me encourage you and I together in this. Inquiry into subjects like this is laborious. It takes hard, diligent work. It takes labor in the Word and doctrine. And the discovery of truth is profitable, Augustine says. It is worth our effort. It is worth our time. It is worth our energy. Read the Word of God. Study the Word of God. Memorize the Word of God. Meditate on the Word of God. Learn of God in His Word. It is worth the effort. Is not the chief end of man to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever? Then to know God as He is is required in order to glorify Him as He is and to enjoy Him as He is. And He is the blessed three in one and one in three. Amen. All praise, honor, and glory to our triune God. Let's pray. I want you to take just a moment and pray to the Lord in gratitude for having revealed these truths to worms such as we are. And having glorified Himself in such a way and consider how we might glorify Him and how we might worship Him and praise Him, thank Him for who He is to know Him as He is to worship Him rightly. And then we'll pray together and conclude. Let's pray. Our glorious God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I praise you, Father, that you have sought us, Lord Jesus Christ, that you have bought us Spirit of God, that you have wrought within us, His saving blessings and benefits. And now look to you in awe and in wonder, in gratitude and love and devotion, faith and praise and worship you, our triune God. Help us, Lord, to consider you as you have revealed yourself to us in your Word. Help us, Lord, to be faithful, to learn of you, to study you, to take joy in the discovery of these beautiful, matchless, insurpassable realities. And with grateful hearts, Lord, worship and praise you for having revealed yourself in this way to us. And may we glorify you and enjoy you forever. You are our portion. You are our inheritance and we love you, Lord. May our worship of you be in spirit and in truth. May our praise of you be in keeping with who you are. May our obedience to you be full and joyful in the power that you've supplied and the way that you've decreed. May our devotion to you, Lord, be trinitarian. We thank you, Lord, for this glorious truth, this glorious truth. I pray that you would spur us on to greater study, greater understanding in the Spirit of God. You would lead us into truth as we do for your glory in Jesus' name. Amen.


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session we will derive equation of line of the form y is equal to mx plus b from graph and compare it with non-linear functions. Now in our last session we had derived equation y is equal to mx plus b and we saw that it was a linear equation and here m is the slope and b is the y-intercept made by the line on y-axis it means b determines where the line meets y-axis. Now we know a linear function is that function whose graph is a straight line. Now let us derive equation y is equal to mx plus b from graph. Now suppose we are given a graph can we write a linear function that relates y to x. Now let us understand it with this example. Here we are given a graph on which points are plotted if we join the points then we get a straight line thus the points lie on a straight line which shows there is a linear relationship between x and y and now we will find that relationship. Now we know that a straight line has a slope so first of all we will find the value of the slope. Now a straight line has constant rate of change so first note we will take any two points which lie on this straight line. Now let us take the points 0 minus 2 and 1 1. Now slope is equal to change in y upon change in x or you can say rise upon 1 which is equal to now change in y means difference in y coordinates so this is 1 minus of minus 2 whole upon change in x means difference in x coordinates so this is equal to 1 minus 0 which is equal to 1 plus 2 whole upon 1 which is equal to 3 upon 1 that is equal to 3. On the graph you can see the run is 1 and rise is 3 so slope is equal to rise upon 1 which is equal to 3 and also you can see that this line crosses or cuts the y axis at the point 0 minus 2 is equal to minus 2 so the relationship between x and y is given by y is equal to mx plus b. Now here slope m is equal to 3 and y intersect b is equal to minus 2 so putting the values of m and b here this implies y is equal to 3x plus or minus 2 which further gives y is equal to 3x minus 2 so this is the required equation which describes the relationship between y and x. Now here as we have moved to the right of intersect for run and then up for rise it means here both run and rise are positive that is why here the slope is positive. For sign of slope we see the direction in which we move now for rise if we move up the sign will be positive if we move down the sign will be negative and for run if we move right sign will be positive and if we move left then the sign will be negative. Now let us determine the equation y is equal to mx plus b from tables we are given input output table of x and y values and we have to find the linear relationship between x and y we will make use of the above procedure only the point x is equal to 0 and y is equal to b will give us the value of y intercept. Now suppose we have the following table values of x are given to us and the corresponding values of y are also given to us first of all we will see that there is a constant rate of change or not first of all let us see the change in x now here 0 minus of minus 1 is equal to 0 plus 1 which is equal to 1 then next 1 minus 0 is again 1 and here 2 minus 1 is also 1 so here change in x is constant now let us see the change in y here minus 2 minus of minus 5 will be equal to minus 2 plus 5 which is equal to 3 similarly 1 minus of minus 2 is 3 4 minus 1 is also 3 so change in y is again constant so there is a constant rate of change so it is linear let us find the slope now slope is equal to change in y upon change in x now change in y is 3 and change in x is 1 so 3 upon 1 is equal to 3 now we know that the point x is equal to 0 and y is equal to b will give us the value of y intercept the y intercept is given by the point 0 minus 2 so here that is b is equal to minus 2 so the required equation is y is equal to mx now here m that is slope is equal to 3 so y is equal to 3x plus minus 2 which implies y is equal to 3x minus 2 now let us compare linear and nonlinear functions now a linear function shows a constant rate of change so its graph is a straight line whereas a nonlinear function does not have constant rate of change so its graph is not a straight line now consider these two tables now for table 1 let us see the change in x now here you can see that change in x is a constant now let us find change in y now here it is 36 minus 45 which is equal to minus 9 then again 27 minus 36 is minus 9 and 18 minus 27 is again minus 9 so change in y is also constant this is a linear relationship table 2 we will see change in x in this table now here it is 4 minus 2 which is equal to 2 then next it is 6 minus 4 which is again 2 and then it is 8 minus 6 which is also 2 so here change in x is constant now let us find change in y now here it is 16 minus 4 which is equal to 12 then 36 minus 16 which is equal to 20 and then minus 36 which is equal to 28 so here change in y is not constant so it is a nonlinear relationship now graphically we can show a nonlinear relationship now consider a function y is equal to x square now here let us put different values of x for which we will obtain different values of y for x is equal to minus 1 y will be equal to minus 1 whole square which is equal to 1 then for x is equal to 0 y is equal to 0 then for x is equal to 1 y is equal to 1 and for x is equal to 2 y is equal to 2 square which is equal to 4 now let us plot all these points on the graph first of all let us plot the point minus 1 1 on the graph now we will start from 0 then here x coordinate is negative so we will move 1 minute to the left of 0 and we will reach at this point then y is equal to 1 which is positive so we will move 1 unit upwards and we reach at this position now here this point represents the order pair minus 1 1 now let us plot the point 0 0 on the graph now this is the point 0 0 now let us plot the point 1 1 on the graph now this is the point whose coordinates are 1 1 lastly let us plot the point 2 4 on the graph now here this is the point whose coordinates are 2 4 now after joining these points we see the 4 points do not lie on one straight line and if we join freehandedly we see they form a curve and not a straight line so it shows nonlinear relationship between x and y now from the above discussion we can say few have given any function showing relationship between x and y then this function is linear if it can be written in the form y is equal to mx or y is equal to mx plus v it cannot be written in slope intercept form then that function is nonlinear for example we have a function y is equal to 4 minus 3x square now it can be written as y is equal to minus 3x square plus 4 it cannot be written in the form y is equal to mx plus v because here we have the right equation of straight line of the form y is equal to mx plus v from the graph and also we have compared it with nonlinear functions and this completes our session hope you all have enjoyed the session