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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Exodus chapter 20.

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 We're going through a series in the book of Exodus,

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 and we're slowing down in Exodus chapter 20

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 to take 10 weeks to go through the Ten Commandments.

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 We're on the second commandment today.

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 I am going to preach on verses 4 to 6,

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 because we preached on verses 1 to 3 last week,

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 but I'm going to read from verses 1 to 6.

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 You get the context of the verses.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, Your Word is precious to us.

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 It is more precious to us than refined gold,

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 because in Your Word, You have revealed Yourself to us,

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 because in Your Word, we encounter Jesus, our Savior,

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 who makes us wise for salvation.

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 Because in Your Word, we have life.

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 We find Your truth.

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 So we ask again that You would speak to us this morning.

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 We humble ourselves before You.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 If you would please stand with me, if you are able,

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 for the reading of God's Word.

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 Exodus chapter 20, verses 1 through 6.

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 And God spoke all these words, saying,

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 I am the Lord, your God,

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 who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image

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 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above

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 or that is in the earth beneath

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 or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them,

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 for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children

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 to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands

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 of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative Word.

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 Please be seated.

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 The saying, a picture is worth a thousand words,

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 is said to have emerged in the U.S.

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 sometime in the 20th century in the advertising industry,

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 pointing out the fact that a single image

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 can convey multiple ideas at once.

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 We gravitate toward images,

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 and images tend to leave indelible marks on our minds.

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 If you read a novel, for example,

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 and then you watch a movie version of it,

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 when you go back to read the novel,

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 you can't help but conjure up those images

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 that you've seen in the movies,

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 no matter how inaccurate they may be

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 and no matter how unfaithful they may be

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 to the actual text.

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 I'm sure many of you can relate to the experience

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 of seeing images that you wish you could unsee,

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 whether it's a graphic image that inflames your lust

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 or a dark, frightening image that gives you nightmares

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 when sleeping.

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 And because these images are powerful,

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 they can also be very dangerous.

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 They can hijack our imaginations

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 and control our thinking about people and things.

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 Images can be very misleading.

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 Many pictures taken at unfortunate moments

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 out of context have cost people their jobs and reputations.

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 Conversely, many airbrushed and carefully crafted images

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 have shaped perceptions of people

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 that are far from the reality.

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 The second word of the Ten Commandments

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 addresses these concerns about images.

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 It teaches us that rather than making

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 and worshipping images of creatures,

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 we are to worship the word of God,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who is the image of the invisible God.

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 So first, we're going to look at the command,

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 the images of creatures,

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 and the motivation to obey this command,

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 the jealousy of God.

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 And third, we're going to see the fulfillment

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 of this command in the image of God,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 It says in verses 4 to 5,

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 you shall not make for yourself a carved image

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 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above

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 or that is in the earth beneath

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 or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them.

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 So this is referring to kind of three divisions

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 of the visible created world in Genesis 1.

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 The heavens where the birds rule,

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 the ground where the livestock and the animals rule

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 and the humans ultimately rule

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 and the waters below where the fish rule.

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 And so he's in this command

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 including all of God's creation,

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 all created beings.

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 You are not to make images of them.

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 However, that doesn't mean that

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 you need to go and burn your painting of the dog,

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 of your dog,

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 or that Michelangelo was an idolater

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 for making his famous sculpture of David.

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 The second commandment does not bar

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 all painting sculptures in stained glass windows

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 depicting animals and humans.

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 The Bible is not anti-art.

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 In fact, later in Exodus 31,

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 the Lord commissions,

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 he gifts and commissions Bezalel and Oholiab

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 to create art inside the tabernacle,

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 including weaving drawings of the cherubim,

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 the angels, into the curtains

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 and making sculptures of cherubim

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 with their wings spread over the Ark of the Covenant.

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 Not only that,

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 in Numbers 21, 6-9,

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 when fiery serpents were killing the Israelites

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 due to their rebelling against the Lord,

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 God himself commanded Moses

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 to create a bronze serpent,

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 make it,

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 and to set it on a pole

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 so that people might look upon it

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 and be healed.

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 So it was a memorial,

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 and it was kept as a memorial for God's people.

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 So it's not that all images are forbidden.

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 The connection is in verse 5,

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 because verse 4 is joined to verse 5.

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 It says,

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 You shall not bow down to them

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 or serve them.

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 The point is that

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 we must not make any image

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 of anything or anyone

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 for the purpose of worshipping them.

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 That is why later in 2 Kings 18, verse 4,

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 when the Israelites start making offerings

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 to the very bronze serpent

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 that God had commanded Moses to make,

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 King Hezekiah rightly smashes it into pieces

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 to stop the idolatry.

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 Unfortunately,

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 this has been an all-too-common practice

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 in human history.

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 The heavens and the earth

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 and the waters each have great creatures

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 that have amazed human beings

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 throughout history,

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 and they have been tempted to worship them.

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 For example,

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 if we were to behold the Andean condor,

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 the largest bird of prey on earth,

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 spreading out its majestic wings

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 up to 10 feet 9 inches long

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 and defying gravity

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 and soaring as high as

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 18,000 feet in the heavens

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 with the Andean mountains

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 on the backdrop,

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 imagine that awe-inspiring sight.

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 It was so inspiring

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 that the ancient Andean civilizations

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 in South America

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 associated the Andean condor

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 with their sun god

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 and believed that it ruled

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 the upper world.

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 If we were to behold

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 the African savannah elephant

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 weighing a whopping 24,000 pounds

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 and standing over 13 feet tall

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 and every time it walks,

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 it's shaking the ground

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 and that rumble spreads

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 to four miles away,

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 we would marvel at it.

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 So maybe it's not surprising

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 that many cultures

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 worshipped gods

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 and represented gods

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 as elephants.

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 Hindu cosmology

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 says that the earth

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 is propped up

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 by mythical world elephants

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 and Ganesha,

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 the elephant god,

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 is one of the most popular gods

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 in the Hindu pantheon.

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 If you were to behold

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 a southern humpback whale,

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 which can weigh

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 nearly 200,000 pounds

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 and stretch nearly 60 feet high

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 or 60 feet in length,

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 and then it could still

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 haul its great body

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 above the water

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 and breach the surface

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 of the Pacific Ocean,

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 you would stand amazed.

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 Perhaps that's why

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 it's used as a representation

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 of Tangaroa,

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 the sea god

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 that controls the tides

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 and the mythology

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 of the Maori people

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 in New Zealand.

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 Similarly,

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 the foreign gods

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 we encounter

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 in the Old Testament

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 in Egypt and Canaan

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 are often associated

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 with some aspect

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 of creation

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 and worship

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 as some creature,

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 including Anubis,

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 a jackal,

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 Horus,

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 a falcon,

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 Pharaoh,

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 a serpent,

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 Baal,

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 a bull or ram,

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 Dagon,

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 a fish,

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 Asherah,

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 a woman.

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 That reminds us

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 that human beings

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 are also merely creatures

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 whose images

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 we must not create

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 for worship.

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 We might think

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 that we're no longer

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 susceptible

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 to the worship

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 of creatures,

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 but in truth,

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 we are.

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 There are people

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 whose rooms

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 are filled

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 with posters,

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 cards,

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 and other images

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 of sports stars,

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 athletes,

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 and they spend

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 hundreds of thousands

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 of dollars

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 to collect memorabilia

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 connected to them.

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 And they pay thousands

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 of dollars

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 to go to all their games,

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 and after they're inducted

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 to the Hall of Fame,

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 they go to Springfield

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 or Cooperstown

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 or Canton,

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 and they literally

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 go pay homage.

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 That's what they call it.

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 Before the bust

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 or the statue

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 of the athlete.

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 Sometimes star athletes

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 are treated like demigods

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 of Greek mythology

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 like Hercules

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 or Achilles.

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 I recently saw the trailer

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 of the movie Elvis.

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 Have you guys seen that?

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 I don't know if it's good

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 because I haven't seen it.

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 And he's singing

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 and, you know,

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 prancing around the stage

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 and he is playing guitar

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 and he's singing

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 and the crowds

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 are screaming

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 at the top of their logs

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 and stretching their arms

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 to try to reach him

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 and women are literally

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 swooning in front of him

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 and falling.

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 And it's been over 45 years

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 since Elvis' death.

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 But still,

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 to this day,

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 thousands of Elvis fans

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 make what they call

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 the pilgrimage

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 to Graceland

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 every year

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 to pay tribute to him.

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 They hold a candlelight

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 vigil service

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 at his gravesite,

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 which looks a lot like

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 a worship service.

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 And there's an American

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 music journalist

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 named Robert Christgau

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 who says this about Elvis.

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 He says,

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 I know he invented

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 rock and roll

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 in a manner of speaking,

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 but that's not why

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 he is worshipped

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 as a god today.

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 He is worshipped

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 as a god today

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 because in addition

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 to inventing rock and roll,

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 he was the greatest

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 ballad singer

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 this side of Frank Sinatra

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 because the spiritual

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 translucence

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 and reigned in-gut sexuality

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 of his slow weeper

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 and torchy pop blues

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 still activate

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 the hormones

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 and slavish devotion

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 of millions of female

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 human beings worldwide.

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 Justin Bieber

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 Why are you guys laughing?

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 Has 114.1 million

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 Twitter followers.

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 That's more number

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 of followers

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 than adherents

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 of Judaism

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 worldwide.

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 And they call themselves

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 believers.

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 And some of the more

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 extreme believers

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 send death threats

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 to anyone who dares

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 to harm Justin Bieber

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 or criticize him

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 or refuse to give him

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 a Grammy.

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 Korean pop boy bands

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 and girl bands

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 are literally known as

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 idols.

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 And if you consider

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 BTS' fanatic fan base,

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 I think that's an apt description.

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 So this kind of extreme

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 celebrity devotion

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 is so widespread today

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 that psychiatrists now

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 actually have an official

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 term for it.

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 Celebrity worship syndrome.

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 CWS.

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 Which is an obsessive

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 addictive disorder

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 where people are

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 overly invested in the

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 details of celebrities'

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 personal and professional

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 life.

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 But no matter how

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 impressive or powerful

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 an animal might be,

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 no matter how

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 accomplished

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 and authoritative

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 and successful

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 or even holy

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 a man or woman

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 might be,

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 the inescapable reality

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 is that they are all

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 mere creatures.

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 And therefore,

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 it is tragic

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 to worship them.

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 We ought to stand

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 in wonder of

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 and worship

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 the Creator

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 who made them

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 because the marvelous

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 works in creation

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 point to God's

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 eternal power

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 and divine nature.

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 The God who created

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 nature transcends

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 nature and therefore

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 cannot be reduced

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 to things that are

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 in nature.

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 Romans 1, 21-25

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 hits the nail

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 right on the head

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 in its description

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 of sinful humanity.

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 It says,

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 For although they knew God,

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 they did not honor Him

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 as God

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 or give thanks to Him,

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 but they became

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 futile in their thinking

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 and their foolish hearts

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 were darkened.

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 Claiming to be wise,

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 they became fools

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 and exchanged

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 the glory

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 of the immortal God

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 for the images

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 resembling mortal man

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 and birds

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 and animals

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 and creeping things.

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 Therefore,

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 God gave them up

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 in the lusts

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 of their hearts

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 to impurity,

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 to the dishonoring

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 of their bodies

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 among themselves

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 because they exchanged

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 the truth about God

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 for a lie

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 and worshipped

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 and served the creature

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 rather than the Creator

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 who is blessed forever.

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 Amen.

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 Recall how God created

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 man and woman

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 in Genesis 1-27.

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 So God created man

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 in His own image.

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 In the image of God,

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 He created him.

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 Male and female,

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 He created them.

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 If you examine

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 Egyptian and Assyrian texts

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 written around the same time

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 as the book of Genesis,

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 they speak of idols

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 and images of gods

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 being placed inside

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 the temples of those gods

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 and they believe

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 that these images

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 were actually inhabited

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 by the deity,

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 indwelled by the deity.

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 But in Genesis,

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 the Lord,

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 the Eden,

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 is styled as a temple,

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 described as a temple,

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 but He does not create

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 an idol.

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 Instead,

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 He creates image,

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 His image bearers,

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 man and woman,

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 because they are the ones

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 that are to represent God

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 to the rest of creation

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 because they are the ones

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 that are to lead

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 the worship of God.

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 And so for God's image bearers

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 who are to lead

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 all creation

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 in worship

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 to instead

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 worship the things

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 that are in creation,

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 to bow before

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 the creatures themselves

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 is far below our station.

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 We are created

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 to worship the creator,

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 not creatures.

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 But this commandment

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 doesn't merely forbid

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 the worship of false gods.

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 It also warns us

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 against worshiping

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 the true God falsely.

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 Later in Exodus 32,

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 during the prolonged

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 absence of Moses,

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 the Israelites

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 hit the panic button

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 because they don't think

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 Moses is coming back

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 and they think

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 that they've lost

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 the mediator

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 between God and them.

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 And so they make

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 a golden calf

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 and worship that idol.

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 And it's easy for us

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 to think that

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 they were forsaking Yahweh

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 and turning to a false,

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 different God.

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 But if you read

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 the narrative carefully,

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 you can see that

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 they're actually setting up

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 the golden calf

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 as an image

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 or representation

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 of Yahweh.

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 Here in Exodus 20,

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 verse 2,

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 Yahweh says,

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 I am the Lord

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 your God

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 who brought you

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt.

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 But there in Exodus

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 32, verse 4,

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 the Israelites say

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 of the golden calf,

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 these are your gods,

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 O Israel,

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 who brought you up

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 out of the land

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 of Egypt.

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 They're not saying

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 this is a new God

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 that you should worship.

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 They're saying

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 this is the old God,

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 Yahweh,

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 who brought you

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 out of Egypt.

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 And then Aaron

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 builds an altar

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 right before

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.100
 the golden calf

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 and then he proclaims

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:06.799
 a feast to Yahweh,

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.639
 to the Lord.

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 So the Israelites

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 are not rewriting history

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:12.439
 by saying that

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 golden calf

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.139
 and not Yahweh

00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.639
 brought them out

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 of Egypt.

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 They're saying

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 that the golden calf

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 represents the Lord.

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 It is the image

00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.379
 of Yahweh.

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 So that's a violation

00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.219
 of the second commandment.

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 They created the image

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 because they thought

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.000
 that it would keep them

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 connected to the Lord.

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 And when they fear

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 the absence of God

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 due to the absence

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 of Moses,

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 they reduce God

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 into something

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.779
 that they can control,

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 something tangible,

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 something that they can see.

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 But ironically,

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 the creation of the image

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 is tantamount to idolatry.

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 So to rub that point in,

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 Moses describes

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 the incident in Exodus 32

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 as if the Israelites

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 were creating

00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:50.759
 multiple gods,

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 even though they're only

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:53.680
 creating one golden calf.

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 They say to themselves,

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:57.200
 these are your gods

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 in the plural.

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 So they're actually

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.000
 resorting to polytheism

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:05.039
 when they try to create

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 an idol to represent God.

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.819
 Because an idol

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 cannot rightly represent God.

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:12.039
 There are several reasons

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.299
 why images of God

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:14.559
 must not be used in worship,

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 why they cannot rightly

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.339
 stand for God.

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 And first reason

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.500
 is that they always

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 misrepresent God.

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 In Deuteronomy 4,

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 where Moses reiterates

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.140
 the Ten Commandments,

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 he says,

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 since you saw no form

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 on the day that the Lord

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.579
 spoke to you at Horeb

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 out of the midst of the fire,

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 beware lest you act corruptly

00:17:33.159 --> 00:17:34.819
 by making a carved image

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 for yourselves

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:37.279
 in the form of any figure.

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:40.399
 When God spoke to the Israelites

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 at Mount Horeb,

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 he revealed no form

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 or appearance.

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 As 1 Timothy 1.17 says,

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 God is invisible.

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 Why?

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 Because as John 4.24 says,

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 God is spirit.

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 And those who make images

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:56.920
 of the invisible God

00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.380
 are publishing lies about God

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 because they are representing God

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 in ways that he has not

00:18:02.580 --> 00:18:03.420
 himself revealed.

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 Habakkuk 2.18 puts it pointedly,

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:08.080
 What profit is an idol

00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:09.620
 when its maker has shaped it?

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.559
 A metal image,

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 a teacher of lies.

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:14.420
 Images we make

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 can only be lies

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:17.700
 that falsely represent God.

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 The second reason

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:21.160
 why images are forbidden

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.799
 is that they domesticate God.

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.400
 The nations surrounding Israel

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.819
 could not conceive a deity

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:28.160
 without the aid of images.

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 So they manufactured idols

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 and held special rituals

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.519
 to attract the presence

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.779
 of the deity to the idol,

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.380
 to the image,

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 at which point the God

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 became accessible to them

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 and controllable.

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 Idolatry is an attempt

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 to tame God

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 and to confine God.

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 Images we make

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 are deaf and dumb.

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 They cannot speak.

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 But as we observed

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 last week from verse 1,

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 a distinguishing attribute

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 of the true God

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 in contrast with

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 the false gods of the world

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 is that God speaks.

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 It's precisely the point

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.320
 of Deuteronomy 4.12.

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 It says,

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 Then the Lord spoke to you

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 out of the midst of the fire.

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 You heard the sound of words

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 but saw no form.

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 There was only a voice.

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 God has chosen

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 to reveal himself

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 not through a picture,

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 not through a form,

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 but through his word.

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 A carved idol

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 or a painted image of God's

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 can be carried

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 or carried around

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 and put to the service

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 of our own agendas.

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 If you walk into

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 Asian restaurants

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 scattered throughout the city,

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 you will find that many of them

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 have mini altars

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 right at the entrance

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 with little images

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 and sometimes

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 with incense burning

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 as sacrifices to them.

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 They believe that these gods

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 will bring many people

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 to their businesses

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 and prosper them.

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 That's the appeal

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 of these idols.

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 They are tangible

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 and therefore

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 they seem real to people.

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 They are static.

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 They are fixed

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 in time and space.

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 And because these idols

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 don't speak to us,

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 we're not accountable to them.

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 We don't have to do

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 anything they say.

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 Instead,

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 we can take them around

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 and set them up

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 to endorse anything

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 that we want them to bless.

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 We can wear them

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 around our necks

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 as good luck charms.

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 We can put them

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 on our rear view mirrors.

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 We can put words

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 into the mouths

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 of these idols

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 because they cannot speak.

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 In contrast,

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 the Lord is a person

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 and not an object.

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 So he speaks to us

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 unlike the idols

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 of this world

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 and he can interrupt

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 our lives

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 and he can intervene

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 in our lives

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 by speaking to us.

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 You get to know things

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 by looking at them

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 and using them.

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 You get to know a person

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 by listening

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 to what they say.

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 Images are not

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 to be used

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 in the worship of the Lord

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 because to do so

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 would violate

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 God's sovereignty

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 and freedom.

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 You cannot

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.940
 domesticate God.

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 A domesticated God

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 is no God at all.

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 It's important to note

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 that we can commit

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.660
 idolatry

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 even with good images.

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 For example,

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 an image of a dove

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 to represent

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.700
 the Holy Spirit

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 or even a cross

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 to represent

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:01.359
 Jesus or crucifix.

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 If we treat them

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 not as reminders

00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.539
 of God

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 but as representations

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.099
 of God.

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 If we start to

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 attach spiritual significance

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.099
 and weight to them

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 as if God

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 were present in them.

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 If we hang them

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 on our view of the mirrors

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 and thinking that

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.319
 they'll protect us

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.099
 from accidents

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 or put them over our beds

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 thinking that they would

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.420
 keep us from nightmares

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 then we're reducing

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:23.099
 God to an image

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 in violation

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.900
 of the second commandment.

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 I still remember

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 several years ago

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 when we were still

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 meeting at Kennedy Longfellow

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 School

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 during the Lord's Supper

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 a guest in our church

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 walked up

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 to take communion

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 and then he pulled out

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 this huge cross necklace

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 and then he handed it to me

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 and he said

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 hey, can you bless this for me?

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 And that's

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:45.220
 it was really awkward

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 because it was in the middle

00:21:45.800 --> 00:21:46.220
 of communion

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 but it also made me

00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.940
 really uncomfortable

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 because it seemed to me

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.600
 like he was treating

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.340
 that pendant

00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.440
 like an amulet

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 like a good luck charm.

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 Let me get this thing

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 blessed by a pastor

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 now I can carry it around

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 and it's going to bring me

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:57.859
 good luck

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 it's going to bring

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:59.460
 blessings to my life.

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 And so I told them

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 hey, I will not bless

00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:04.259
 your necklace

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.440
 but I will bless you

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 and I just

00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:07.440
 blessed them

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:08.240
 personally.

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 So

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:11.240
 there are many ways

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.579
 we can

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:13.339
 and another example

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.759
 of this

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.319
 I can't help but think

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:16.200
 of the

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.980
 adoration of the

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.319
 or veneration of the saints

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:21.480
 in some of the denominations.

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:23.339
 I think that falls

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.160
 under the prohibition

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:25.099
 of the second commandment.

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.900
 The catechism

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.779
 of the Catholic Church

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.579
 cites Basil

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.039
 and says

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.180
 the honor rendered

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.039
 to an image

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.200
 passes to its prototype

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.339
 and whoever

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.319
 venerates an image

00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.160
 venerates the person

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.360
 portrayed in it.

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.980
 It further distinguishes

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.599
 that the honor

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.640
 paid to sacred images

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.819
 is a respectful

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.740
 veneration

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:43.740
 not the adoration

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.559
 due to God

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.019
 alone.

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.500
 But I think

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.420
 that's splitting hairs.

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.500
 I think that's

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.120
 a distinction

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:50.839
 without a difference.

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.620
 You can say

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.480
 that it's veneration

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.720
 and not worship

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.360
 or adoration

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.259
 all you want

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.099
 but when you

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.380
 prostrate yourself

00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.460
 before icons

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.980
 of saints

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.160
 when you

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.400
 pray to these

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.000
 images as if

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.420
 they are the

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.279
 ears of God

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.579
 when you make

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.400
 pilgrimages

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.259
 to admire

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.460
 and seek healing

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.500
 from the relics

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.579
 of saints

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.579
 like the

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.559
 Shroud of Turin

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.660
 or the bones

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.380
 of deceased

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.200
 godly men

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.460
 and women

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.160
 from the past

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.980
 when you

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.799
 parade the

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.720
 icons of saints

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.660
 throughout town

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.200
 for people

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.900
 to venerate

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.780
 as they do

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:22.660
 every year

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.519
 in East Cambridge

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.060
 at the feast

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.500
 of Saint

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.980
 Cosmes

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.720
 and Damien

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.280
 in Cambridge

00:23:26.280 --> 00:23:27.519
 how is that

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.700
 not a violation

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:30.360
 of verse 5

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.720
 you shall not

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.540
 bow down

00:23:32.540 --> 00:23:33.140
 to them

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.660
 or serve them

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.040
 in fact

00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:37.680
 the technical

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.280
 Greek word

00:23:38.280 --> 00:23:38.759
 that Catholics

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.440
 used to refer

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:40.100
 to the veneration

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.600
 of the saints

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.560
 is douleia

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.200
 which means

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.840
 service

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.900
 and this verse

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.360
 tells us

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.440
 not to serve

00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:46.400
 the images

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:48.340
 Catholic

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.140
 apologists

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.900
 Pope Gregory

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.420
 for example

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.180
 who argued

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.840
 for the preservation

00:23:51.840 --> 00:23:52.480
 of images

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.340
 in church buildings

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.840
 even when people

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.480
 were appropriately

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.280
 worshipping them

00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:57.000
 said this

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.759
 those who cannot

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.900
 read may by

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.500
 looking at the

00:23:59.500 --> 00:23:59.880
 walls

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.880
 read what they

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.560
 cannot read

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.120
 in books

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.800
 this is how

00:24:03.800 --> 00:24:04.580
 church icons

00:24:04.580 --> 00:24:05.340
 came to be known

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.940
 as quote

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.040
 books of the

00:24:07.040 --> 00:24:07.360
 laity

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:08.100
 because much

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.640
 of the lady

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.440
 many of the

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.000
 lady were

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.940
 illiterate

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.480
 at the time

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.259
 however

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.759
 that's misguided

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.200
 because

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.120
 God did not

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.799
 reveal himself

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.319
 to his people

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.880
 in pictures

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:19.019
 but in words

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:21.559
 the Lord

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.380
 spoke to you

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:22.680
 out of the

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.079
 midst of the

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.299
 fire

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.880
 you heard

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.279
 the sound

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.640
 of words

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.019
 but saw

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.759
 no form

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.099
 there was

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.940
 only a voice

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.019
 and I don't

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.339
 think it's

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:28.880
 an accident

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.400
 that God

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.339
 reveals himself

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.900
 to his people

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.339
 in the midst

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.099
 of fire

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.839
 and clouds

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.360
 of glory

00:24:33.360 --> 00:24:35.380
 because these

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.000
 things smoke

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.980
 cloud and fire

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.579
 they reveal

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.140
 something about

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.380
 God

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.860
 but they also

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.460
 appropriately

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.339
 veil God

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.959
 Deuteronomy

00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.559
 5.22

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.980
 says these

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.419
 words

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:43.859
 the Lord

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.119
 God

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.539
 spoke to

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.659
 you

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.220
 to your

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.639
 assembly

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.019
 at the

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.279
 mountain

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.619
 out of the

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:46.799
 midst

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.059
 of the

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.379
 fire

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.819
 the cloud

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.099
 and the

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.319
 thick

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.879
 darkness

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.959
 with a loud

00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:50.539
 voice

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.159
 and he added

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.919
 no more

00:24:51.919 --> 00:24:53.899
 this veiling

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.480
 of God

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.619
 suggests to us

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.139
 that while

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.879
 no creature

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.279
 is hidden

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.019
 from God's

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.779
 all-knowing

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.319
 eye

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.980
 no creature

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.299
 is hidden

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.819
 from God's

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.039
 sight

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.779
 all are

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.059
 naked

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.740
 and exposed

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.299
 before the

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.720
 eyes of

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.059
 God

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.759
 however

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.279
 God

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.619
 himself

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:06.099
 does not

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.659
 lay naked

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:06.980
 in that

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.199
 way

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.879
 before all

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.159
 men

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:12.920
 we cannot

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.380
 plumb the

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.740
 depth of

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.240
 God's

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.600
 infinite

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:15.040
 glory

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.400
 and so

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.220
 we are to

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.960
 teach people

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.400
 to read

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.080
 we are to

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.740
 teach people

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.160
 the word

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.960
 that's how

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.360
 we are to

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.680
 know

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.560
 God

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:24.660
 so that's

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.220
 the command

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.740
 and what's

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.320
 the motivation

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.180
 verses 5

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.600
 to 6

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.400
 it's the

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:28.820
 jealousy

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.180
 of God

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.460
 you shall

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.820
 not bow

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:30.220
 down to

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.400
 them

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.700
 or to

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:30.980
 worship

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.540
 or serve

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:31.880
 them

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.680
 for I

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.040
 the Lord

00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.640
 your God

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.240
 am a

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.740
 jealous

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.140
 God

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.860
 might be

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.160
 shocking

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.720
 to some

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:37.980
 of you

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.360
 that God

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.160
 is described

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.740
 here as

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.080
 jealous

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:41.259
 the Hebrew

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.920
 word behind

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.320
 it is a

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:42.600
 word that

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.200
 combines

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.980
 zeal or

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.440
 passion

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.520
 with jealousy

00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:46.840
 which is

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.380
 typical of

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.759
 a lover

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.900
 numbers 5

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.200
 14

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.720
 use that

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.220
 same word

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.820
 to describe

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.400
 a husband

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.460
 who suspects

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.840
 that his

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.460
 wife has

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.620
 been unfaithful

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:55.980
 to him

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.740
 the jealousy

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.220
 that comes

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.540
 over and

00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:57.780
 it's the

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.220
 same word

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.480
 that is

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.740
 used

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.220
 here

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:01.140
 if we

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.480
 we

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.360
 commonly in

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.620
 English

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.000
 use the

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.600
 word jealousy

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.280
 and envy

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:05.020
 interchangeably

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.859
 but if we

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.240
 make a

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.559
 technical

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.119
 distinction

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.900
 jealousy

00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.259
 is what

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.900
 we feel

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.539
 for what

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.119
 is rightly

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.579
 ours

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.160
 so when

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.940
 your spouse

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.619
 belongs to

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:14.980
 you

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.539
 is unfaithful

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.240
 it is right

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.779
 for you to

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.500
 feel jealous

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.779
 in that

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.160
 situation

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.000
 because he

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.359
 or she

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.700
 rightly

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.059
 belongs

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.539
 to you

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.680
 envy

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.220
 is when

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.539
 you

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.319
 desire

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:24.619
 something

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.180
 that doesn't

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.519
 belong

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.920
 to you

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.440
 that's

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.799
 when you

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.160
 covet

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.480
 that's

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.680
 when you

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:28.960
 desire

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.220
 something

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.480
 that is

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.680
 someone

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.200
 else's

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.639
 that's

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.059
 envy

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.940
 so

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.099
 God

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.819
 is never

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.379
 jealous

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.220
 of

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.640
 other

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.000
 people

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.200
 what

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.360
 they

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.780
 have

00:26:36.780 --> 00:26:37.120
 but he

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.340
 is

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.840
 jealous

00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.560
 for

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.000
 his

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.360
 people

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.180
 he

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.480
 has

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.680
 no

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.000
 envy

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.320
 but he

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.560
 has

00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:42.000
 jealousy

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.360
 for his

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.620
 people

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.080
 because

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.660
 he

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:43.920
 has

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.320
 redeemed

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.560
 them

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.300
 he has

00:26:45.300 --> 00:26:45.720
 paid

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.560
 the cost

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.040
 to make

00:26:47.040 --> 00:26:47.200
 them

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.620
 his own

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.460
 and he

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.880
 loves

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.060
 them

00:26:49.060 --> 00:26:49.260
 and he

00:26:49.260 --> 00:26:49.760
 is devoted

00:26:49.760 --> 00:26:50.180
 to them

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.520
 and so

00:26:50.520 --> 00:26:51.080
 he wants

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.460
 to keep

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:51.700
 them

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.620
 for himself

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.160
 to be

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.640
 exclusively

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.160
 devoted

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.580
 to him

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.780
 and it's

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.360
 intense

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.040
 love of

00:26:57.040 --> 00:26:57.260
 God

00:26:57.260 --> 00:26:57.720
 and jealousy

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.080
 of God

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.760
 that drives

00:26:58.760 --> 00:26:59.760
 this

00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:00.860
 God to

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.280
 punish

00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:02.140
 infidelity

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.120
 it says

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.420
 in verses

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.840
 five to

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.040
 six

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.380
 for I

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:04.720
 the Lord

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.100
 your God

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:05.360
 am a

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.620
 jealous

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.060
 God

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.880
 visiting

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.080
 the

00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:07.440
 iniquity

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.700
 of the

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.000
 fathers

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.300
 and the

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:08.540
 children

00:27:08.540 --> 00:27:08.880
 to the

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.080
 third

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.600
 and fourth

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.060
 generation

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.420
 of those

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.759
 who hate

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.000
 me

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.900
 but showing

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.600
 steadfast

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.160
 love

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.560
 to the

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.000
 thousands

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.460
 of those

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.880
 who love

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.060
 me

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.440
 and keep

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.720
 my

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.220
 commandments

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.960
 these

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.259
 verses

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.559
 have

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.880
 troubled

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.259
 people

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.680
 throughout

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.900
 the

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.200
 ages

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.480
 because

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.799
 they

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.140
 appear

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.339
 to

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.839
 suggest

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.100
 that

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.380
 God

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.140
 imputes

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.460
 the

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.920
 sins

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.200
 of

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.539
 guilty

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.100
 fathers

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.640
 on

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.120
 innocent

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.539
 children

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.360
 and punishes

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.500
 them

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.940
 for it

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.140
 but that's

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.600
 not the

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.819
 case

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.240
 for a number

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.680
 of reasons

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.079
 first

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.539
 it doesn't

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.779
 say

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.140
 anywhere

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.640
 that these

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.000
 children

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.220
 are

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.579
 innocent

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.660
 the

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.819
 Lord

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.160
 speaks

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.480
 of the

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.759
 third

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:35.960
 and

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.259
 fourth

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 generation

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.240
 of those

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.539
 who

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.000
 hate

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.240
 me

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.440
 when

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.759
 scriptures

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.240
 speak

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.519
 of the

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.819
 iniquity

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.100
 of the

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:41.480
 fathers

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.220
 it usually

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.680
 couples

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:42.960
 it with

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.360
 the iniquity

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.660
 of the

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.039
 sons

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.599
 as well

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.819
 and

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.220
 that's

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.579
 because

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.059
 parents

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.299
 and

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.579
 children

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.819
 are

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:48.639
 organically

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.259
 connected

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.639
 in such

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:49.940
 a way

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.159
 that

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.659
 sons

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.379
 fill up

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.559
 the

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.779
 sins

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:51.920
 of

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.039
 their

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.460
 fathers

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.599
 scriptures

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.159
 are

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.399
 very

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:54.759
 clear

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.099
 in other

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.420
 places

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.579
 that

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.740
 God

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:55.940
 does

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.279
 not

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.779
 punish

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.279
 innocent

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.639
 children

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.000
 for the

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.180
 sins

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.319
 of

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.420
 their

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.859
 parents

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.759
 for example

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.259
 Deuteronomy

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.119
 24 16

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:01.720
 his father

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.259
 shall not

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.579
 be put

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:02.940
 to death

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.220
 because

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 of their

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.980
 children

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.559
 nor

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:04.879
 shall

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.299
 children

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.619
 be put

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:05.759
 to

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:05.980
 death

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.240
 because

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.379
 of

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.519
 their

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.000
 fathers

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.619
 each

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:07.940
 one

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.159
 shall

00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:08.279
 be

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.440
 put

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.579
 to

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.839
 death

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.059
 for

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.220
 his

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.440
 own

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.860
 sin

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.600
 in

00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:11.019
 Ezekiel

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.579
 18 20

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.259
 the soul

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.039
 who sins

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.660
 shall die

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.559
 the son

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.019
 shall not

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.500
 suffer for

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.900
 the iniquity

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.120
 of the

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.420
 father

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.740
 nor the

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:16.980
 father

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.519
 suffer for

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.620
 the

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:17.900
 iniquity

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.160
 of the

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.400
 son

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:19.339
 so the

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.680
 punished

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.120
 children

00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.519
 in this

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.799
 case

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.460
 are not

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:21.940
 innocent

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.480
 second

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.700
 the

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.100
 expression

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.660
 the third

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.059
 and fourth

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.559
 generation

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.180
 refers to

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.700
 the maximum

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.200
 number

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.880
 of generations

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.839
 that may

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.460
 be alive

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.980
 at one

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.380
 time

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.440
 for example

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.279
 God's

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.720
 blessing

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.079
 on

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.440
 Joseph

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.039
 is seen

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.259
 in the

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.519
 fact

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.819
 that in

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.440
 Genesis 50

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.079
 verse 23

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.960
 Joseph saw

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.700
 Ephraim's

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.079
 children

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.700
 of the

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:38.960
 third

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.480
 generation

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.360
 so to

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.039
 Joseph's

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.660
 fourth

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.400
 generation

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.140
 that would

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.519
 be his

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.900
 down to

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.000
 his

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.220
 great

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.700
 grandson

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.759
 similarly

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.100
 Job

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.920
 42 16

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.440
 tells us

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.900
 that Job

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.319
 was blessed

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.740
 by God

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:48.980
 that he

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.759
 lived 140

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.180
 years

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.720
 and saw

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.400
 his sons

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.039
 and his

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.400
 sons

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.940
 sons

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.799
 four

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.440
 generations

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.600
 so seeing

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.279
 the welfare

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.779
 of your

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.319
 progeny

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.940
 down to

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.500
 the fourth

00:28:59.500 --> 00:28:59.920
 generation

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.460
 is a sign

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.920
 of God's

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.160
 great

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:01.580
 blessing

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:03.299
 the welfare

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.779
 of children

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.360
 and grandchildren

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.680
 were

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.319
 particularly

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.960
 important

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.420
 back in

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.680
 the day

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.000
 because

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.360
 children

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.960
 were seen

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.440
 in those

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.759
 times

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.440
 not as

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.960
 economic

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.579
 liabilities

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.240
 but as

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.660
 economic

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.340
 assets

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:13.460
 because

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.840
 they're the

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.140
 ones that

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.600
 would help

00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.360
 you to

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.120
 farm

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.519
 they're the

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.819
 ones who

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.120
 would take

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.559
 care of

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.860
 you when

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.319
 you're old

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.840
 and unable

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.319
 to do

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.019
 manual

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.380
 labor

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:22.259
 and so

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.180
 when

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:24.960
 disaster

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.400
 befalls

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.120
 your sons

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:27.240
 it's also

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.120
 punishment

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.779
 of the

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.140
 father

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.340
 so wicked

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.880
 father

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.559
 in seeing

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.120
 the disaster

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.519
 that comes

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.980
 upon his

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.340
 sons

00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:34.160
 ends his

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.539
 life in

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.000
 despair

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.599
 realizing

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.220
 that he

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.779
 has even

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.160
 brought

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.539
 his

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.059
 progeny

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.519
 to ruin

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.519
 it is

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.799
 the mere

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.279
 opposite

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.700
 of what

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.200
 Joseph and

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.460
 Job

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.220
 experienced

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.619
 as

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.960
 Jewish

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.640
 scholar

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.200
 Jeffrey

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.519
 Teague

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.960
 notes

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.640
 quote

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.920
 this

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.460
 indicates

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.799
 that the

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.140
 suffering

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.420
 of the

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.839
 descendants

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.180
 is

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.960
 intended

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.519
 as a

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.160
 deterrent

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.539
 to

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.599
 and punishment

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.500
 of their

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.180
 ancestors

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:55.099
 not a

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.980
 transfer of

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.380
 guilt

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.799
 to the

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.200
 descendants

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.799
 in their

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.160
 own

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.539
 right

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:00.920
 third

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.139
 though out

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.379
 of the

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:02.759
 intensity

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.059
 of his

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.319
 love

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.879
 and jealousy

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.659
 the unfaithful

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.339
 fathers

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.859
 see the

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.259
 punishment

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.259
 for their

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.779
 own sins

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.220
 even in the

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.599
 welfare of

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.059
 their children

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.319
 to the

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.539
 third and

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.700
 fourth

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.180
 generation

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.059
 this is

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.879
 contrasted

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.500
 with the

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.339
 loyal love

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.879
 that God

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.379
 shows

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.159
 to those

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.599
 who keep

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.759
 his

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.139
 commandments

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:17.559
 he says

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.359
 showing

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.779
 he shows

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.519
 steadfast

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.019
 love

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.619
 to

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.559
 thousands

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.980
 of those

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.460
 who love

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.819
 me and

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.319
 keep my

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.799
 commandments

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.480
 because of

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.980
 the parallel

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.579
 between those

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.980
 verses

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.460
 I interpret

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.960
 thousands

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.519
 to mean

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.160
 thousands

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:30.539
 of

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.100
 generations

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.460
 that's

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:31.700
 why it

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:31.940
 says in

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.420
 the footnote

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.000
 to the

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.400
 ESV

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.960
 that's how

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.460
 the NIV

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.140
 and CSB

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:35.840
 translate it

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:37.140
 so thousands

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.880
 of generations

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.840
 God will

00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:39.480
 remember your

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.220
 iniquity to

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.640
 the third

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.100
 and fourth

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.579
 generation

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.039
 if you are

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.660
 unfaithful to

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.120
 him you break

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.620
 his covenant

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.160
 with him

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.980
 but he will

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.600
 remember your

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.539
 love to him

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:48.000
 for a thousand

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.640
 generations

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.380
 remember that

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.700
 the third

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.039
 and fourth

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.579
 generations

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.400
 represent the

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.039
 maximum number

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.559
 of generations

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.140
 that a person

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.660
 might live to

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.220
 see so it's

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.819
 really still

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.680
 within your

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.140
 own

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.720
 lifetime

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.539
 it is

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.920
 one

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.400
 lifetime

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.000
 that God

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.519
 remembers

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.580
 and punishes

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.400
 your sin

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.340
 but he will

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.920
 remember

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:06.900
 long after you

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.240
 are dead

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.720
 and gone

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.180
 your faithfulness

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.299
 your love

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:11.180
 toward him

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.860
 for a thousand

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.360
 generations

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.600
 we see an

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.320
 example of this

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.700
 in second

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.519
 Kings 20

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.100
 when the nation

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.460
 of Judah

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.180
 is besieged

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.860
 by the nation

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.400
 of Assyria

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.920
 because of

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.560
 their sin

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.200
 and they

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.660
 deserved

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.160
 punishment

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.880
 they deserved

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.480
 exile

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.380
 but the Lord

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.920
 says to

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.840
 King Hezekiah

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.619
 who is the

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.319
 great

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.699
 great

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:26.980
 great

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.279
 great

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.599
 great

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:27.839
 great

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.099
 great

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.639
 great

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.079
 great

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.439
 great

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.000
 great

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.539
 grandson

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:32.459
 of David

00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:33.519
 this is much

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.879
 more than

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.299
 third and fourth

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.799
 generation

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.699
 this is what he

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.220
 says to him

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.919
 I will deliver

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.539
 you and this

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.059
 city out of

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.399
 the hand

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:38.720
 of the king

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.220
 of Assyria

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.059
 and I will

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.699
 defend this

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.240
 city for my

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.859
 own sake

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.919
 and for

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.980
 my servant

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.339
 David's sake

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:49.539
 even though

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.339
 David unfaithful

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.099
 for so many

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.720
 generations

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.140
 God says

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.740
 I still

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.319
 remember

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.799
 David

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.400
 and so

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.759
 I will

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.100
 show you

00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:56.480
 kindness

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.160
 I will

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.579
 show you

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:57.980
 mercy

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.660
 God's

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.079
 memory

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.480
 of our

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.259
 faithfulness

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.720
 far outlasts

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.400
 his memory

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.100
 of our

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.839
 unfaithfulness

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.299
 and that's

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.740
 what this

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.240
 passage is

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.759
 teaching us

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.620
 it's a

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.059
 testament

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.559
 not of

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.019
 God's

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.700
 vengefulness

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.440
 but of

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.160
 his mercy

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.920
 and grace

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:13.660
 and the

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.100
 ultimate

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.880
 example of

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.480
 God showing

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.160
 steadfast love

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.720
 to a thousand

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.259
 generations

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.600
 is seen

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.039
 in Jesus

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.420
 because in

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.220
 2 Samuel 7

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.640
 16

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.040
 God had

00:32:22.040 --> 00:32:22.440
 promised

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.780
 the king

00:32:22.780 --> 00:32:23.120
 David

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.860
 that he

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.340
 will rule

00:32:24.340 --> 00:32:24.900
 his house

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.360
 will rule

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.800
 forever

00:32:25.800 --> 00:32:27.600
 but the

00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:28.380
 dynasty

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:29.440
 humanly speaking

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.860
 ended

00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:31.000
 the nation

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.400
 of Israel

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.860
 and Judah

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:33.120
 were exiled

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.580
 to foreign

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.060
 countries

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:35.420
 they were not

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.940
 in the promised

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.640
 land anymore

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.720
 and yet

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.860
 after all

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.380
 those years

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.060
 after hundreds

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.540
 of years

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.840
 after all

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.500
 those generations

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.280
 God brings

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.740
 Jesus

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.759
 from the line

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.200
 of David

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.360
 to be the

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.420
 messianic king

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:48.700
 who reigns

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.520
 and fulfills

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:50.360
 that promise

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.940
 to David

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.960
 he remembers

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.740
 his faithfulness

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.620
 to a thousand

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.680
 generations

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:56.539
 and that brings

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.880
 me to my

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.400
 final point

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.120
 the fulfillment

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.559
 of this

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.940
 commandment

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.360
 in the image

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.700
 of God

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.940
 Jesus fulfills

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.400
 the second

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.900
 commandment

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.460
 and brings it

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.039
 to its intended

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.440
 goal

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.920
 the reason why

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.660
 God forbade

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.180
 the creation

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.700
 of images

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.559
 for worship

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.080
 was because

00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.799
 he intended

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.519
 from the beginning

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.100
 to send

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.580
 Jesus

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.620
 the son of

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:11.940
 God

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.860
 and Jesus

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:13.340
 is his

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.700
 ultimate image

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.380
 and we

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.000
 ought to

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.400
 worship

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:17.080
 him

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.480
 Colossians

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.059
 3 15

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.599
 tells us

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.019
 that Jesus

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.919
 is the

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.519
 image

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.220
 of the

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.199
 invisible

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.899
 God

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.379
 John 1 14

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.740
 says that

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.220
 the word

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.859
 of God

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.619
 became

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:28.519
 flesh

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.000
 and dwelt

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.419
 among us

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.099
 that's Jesus

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.519
 Jesus

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.859
 is the

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.480
 one

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.259
 divinely

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.439
 sanctioned

00:33:34.439 --> 00:33:34.839
 image

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.879
 of the

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.220
 invisible

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.579
 God

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.980
 so if

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.299
 you want

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:39.559
 to know

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.059
 what God

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.599
 is like

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.859
 you don't

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.379
 have to

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.000
 look to

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.639
 other things

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.439
 instead of

00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:46.000
 paintings

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.980
 and sculptures

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.719
 the Lord

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.139
 gives us

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.579
 a living

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.319
 and breathing

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.939
 person

00:33:49.939 --> 00:33:50.480
 in

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.980
 Jesus

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.419
 Christ

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:54.359
 so if

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.579
 you want

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.839
 to know

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.279
 what God

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.599
 is like

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:55.939
 look to

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.339
 Jesus

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.859
 his life

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.299
 revealed

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.559
 in his

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.839
 word

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.579
 look at

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:58.719
 his

00:33:58.719 --> 00:33:59.339
 compassion

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.279
 and mercy

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.619
 towards

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:00.959
 sinners

00:34:00.959 --> 00:34:01.359
 in his

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.679
 life

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.599
 look at

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.179
 the love

00:34:03.179 --> 00:34:03.799
 that Jesus

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.379
 displays

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:04.879
 when he

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.439
 lays down

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:05.939
 his life

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.359
 for us

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.679
 on the

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.059
 cross

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.559
 and dies

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.899
 for our

00:34:07.899 --> 00:34:08.039
 sins

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.259
 so that

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.440
 we

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.719
 might

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.139
 live

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.659
 look at

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.940
 his

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.500
 resurrection

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.000
 how he

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.579
 defeats

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.019
 sin

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.559
 and death

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.900
 and the

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.279
 demons

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.079
 and is

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.639
 raised

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.139
 over

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.199
 over it

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.379
 all

00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:17.699
 and is

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.239
 ascended

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.559
 to the

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.799
 heavens

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.059
 at the

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.239
 right

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.359
 hand

00:34:19.359 --> 00:34:19.539
 of the

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.839
 father

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.659
 then that

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.000
 you can

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.259
 see

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.659
 God's

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.099
 authority

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.039
 and God's

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.480
 power

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.359
 and that's

00:34:24.359 --> 00:34:24.719
 why when

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.139
 Philip

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.679
 asked

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:26.139
 Jesus

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.539
 in John

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.900
 14

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.500
 show us

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.639
 the

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.039
 father

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.799
 Jesus

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.039
 says

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.480
 how can

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.599
 you

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.059
 ask me

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 to show

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.059
 you

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.259
 the

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.659
 father

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.400
 if you

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.539
 have

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:32.920
 seen

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.239
 me

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.599
 you

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.059
 have

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.719
 seen

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.339
 the

00:34:35.339 --> 00:34:35.739
 father

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:37.239
 because

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:37.539
 Jesus

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.000
 is the

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.359
 image of

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:38.440
 the

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.719
 invisible

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.219
 that

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.519
 raises

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.679
 the

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.019
 question

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.400
 however

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.539
 is it

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.799
 okay

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.179
 then for

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.460
 us to

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.679
 create

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.099
 artistic

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.579
 depictions

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.920
 of

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.299
 Jesus

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.440
 since

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.679
 he

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.000
 was

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.819
 incarnated

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.239
 and he

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.599
 took on

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.799
 human

00:34:48.799 --> 00:34:49.119
 flesh

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.440
 he did

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.759
 have a

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.039
 physical

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.579
 appearance

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:52.639
 so what

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:52.980
 about

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.000
 the

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.239
 Christ

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.400
 the

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.719
 Redeemer

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.079
 statue

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.739
 in Rio

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.139
 de Janeiro

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:58.420
 what about

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.579
 the

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:58.839
 Jesus

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.219
 film

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.500
 or the

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.799
 chosen

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.359
 series

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:03.059
 because

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.500
 of the

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.900
 incarnation

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.539
 I think

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.839
 it is

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.299
 permissible

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.839
 to create

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.319
 artistic

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:07.440
 and dramatic

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.120
 representations

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.360
 of

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.720
 Jesus

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.660
 however

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.039
 I still

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.260
 don't

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.480
 think

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.800
 that we

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:10.960
 should

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.340
 create

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.039
 representations

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.700
 of

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.000
 Jesus

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.580
 to bow

00:35:13.580 --> 00:35:13.860
 down

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.320
 to them

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.780
 and to

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.019
 serve

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.320
 them

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.980
 because

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.220
 God

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.740
 gave us

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:16.920
 the

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.340
 living

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.800
 person

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:17.980
 of

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.240
 Jesus

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.580
 as

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:18.760
 his

00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:19.100
 image

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:20.019
 not

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.559
 pictures

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:20.720
 of

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:20.920
 him

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.880
 I don't

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.039
 think

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.200
 it is

00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:23.320
 a

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.740
 coincidence

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.080
 that

00:35:24.080 --> 00:35:24.340
 no

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.760
 portrait

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:24.940
 of

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.240
 Jesus

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.480
 has

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.860
 survived

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.059
 to

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.260
 this

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.539
 day

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.320
 there is

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.820
 nothing

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.140
 from

00:35:28.140 --> 00:35:28.260
 the

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.440
 first

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.780
 century

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.019
 handed

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.260
 down

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.420
 to

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.640
 us

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.100
 New

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:30.420
 Testament

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.780
 never

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.640
 describes

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:31.880
 the

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.280
 physical

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.019
 appearance

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.320
 of

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.660
 Jesus

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.440
 except

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.660
 taken

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:36.860
 from

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.180
 Isaiah

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.580
 53

00:35:38.580 --> 00:35:41.800
 no

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.000
 one

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.280
 knows

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.680
 exactly

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:42.920
 what

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.260
 Jesus

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.680
 looked

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.000
 like

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.440
 but

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.780
 Jesus

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.260
 passed

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.539
 down

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.820
 his

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.280
 word

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.960
 Jesus

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.460
 promised

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.600
 that

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:48.700
 when

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:48.880
 the

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.100
 spirit

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.280
 of

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.460
 God

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.900
 comes

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.240
 after

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.400
 his

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.720
 ascension

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:50.900
 that

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.080
 he

00:35:51.080 --> 00:35:51.400
 will

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.160
 speak

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.800
 and

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.000
 bring

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.140
 to

00:35:53.140 --> 00:35:53.400
 remember

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.880
 all

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.120
 that

00:35:54.120 --> 00:35:54.340
 he

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.660
 has

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.220
 said

00:35:55.220 --> 00:35:55.860
 and

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.180
 taught

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.539
 us

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.360
 the

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.680
 spirit

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.320
 speaks

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.580
 the

00:35:58.580 --> 00:35:59.039
 words

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.220
 of

00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.480
 Jesus

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.760
 he

00:35:59.760 --> 00:35:59.880
 does

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.059
 not

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.400
 produce

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.840
 pictures

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.039
 of

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.220
 Jesus

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.400
 in

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.539
 our

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.880
 minds

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:03.600
 I

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:03.820
 think

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.400
 theologian

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.700
 Edmund

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.260
 Clowney

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.740
 gets

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.120
 to the

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.279
 right

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.559
 heart

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.119
 of

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.279
 this

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.579
 dilemma

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.980
 he

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.199
 says

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.940
 in

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.079
 our

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.480
 desire

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.839
 not

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.019
 to

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.480
 profane

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.880
 Christ

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.059
 but

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.519
 worshiping

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.639
 an

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.859
 image

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.039
 of

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.259
 him

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.719
 we

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:12.920
 must

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.219
 also

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.440
 be

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.759
 cautious

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:13.980
 that

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.119
 we

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.359
 don't

00:36:14.359 --> 00:36:15.179
 spiritualize

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.299
 him

00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.480
 into

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.739
 thin

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:15.980
 air

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.880
 if

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.000
 we

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.239
 show

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.480
 no

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.819
 pictures

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.019
 of

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.319
 Jesus

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:18.779
 everyday

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.199
 life

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.380
 to

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.539
 our

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:19.920
 children

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.500
 how

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.719
 will

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:20.880
 they

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.059
 know

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.179
 his

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.639
 reality

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.699
 let

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:22.799
 me

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.039
 offer

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.219
 a

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.539
 principle

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.759
 that

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:23.940
 may

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.219
 help

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.400
 us

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.799
 determine

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.039
 what

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.139
 is

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.279
 a

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:25.500
 good

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.759
 use

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:25.900
 of

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.179
 image

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.359
 when

00:36:26.359 --> 00:36:26.480
 it

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.659
 comes

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:26.819
 to

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.300
 portraying

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.620
 Jesus

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:28.500
 I

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.000
 suggest

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.320
 that

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:30.000
 portraits

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.280
 of

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.519
 Jesus

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.740
 are

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:30.860
 the

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.220
 problem

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.320
 many

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.840
 representations

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.600
 show

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:33.800
 the

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.260
 reality

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.480
 of

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.780
 Jesus

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.440
 without

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.940
 offering

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.120
 a

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.460
 portrait

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.200
 which

00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.440
 in

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.680
 its

00:36:37.680 --> 00:36:37.900
 very

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.300
 nature

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.820
 invites

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.100
 us

00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:39.380
 to

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.720
 worship

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:41.960
 so

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.320
 he's

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.580
 saying

00:36:42.580 --> 00:36:43.140
 don't

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.440
 produce

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.180
 portraits

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.600
 that

00:36:44.600 --> 00:36:44.720
 are

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:44.900
 meant

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.059
 to

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:46.140
 appear

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.620
 like

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.140
 exact

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:47.980
 representations

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.320
 of

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.640
 Jesus

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.360
 here

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.580
 is

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:50.039
 Jesus

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:51.200
 this

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.380
 is

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.519
 how

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.500
 you

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.620
 should

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:52.720
 get

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.860
 to

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:52.960
 know

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.100
 him

00:36:53.100 --> 00:36:53.519
 a

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:53.740
 helpful

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.140
 example

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.300
 of

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.420
 this

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.559
 is

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.720
 the

00:36:54.720 --> 00:36:55.220
 20th

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.620
 century

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:56.240
 portrait

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.380
 of

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.539
 Jesus

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.940
 entitled

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.340
 The Head

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.480
 of

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.840
 Christ

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.500
 by

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.199
 American

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.519
 artist

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.900
 Warner

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.400
 Salmon

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.719
 have

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:00.800
 you

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:00.940
 guys

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.159
 seen

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.400
 this

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.059
 if

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.159
 you

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.380
 google

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.559
 it

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.679
 I

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:02.820
 bet

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:02.980
 you'll

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.159
 come

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.300
 up

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.380
 and

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.480
 you'll

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.500
 be

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.719
 oh

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:03.960
 yes

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.099
 I

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.199
 know

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.539
 exactly

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:04.779
 I've

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:04.920
 seen

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.079
 this

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.279
 picture

00:37:05.279 --> 00:37:05.659
 before

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.539
 it's

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.880
 probably

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.039
 the

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.380
 artistic

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.699
 work

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:07.860
 that

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:07.980
 has

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.380
 enjoyed

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.599
 the

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.960
 greatest

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.460
 mass

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.900
 appeal

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.179
 in

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.440
 the

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.659
 modern

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.980
 age

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.639
 by

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:11.800
 the

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:11.940
 end

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.059
 of

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.159
 the

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.559
 20th

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:12.900
 century

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.099
 it

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.219
 had

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.460
 already

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.619
 been

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.099
 reproduced

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.400
 over

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.739
 half

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:14.900
 a

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.159
 billion

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.579
 times

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.079
 worldwide

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.960
 you find

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.779
 as a

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.000
 kid

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.460
 that's

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.599
 what

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:27.719
 I

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:27.900
 grew

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.099
 up

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.480
 seeing

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.719
 so

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:28.980
 whenever

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.179
 I

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.400
 thought

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.559
 of

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:29.880
 Jesus

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.779
 I

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.619
 imagined

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.860
 that

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.279
 picture

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:33.559
 and

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.699
 I

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:33.880
 think

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.099
 that's

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.559
 inappropriate

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.639
 I

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:35.779
 don't

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:35.960
 think

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.320
 that's

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.699
 what

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.279
 that's

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.360
 I

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.480
 think

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:37.920
 that's

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.199
 the

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.659
 intention

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.119
 that's

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.579
 the way

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.000
 images

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.239
 should

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.599
 function

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:40.900
 in our

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.360
 in our

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:41.719
 worship

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.119
 in our

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.699
 thinking

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:42.940
 about

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.300
 God

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:45.000
 and

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.340
 to

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.519
 give

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:45.619
 an

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:45.880
 example

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.059
 that

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.259
 some

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.599
 people

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.039
 have

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.559
 you know

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.480
 attributed

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.239
 miracles

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.840
 to this

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.639
 painting

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:50.940
 by

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.320
 Salmon

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:52.239
 and

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.380
 they

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.599
 have

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.820
 made

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.400
 pilgrimages

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.699
 to

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:53.899
 it

00:37:53.899 --> 00:37:54.199
 in

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.819
 Coptic

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.159
 Orthodox

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.500
 Church

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.679
 in

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.039
 Houston

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.719
 where

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:56.899
 they

00:37:56.899 --> 00:37:57.279
 claim

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.460
 that

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.799
 this

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.359
 picture

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:58.539
 the

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.839
 portrait

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.039
 of

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.439
 Salmon

00:37:59.439 --> 00:38:00.299
 cured

00:38:00.299 --> 00:38:00.539
 a

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.460
 boy

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.659
 with

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.139
 leukemia

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.399
 I

00:38:03.399 --> 00:38:03.539
 don't

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.679
 think

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:03.839
 this

00:38:03.839 --> 00:38:03.960
 is

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.219
 any

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.559
 different

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:04.759
 from

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:04.919
 the

00:38:04.919 --> 00:38:05.179
 cult

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.359
 of

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.819
 saints

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:06.500
 venerating

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.939
 images

00:38:06.939 --> 00:38:07.279
 of

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.639
 Christians

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:07.960
 from

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.259
 past

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.599
 ages

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.879
 while

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.059
 we

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.219
 can

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.500
 honor

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:10.960
 Christ

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.119
 and

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.579
 represent

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:11.879
 him

00:38:11.879 --> 00:38:12.000
 in

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.299
 art

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.859
 if

00:38:12.859 --> 00:38:12.960
 we

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.239
 cross

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.539
 over

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.719
 to

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:13.939
 saying

00:38:13.939 --> 00:38:14.119
 that

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.359
 that

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:14.699
 piece

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:14.819
 of

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:14.980
 art

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.099
 is

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.239
 who

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.619
 Christ

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.099
 is

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.759
 if

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:16.899
 we

00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:17.259
 start

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.539
 paying

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.899
 homage

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.180
 to

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.300
 it

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.480
 and

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.059
 venerating

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.220
 it

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:19.320
 and

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:19.720
 attributing

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.200
 supernatural

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:20.800
 powers

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.019
 to

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.200
 it

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.660
 I

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:21.780
 think

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:21.900
 we

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:21.980
 are

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.460
 violating

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.680
 the

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:22.920
 second

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.559
 commandment

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.980
 as it

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.260
 applies

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.420
 to

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.660
 us

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:24.800
 as

00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.200
 Christians

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.579
 God

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:26.760
 does

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:26.940
 not

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.220
 intend

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.500
 for

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:27.660
 us

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:27.800
 to

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.099
 create

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.519
 images

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.740
 of

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:28.980
 him

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.700
 or

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:29.980
 his

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.300
 son

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.619
 he

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.039
 intends

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.280
 for

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.639
 us

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.119
 to

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.700
 be

00:38:32.700 --> 00:38:33.160
 his

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.539
 images

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:35.240
 as

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.380
 we

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:35.559
 are

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.720
 sanctified

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.000
 and

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.420
 restored

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.740
 more

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:37.900
 and

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.059
 more

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.220
 to

00:38:38.220 --> 00:38:38.340
 the

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.740
 likeness

00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.039
 of

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.460
 Christ

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:40.260
 remember

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.599
 God

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.119
 created

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.360
 us

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.579
 in

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.860
 his

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.260
 image

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.940
 even

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.139
 though

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.460
 because

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.639
 of

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.800
 our

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.199
 sin

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.460
 the

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:44.659
 image

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:44.780
 of

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:44.940
 God

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.079
 in

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.300
 us

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.460
 is

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.079
 defaced

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.340
 it

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.460
 is

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.659
 still

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.099
 there

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.740
 and

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.019
 by

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.579
 Christ

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.059
 and

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.220
 by

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.340
 the

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.500
 Holy

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.880
 Spirit

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.119
 we

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.519
 are

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.980
 being

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.800
 restored

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.220
 more

00:38:52.220 --> 00:38:52.400
 and

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.599
 more

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.900
 to

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.139
 the

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.440
 fullness

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.760
 of

00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:54.440
 God's

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:54.800
 image

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.000
 in

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.400
 Christ

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.440
 that's

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.539
 why

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.840
 Romans

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.059
 8

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.420
 29

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.840
 says

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.059
 this

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.220
 for

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.500
 those

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.659
 whom

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:58.840
 he

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.380
 foreknew

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.860
 he

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.099
 also

00:39:00.099 --> 00:39:00.720
 predestined

00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:00.880
 to

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.059
 be

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.039
 conformed

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.320
 to

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:02.679
 the

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.240
 image

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.619
 of

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.880
 his

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.260
 son

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:06.159
 2nd

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.480
 Corinthians

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:06.699
 3

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:06.980
 7

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.059
 and

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.340
 18

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.539
 now

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.679
 the

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:07.900
 Lord

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.460
 beholding

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.619
 the

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.960
 glory

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.199
 of

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.340
 the

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.599
 Lord

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.099
 are

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.340
 being

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.059
 transformed

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.599
 into

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:17.840
 the

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.260
 same

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:18.960
 image

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.240
 from

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.579
 one

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.920
 degree

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.159
 of

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.500
 glory

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.900
 to

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.400
 another

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.079
 for

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.260
 this

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:22.519
 comes

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.679
 from

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:22.820
 the

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.079
 Lord

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.380
 who

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.780
 is

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:23.980
 the

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.320
 Spirit

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.880
 so

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.199
 let's

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.480
 not

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.820
 look

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.220
 around

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.679
 at

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:28.019
 other

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.380
 images

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.699
 there's

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.920
 now

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.139
 no

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.599
 longer

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:29.900
 a

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:30.199
 veil

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.460
 that

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.920
 divides

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.380
 us

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.820
 and

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.240
 God

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.599
 the

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:32.820
 veil

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.220
 has

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:33.460
 been

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.900
 removed

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.119
 and

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.240
 we

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.440
 see

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.679
 the

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.280
 fullness

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.599
 of

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.940
 God

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.400
 in

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.840
 Jesus

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.300
 Christ

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.740
 and

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:37.860
 so

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.059
 we

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.260
 can

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.740
 behold

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.079
 him

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.860
 and

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.119
 let's

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.519
 behold

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.839
 him

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:41.279
 in

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.420
 his

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.739
 word

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:44.359
 and

00:39:44.359 --> 00:39:44.619
 as

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.779
 we

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.199
 behold

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.380
 him

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.579
 we'll

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.699
 be

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.119
 transformed

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.500
 more

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.679
 and

00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:46.980
 more

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.539
 to

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.859
 the

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.139
 glory

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.319
 of

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.639
 Christ

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:48.880
 to

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.039
 the

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.400
 likeness

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.539
 of

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.859
 Christ

00:39:49.859 --> 00:39:50.259
 and

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.519
 that

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.859
 is

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:51.139
 our

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.500
 Christian

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:51.880
 calling

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.799
 that's

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.119
 why

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.299
 we

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.400
 are

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.659
 here

00:39:53.659 --> 00:39:54.440
 to

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.880
 belong

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.079
 to

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.400
 Jesus

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.019
 to

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.339
 love

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.799
 Jesus

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.679
 become

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.199
 like

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.659
 Jesus

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.759
 so

00:39:59.759 --> 00:39:59.900
 let's

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.119
 pray

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.299
 for

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:00.440
 that

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.719
 together

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:06.380
 heavenly

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.739
 father

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.159
 that is

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.440
 what

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.679
 we

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.940
 long

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.239
 for

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:15.539
 we

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.899
 seek

00:40:15.899 --> 00:40:16.159
 no

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.599
 idols

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:18.639
 because

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.039
 Christ

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.259
 is

00:40:19.259 --> 00:40:19.639
 sufficient

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.919
 for

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.319
 us

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:24.539
 Lord

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.819
 help

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:24.959
 us

00:40:24.959 --> 00:40:25.119
 to

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.419
 worship

00:40:25.419 --> 00:40:25.679
 him

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.059
 rightly

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.579
 and

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.000
 behold

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.219
 his

00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:28.559
 glory

00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:28.899
 every

00:40:28.899 --> 00:40:29.199
 day

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.559
 in

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.759
 your

00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.079
 word

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:32.000
 and

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.179
 as

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.299
 we

00:40:32.299 --> 00:40:32.439
 do

00:40:32.439 --> 00:40:32.639
 that

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:32.859
 Lord

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:33.039
 we

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.199
 pray

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:33.359
 that

00:40:33.359 --> 00:40:33.519
 you

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.739
 would

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:33.879
 by

00:40:33.879 --> 00:40:34.059
 your

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:34.259
 spirit

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.839
 transform

00:40:34.839 --> 00:40:35.199
 us

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:36.639
 make

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:36.779
 us

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:36.979
 more

00:40:36.979 --> 00:40:37.279
 like

00:40:37.279 --> 00:40:37.479
 him

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.019
 that

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.199
 we

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.460
 might

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.740
 more

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.099
 rightly

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.639
 represent

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.119
 you

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.639
 to

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:41.960
 the

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.320
 world

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:43.539
 and

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:43.820
 lead

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.099
 this

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.579
 creation

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:46.320
 in

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.460
 the

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:46.800
 worship

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.579
 of

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.699
 the

00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:48.019
 triune

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.300
 God

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:50.420
 in

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.699
 Jesus

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.000
 name

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.159
 we

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.400
 pray

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.300
 amen