WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.179 It's the great quest. 00:00:08.179 --> 00:00:09.720 It's overcoming the monster. 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:12.099 ! It's rags to riches. 00:00:12.620 --> 00:00:13.980 ! It's love lost and then found. 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:15.939 ! It's tragedy turned to comedy. 00:00:16.940 --> 00:00:18.160 And the happily ever after. 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:21.320 Perhaps these stories thrill our hearts 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:22.920 because they echo a true story. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.440 Perhaps there really is an ultimate hero 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.859 who came on a mission to fight evil. 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:32.140 To give up his life to rise again 00:00:32.140 --> 00:00:34.460 and to be one with his people forever. 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:37.820 What if the fairy tale is true? 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.359 What if Jesus is the hero of heroes? 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:44.200 That's Glenn Scrivener. 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:48.340 I'm preaching four slightly eccentric sermons 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:50.039 on the theme of story. 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:52.920 And we began this morning 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.120 with the beginning of every story 00:00:55.120 --> 00:00:57.079 once upon a time. 00:00:57.079 --> 00:00:58.280 In the beginning, if you missed it, 00:00:58.280 --> 00:00:59.920 you can go on YouTube 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:01.280 and kill half an hour with that. 00:01:02.300 --> 00:01:03.780 Tonight, we look at the second part 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:04.960 of a fairy story. 00:01:05.859 --> 00:01:07.019 And what's the second part of a fairy story? 00:01:07.060 --> 00:01:07.700 It all goes wrong. 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:09.680 Evil enters in. 00:01:10.420 --> 00:01:11.240 And then next Sunday night, 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:12.140 we're going to look at a rescuer. 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:14.319 And then the following Sunday night, 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:16.140 we're going to look at happily ever after. 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:17.920 It all goes wrong. 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.379 Every story has a villain. 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:25.060 Every story has a villain. 00:01:26.060 --> 00:01:27.500 The big bad wolf. 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:30.299 The troll under the bridge. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:32.679 Darth Vader. 00:01:33.679 --> 00:01:34.759 Darth Maul. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:36.819 Darth Sidious. 00:01:37.819 --> 00:01:39.479 The wicked witch of the west. 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:41.459 Sauron. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:43.060 Voldemort. 00:01:44.199 --> 00:01:45.000 Cruella de Vil. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:49.280 Every story has a villain 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.239 because yours does. 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:56.000 But you don't live like that. 00:01:58.280 --> 00:01:59.239 Most people 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.700 don't live as if 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:02.920 the story has a villain. 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:06.079 How have we missed that? 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:09.219 All the stories that we tell 00:02:09.219 --> 00:02:10.280 have evil in them. 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:12.280 They tell us of 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:13.500 the presence of an evil power. 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.520 All the dark characters 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:16.960 that send chills down our spine 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:18.199 and give us sleepless nights. 00:02:18.939 --> 00:02:20.699 Why are they given to us? 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:22.060 They are given to us as a warning. 00:02:23.379 --> 00:02:25.379 There's an evil cast around us. 00:02:25.740 --> 00:02:26.180 War. 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:27.080 Famine. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:28.060 Betrayal. 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:29.139 Murder. 00:02:30.139 --> 00:02:30.620 Violence. 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:32.819 We know, don't we, 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:34.000 that there's evil in this world. 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:35.199 But where did it come from? 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:37.259 What's its motive? 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:40.000 How are we to find refuge 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:40.560 from it? 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:42.939 So this morning 00:02:42.939 --> 00:02:43.900 we began at the beginning 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:45.979 and I want us to go back there tonight. 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:47.000 In the beginning 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:48.659 something happened. 00:02:49.939 --> 00:02:50.800 Something happened 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:52.180 before our moment 00:02:52.180 --> 00:02:53.000 on the stage. 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:55.439 Before mankind 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:56.800 came angels. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:02:59.780 We talked about it 00:02:59.780 --> 00:03:00.620 last Sunday, didn't we? 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:01.199 But angels, 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:02.020 if we asked people 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:02.939 what are angels like, 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:03.780 they would think 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:05.879 of cherubs, wouldn't they? 00:03:06.740 --> 00:03:07.560 They would think of 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:08.420 rosy-cheeked, 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:09.420 little chubby children 00:03:09.419 --> 00:03:10.179 wearing white. 00:03:11.299 --> 00:03:12.780 Often seen as soft 00:03:12.780 --> 00:03:13.319 and cuddly. 00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:15.000 But in nearly 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:15.899 every record 00:03:15.899 --> 00:03:16.379 that we have 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:16.879 in the Bible 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:18.799 of angelic visitations, 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.419 their first words are 00:03:20.419 --> 00:03:23.019 fear not. 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:25.080 Why? 00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:27.560 Because angels are terrifying. 00:03:29.140 --> 00:03:30.040 Let me give you some verses. 00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:31.280 2 Chronicles 32 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:32.280 verse 21. 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:33.080 Let me read this to you. 00:03:33.140 --> 00:03:33.920 2 Chronicles 32 00:03:33.920 --> 00:03:34.340 21. 00:03:34.480 --> 00:03:35.439 And the Lord sent an angel 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.560 who cut off 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:38.500 all the mighty warriors 00:03:38.500 --> 00:03:39.060 and commanders 00:03:39.060 --> 00:03:39.620 and officers 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:40.580 in the camp 00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:40.980 of the king 00:03:40.980 --> 00:03:42.060 of the Assyria. 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:43.400 So he returned 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:44.120 with shame of faith 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.000 to his own land. 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:48.300 2 Samuel 24 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:49.320 15 and 16. 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:50.039 So the Lord 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:51.099 sent a pestilence 00:03:51.099 --> 00:03:51.479 on Israel 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:52.019 from the morning 00:03:52.019 --> 00:03:53.139 until the appointed time 00:03:53.139 --> 00:03:54.199 and there died 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:54.699 of the people 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:56.060 from Dan to Beersheba 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:57.039 70,000 men. 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:58.359 And when the angel 00:03:58.359 --> 00:04:00.959 stretched out his hand 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:01.519 toward Jerusalem 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:02.299 to destroy it, 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:03.259 the Lord relented 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:04.359 from the calamity 00:04:04.359 --> 00:04:05.840 and said to the angel 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:07.139 who was working destruction 00:04:07.139 --> 00:04:07.919 among the people, 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:08.599 it's enough. 00:04:09.519 --> 00:04:10.519 Now stay your hand. 00:04:12.519 --> 00:04:13.519 Revelation 9 00:04:13.519 --> 00:04:14.839 verses 14 to 15 00:04:14.839 --> 00:04:15.939 says to the sixth angel 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:16.459 with the trumpet 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:17.560 release the four angels 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:18.099 who are bound 00:04:18.099 --> 00:04:18.719 to the great river 00:04:18.719 --> 00:04:19.439 Euphrates. 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:20.800 So the four angels 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:21.659 who have been prepared 00:04:21.659 --> 00:04:22.500 for the hour, 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:22.939 the day, 00:04:23.019 --> 00:04:23.680 the month and the year 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:24.159 were released 00:04:24.159 --> 00:04:25.180 to kill a third 00:04:25.180 --> 00:04:25.759 of mankind. 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:28.659 And God says 00:04:28.659 --> 00:04:29.439 there are 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:30.800 10,000 times 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:31.639 10,000 of them. 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:34.240 The Bible 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:35.240 is unashamed 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:36.439 about angels. 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:38.319 The Bible 00:04:38.319 --> 00:04:39.500 is unashamedly 00:04:39.500 --> 00:04:40.980 supernaturalistic. 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:42.719 Francis Schaeffer 00:04:42.719 --> 00:04:43.719 who founded 00:04:43.719 --> 00:04:44.360 our denomination 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:44.779 and founded 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:45.459 this congregation 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:46.500 and when he went 00:04:46.500 --> 00:04:47.660 to a university mission 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:48.480 you know they'd have 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:49.319 a week of events 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:50.199 where they kind of 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:51.819 speak to people 00:04:51.819 --> 00:04:52.420 who are not Christians 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:53.600 about the gospel 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:54.600 of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:56.360 and they kind of 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:57.560 put their best foot forward 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.060 and you put your 00:04:59.060 --> 00:04:59.980 best speakers on 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:01.680 you try to be 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:02.560 as appealing as you can. 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:03.139 Francis Schaeffer 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:03.839 always began 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:04.519 on the first night 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:05.839 by speaking about angels. 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.040 Such a strange thing 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:08.339 isn't it? 00:05:09.379 --> 00:05:10.319 Why did he begin 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:11.300 speaking about angels 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:12.139 and the reason he said 00:05:12.139 --> 00:05:12.600 he did that 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:13.060 was because 00:05:13.060 --> 00:05:14.199 he wanted the students 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:14.879 to know that he was 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:15.600 speaking about something 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:16.139 supernatural. 00:05:17.719 --> 00:05:18.160 That Christianity 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.500 is unashamedly 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:20.839 supernaturalistic. 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:23.519 And as you come to 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:23.759 the Bible 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.720 particularly the gospels 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:25.159 I don't know whether 00:05:25.159 --> 00:05:25.500 you realise 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:26.019 there are angels 00:05:26.019 --> 00:05:26.480 everywhere. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:29.899 At every crucial point 00:05:29.899 --> 00:05:30.839 of the Lord Jesus' 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:31.540 career 00:05:31.540 --> 00:05:33.159 there are angels. 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:33.260 angels. 00:05:34.460 --> 00:05:35.000 In fact 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:35.720 the word angel 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:36.760 appears more often 00:05:36.760 --> 00:05:37.420 in the New Testament 00:05:37.420 --> 00:05:38.380 than the word sin 00:05:38.380 --> 00:05:40.040 or the word love. 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:42.200 The word angel 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:43.400 occurs more frequently 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:44.560 than any 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:45.780 either of those words. 00:05:47.340 --> 00:05:48.040 Arthur Sproul said 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:48.640 you can no more 00:05:48.640 --> 00:05:49.460 cut the angels 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:50.560 out of the gospel record 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.280 than you can the miracles 00:05:52.280 --> 00:05:53.320 without being guilty 00:05:53.320 --> 00:05:54.440 of biblical vandalism. 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.400 They are everywhere 00:05:55.400 --> 00:05:56.400 in the gospel accounts 00:05:56.400 --> 00:05:57.480 not like some kind 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:58.140 of varnish 00:05:58.140 --> 00:05:58.900 or gloss 00:05:58.900 --> 00:05:59.840 that has been sprayed 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:01.079 on by some pious believers 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:02.259 but they are deeply 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:04.060 embedded in the story. 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:08.099 And so we need to 00:06:08.099 --> 00:06:08.659 speak about angels 00:06:08.659 --> 00:06:09.259 more than we do. 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:11.759 Number one 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:12.479 point number one 00:06:12.479 --> 00:06:13.000 evil 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:14.659 enters the stage. 00:06:16.239 --> 00:06:16.719 Evil 00:06:16.719 --> 00:06:17.699 enters the stage. 00:06:19.039 --> 00:06:19.799 It seems to me 00:06:19.799 --> 00:06:20.299 that the Bible 00:06:20.299 --> 00:06:21.000 indicates 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:22.319 the origin 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:23.099 of the devil 00:06:23.099 --> 00:06:23.879 and the origin 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:24.459 of evil 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:25.879 more by hints 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:27.299 than by direct 00:06:27.299 --> 00:06:27.759 statements. 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:30.300 and we see 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:30.800 that he was 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:32.079 one of the 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:32.779 sons of the 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:33.519 angels of God. 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.259 And apparently 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:36.899 he was the brightest 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:37.399 of them 00:06:37.399 --> 00:06:38.240 or one of the 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:38.839 brightest of them 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:40.839 and the reason 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:41.879 that that angel 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:42.800 has fallen 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:43.819 is because he was 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:44.539 preoccupied with 00:06:44.539 --> 00:06:45.259 his own beauty 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:47.219 and his own glory 00:06:47.219 --> 00:06:49.159 and with his 00:06:49.159 --> 00:06:49.879 ambition to 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:51.159 unseat God 00:06:51.159 --> 00:06:52.500 the God of glory 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:53.120 from his throne. 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:54.539 So let's go to 00:06:54.539 --> 00:06:55.159 a couple of passages 00:06:55.159 --> 00:06:56.240 that we don't 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:56.659 often go to. 00:06:56.719 --> 00:06:57.039 Let's go to 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:58.140 Isaiah chapter 14. 00:06:58.379 --> 00:06:58.600 All right? 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:00.040 Isaiah chapter 14. 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:01.500 I'll shout out 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:02.340 the pages. 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.520 It's on page 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:04.780 577. 00:07:06.860 --> 00:07:07.780 Isaiah chapter 00:07:07.780 --> 00:07:08.960 14. 00:07:10.379 --> 00:07:10.760 It's on page 00:07:10.760 --> 00:07:11.320 578. 00:07:13.640 --> 00:07:14.060 And the prophet 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:14.540 Isaiah there 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:15.100 is describing 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:15.800 the king of 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:16.360 Babylon. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:17.820 But he's 00:07:17.820 --> 00:07:18.520 describing him 00:07:18.520 --> 00:07:19.140 in highly 00:07:19.140 --> 00:07:20.280 symbolic language. 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:21.580 There's a 00:07:21.580 --> 00:07:22.180 double meaning 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:22.960 to these words. 00:07:23.080 --> 00:07:23.820 Isaiah 14 00:07:23.820 --> 00:07:24.500 verses 12 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:25.120 to 15. 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:26.519 How you are 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:27.079 fallen 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:28.740 from heaven. 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:31.399 O day star, 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:32.300 sun of dawn. 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:33.980 How you are 00:07:33.980 --> 00:07:34.819 cut down to the 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:35.160 ground, 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:35.920 you who laid 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:36.840 the nations low. 00:07:37.280 --> 00:07:37.939 You said in 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:38.560 your heart, 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:39.360 I will ascend 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:40.079 to heaven above 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:40.939 the stars of God. 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:41.959 I will set my 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:42.860 throne on high. 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:43.860 I will sit on 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:44.300 the mount of 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:45.399 assembly in the 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:46.120 far reaches of 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:46.459 the north. 00:07:46.459 --> 00:07:47.500 I will ascend 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:48.240 above the heights 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:48.939 of the clouds. 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:49.780 I will make 00:07:49.780 --> 00:07:50.680 myself 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.280 the most 00:07:52.280 --> 00:07:52.660 high. 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:54.759 It's speaking 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:56.259 of the 00:07:56.259 --> 00:07:56.620 king. 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:58.360 And yet, 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.139 it's also 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:00.620 symbolic. 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:02.199 Come with me 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:02.960 to Ezekiel 00:08:02.960 --> 00:08:03.780 chapter 28. 00:08:03.900 --> 00:08:04.199 And these 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:04.780 are the two 00:08:04.780 --> 00:08:05.540 passages 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:07.500 which describe 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:08.060 to us in 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:08.639 veiled terms 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:09.180 the origin 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:10.060 of the devil. 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:10.899 And Ezekiel 00:08:10.899 --> 00:08:11.460 28 is on 00:08:11.460 --> 00:08:12.439 page 715. 00:08:13.860 --> 00:08:14.420 There's a 00:08:14.420 --> 00:08:15.000 description of 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:15.399 the king of 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:15.740 Tyre. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:16.639 And again, 00:08:16.780 --> 00:08:17.439 it's taunting 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:18.139 language. 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:19.300 It's prophetic 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:20.280 language. 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:21.020 It's highly 00:08:21.020 --> 00:08:21.540 symbolic. 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.060 Ezekiel 28 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:25.259 and verse 12 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:26.460 on page 715. 00:08:27.139 --> 00:08:28.180 Son of man, 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:30.180 raise a 00:08:30.180 --> 00:08:30.819 lamentation 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:31.079 over the 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:31.379 king of 00:08:31.379 --> 00:08:31.780 Tyre and 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:32.139 say to him, 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:32.620 thus says the 00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:32.919 Lord God, 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:33.500 here it is, 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:34.240 you were the 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:34.659 signet of 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:35.080 perfection, 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:36.419 full of 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:36.700 wisdom, 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:37.340 perfect and 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:37.539 beauty. 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:39.240 You were in 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:39.480 Eden, 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:40.019 the garden of 00:08:40.019 --> 00:08:40.299 God. 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:41.740 Every precious 00:08:41.740 --> 00:08:42.259 stone was 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:42.720 your covering. 00:08:43.620 --> 00:08:44.000 Sardius, 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:44.419 topaz, 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:44.779 diamond, 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:45.259 beryl, 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:45.639 onyx, 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:46.039 jasper, 00:08:46.180 --> 00:08:46.500 sapphire, 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:46.860 emerald, 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:47.480 carbuncle. 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:48.620 And crafted in 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:49.100 gold, 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:49.279 gold were 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:49.720 your settings 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:50.040 and your 00:08:50.040 --> 00:08:50.680 engravings. 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:52.000 On the day 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:52.420 that you were 00:08:52.420 --> 00:08:52.720 created, 00:08:52.800 --> 00:08:52.980 they were 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:53.360 prepared. 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.279 You were an 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:55.240 anointed guardian 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:55.740 cherub. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:56.639 I placed you 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:57.180 there on the 00:08:57.180 --> 00:08:57.580 holy mountain 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:58.100 of God, 00:08:58.159 --> 00:08:58.500 in the midst 00:08:58.500 --> 00:08:59.080 of the stones 00:08:59.080 --> 00:08:59.659 of fire you 00:08:59.659 --> 00:08:59.920 walked. 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:00.159 You were 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:00.620 blameless in 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:01.180 your ways 00:09:01.180 --> 00:09:01.940 from the day 00:09:01.940 --> 00:09:02.180 you were 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:02.560 created, 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:03.560 till unrighteousness 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:04.180 was found in 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:04.420 you. 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:08.240 Standing at 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:09.159 the head of 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:09.639 the vast 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:10.200 legion of 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:10.980 angels was a 00:09:10.980 --> 00:09:11.320 captain, 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:12.720 the most 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.080 beautiful, 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:13.500 the most 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:13.920 powerful of 00:09:13.920 --> 00:09:14.240 them all, 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:15.500 the commander 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:15.960 of the armies 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:16.379 of God, 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:16.920 the guardian 00:09:16.920 --> 00:09:17.399 of the glory 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:17.840 of God, 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:18.560 the sun 00:09:18.560 --> 00:09:18.800 of the 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:19.160 morning, 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:20.460 as glorious 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:21.000 as the sun 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.580 unequaled. 00:09:23.540 --> 00:09:23.960 C.S. Lewis 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:24.580 writes this, 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:26.620 of all 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:27.639 bad men, 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:29.240 religious bad 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:29.980 men are the 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:30.320 worst. 00:09:31.420 --> 00:09:32.100 Of all 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:33.360 created beings, 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:34.860 the wickedest 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:36.420 is the one 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:37.420 who originally 00:09:37.420 --> 00:09:38.220 stood in the 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:38.879 immediate presence 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:39.360 of God. 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:42.139 And so pride 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:42.800 enters the 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:43.420 devil's heart. 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:46.020 Now, 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:46.440 admittedly, 00:09:46.520 --> 00:09:47.080 these passages, 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:49.080 they raise as 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:50.259 many questions 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:51.040 as they answer. 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:52.959 but they 00:09:52.959 --> 00:09:53.339 are telling 00:09:53.339 --> 00:09:53.719 us something 00:09:53.719 --> 00:09:54.599 of immense 00:09:54.599 --> 00:09:55.599 importance 00:09:55.599 --> 00:09:56.559 and significance. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:09:58.639 But pride 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.519 and self 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:01.699 was at the 00:10:01.699 --> 00:10:02.099 heart of the 00:10:02.099 --> 00:10:02.699 devil's fall. 00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:04.799 Ezekiel 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:05.399 is telling 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:06.419 us that 00:10:06.419 --> 00:10:06.779 the devil 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:07.579 was unwilling 00:10:07.579 --> 00:10:08.199 to take 00:10:08.199 --> 00:10:08.899 his place 00:10:08.899 --> 00:10:10.259 as created. 00:10:10.819 --> 00:10:11.819 He grasped 00:10:11.819 --> 00:10:12.839 at glory 00:10:12.839 --> 00:10:13.839 which was 00:10:13.839 --> 00:10:14.480 not his 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.159 but belonged 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:15.599 to God 00:10:15.599 --> 00:10:15.959 alone. 00:10:16.719 --> 00:10:17.319 He sought 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:18.419 to exalt 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:19.539 himself over 00:10:19.539 --> 00:10:20.019 God. 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.659 the devil 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:21.319 wanted 00:10:21.319 --> 00:10:21.759 God's 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:22.179 authority. 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:23.100 It was 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:23.740 flagrant 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.279 ambition 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:25.360 but fundamentally 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:26.159 pride. 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:28.460 This 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:29.159 excellent 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:29.759 being 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.179 believed 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:30.799 that somehow 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:31.360 he was 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:32.139 being cheated. 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:33.019 He was 00:10:33.019 --> 00:10:33.759 missing out. 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:34.480 He didn't 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:34.879 just want 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:35.340 to play 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:36.019 a role 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:36.559 in the 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:37.439 noble story. 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.379 He wanted 00:10:38.379 --> 00:10:38.819 the story 00:10:38.819 --> 00:10:39.220 to be about 00:10:39.220 --> 00:10:39.480 him. 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:41.799 He coveted 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:42.299 the throne. 00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:43.480 He wanted 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:43.899 to be the 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:44.360 star. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:45.419 He was 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:45.819 desperate 00:10:45.819 --> 00:10:46.439 to be the 00:10:46.439 --> 00:10:47.039 main character. 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:48.879 He wanted 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:49.439 the worship 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:50.100 and the 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:50.580 adoration 00:10:50.580 --> 00:10:51.280 which was 00:10:51.280 --> 00:10:51.660 due to 00:10:51.660 --> 00:10:52.040 God 00:10:52.040 --> 00:10:52.460 to be 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:52.620 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00:11:25.139 Skywalker 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:25.659 turning 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.099 to the 00:11:26.099 --> 00:11:26.480 dark 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:26.759 side 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.219 becomes 00:11:27.219 --> 00:11:27.620 Darth 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:27.939 Vader. 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:29.319 Saruman 00:11:29.319 --> 00:11:30.120 the wizard 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.519 in 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:30.860 Lord of 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:30.959 the 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:31.459 Rings 00:11:31.459 --> 00:11:32.519 lust 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:32.759 for 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:33.179 power 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:33.480 and 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:33.879 glory 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:35.039 brings 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:35.319 himself 00:11:35.319 --> 00:11:35.500 to 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:35.779 ruin. 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:37.059 Think of 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:37.559 the Joker 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:38.279 in Batman 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:38.779 turned 00:11:38.779 --> 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00:15:05.659 it start? 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:08.379 it starts 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:08.740 in Genesis 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.319 chapter 3 00:15:09.319 --> 00:15:09.740 so can you 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:09.959 come there 00:15:09.959 --> 00:15:10.240 with me? 00:15:11.839 --> 00:15:12.199 Genesis 00:15:12.199 --> 00:15:12.799 chapter 3 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:13.139 we're on 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.439 familiar 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:13.839 ground 00:15:13.839 --> 00:15:14.039 aren't 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.259 we? 00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.759 It 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.100 starts 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.779 by saying 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.079 that the 00:15:19.079 --> 00:15:19.399 serpent 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:19.959 was more 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:20.459 crafty 00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.159 than any 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:21.839 other 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:22.459 beast 00:15:22.459 --> 00:15:22.939 of the 00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:23.339 field 00:15:23.339 --> 00:15:24.659 that the 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.120 Lord God 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.579 had made. 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.500 The 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.819 serpent 00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:28.559 is a 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.240 created 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.100 being. 00:15:31.699 --> 00:15:31.899 Genesis 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.439 chapter 12 00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.000 and verse 9 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.419 sorry 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.259 Revelation 12 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.820 and verse 9 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:35.299 and 20 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.139 verse 2 00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:37.159 John describes 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:37.659 the devil 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:38.419 as that 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.320 old serpent 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:39.980 the devil. 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:42.659 And so 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.419 how does 00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.240 evil enter 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.659 in? 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.940 Verse 1 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:48.039 did 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:49.120 God 00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:51.039 really say 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:53.279 did God 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.679 really say 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.080 you shall 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.460 not eat 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.299 of any 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:55.940 tree 00:15:55.940 --> 00:15:56.419 in the 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:56.799 garden? 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.779 First of all 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.559 he overstates 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:00.980 doesn't he? 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.639 You shall 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:02.960 not eat 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.360 of any 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.679 tree. 00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:05.960 What God 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.360 had said 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:06.679 to Adam 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:06.980 and Eve 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:08.179 is you 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:08.639 can eat 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:08.899 of all 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.240 the trees 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.779 except one. 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.259 Eve 00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:12.740 responds 00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.319 and she 00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.759 quotes 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:15.659 God 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.299 back to 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:16.699 the devil 00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:18.500 but she 00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.100 misquotes 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:19.360 him. 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.960 She says 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.580 we may 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:22.980 eat 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:23.679 of the 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:23.980 fruit of 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:24.279 the trees 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.519 in the 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:24.759 garden 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.139 but God 00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:25.439 said you 00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:25.759 shall not 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.059 eat of 00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:26.360 the fruit 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:26.580 of the 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:26.819 tree 00:16:26.819 --> 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00:16:42.460 more 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:42.860 restrictive 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.319 than God 00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.600 had made 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:43.740 them. 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.519 Verse 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:45.939 four is 00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.039 the 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:46.319 outright 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:46.779 lie. 00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:48.539 You 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.740 will 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.000 not 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.259 surely 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:49.659 die. 00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:51.259 First 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:51.840 he creates 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.299 doubt 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.860 and then 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.379 he lies. 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.759 God 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.600 and then 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:56.759 in 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.000 verse 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.840 five 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:59.439 the 00:16:59.439 --> 00:16:59.860 serpent 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.759 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00:17:17.319 and 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:17.480 you 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:17.640 will 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:17.819 be 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.160 like 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.680 God 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.279 knowing 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.539 good 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:20.680 and 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:20.940 evil. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.660 What's 00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.000 behind 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.319 that? 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.599 God 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:25.700 is 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:25.899 keeping 00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.039 you 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.299 back. 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.259 God 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:28.379 is 00:17:28.379 --> 00:17:28.539 holding 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:28.740 out 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:28.859 on 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.039 you. 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.179 You 00:17:31.179 --> 00:17:31.339 can 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.519 be 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:31.779 like 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.119 God. 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.159 You 00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:34.299 can 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:34.480 be 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.899 wiser 00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.099 than 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.439 God. 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.240 You 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.399 can 00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:37.539 be 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:37.839 God. 00:17:39.939 --> 00:17:40.200 And 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.299 you 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.599 cannot 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:41.259 minimise 00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.019 the 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.519 enormity 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:43.079 of 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.339 Adam 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.460 and 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.799 Eve's 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.000 sin. 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.200 You 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.519 cannot 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.720 minimise 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:45.939 the 00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:46.279 sheer 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:47.179 ingratitude. 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.000 How 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.159 had 00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.379 God 00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.799 treated 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.079 them 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.220 in 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:50.419 chapter 00:17:50.419 --> 00:17:50.759 one 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.039 and 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.379 two? 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:52.639 He 00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:52.779 had 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:52.920 given 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.059 them 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.319 everything 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.539 they 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:53.660 could 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:53.899 need, 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:54.220 everything 00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.420 they 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:54.579 could 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.019 want. 00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:56.579 He 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:56.779 held 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.039 nothing 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.259 back 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.539 from 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:57.799 them. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.220 One 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:01.319 of the 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.519 things I 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:01.839 find about 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.319 Genesis 3 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.720 is the 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.139 madness 00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.700 of sin. 00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.680 When you 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.099 go back 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.299 to it, 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:07.480 you can 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:07.660 look at 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.059 ideology 00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.759 and that's 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:09.039 the right 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:09.319 thing to 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:09.460 do, 00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:10.059 but there's 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.759 a madness 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.339 to Eve 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:11.839 and Adam's 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.220 sin in 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.759 Genesis 3. 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.559 William 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:15.759 Still 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:17.339 says this, 00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:17.879 this parent 00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.500 sin is the 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:18.740 sin of 00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.420 all sins, 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:21.440 equaled 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.060 only by 00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.300 that 00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:22.880 primal 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.220 sin 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.440 of 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.800 Lucifer 00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:25.380 which 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:25.680 stands 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.060 out like 00:18:26.060 --> 00:18:26.480 a blot 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.740 against 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:26.900 the 00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:27.160 light 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:27.380 of 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:27.519 what 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.759 God 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:27.920 has 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.100 made 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:28.279 him. 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.480 It's 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.640 important 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:31.840 that we 00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.120 hold two 00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.279 things 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:32.539 together 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:32.800 here. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.000 These 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.360 two things 00:18:35.360 --> 00:18:35.620 together, 00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.500 one is 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.800 this 00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:37.759 essential 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.560 deceiving 00:18:38.560 --> 00:18:39.060 nature 00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:40.320 of the 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.600 devil 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:42.340 who's 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:42.700 always 00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.200 scheming, 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:43.840 always 00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.340 plotting, 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.660 his 00:18:44.660 --> 00:18:45.060 wiles 00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:45.480 always 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.880 must be 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.120 taken 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:46.320 into 00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:46.640 account. 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.580 So we 00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:47.940 sinners, 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.000 we never 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.700 bear the 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.500 blame alone 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.960 for our 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.220 sin. 00:18:53.040 --> 00:18:53.780 The other 00:18:53.780 --> 00:18:54.120 is the 00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.380 full 00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:55.100 responsibility 00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:56.660 of human 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:56.980 beings 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:58.980 for 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.560 listening to 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:00.040 voices which 00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.640 are completely 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.420 contrary to 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.880 knowledge and 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.420 experience of 00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.640 God. 00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.660 Satan's 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.320 responsibility 00:19:05.320 --> 00:19:06.860 and man's 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.440 responsibility 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.080 go hand 00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:08.620 in hand. 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.440 And this 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.100 first sin 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:11.440 of Adam 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.720 and Eve 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.580 is engineered 00:19:12.580 --> 00:19:13.100 by the 00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.759 devil with 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.240 great 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.380 ingenuity. 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.020 Evil 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.619 enters the 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.039 stage, 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:18.720 evil 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.339 enters the 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.740 world, 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.920 and then 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:22.500 lastly evil 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.019 enters you. 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.859 And the 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.299 truth is 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.599 this, 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.059 that the 00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.539 problem of 00:19:29.539 --> 00:19:30.599 evil is 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.279 not just 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.819 out there 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.180 on a 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.519 macro 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:32.879 level. 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.139 We can 00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:33.359 see it 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:33.480 really 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:33.720 clearly 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:33.940 there, 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.119 can't 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.319 we? 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:36.940 That evil 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.240 is not 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.639 only a 00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.000 problem 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.920 in the 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.079 world 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.700 around us, 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.200 but it's 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.839 a problem 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.279 in us. 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:43.619 And the 00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:43.839 reason I 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.180 want to say 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.480 that is 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.940 because the 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.599 essence of 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:46.139 the sin 00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:47.459 that the 00:19:47.459 --> 00:19:48.039 devil fell 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.779 for and 00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:49.319 the essence 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.619 of the 00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:49.939 sin that 00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.299 Adam and 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.879 Eve fell 00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.199 for in 00:19:51.199 --> 00:19:51.519 the garden 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.139 is exactly 00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.539 what you 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:52.779 and I 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.219 fall for 00:19:53.219 --> 00:19:53.719 every day. 00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.619 That you 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.419 can be 00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.759 the centre 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.079 of your 00:19:59.079 --> 00:19:59.480 world. 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.919 You can 00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:02.740 grasp at 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:02.939 it. 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.599 You can 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.439 reach out 00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:06.319 and take 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.539 it. 00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.199 And that 00:20:08.199 --> 00:20:09.019 God is 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.779 holding out 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.240 on you. 00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:11.159 He's keeping 00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.759 you back. 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:14.059 you need 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:14.440 to be the 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.579 main 00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:14.920 character. 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.680 You need 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.059 to be the 00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.420 main 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.980 story. 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.680 And to 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.500 follow God 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.039 means that 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.299 you'll 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.599 actually 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.220 miss out. 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.420 And so 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:23.779 we become 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.339 preoccupied 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.779 with 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:26.859 ourselves. 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.299 And our 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.700 story, 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:31.700 and our 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.059 glory, 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.740 and our 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.019 beauty. 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.660 And sin 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.240 is to be 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.079 caught up 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.759 in oneself. 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:42.519 when you 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.019 look at 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.279 group 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.059 photographs, 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.640 who is 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.019 the first 00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.460 person you 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.839 look for? 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.500 Alice 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.420 Roosevelt 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.379 Longworth 00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:55.379 describes 00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.940 her father, 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.599 the US 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.000 president, 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.500 Theodore 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.920 Roosevelt. 00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.039 She 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.680 described him 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.299 as someone 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.839 who needed 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.379 to be the 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.759 centre of 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.440 attention in 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.619 any situation, 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.779 whether joyous 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.420 or sombre. 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.059 She wrote, 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.700 my father 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.259 wanted to be 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.819 the corpse 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.220 at every 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.619 funeral, 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.519 the bride 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.940 at every 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.279 wedding, 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:11.940 and the 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.299 baby at 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.539 every 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.980 christening. 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.140 That was 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.900 actually used 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.379 to describe 00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:17.799 a minister 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.240 to me this 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.460 week. 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:20.420 But there's 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.779 an element 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.259 of all of 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.480 us in 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:21.619 that, 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:21.779 isn't 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:21.980 there? 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.460 The corpse 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.839 at every 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.220 funeral, 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:25.759 the bride 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.180 at every 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.599 wedding, 00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.319 the baby 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.720 at every 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.119 baptism. 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.700 And so 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.240 in this 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.740 story, 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:36.180 this great 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:36.539 story, 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.119 we are 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.819 caught up 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.039 into 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.519 something 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.899 bigger 00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.279 than our 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.459 own 00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:40.839 rebellion. 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.219 And that 00:21:43.219 --> 00:21:43.439 is what 00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.119 Genesis 4 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.619 to 11 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.239 teaches us, 00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.500 isn't it? 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.000 It is a 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.819 death spiral 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:49.259 where sin 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.519 is not 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:50.759 under 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.339 control, 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.500 but 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.000 wonderfully, 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:55.939 that is 00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.159 not the 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.359 end of 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:56.779 the story. 00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.159 I think 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.799 in preparing 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.339 this and 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.719 trying to 00:22:01.719 --> 00:22:02.039 think about 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.439 the origin 00:22:02.439 --> 00:22:02.719 of the 00:22:02.719 --> 00:22:02.979 devil, 00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:03.579 we are 00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:03.859 at the 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.619 very limit 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:04.899 of our 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.419 understanding. 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:05.679 There is 00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.059 a reason 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.819 why the 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.179 Bible isn't 00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.719 crystal clear 00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:07.979 on it, 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.219 and that is 00:22:08.219 --> 00:22:08.519 because we are 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.759 not meant 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.039 to know. 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:10.939 We are 00:22:10.939 --> 00:22:11.619 trying to 00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.459 grasp the 00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.459 ungraspable, 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:13.659 we are 00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:13.919 trying to 00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.279 know the 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.719 unknowable, 00:22:15.239 --> 00:22:15.579 and there 00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:15.919 are many 00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.399 questions, 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.779 aren't there, 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.179 in your 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.500 heart and 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.779 in my 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:17.979 heart, 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.379 about why 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.799 does God 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.599 allow the 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:19.939 devil to 00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.339 exist? 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.319 Why did 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:23.000 God create 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.839 a world 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.500 knowing that 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.679 it would 00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.039 fall into 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.379 sin? 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:29.780 What we 00:22:29.780 --> 00:22:30.060 do know 00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.360 is this, 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.060 with the 00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.600 advent of 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:33.480 sin and 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.920 the devil, 00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:36.800 you are 00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.140 able to 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.840 grasp and 00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.320 understand 00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.400 something more 00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:39.740 of the 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:40.180 love and 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.680 the grace 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.120 and the 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.760 mercy and 00:22:42.760 --> 00:22:43.280 the holiness 00:22:43.280 --> 00:22:43.940 of God 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:46.140 in a way 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.800 that you 00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.140 would not 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.540 have been 00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:48.100 had you 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.500 stayed in 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.920 that state 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.460 of perfection. 00:22:51.580 --> 00:22:52.380 Adam knew 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:52.740 that God 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.180 was loving, 00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.860 but he 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.200 didn't know 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.000 how loving. 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.240 Adam knew 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.500 that God 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.940 was holy, 00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.240 but he 00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.600 didn't know 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.140 how holy 00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.559 God is. 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.660 Adam knew 00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.000 that God 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.559 was gracious, 00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.019 but he 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.299 didn't know 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.700 how gracious. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.900 We don't 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.500 fully know 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.019 the reasons 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.340 for those 00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.720 questions. 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.340 We are 00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:14.299 creatures that 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.980 cannot fathom 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.440 the ways of 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.940 our creator, 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.840 but we 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.640 must humbly 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:17.640 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:19.940 accept that 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.440 this isn't 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.840 the end of 00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.319 the story. 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:25.000 in Genesis 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.299 3, 00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:25.679 there's a 00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.159 lovely game 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.439 of hide 00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:26.859 and seek. 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.599 Answer me 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:30.779 this, 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.359 who is 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.720 hiding 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.379 and who 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:32.779 is seeking? 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.879 Is it 00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.399 God who's 00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.679 hiding? 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.579 It's not, 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:37.859 is it? 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.539 Adam and 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:39.720 Eve, 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.000 in their 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.579 shame and 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:40.779 in their 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.759 rebellion and 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:41.980 in their 00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.439 embarrassment, 00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:42.879 they are 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.200 the ones 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.519 that so 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.939 fig leaves 00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.460 on themselves, 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.079 they hide. 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.859 And God 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.119 is the 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.419 one who 00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.639 comes 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:47.980 seeking. 00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:50.539 And he 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.680 says, 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.059 where are 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.240 you? 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.779 It's one 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:53.900 of the 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.079 great 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.599 questions in 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:54.920 the Bible 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.220 that God 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.720 asks you, 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.420 where are 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.620 you? 00:23:59.599 --> 00:23:59.960 Wonderfully, 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.500 the story of 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.799 the Bible 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.599 tells us, 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.400 as we'll 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.900 see in a 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:03.160 couple of 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.420 weeks, 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:03.860 that there 00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.259 was one 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.200 who came 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.579 into this 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.920 world who 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.180 was not 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.700 like Adam, 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.460 was not 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.720 like the 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:07.980 devil, 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.380 who was 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.880 not proud, 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.660 who did 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.380 not consider 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.339 equality with 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.819 God something 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.480 to be grasped, 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.779 but made 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.339 himself nothing, 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.940 taking the 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.539 very nature 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.019 of a servant, 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.900 who did 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.720 not grasp, 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.200 but willingly 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.720 gave up. 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.740 And we're 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.359 told gloriously, 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:23.639 aren't we, 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.279 in 1 John 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.900 chapter 3 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.420 and verse 8, 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.779 that the 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.139 Son of 00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.539 God 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.339 appeared to 00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.799 destroy 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:29.240 the works 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.460 of the 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.700 devil. 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.859 And so 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.160 tonight, 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.440 as the 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.759 people of 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:33.960 God 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.519 living in 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.099 this story, 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:37.119 we know 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.480 that because 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.720 of the 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.099 cross of 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.279 Jesus 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.619 Christ, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.000 the devil 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.160 is 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.460 defeated, 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:42.139 he is 00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:42.619 chained, 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.259 the authority 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.940 that he does 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.600 have is 00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.539 very limited 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.160 and his 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.460 time is 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:49.980 nearly up. 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.259 And 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.860 ultimately, 00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:55.600 evil will 00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.140 be defeated 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:58.340 and sin 00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:58.820 will be no 00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.080 more. 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.980 Let's pray. 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.000 Let's pray.