Understanding Our Genetic Code

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Understanding Our Genetic Code

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A Human Cell
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The Cell Nucleus
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Chromosomes
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What is a Chromosome?

• In the nucleus of each cell, the DNA molecule is
  packaged into thread-like structures called
  chromosomes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA
  tightly coiled many times around proteins called
  histones that support its structure.
• Chromosomes are not visible in the cells
  nucleusnot even under a microscopewhen the cell
  is not dividing. However, the DNA that makes up
  chromosomes becomes more tightly packed during
  cell division and is then visible under a
  microscope. Most of what researchers know about
  chromosomes was learned by observing chromosomes
  during cell division.

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How many chromosomes do people have?

• In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs
  of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Twenty-two of
  these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in
  both males and females.
• The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ
  between males and females. Females have two
  copies of the X chromosome, while males have one
  X and one Y chromosome.

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What is DNA?

• DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary
  material in humans and almost all other
  organisms. Nearly every cell in a persons body
  has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell
  nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a
  small amount of DNA can also be found in the
  mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial
  DNA or mtDNA).
• An important property of DNA is that it can
  replicate, or make copies of itself. Each strand
  of DNA in the double helix can serve as a pattern
  for duplicating the sequence of bases. This is
  critical when cells divide because each new cell
  needs to have an exact copy of the DNA present in
  the old cell.

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
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Bodies Grow As Cells Divide

• Cells are the structural and functional unit of
  all living organisms. The human body has an
  estimated 100,000,000,000,000 cells. Each cell
  can independently take in nutrients, convert them
  into energy, carry out specialized functions, and
  reproduce as necessary.
• A sphere about one quarter of an inch in diameter
  contains an estimated 1,000,000,000 cells. Each
  cell has a different purpose - muscle cells which
  make movement possible, nerve cells which allow
  sensation, etc. Particular cells are organized
  into functioning structures called organs.
• Every minute, it is estimated that 10 million of
  our human cells divide. This division is referred
  to as mitosis.

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Everything is Built on Jesus

• Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea
  Philippi, He was asking His disciples, "Who do
  people say that the Son of Man is?" And they
  said, "Some say John the Baptist and others,
  Elijah but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the
  prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say
  that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the
  Christ, the Son of the living God."
• And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon
  Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal
  this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. "I
  also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this
  rock I will build My church and the gates of
  Hades will not overpower it.
• Matt 1613-18 NASU

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Ephesians 219-22 NASU

• So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,
  but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and
  are of God's household, having been built on the
  foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
  Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the
  whole building, being fitted together, is growing
  into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also
  are being built together into a dwelling of God
  in the Spirit.

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1 Corinthians 310-12 NASU

• According to the grace of God which was given to
  me, like a wise master builder I laid a
  foundation, and another is building on it.
• But each man must be careful how he builds on it.
  For no man can lay a foundation other than the
  one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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1. Jesus must be Savior and Lord!

• "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for
  certain that God has made Him both Lord and
  Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified.
• Acts 236

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John 316-19 NLT

• "For God loved the world so much that he gave
  his one and only Son, so that everyone who
  believes in him will not perish but have eternal
  life. God sent his Son into the world not to
  judge the world, but to save the world through
  him.
• "There is no judgment against anyone who believes
  in him. But anyone who does not believe in him
  has already been judged for not believing in
  God's one and only Son.

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Isa 534-6 NLT

• Yet it was our weaknesses he carried it was our
  sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought
  his troubles were a punishment from God, a
  punishment for his own sins!
• But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for
  our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole.
  He was whipped so we could be healed. All of
  us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left
  God's paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid
  on him the sins of us all.

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Jesus Christ is Lord

• Greek word for Lord is Kurios
• It means one in absolute authority,
• complete owner,
• master,
• he who has claim to unrestricted obedience

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Lordship is the end of your life

• Then he said to all, "Anyone who wants to follow
  me must put aside his own desires and
  conveniences and carry his cross with him every
  day and keep close to me!
• Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it,
  but whoever insists on keeping his life will lose
  it and what profit is there in gaining the
  whole world when it means forfeiting one's self?
• Luke 923-25 TLB

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Romans 121-2

• Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies
  of God, to present your bodies a living and holy
  sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your
  spiritual service of worship.
• And do not be conformed to this world, but be
  transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that
  you may prove what the will of God is, that which
  is good and acceptable and perfect.

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Did You Count the Cost?

• Luke 1412-35
• There is no easy payment plan
• 10 down with monthly payments
• No interest until death
• 30 at wedding, 30 with children, balloon
  payment on your deathbed
• Its your whole life on the table!

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Peter Said it this way

• Peter said to them, " Repent, and each of you be
  baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
  forgiveness of your sins and you will receive
  the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the promise is
  for you and your children and for all who are far
  off, as many as the Lord our God will call to
  Himself.
• Acts 238

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Paul tells you how to do it

• For salvation that comes from trusting
  Christ-which is what we preach-is already within
  easy reach of each of us in fact, it is as near
  as our own hearts and mouths. For if you tell
  others with your own mouth that Jesus Christ is
  your Lord and believe in your own heart that God
  has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• For it is by believing in his heart that a man
  becomes right with God and with his mouth he
  tells others of his faith, confirming his
  salvation.
• Romans 108-10 TLB

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Are you Ready to Serve God?

• No more excuses
• No more apologies
• No more putting it off
• No more running away
• No more hiding from Him
• No more playing games

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You Can Do it Right now!

• 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock if anyone
  hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in
  to him
• Jesus-Revelation 320-21

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2. The Word and The Spirit