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 Turn back with me then to Genesis chapter 3, and we can read the verses marked 8 to 10.

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! Genesis 3 and verses 8 to 10.

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 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of

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 the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? And he said,

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 I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.

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 I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.

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 I guess every service that we hear, we're told that we are sinners.

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 And the reason for that is explained to us in this third chapter of Genesis.

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 And this main reading, it focused initially on Adam and Eve. And as we read in verse 25 of chapter 2,

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 they knew no shame at that point. And they moved from that to what we've just read there in verses 8 to 10.

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 They moved from that, from knowing no shame, to now being totally ashamed because of their nakedness before God.

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 And they're actually acutely aware of it in every aspect of their lives.

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 And the fall, which is known as when Adam and Eve sinned against God,

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 this is the first major turning point in the history of this world.

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 And it's important for us to understand the fullness of the consequences of that rebellion against God.

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 It was a blatant defiance of the instruction that God had given to Adam.

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 And so we can perhaps look at it under three headings.

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 First of all, let's look at what happened in the garden, how the garden was initially before the fall.

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 And just to have a few thoughts on that.

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 Secondly, to look at the fall itself.

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 And then thirdly, because of the consequences of the fall and the words that Jesus spoke to the woman during the curse she put on her,

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 we'll go to Calvary, to the cross at Calvary and to Jesus' sacrifice there.

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 So let's look first of all at the garden.

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 They were without shame.

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 And, you know, it's very significant that of all the things that God could have told us,

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 as the work of creation is completed and God has said it's all very good,

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 of all the things that he could have told us in this very last part of chapter 2,

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 is that the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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 And what this tells us is that

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 tells us that

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 everything there was very good in the creation,

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 but God wanted us to know

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 that we were designed

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 to never know what shame felt like.

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 That was the purpose in the creation of man and woman.

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 And it's very clear that up to this point in the history of the world,

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 that the whole creation was exactly as God planned it.

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 Everything God wanted in his creation was present,

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 and his relationship with Adam and Eve was perfect at that point.

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 We're told that

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 Adam and Eve in the garden were naked,

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 they knew no shame.

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 Between them,

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 there was an openness.

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 There was an openness.

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 There was a unity.

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 And that was not masked by guilt.

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 That was not

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 disordered by lust

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 in any way.

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 And it was not hampered by shame.

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 There's a glory,

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 and there's a beauty

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 in the garden.

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 There's a freedom there

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 that is totally alien

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 to this world

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 as we know it.

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 And this was God's true pattern of creation,

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 that there would be

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 perfect ease

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 between them,

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 between him

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 and with

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 the human beings

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 that he created.

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 This was the fruit of perfect love,

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 with

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 no inclination

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 for greed,

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 or for distrust,

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 or for dishonor,

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 or for pride,

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 or for selfishness,

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 or for anger,

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 or for envy,

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 or for riches.

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 All the things of this world.

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 But there was no

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 inclination

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 whatsoever

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 towards

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 any of these

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 at this point

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 in creation.

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 And this verse

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 is a pointed reminder

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 of

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 our vanished

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 concord,

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 our vanished

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 harmony,

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 where there was

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 agreement

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 on everything.

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 Adam and Eve

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 at this point

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 were shameless

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 in every aspect

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 of their lives.

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 And they were shameless

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 not just physically,

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 but spiritually

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 as well.

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 And how lovely

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 this is

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 with God

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 at the centre

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 of their lives.

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 The final description

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 in chapter 2,

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 it just offers

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 to us

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 a picture

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 of

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 innocent

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 delight.

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 Adam and Eve

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 were truly

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 in paradise

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 and

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 fellowship

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 with God

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 was as natural

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 as breathing.

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 There was no need

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 for any kind

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 of discipline

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 with regard

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 to devotion

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 to God

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 because

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 all of life

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 was devotion

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 to God.

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 It was natural

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 and there was

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 no effort.

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 But what now,

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 as we read

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 into chapter 3,

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 what now

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 becomes

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 abundantly

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 clear to us

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 is that

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 Genesis 2

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 can now

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 only ever

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 be read

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 from

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 this side

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 where we are,

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 from this side

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 of Genesis 3.

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 And that leads

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 us

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 to look at

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 some aspects

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 of the fall

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 here.

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 And let's

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 be clear

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 as we begin

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 that

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 the New Testament

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 clarifies

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 for us

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 that

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 the serpent

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 that's spoken

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 about here

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 is indeed

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 the devil.

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 And it's

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 at the fall

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 that

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 this

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 act of

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 disobedience

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 that it

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 turns the

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 whole narrative

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 of human

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 life

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 into a

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 totally

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 different

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 direction.

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 From going

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 in one direction

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 it flips

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 at 180

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 to go

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 in a

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 totally

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 different

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 direction.

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 The picture

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 of the

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 garden

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 given to

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 us

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 in

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 Genesis 2

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 is given

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 to us

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 as being

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 reflected

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 in a

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 clear

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 and unspoiled

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 mirror.

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 And I'd like

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 you just to

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 keep this in

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 your mind

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 as we go

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 through the

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 sermon.

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 I'm going

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 to come

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 back to

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 it towards

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 the end.

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 So

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 what we have

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 in the garden

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 in Genesis 2

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 before the fall

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 is a picture

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 of

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 a reflection

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 in a clear

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 unspoiled

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 mirror

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 which portrays

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 the perfect

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 image of God

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 in man

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 as it was

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 then.

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 But in

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 Genesis 3

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 because of

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 the fall

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 that mirror

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 is shattered

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 into a

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 thousand pieces.

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 And each

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 little piece

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 still reflects

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 something

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 of the

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 earlier beauty

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 that there

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 was

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 but now

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 that picture

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 is fragmented.

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 And that is

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 how we are

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 born into

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 this world

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 in that

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 fragmented

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 picture of

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 a thousand

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 pieces of

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 that mirror

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 still

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 elements

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 there

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 of

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 the image

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 of God

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 but certainly

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 not perfect

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 because that

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 mirror

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 is now

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 broken.

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 The world

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 is now

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 seen through

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 the broken

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 glass of

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 chapter 3

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 and this

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 is no longer

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 a normal

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 world

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 nothing

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 about it

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 could be

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 called

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 very good

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 anymore.

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 And the

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 reason of

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 course is

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 because

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 sin has

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 now

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 entered in

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 and it's

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 a reality

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 for the

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 very first

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 time.

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 And it's

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 impossible I

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 think to get

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 any more of

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 a radical

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 contrast of

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 words than

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 we have

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 in chapter

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 2

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 25

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 and chapter

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 3

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 and verse

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 1.

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 Look at what

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 it says.

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 So this

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 craftiness

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 is there

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 now

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 from the

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 very

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 beginning.

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 The

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 serpent,

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 the devil

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 begins a

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 dialogue with

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 the woman

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 which opens

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 up with

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 this question

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 and this

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 is the

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 first question

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 I'd like us

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 to consider

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 in our

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 passage today.

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 this first

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 question

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 did God

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 actually

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 say

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 you shall

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 not eat

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 of the

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 tree of

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 the garden?

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 And what

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 does that

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 do?

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 Well that

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 immediately

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 puts a

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 doubt

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 into

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 Eve's

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 mind,

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 into the

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 mind of

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 the woman.

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 That seed

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 of doubt

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 is planted

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 immediately.

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 And you

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 know it

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 just gives

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 us a

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 thought as

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 well.

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 Because

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 we need

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 to be

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 in our

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 guard

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 for these

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 words as

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 well.

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 Did God

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 really say?

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 Did God

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 really say

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 this?

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 Because

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 this is the

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 first question

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 in the

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 Bible and

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 it speaks

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 volumes to

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 us about

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 knowing and

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 understanding

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 God's

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 word.

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 If we

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 don't know

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 what God

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 says in

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 his word

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 then doubts

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 will be put

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 into our

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 minds as

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 well.

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 We're going

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 to be led

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 away by

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 every

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 wonder of

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 doctrine and

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 possibly even

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 false

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 teaching.

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 We need

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 to know

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 God's

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 word so

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 that we

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 can stand

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 firm in

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 the face

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 of questions

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 and

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 accusations

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 and all

00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:33.700
 the wiles

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 of the

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 devil.

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 So we

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 need to

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 keep that

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 in our

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 minds.

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 So this

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 is a

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 question

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 then that

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 is put

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 to Eve.

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 Did

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 God

00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:43.980
 really

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 say

00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:44.680
 this?

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 This

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 dialogue

00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.759
 continues

00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:49.099
 between

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 the

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 serpent

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 and

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 Eve

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 to

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 the

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 point

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 where

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 she

00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:53.079
 eventually

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 caves

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 in

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 and

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 eats

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 of

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 the

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 forbidden

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 fruit

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 and

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 ultimately

00:11:58.659 --> 00:11:59.519
 rebels

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 against

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 God.

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 She

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 gave some

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 to her

00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:04.000
 husband

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 who also

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 ate.

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 Adam

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 and Eve's

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 eyes are

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 now opened

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 meaning

00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.299
 they now

00:12:10.299 --> 00:12:10.979
 begin to

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 understand

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 the whole

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 context of

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 good and

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 evil.

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 They are

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 now

00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:15.540
 sinners.

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 And what

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 they did

00:12:19.560 --> 00:12:19.980
 was

00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:21.160
 unspeakable

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 rebellion

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 against

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 God.

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 As one

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 commentator

00:12:27.060 --> 00:12:27.740
 puts it

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 they are

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 now ashamed.

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 They are

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 aware of

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 their nakedness

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 now but

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 it's not

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 just their

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 physical

00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:36.840
 nakedness

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 it's a

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 moral nudity

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 a nudity

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 of the

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 soul

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 of which

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 they are

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 now

00:12:42.680 --> 00:12:43.279
 conscious.

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 And what

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 they cannot

00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:46.220
 do is to

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 cover that

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 nakedness

00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:48.220
 of their

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 guilt and

00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:49.120
 shame

00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.899
 before God

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 it was

00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:52.279
 their sin

00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:53.560
 that led

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 to this

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 shame.

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 And even

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 while the

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 taste of

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 the fruit

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 was still

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 on their

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 lips

00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.820
 they died

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 right there

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 at the

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 foot of

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 the tree

00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.960
 of knowledge

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 of good

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 and evil.

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 They died

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 spiritually

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 and sin

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 immediately

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 penetrated

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 every sphere

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 of their

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 being.

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 And physical

00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:17.639
 death

00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:18.920
 also came

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 into the

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 world.

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 In an

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 instant

00:13:21.280 --> 00:13:22.320
 they passed

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 from life

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 to death

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 from trust

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 to distrust

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 and from

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 ease

00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.240
 to

00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.100
 dis-ease.

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 It didn't

00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.220
 take a day

00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:34.780
 to happen

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 it all

00:13:35.959 --> 00:13:36.480
 happened

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 in a

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 millisecond.

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 And what

00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:42.299
 we're told

00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:43.399
 in Ephesians

00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.179
 chapter 2

00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:45.079
 summarizes

00:13:45.079 --> 00:13:46.240
 so much

00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:46.740
 of this.

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.279
 Ephesians

00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:48.939
 2 tells

00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:50.179
 us about

00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:52.379
 a person's

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 state

00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:53.480
 before they

00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:53.819
 come to

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.199
 faith in

00:13:54.199 --> 00:13:54.539
 God

00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.139
 and you

00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.639
 were dead

00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:55.959
 in the

00:13:55.959 --> 00:13:56.519
 trespasses

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.139
 and sins

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.519
 in which

00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:57.899
 you once

00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:58.299
 walked

00:13:58.299 --> 00:13:59.399
 following the

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 course of

00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:00.299
 this world

00:14:00.299 --> 00:14:01.379
 following the

00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:01.819
 prince of

00:14:01.819 --> 00:14:02.220
 the power

00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:02.720
 of the air

00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:03.660
 the spirit

00:14:03.660 --> 00:14:04.279
 that is now

00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:04.720
 at work

00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.000
 in the

00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.399
 sons of

00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.160
 disobedience

00:14:06.160 --> 00:14:07.420
 among whom

00:14:07.420 --> 00:14:08.220
 we all

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:08.960
 once lived

00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.620
 in the

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.120
 passions of

00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.560
 our flesh

00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:11.160
 carrying out

00:14:11.160 --> 00:14:11.660
 the desires

00:14:11.660 --> 00:14:11.980
 of the

00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:12.580
 body and

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.060
 the mind

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 and were

00:14:13.920 --> 00:14:14.540
 by nature

00:14:14.540 --> 00:14:15.840
 children of

00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.180
 wrath

00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:17.040
 like the

00:14:17.040 --> 00:14:18.060
 rest of

00:14:18.060 --> 00:14:18.660
 mankind.

00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:22.000
 And so

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.160
 on.

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.540
 And actually

00:14:22.540 --> 00:14:23.580
 Ephesians 2

00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:24.080
 actually goes

00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.980
 on to

00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.720
 repeat that

00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.960
 in other

00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.420
 ways as

00:14:27.420 --> 00:14:27.660
 well.

00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:30.920
 Their

00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:31.300
 position

00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:32.100
 before God

00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:32.740
 went from

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.779
 a perfect

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.500
 harmonious

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.060
 relationship

00:14:35.060 --> 00:14:36.159
 to now

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.779
 being God's

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.060
 enemy.

00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.000
 Very stark

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.480
 isn't it?

00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.120
 Complete

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.659
 contrast.

00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:43.379
 And this

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:43.879
 leads us to

00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.320
 our second

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.920
 question.

00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.480
 As God

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.000
 comes into

00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.540
 the garden

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:48.320
 God calls

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.659
 out to

00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:48.920
 Adam

00:14:48.920 --> 00:14:49.560
 where are

00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:49.800
 you?

00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.440
 Where are

00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:51.779
 you Adam?

00:14:53.920 --> 00:14:54.700
 Where are

00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.279
 they indeed?

00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:58.019
 They're hiding

00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.740
 from God

00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.639
 in the

00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:00.060
 trees

00:15:00.060 --> 00:15:00.680
 in the

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.080
 forest.

00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:05.200
 they realize

00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:05.420
 they're

00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:05.779
 naked,

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.440
 they cover

00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.940
 themselves

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.279
 with

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.840
 sown fig

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.200
 leaves

00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.399
 and they

00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:09.860
 are totally

00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:10.399
 overcome

00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:11.259
 with guilt

00:15:11.259 --> 00:15:12.080
 and with

00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.360
 shame.

00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.540
 They're

00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:16.960
 ashamed,

00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.480
 they're now

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:18.159
 rebellious,

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:18.720
 guilty

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:21.580
 human beings

00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:22.139
 who shift

00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:22.580
 blame,

00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:23.560
 who are

00:15:23.560 --> 00:15:24.120
 afraid

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:25.420
 and hiding

00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:25.720
 in the

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.100
 trees

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.139
 from God.

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.299
 what a

00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:28.939
 transformation

00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:30.679
 from what

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.100
 we had

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.879
 in the

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.379
 words of

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.620
 verse 25.

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.559
 And we

00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:36.899
 can just

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.519
 imagine them,

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:37.960
 can't we,

00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.240
 just crawling

00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.419
 out from

00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:41.240
 these trees

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 coming before

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 God,

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 coming out of

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 their hiding

00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.039
 place in

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 abject fear

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 fear.

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 And God

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 then confronts

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 them with

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 the third

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 question

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 that we

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 can consider.

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 Who told

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 you you

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 were naked?

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 Who told

00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.639
 you that

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 you were

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 naked?

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 And we

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.720
 need to know

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.159
 the answer

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.840
 here because

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 sin comes

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 into its

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 own

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 immediately.

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 Immediately.

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 Immediately.

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 she gave

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 me the

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 fruit from

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 the tree

00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.379
 and I

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.740
 ate it.

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 It was

00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.059
 her.

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.240
 It was

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:18.860
 her fault

00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.179
 God.

00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:20.100
 Don't

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:20.600
 blame me.

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 She

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 gave me

00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:21.419
 the

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 fruit.

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 That's

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 nothing but

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 treachery.

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 And Adam

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 was already

00:16:28.719 --> 00:16:29.480
 immediately

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 so cold

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 and so

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 calculated.

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 And instead

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 of fellowship

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 together,

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 they had

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 deceit and

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 guilt and

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 judgment.

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 It's now

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 the order

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 of the day.

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 No

00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:40.740
 different

00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:41.079
 for the

00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:41.299
 woman.

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 When God

00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:43.219
 asked the

00:16:43.219 --> 00:16:43.419
 woman,

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:44.639
 it was

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.600
 the serpent's

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:45.879
 fault.

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.059
 The serpent

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.779
 deceived me.

00:16:47.839 --> 00:16:48.179
 The serpent

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.919
 told me to

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 take it.

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 So I

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 took it.

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 It was

00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:52.919
 the serpent's

00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:53.179
 fault.

00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:54.819
 Once again

00:16:54.819 --> 00:16:56.600
 deceit and

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.139
 shifting the

00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.360
 blame.

00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:01.980
 So God,

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:03.259
 as we read,

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 God judges

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.440
 the serpent

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 and then Eve

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 and finally

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 Adam and

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 each with

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 specific and

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 personal judgments

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 laid upon

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 them.

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 And following

00:17:12.560 --> 00:17:13.360
 God's judgment,

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:14.620
 they are

00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:15.400
 cast out

00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.779
 and this

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.000
 is the

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 thing that

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.460
 they are

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.380
 cast down

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:20.580
 into this

00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.980
 dark and

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.680
 evil world.

00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:29.720
 sin and

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.060
 evil.

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 It didn't

00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.000
 just

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.980
 fabricate

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.799
 itself into

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.640
 the lives of

00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:36.060
 Adam and

00:17:36.060 --> 00:17:36.440
 Eve and

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 human beings.

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 But Romans 8

00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:40.060
 tells us this.

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:43.159
 for the

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:44.579
 creation

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:46.339
 waits with

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.339
 eager wronging

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.740
 for the

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.299
 revealing of

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.700
 the sons

00:17:48.700 --> 00:17:49.240
 of God.

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 For the

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:51.379
 creation was

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.319
 subjected to

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.039
 futility,

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:53.980
 not willingly,

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.740
 but because of

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.079
 whom you

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.919
 subjected it

00:17:56.919 --> 00:17:57.659
 in hope

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.679
 that the

00:17:58.679 --> 00:17:59.619
 creation itself

00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:00.299
 will be set

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.919
 free from

00:18:00.919 --> 00:18:01.859
 its bondage

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.700
 to decay

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:04.059
 and obtain

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.679
 the freedom

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.560
 of the

00:18:05.560 --> 00:18:06.640
 glory of

00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.080
 the children

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:07.660
 of God.

00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:10.080
 So the

00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.779
 whole world

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:12.720
 subjected to

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:12.960
 sin.

00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:18.299
 But thankfully

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:20.079
 our God is

00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:20.539
 a God of

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:22.819
 mercy because

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.480
 his judgment

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.039
 upon the

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.900
 serpent also

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:27.500
 turns into a

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.259
 word of grace

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.140
 for human

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.559
 beings.

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:29.940
 Look at

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.680
 verse 15

00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.360
 here of

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.079
 chapter 3.

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 I will

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.759
 be enmity

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.319
 between you

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:36.519
 and the

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.640
 woman and

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.120
 between your

00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:38.720
 offspring and

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.360
 her offspring.

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 You shall

00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:40.880
 bruise your

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.960
 head and

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.220
 you shall

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.720
 bruise

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.259
 his heel.

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 What God

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:50.180
 says when

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.660
 he says

00:18:50.660 --> 00:18:51.880
 this, he's

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.640
 looking forward

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.440
 and what we

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.559
 have here

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:57.000
 is quite an

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.620
 astounding

00:18:57.620 --> 00:18:58.900
 gospel prophecy.

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.880
 The woman's

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.620
 offspring that

00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:03.519
 God refers to

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.079
 points to

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:05.480
 Christ, who

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.079
 will crush

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:06.720
 Satan's

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.039
 head.

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.880
 In other

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.120
 words, it

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.900
 is Christ

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.220
 who will

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.900
 deal a

00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.620
 death blow

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.479
 to the

00:19:13.479 --> 00:19:13.899
 serpent,

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.979
 to Satan.

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.679
 And in

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.679
 saying you

00:19:18.679 --> 00:19:19.139
 shall bruise

00:19:19.139 --> 00:19:19.539
 his heel,

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.119
 this refers

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.899
 to humans

00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:22.019
 being afflicted

00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.619
 by sin

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.699
 and limping

00:19:23.699 --> 00:19:24.699
 along in

00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:25.259
 the path

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.179
 of life

00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:27.299
 because of

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.559
 sin.

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.739
 And I

00:19:29.739 --> 00:19:30.139
 mentioned

00:19:30.139 --> 00:19:30.579
 Adam's

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.079
 responses

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.839
 previously

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.339
 as we

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.719
 had it,

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.959
 which when

00:19:34.959 --> 00:19:36.539
 God asked

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.739
 him,

00:19:37.239 --> 00:19:37.719
 why have you

00:19:37.719 --> 00:19:38.219
 done this?

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.079
 How do you

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.439
 know that

00:19:39.439 --> 00:19:39.879
 you're naked?

00:19:39.880 --> 00:19:41.500
 And that

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.200
 was effectively

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.780
 for want

00:19:42.780 --> 00:19:43.040
 of a

00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.480
 phrase,

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.140
 one of a

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.760
 better phrase,

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.140
 one we

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.340
 used to

00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:45.400
 do,

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.540
 it was

00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:46.080
 passing the

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.280
 buck,

00:19:46.360 --> 00:19:46.820
 wasn't it?

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.920
 He was

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.320
 passing the

00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:48.800
 buck on to

00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.100
 the woman,

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.460
 who then

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:49.900
 passed it

00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.300
 on to

00:19:50.300 --> 00:19:51.380
 the serpent.

00:19:53.020 --> 00:19:53.740
 Well, that

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.100
 was not

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:55.220
 passed to

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.580
 Eve,

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.120
 actually.

00:19:56.520 --> 00:19:56.920
 It was

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.280
 passed to

00:19:58.280 --> 00:19:59.160
 Jesus Christ

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.440
 to deal

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.000
 with this,

00:20:01.820 --> 00:20:02.600
 to remedy

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.120
 this,

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.339
 because Adam

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.799
 and Eve

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.239
 were our

00:20:05.239 --> 00:20:06.039
 representatives

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.579
 of the

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.079
 human race,

00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.559
 as human

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:08.919
 beings,

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.299
 the first

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:09.579
 human

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:09.899
 beings,

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.479
 they were

00:20:10.479 --> 00:20:10.699
 our

00:20:10.699 --> 00:20:11.319
 representatives,

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.539
 and so

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.299
 what they

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.599
 did is

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:16.839
 transferred

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.479
 to us

00:20:17.479 --> 00:20:17.859
 as well,

00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.699
 every single

00:20:18.699 --> 00:20:19.659
 human being.

00:20:19.739 --> 00:20:19.979
 And this

00:20:19.979 --> 00:20:20.459
 required a

00:20:20.459 --> 00:20:20.779
 remedy,

00:20:21.699 --> 00:20:21.959
 and it

00:20:21.959 --> 00:20:22.439
 leads us to

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:22.919
 the cross,

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.479
 our third

00:20:23.479 --> 00:20:23.959
 point,

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:24.979
 because

00:20:24.979 --> 00:20:26.039
 Christ

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.039
 comes

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:29.419
 in the

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:29.919
 person of

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:30.259
 Jesus

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:32.159
 to deal

00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:32.560
 with sin.

00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:33.920
 We need a

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.440
 remedy for

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:34.900
 this sin.

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.160
 And as

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.560
 we read

00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.880
 there in

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:39.640
 verse 12,

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.440
 it mentions

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.960
 sin,

00:20:42.540 --> 00:20:44.000
 that he

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.740
 endured the

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.140
 cross,

00:20:45.560 --> 00:20:46.000
 and he

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.160
 despised

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:48.180
 the shame.

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.620
 Jesus

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.540
 despised the

00:20:50.540 --> 00:20:50.680
 shame.

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:50.920
 And the

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.519
 word shame

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.340
 in the

00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:52.600
 Greek

00:20:52.600 --> 00:20:53.840
 describes

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.580
 something

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:56.240
 that is

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.220
 base,

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:58.940
 is ugly,

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.740
 is revolting,

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.600
 is grotesque.

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:04.040
 And by

00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:04.600
 using this

00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:04.920
 word,

00:21:05.040 --> 00:21:05.400
 the writer

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.759
 of the

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.380
 Hebrews is

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.840
 telling us

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.940
 that Jesus'

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.920
 experience on

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.540
 the cross as

00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:10.040
 he hung

00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:11.160
 naked and

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.420
 broken in

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.380
 full view of

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:13.880
 the world,

00:21:14.300 --> 00:21:15.320
 was disgraceful,

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.620
 deplorable,

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.920
 despicable,

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.560
 and

00:21:18.560 --> 00:21:19.400
 reprehensible.

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:23.200
 He

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.060
 endured

00:21:24.060 --> 00:21:25.700
 the cross

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:27.080
 and despised

00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:28.320
 the shame.

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.319
 crucifixion.

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:30.559
 But he

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.359
 endured that

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.539
 for us.

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.700
 He

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.259
 endured it

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.819
 for us.

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.960
 Crucifixion

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.579
 was a form

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 of capital

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 punishment.

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 And

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 went not

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 only to

00:21:45.439 --> 00:21:45.740
 torture

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 someone,

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 but also

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 to publicly

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.139
 shame that

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 person.

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 It was

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 served for

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 the scum

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.519
 of society,

00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:53.000
 like rebels,

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:53.740
 slaves,

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.700
 outcasts,

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 murderers,

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 so on.

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 Crucifixion

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.000
 stripped its

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.700
 victims of

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.399
 their clothes

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 and their

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 dignity.

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.919
 Criminals

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.359
 were hung

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.779
 naked,

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.319
 arms

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:06.119
 outstretched,

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.579
 all alone

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.539
 in front of

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.059
 the crowds

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.339
 and the

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.779
 hordes

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 that were

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 gathered

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.339
 along

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 these Roman

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 roads.

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 They were

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.519
 mocked,

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.339
 they were

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 spat on

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 as they

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 struggled

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 for breath.

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 And it's

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.619
 interesting

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.519
 that the

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.019
 authors of

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.460
 the four

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 gospels,

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 they don't

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.940
 emphasize or

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.879
 sensationalize

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.839
 the gruesome

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.460
 details,

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.480
 of Jesus'

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.099
 death,

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 but rather

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:29.779
 they highlight

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.599
 the shame

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:30.919
 of the

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.240
 cross.

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 They show

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 us that

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:35.919
 on the

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.279
 cross,

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.220
 Jesus

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.919
 bore

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.940
 our shame.

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.159
 He bore

00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:42.740
 our shame

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.019
 in the

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.639
 scourging

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 and being

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 taken outside

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.059
 of the city

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 walls to

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.399
 be crucified

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 in front

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.139
 of a huge

00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:49.599
 crowd.

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 People were

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.779
 spitting on

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:50.919
 him,

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.579
 mocking him,

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.339
 shouting at

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.480
 him,

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.259
 abusing

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.599
 him,

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 stripped

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.180
 naked,

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 which was

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.639
 a clear

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.240
 indicator

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.899
 of bearing

00:22:57.899 --> 00:22:58.940
 Adam's

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.240
 shame

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.180
 from the

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.599
 Garden of

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.799
 Eden.

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.119
 The cross

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.799
 wasn't just

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.379
 punishment

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:07.799
 that he

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.940
 took for

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.619
 our guilty

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.440
 verdict,

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:10.980
 it was

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.519
 public

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.720
 humiliation.

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 It was

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.319
 public

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:18.240
 humiliation.

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.359
 shame.

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 And the

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.759
 emphasis on

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.299
 shame in

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.779
 the Bible

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:25.579
 is always

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.660
 in relation

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.279
 to God.

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 But it's

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:30.980
 also

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.579
 significant

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:33.099
 that these

00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:34.079
 same four

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.480
 gospel writers,

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.819
 these authors

00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.160
 of the

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.559
 gospels,

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.120
 do not

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:39.140
 dwell on

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.759
 the manner

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.559
 in which

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.180
 Jesus was

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.700
 crucified.

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.240
 Because if you

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.640
 search the

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.120
 gospels,

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.180
 you'll discover

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.819
 that there are

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.639
 very few

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.259
 details concerning

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.319
 Christ's

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.759
 physical

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.779
 sufferings

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.480
 compared to

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.099
 what it would

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.720
 have actually

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.299
 been like.

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.500
 There's very

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.319
 few details

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.980
 of his

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.319
 physical

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.839
 sufferings.

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.359
 Instead,

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.399
 they point to

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:58.679
 what was

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.259
 happening to

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.079
 him spiritually

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:01.319
 as he hung

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:01.700
 there.

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.099
 Their focus is

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.220
 more on the

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.159
 purpose of

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.679
 the cross

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.720
 than on the

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.460
 cross itself.

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:10.380
 and their

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.340
 focus is on

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.059
 what he

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.380
 suffered

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:13.019
 spiritually

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.480
 in our

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.980
 place in

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.500
 that three

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.019
 hours of

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.400
 darkness

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.799
 on the

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.160
 cross.

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.340
 Going to

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.319
 hell itself

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.779
 in our

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.240
 place.

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.160
 Leading him

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.860
 to the point

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.220
 where he

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.840
 cried out,

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.680
 my God,

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.519
 my God,

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.319
 why have

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.980
 you forsaken

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.220
 me?

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.860
 Our fourth

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:32.400
 question in

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:33.220
 our considerations

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.980
 here today.

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.140
 Why have

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.940
 you forsaken

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.240
 me?

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:42.519
 Jesus

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.420
 borows him

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.340
 for the

00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.519
 threefold joy

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.860
 that was

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.539
 set before

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.860
 him,

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.240
 as we're

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.680
 told in

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.000
 Hebrews.

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.420
 And that

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.079
 joy was

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.420
 so that

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.460
 the Father

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.900
 would be

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.640
 glorified,

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.160
 that he

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.500
 would be

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.120
 victorious

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.960
 over the

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.299
 devil,

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.779
 that he

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.500
 would crush

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.460
 the head

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.160
 of the

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.460
 devil,

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:02.019
 and thirdly,

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.140
 so that we

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.819
 could receive

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.299
 his honor.

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.559
 And that's

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.880
 why the

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.299
 cross is

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.960
 good news.

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:08.279
 Jesus just

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.140
 didn't die,

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.860
 Jesus died

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.680
 for us.

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.579
 He died

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.539
 for us.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:18.480
 through faith,

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.119
 we can receive

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.839
 his grace,

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.099
 and his

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.619
 peace,

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.980
 and his

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.519
 love,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.839
 and his

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.319
 joy,

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.200
 and his

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.519
 honor in the

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.019
 place of our

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.279
 shame,

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.819
 because that is

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.500
 the opposite of

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.799
 shame,

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.079
 we receive

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.079
 his honor.

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:39.659
 he laid

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.039
 down his

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.339
 life,

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.559
 and he

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.220
 was crucified

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.819
 to bear

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.359
 our shame,

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.579
 and to

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.439
 adopt us

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.519
 into God's

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.980
 family,

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.220
 where we

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.359
 share in

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.019
 the king's

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.259
 honor.

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.419
 And it's

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:52.159
 perhaps best

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:53.539
 understood as

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:53.960
 that great

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.980
 transaction which

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.619
 is summarized

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.339
 for us in

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.500
 2 Corinthians

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.240
 5,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.859
 and in

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.759
 verse 21,

00:26:00.199 --> 00:26:00.720
 and where it

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.019
 says,

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.799
 for our

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.140
 sake,

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.539
 God made

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.240
 Christ to

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.819
 be sin,

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.460
 who knew

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.000
 no sin,

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.400
 so that in

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.960
 Christ,

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.539
 we might

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.700
 become the

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.559
 righteousness of

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.100
 God in

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.660
 him.

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.259
 And as

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.120
 Galatians 3,

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.519
 13 tells us,

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.019
 the curse of

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.700
 sin and death

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.420
 was placed on

00:26:22.420 --> 00:26:22.740
 Jesus,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.420
 so that we

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.200
 might obtain

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.880
 the blessings

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.980
 of Abraham.

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:31.480
 So as you

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.380
 reflect on

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.799
 the cross,

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.579
 remember that

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.099
 when Jesus

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.700
 died,

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.000
 and if you

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.480
 are a believer,

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.140
 your shame

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.799
 also died.

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.420
 He took it

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.819
 with him to

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.299
 the grave,

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.680
 and that's

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.940
 where it

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.360
 stayed.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.059
 And you're

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:45.279
 raised through

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.599
 his resurrection

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.980
 in honor,

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.980
 robed,

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.440
 and clothed

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.599
 in his

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.120
 righteousness.

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.339
 righteousness.

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.919
 How thankful

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.459
 we ought to

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:59.299
 be that we

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.919
 are able to

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:01.079
 read Genesis

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.839
 3 through

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.039
 the eyes of

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.339
 the New

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.799
 Testament,

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.099
 where we

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.819
 are told of

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.500
 someone who

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.399
 stands in the

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:10.919
 breach as

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:13.000
 mediator with

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.839
 this word of

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.599
 good news,

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.099
 the good news

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.719
 of the gospel.

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:19.239
 It tells us

00:27:19.239 --> 00:27:19.539
 that the

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.239
 clothing of

00:27:20.239 --> 00:27:21.179
 his righteousness,

00:27:22.199 --> 00:27:23.019
 the acceptance

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.740
 the forgiveness,

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.180
 the love and

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.839
 peace of his

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.299
 gospel,

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.619
 and the power

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.220
 of his

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.859
 resurrection

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:32.460
 bring life

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.379
 back to those

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:33.660
 who were

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.740
 spiritually dead.

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.119
 They are no

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.000
 longer spiritually

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.639
 dead in their

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.059
 sins.

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.619
 They are now

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.500
 alive in

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.940
 Christ.

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.039
 Colossians 1

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.440
 verses 19

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.019
 to 22

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.579
 tells us

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.799
 this,

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.339
 for God

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.000
 was pleased

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.400
 to have

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.180
 all his

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.500
 fullness

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.079
 dwell in

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.919
 Jesus in

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.359
 Christ,

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:54.839
 and through

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.379
 him to

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.179
 reconcile to

00:27:56.179 --> 00:27:56.899
 himself all

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.399
 things,

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.759
 whether things

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.419
 on earth or

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.879
 things in

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.199
 heaven,

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.379
 by making

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.500
 peace through

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.059
 his blood

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.699
 shed on the

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:04.000
 cross.

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.759
 Once you

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.339
 were alienated

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.039
 from God and

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.779
 were enemies in

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.359
 your minds

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.439
 because of

00:28:09.439 --> 00:28:10.099
 your evil

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.579
 behaviour,

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.179
 but now he

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:13.059
 has reconciled

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.980
 you by Christ's

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.939
 physical body

00:28:14.939 --> 00:28:16.099
 through death

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:17.460
 to present you

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.619
 holy in his

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:18.980
 sight,

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.939
 without blemish,

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.000
 free from

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.759
 accusation,

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.740
 and without

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.340
 shame.

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.900
 That is what

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.519
 the cross has

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.320
 accomplished for

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.620
 us.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.799
 Jesus has

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.360
 sacrificed

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:30.660
 there.

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.880
 In Genesis

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.720
 3, when Adam

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.039
 and Eve

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.740
 sinned against

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.100
 God,

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.160
 their freedom

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.700
 in God

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:37.740
 immediately

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.980
 gave way

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.740
 to the

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.299
 bondage

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.180
 of sin.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.840
 But now,

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.779
 for everyone

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.279
 who preserved

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.080
 faith in the

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.580
 finished work

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.079
 of Jesus,

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:48.059
 that bondage

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.379
 now has

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.819
 to go

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.500
 away to

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.079
 the freedom

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.439
 that is

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:53.599
 found in

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.159
 a life

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:55.259
 that trusts

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.039
 in Jesus.

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.619
 So let me

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.059
 ask you

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.460
 today,

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.339
 in your

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.720
 life,

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.359
 personally,

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.579
 do you

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.759
 have this

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.259
 freedom in

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.659
 Christ?

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.639
 Or are you

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.299
 still hiding

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.939
 behind the

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.359
 trees,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.119
 as Adam

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.460
 and Eve

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.740
 were when

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.139
 they became

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.879
 aware of

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.359
 their sin?

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.579
 hiding there

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.179
 in shame

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:18.819
 when you

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.879
 hear the

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.379
 voice of

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.639
 God again?

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.619
 That's a

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.960
 question that

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.519
 every one of

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.099
 us needs to

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.699
 ask ourselves.

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.619
 Where are

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.379
 we today

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.399
 with regard

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.159
 to this

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.500
 freedom?

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.859
 Are we

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.319
 free in

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.699
 Christ,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.079
 or still

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.460
 hiding in

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.079
 that shame

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.279
 behind the

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.599
 trees?

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.240
 Remember

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.659
 the mirror

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.179
 I spoke

00:29:41.179 --> 00:29:41.579
 about at

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.019
 the beginning?

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.699
 The mirror

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.039
 that was

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.740
 shattered into

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.179
 a thousand

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.120
 pieces when

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.980
 sin came

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.360
 into the

00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.640
 world?

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.860
 The one

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.460
 which portrayed

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.840
 the image

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.400
 of God

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.000
 in man

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.580
 as being

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.799
 perfect before

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.380
 the fall,

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.880
 but broken

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.880
 when Adam

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.160
 and Eve

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.560
 sinned,

00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.100
 resulting in

00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:00.820
 our image

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.340
 becoming

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.100
 distorted.

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.180
 Well,

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.640
 let me tell

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.039
 you this,

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.660
 that everyone

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.039
 who has

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.940
 faith in

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.539
 Jesus as

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.060
 their Savior

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.759
 has had

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.360
 that mirror

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.400
 replaced,

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.620
 not repaired,

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.620


00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.500
 but replaced.

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.400
 It's

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.000
 replaced.

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:19.980
 They have

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.560
 been gifted

00:30:20.560 --> 00:30:21.320
 a new one

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:22.380
 that perfectly

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.759
 reflects the

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:25.440
 righteousness

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.080
 of God

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.840
 in Christ

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.940
 in them.

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.480
 It's

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.080
 perfect,

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.940
 and it's

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.360
 new,

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:35.360
 because when

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.820
 you put your

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.320
 trust and

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.800
 faith in

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.080
 Jesus,

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.660
 that is a

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.340
 new start

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.460
 for every

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.940
 individual.

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.480
 It's a

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.100
 new life,

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.759
 and they

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.039
 are now

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.240
 also a

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.039
 new creation,

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.559
 as we're

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.059
 told in the

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.460
 Gospels,

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.779
 particularly in

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.340
 2 Corinthians

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:51.440
 5, once

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.799
 again.

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:52.860
 So it's a

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.500
 new start,

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.460
 a new life,

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.100
 a new

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.579
 creation.

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.600
 And you

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:56.860
 know what's

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.380
 so special

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.860
 about this

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.380
 new mirror?

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.480
 It is

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.400
 unbreakable,

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.960
 absolutely

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.140
 unbreakable,

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.420
 preserved

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.240
 hold for

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.240
 the believers

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.779
 time on

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.299
 this earth,

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.559
 and through

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.059
 the endless

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.680
 ages of

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.180
 eternity.

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.100
 But that

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.799
 broken mirror

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.180
 of a

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.000
 thousand pieces

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.940
 remains that

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.039
 way for

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.680
 those who

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.279
 are still

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.519
 without Christ

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.880
 as their

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.319
 Saviour.

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.360
 And you

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.779
 know, just

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.319
 as it was

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.720
 with Adam

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.059
 and Eve,

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.559
 so it is

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:25.960
 for every

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.319
 one of

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.579
 us.

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.519
 We are

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.940
 all

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.559
 responsible

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.600
 for the

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.019
 choices

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.100
 that we

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.460
 make.

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.420
 God

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.640
 gives

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.200
 every one

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.460
 of us

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.059
 a choice.

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.400
 Believe

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.940
 in Jesus,

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.559
 believe in

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.799
 what he

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:40.940
 has

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.600
 accomplished

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.259
 on the

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.600
 cross,

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.019
 put your

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.559
 trust and

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.039
 faith in

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.799
 him and

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:44.940
 his

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.319
 finished

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.720
 work,

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.600
 and commit

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.140
 your life

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.559
 to him

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.140
 in faith,

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.360
 or don't

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:50.819
 believe in

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.140
 Jesus,

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.400
 don't believe

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.440
 in what he

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.980
 has accomplished

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.360
 on the

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.640
 cross,

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.640
 don't put

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.100
 your trust

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.600
 and faith

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:57.980
 in him and

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.100
 his

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.420
 finished

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:58.779
 work,

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.680
 and don't

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.180
 commit your

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.600
 life to

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.759
 him.

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.559
 that's

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.700
 the

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.000
 choice

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.200
 we

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.539
 have.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.359
 And the

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.079
 choice is

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.640
 yours

00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.379
 personally.

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.839
 But thankfully

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.279
 we have a

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:10.759
 God who

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.059
 is a

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.440
 God of

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.700
 mercy,

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.680
 and we

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.940
 have a

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.460
 God who

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.980
 is reaching

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.440
 out to

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.879
 you again

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.319
 today,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.379
 and he's

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:17.599
 saying,

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.200
 come to

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.420
 me,

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.440
 all of

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.940
 you who

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.720
 are laboring

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.000
 and are

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.519
 heavy laden,

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.200
 and I

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.559
 will give

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:22.879
 you that

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.180
 rest.

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.700
 Come to

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:23.900
 me,

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.480
 and I

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.819
 will give

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.119
 you that

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.619
 safety,

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.400
 and that

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.079
 security,

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.879
 and I

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.179
 will be

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.759
 with you,

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.299
 and I

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.819
 will lead

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.779
 you each

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.220
 and every

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.220
 moment for

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.779
 the remainder

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.539
 of your

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:33.899
 life.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.759
 He's just

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.119
 saying,

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.119
 come to

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.359
 me.

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.220
 This is

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.019
 what God

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.439
 has done

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:40.819
 for us.

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.319
 He has

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.819
 given us

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.319
 a remedy,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.240
 and Christ

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.599
 is representative

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.980
 of all of

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.519
 his people,

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.059
 just as

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.559
 Adam and

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.899
 Eve were

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:50.500
 representative

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.720
 of a

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.259
 broken and

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.519
 sinful

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.000
 world.

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:54.980
 And so

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 there we

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 leave it

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 for today,

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 with that

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 choice,

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 and with

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 that great

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 invitation

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 from the

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 Lord,

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 to come

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 to him,

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 and to

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 place your

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 trust and

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 your faith

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 in Jesus

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 Christ as

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 your

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 Savior.

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 May God

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 bless these

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 thoughts.

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 Let's close

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 now,

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 then let's

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 sing together.

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 We'll sing

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 in Psalm

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 130,

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 from

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 Sing

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 Psalms.

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 We'll sing

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 the whole of

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 the Psalms.

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 Psalm 130,

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 and it's

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 on page

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 173 of

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 the Blue

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 Books.

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 And may

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 this be your

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 prayer and

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 your call to

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 God today.

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 Lord, from

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 the depths I

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 call to you,

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 Lord, hear me

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 from on high,

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 and give

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 attention to

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 my voice

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 holy

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 my voice

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 when I

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 for mercy

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 die.

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 Lord,

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 in your

00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:40.300
 presence

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:42.380
 to

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 the Son,

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.880
 if you

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.360
 are sins

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:50.360
 before,

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:54.579
 but yet

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 forgiveness

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 is

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 with you

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.360
 that

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 we may

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 fear

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 you, Lord.

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.700
 I

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 wait,

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 my soul,

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 wait for

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:18.360
 the Lord,

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.360
 my

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 hope

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 is

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 in

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 his

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 word,

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 for

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 am

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 the

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 Lord,

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 praise

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 for

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 dawn,

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 my

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 soul,

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 wait for

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 the

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 Lord.

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 O

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 it

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 shall

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 give

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 your

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 hope

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 in

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 Lord,

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 for

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 mercy

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 is

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 with

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 him,

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 and

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 who

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 redemption

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 promises

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 from

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 the

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 sins

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 that

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 be

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 the

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 will

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 be

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 free

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 here.

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 Now

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.360


00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.360
 grace of

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 Jesus

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.360
 Christ,

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 the love

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 the Father,

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 the fellowship

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 of the Holy

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 rest upon

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 and abide

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 with each

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 now and

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 always.

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 Amen.

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 the