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 Well, thank you very much for that. It would be great if you have that passage open in front of you.

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 As has already been mentioned, my name is Alistair. The privilege of being the assistant here at Brunsfield

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 and the privilege of taking us through this wonderful passage of Scripture.

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 And this morning we come to a topic that runs deep in every single human heart.

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 But I wonder if you can guess what it is by listening to these three quotes that I'm just about to put on the screen.

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 So the first one is,

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 My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

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 The second quote,

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 I am so credible, so influential and so relevant that I will change things.

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 Or the last quote,

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 I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

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 Now what do all of those quotes have in common?

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 Shout out a few answers.

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 Pride. There you go. No more answers. That's it.

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 That is exactly what we come to this morning.

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 Pride.

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 Now I doubt any of us are going to say these kinds of things about ourselves.

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 But we all, to different degrees, suffer with the issue of pride, don't we?

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 We like the thrill of being recognized.

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 We like to be seen, to be acknowledged, applauded and praised.

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 We might wear a particular brand of clothing to stand out in the crowd.

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 We might buy the flashiest car or the biggest house so that people notice us.

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 And these are the material outworkings of pride, but it runs much deeper than that, doesn't it?

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 We might be annoyed if someone gets the credit for the work that we do.

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 Because we wanted the attention.

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 Or maybe it's in a prayer point that we share at small group or in the prayer meeting

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 that focuses more on our apparent holiness than the work of God.

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 Or maybe it's thinking that we don't need God's help.

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 And we only go to Him once we've exhausted our own resources and energy.

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 All of these different things are different appearances of the same issue.

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 Pride.

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 It's the idea that the whole world revolves around you,

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 that you are the most important person in the world.

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 And the root of it all is that the natural state of every single human heart is full of pride.

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 Because we naturally say, no God, I don't want you.

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 I want to be you.

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 That's what we're going to see this morning as we turn to Genesis chapter 11.

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 The pride of man.

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 And we're going to see the downward spiral of humanity.

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 And the depths of depravity that we're capable of reaching.

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 But most importantly, we're going to see that despite human failings,

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 despite our rebellion, despite humanity proudly walking away from God

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 and deviating more and more from His plan,

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 despite all of that, and despite God having every reason to,

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 He does not cast us off.

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 But He shows us amazing faithfulness.

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 An abundant grace to a sinful world.

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 So the first thing that we see in this passage is the pride of man.

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 Verses 1 to 9, the pride of man.

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 Now we get our first indication that things are not going well in verse 2.

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 Look with me.

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 It says,

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 As people moved eastward,

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 they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

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 Now anytime we've heard the language of east in Genesis or people moving east,

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 we're to understand that they are moving away from God's plan

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 and God's good design for the world.

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 Remember how in Genesis chapter 3, Adam and Eve, when sin entered into the world

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 and they rebelled against God, they were cast out of the garden to the east.

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 And when Cain, in Genesis 4, when it says that he went out from the Lord's presence,

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 he went east of Eden.

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 The language of going east should draw our attention to the fact that something is not right in this picture.

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 Something is about to go horribly wrong.

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 And we see exactly what that is in verses 3 and 4.

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 Read with me.

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 They said to each other,

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 Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.

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 They used brick instead of stone and tar for mortar.

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 Then they said,

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 Come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens

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 so that we may make a name for ourselves.

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 Otherwise we'll be scattered over the face of the earth.

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 Now this is the prime example of the pride of man.

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 They are disobeying God's commands to go out into the world and fill it by congregating in one place

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 and they're trying to make a name for themselves.

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 Do you see similar language that we've seen before in verse 3?

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 Humanity is saying,

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 Come, let us make.

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 People are using their God-given ability

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 and gift of being creative.

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 But they're not using it for good.

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 This is the same language, isn't it, that we heard in Genesis chapter 1.

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 As God says,

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 Come, let us make man in our image.

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 And here we see those image bearers of God.

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 We see a corrupt, broken, sinful humanity using their identity

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 and God-given gift to create for evil and sin.

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 And do you see that repetition in verse 4?

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 How five times in that very short verse,

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 the people's attention is always on themselves.

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 They are the center of their own universe.

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 In their pride, they're puffing themselves up,

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 gladly bearing their sin on their chest for everyone to see,

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 parading it to show how great they are.

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 They want to be noticed.

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 They want to stand out.

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 They want to make a name for themselves.

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 And when people make a name for themselves,

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 it means that they've stopped making God's name great.

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 They've turned from God

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 and are focusing on themselves.

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 Now, I doubt that any of us are going to go away this morning

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 and build a tower or a city from our pride

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 so that people can see how great we are.

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 But isn't it just as easy to build a social media empire

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 where we strive to have thousands of friends on Facebook

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 or the most likes on Twitter and Instagram we possibly can?

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 We create this perfect life on the surface.

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 But is that really the case

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 or are we just building our own tower?

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 What about when we came into church this morning?

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 How many of us were honest and open

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 when we were asked, how are you?

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 It's so easy to put on a mask,

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 to pretend that we're okay

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 and we have it all together even though we don't.

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 That's pride.

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 That's us focusing more on how others view us

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 than how we're really doing

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 and being open and honest with our brothers and sisters.

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 Friends, this same spirit of Babel,

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 this same pride lives in each and every one of us.

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 We all want some form of recognition.

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 We all want to be seen, to be liked.

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 We live in a world where sin is paraded around

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 and celebrated as something good.

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 But the reality is that we live in a world

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 that is seeking glory instead of seeking God.

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 By trying to make our name for ourselves,

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 we're forgetting the one

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 whose name should be lifted above every other name.

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 Humanity is doing the same thing Adam and Eve did

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 in Genesis 3, saying,

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 no God, I don't want you.

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 I want to be you.

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 And so humanity, in all of its depravity,

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 tries to reach the heights of God.

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 They want to enter into His domain

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 and become like Him.

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 But as Proverbs 16, verse 18 says,

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 pride goes before destruction

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 and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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 All of this is motivated by pride.

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 They want to make a name for themselves to be seen

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 and they don't want to be scattered.

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 But do you see the irony in verse 5?

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 So these people are wanting to build a statement

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 of their own fame and glory

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 to show off their ability.

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 But verse 5 says,

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 The Lord came down to see the city

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 and the tower the people were building.

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 Even man's greatest attempts to reach God

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 will always, always fail.

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 Man's attempt to achieve glory,

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 honour, praise, recognition,

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 which belongs only to God,

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 will always fall pitifully short.

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 God comes down to inspect

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 the result of human pride.

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 And this teaches us something

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 about God's judgment,

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 which is just about to come,

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 and God's judgment in general.

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 God's judgment is never erratic.

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 He doesn't just fly off the handle,

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 He doesn't lose it at the people,

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 but God's judgment is always

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 according to truth.

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 God sees all things,

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 God knows all things,

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 and He will judge accordingly.

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 And so God says in verse 6,

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 If as one people speaking the same language

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 they've begun to do this,

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 then nothing they plan

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 will be impossible for them.

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 Now we aren't to take this literally,

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 and I think that we're capable

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 of doing everything we set our minds to.

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 This isn't the kind of message

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 that's being pushed in schools and society

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 that you can do and be whatever you want.

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 But this means

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 that the depravity of man is so far gone

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 that nothing will stop

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 the act of evil

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 when left unchecked.

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 We saw this, didn't we,

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 in Genesis 6,

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 how the thoughts

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 of the hearts of mankind

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 are described as evil

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 all the time.

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 And then add into that mix

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 the whole community

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 of sinful people

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 whose desire is to rebel

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 against God.

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 The outcome is not a good one.

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 Their pride,

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 their rejection of God

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 means that God must judge

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 because he is holy

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 and he is a just God.

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 And so God intervenes

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 in verses 7 to 9

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 and in his mercy

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 disperses the people

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 of Babel,

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 confuses their language

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 and scatters them

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 over the face

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 of the whole earth.

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 The people of Babel

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 wanted significance,

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 but they got alienation.

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 But do you see

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 how gracious God is

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 in all of this?

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 He could have delivered

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 the final judgment

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 because yet again

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 in just 11 chapters

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 the people have,

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 humanity have rebelled

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 against God

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 and said,

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 we don't want you.

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 We want to be you.

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 We want to be king

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 of our lives.

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 But God doesn't destroy them.

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 Instead,

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 he shows grace

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 by dispersing them.

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 And by dispersing them,

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 God is doing two things.

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 One,

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 he is preventing

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 any further

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 large-scale evil acts.

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 And two,

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 he is fulfilling

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 his own repeated command

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 for humanity

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 to multiply

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 and fill the earth.

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 So God is being faithful

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 to his promises

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 even in judgment.

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 Now we might look

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 at this text

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 and think how foolish

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 the people of Babel are.

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 They're trying to become

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 like God

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 and reaching for

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 his heights

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 of glory and honor.

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 But the reality is

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 that this same spirit

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 of Babel,

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 that this same pride,

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 the same ideas

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 and desires

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 live within

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 every single one of us.

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 We live in a world

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 that's proud of sin.

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 A world

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 that glory's in it.

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 We neglect

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 to submit

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 to the Bible

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 because it maybe

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 makes us feel

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 uncomfortable

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 or we think

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 that it will spoil

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 our fun.

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 But the problem

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 and the reality

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 is that our

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 continuous pride,

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 in it,

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 we are neglecting God.

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 We're taking God

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 off the throne

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 of our hearts

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 and putting ourselves

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 in his place.

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 We're rejecting him

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 as King and Lord

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 and running our own way,

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 building our own idols,

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 building our own cities,

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 our own towers

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 of Babel,

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 all in defiance

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 of God.

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 But the wonderful news

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 that we cling to

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 is that despite

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 our pride,

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 despite our sinfulness

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 and despite the fact

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 that humanity

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 is naturally deserving

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 of judgment,

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 God is gracious

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 and that he is faithful

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 to his promises.

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 And that is the second thing

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 that we see

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 in this passage,

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 is the promise

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 of God

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 in verses 10

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 to 32.

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 The promise

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 of God.

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 Now if you remember

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 back to Genesis 3

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 verse 15,

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 God promised

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 that he would send

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 the serpent crusher,

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 the one who would

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 put an end

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 to sin,

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 who would defeat

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 the work of Satan

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 and who would make

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 it possible

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 for a sinful humanity

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 to be made right

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 with God.

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 God.

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 And as we've journeyed

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 through this short series

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 on the beginning

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 of Genesis,

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 we've seen glimmers

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 of hope.

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 Could this be

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 the serpent crusher?

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 Could this be

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 our rescuer?

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 But each one

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 has failed.

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 Each of them

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 have proved

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 that sin dwells

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 in the depths

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 of the human heart

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 and that no one

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 born in the cycle

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 of man

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 can break it.

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 And so why do I say

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 in these verses

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 we see the promise

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 of God?

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 Well as you've probably

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 already noticed,

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 this is the repetition

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 of the family line

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 of Shem.

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 So the list

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 of Shem's descendants

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 come first

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 in Genesis chapter 10

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 verses 21 to 31

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 and then it's repeated

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 here in Genesis 11

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 verses 10 to 26.

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 Why?

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 Well it's the author's

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 way of drawing

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 our attention

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 to this particular line.

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 If you've ever

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 looked at a family tree

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 they can be

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 often be very extensive

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 with lines

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 and names everywhere.

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 So the genealogy

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 of chapter 10

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 is kind of like that.

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 It's big picture stuff.

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 All of the descendants

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 of Noah's sons.

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 The genealogy

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 in chapter 11

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 is very specific.

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 It is all focusing

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 in on the line

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 of Shem

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 and it's the author's

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 way of telling us

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 to keep an eye

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 on this particular line.

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 Something is going

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 to happen

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 through this family

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 that we should

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 be waiting for.

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 The author is saying

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 this is the line

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 of the serpent crusher.

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 And we see that

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 as we jump into

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 the beginning

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 of chapter 12.

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 We're in the land

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 of Ur

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 of the Chaldeans

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 a pagan land.

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 We're introduced

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 to a man named

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 Abram

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 who would later

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 become Abraham.

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 A pagan man

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 who's had no

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 previous interactions

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 with God

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 and suddenly

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 Genesis chapter 12

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 verse 1

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 the Lord said

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 to Abram.

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 God in his abundant

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 grace and kindness

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 chooses to reveal

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 himself to Abram.

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 He spoke to him

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 and commanded him

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 to leave his home

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 and family

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 to go to a distant

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 land that God

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 would show him.

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 He wasn't given

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 a clue where he

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 was going.

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 He wasn't given

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 a postcode

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 that he could

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 put in his sat-nav

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 to see how long

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 it would take.

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 He was just

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 told to go.

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 But he was given

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 amazing promises

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 on the way.

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 Genesis 12

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 verses 2 and 3

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 say this

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 I will make you

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 into a great nation

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 and I will bless you.

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 I will make

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 your name great

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 and you will be

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 a blessing.

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 I will bless

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 those who bless you

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 and whoever curses

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 you I will curse

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 and all peoples

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 on earth

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 will be blessed

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 through you.

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 God is promising

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 Abram a land

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 a people

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 and that he will

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 be a blessing

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 to the world.

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 The pride of mankind

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 the spirit of Babel

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 tells us to make

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 a name for ourselves

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 do more

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 work harder

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 be better

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 but God says

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 don't listen to

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 that nonsense

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 trust in my promises

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 trust in me

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 I alone

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 am the one

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 who can make

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 your name

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 great

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 and it is for

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 my glory

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 not yours.

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 Do you see that

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 contrast?

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 God is the one

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 who elevates people

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 and gives them

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 his glory

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 any attempt

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 to do it

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 on our own

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 will fail.

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 Listen to

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 and put your trust

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 in the promise

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 of God

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 because it doesn't

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.420
 stop here

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.279
 in Genesis 11

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 with the descendants

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 of Shem

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 because that whole

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 line

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 is just full

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 of more people

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 who are just

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 as sinful

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.580
 and full

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:58.960
 of just

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.700
 as much pride

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 but there is

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.560
 one descendant

00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:03.259
 that this whole

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.080
 book is pointing

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:04.620
 towards

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:06.220
 there is one

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.140
 serpent crusher

00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:08.400
 who dealt

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.720
 with the problems

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.900
 of the spirit

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.500
 of Babel

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 and who appears

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.360
 on the scene

00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:14.480
 thousands of years

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 after the events

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 mentioned in this

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.640
 chapter

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:18.540
 Matthew chapter

00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:18.980
 one

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.640
 we read

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.860
 Jesus is a

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.460
 descendant

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.160
 of Abraham

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:23.820
 not born

00:19:23.820 --> 00:19:24.400
 of a man

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 not born

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.820
 into that

00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:27.480
 cycle

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.660
 of sin

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.300
 and pride

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 but he is

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.460
 conceived of

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.240
 the Holy Spirit

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.700
 born

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:33.400
 to a virgin

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.920
 he is God

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.660
 in the flesh

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.420
 come down

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.580
 into a broken

00:19:37.580 --> 00:19:39.280
 sinful humanity

00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:40.120
 and his message

00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.780
 was not that

00:19:40.780 --> 00:19:41.440
 of a personal

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.880
 trainer

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:43.160
 to do more

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.380
 to be better

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.380
 to make a name

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.160
 for ourselves

00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:46.940
 or to

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.560
 attempt to reach

00:19:48.560 --> 00:19:49.200
 some heights

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.800
 of glory

00:19:49.800 --> 00:19:53.820
 but his message

00:19:53.820 --> 00:19:54.400
 was repent

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:56.080
 and believe

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:57.040
 the good news

00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:58.880
 for the kingdom

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.460
 of God

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.220
 is at hand

00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:02.280
 Jesus is this

00:20:02.280 --> 00:20:02.780
 promised

00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.420
 descendant

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.920
 of Abraham

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.820
 through whom

00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:06.080
 the whole world

00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:07.060
 will be blessed

00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:08.960
 he is the

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.440
 fulfillment

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.480
 of these promises

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:11.180
 in Genesis

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.940
 and he is the

00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:12.540
 one who came

00:20:12.540 --> 00:20:13.380
 to deal with

00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.340
 the spirit

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.880
 of Babel

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.600
 that is alive

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.040
 and well

00:20:16.040 --> 00:20:16.820
 in our hearts

00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:17.220
 today

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:20.140
 Jesus said

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:20.700
 repent

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.120
 recognize

00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:23.160
 your sin

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.600
 and rebellion

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.320
 against God

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:25.860
 recognize

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.900
 your pride

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.300
 that is being

00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:28.960
 an obstacle

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.480
 for you

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.460
 turning to God

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:32.400
 and turn

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.880
 from it

00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.140
 turn the other

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.480
 way

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:36.180
 and come

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.740
 and follow

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.060
 me

00:20:37.060 --> 00:20:37.980
 Jesus says

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:40.039
 don't try

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.759
 make a name

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.440
 for yourself

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.000
 but Jesus

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.400
 says

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.799
 instead

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.980
 take my

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.339
 name

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.819
 and become

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.480
 a son

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.539
 and daughter

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.460
 of the living

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.900
 God

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:52.140
 Jesus teaches

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.720
 us to take

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.180
 our eyes

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.860
 off the spirit

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.400
 and tower

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.980
 of Babel

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.640
 and to focus

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.120
 our minds

00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.559
 on an even

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.319
 greater goal

00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.620
 on an even

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.500
 greater home

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.059
 and an even

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:03.000
 greater dwelling

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.380
 place

00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.880
 in Matthew

00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.740
 chapter 5

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.180
 verse 3

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.039
 Jesus says

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.299
 blessed are the

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.000
 poor in spirit

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.579
 for theirs

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.399
 is not a

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:10.019
 tower of Babel

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.460
 but is the

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.839
 kingdom

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:12.139
 of God

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:16.460
 pride

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.079
 the spirit

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.519
 of Babel

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:17.759
 says

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 do more

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 be better

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 build your

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 own tower

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 play God

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 Jesus

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 says

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 the promise

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 of God

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 says

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 humble

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 yourself

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 that's what

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 it means

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 to be poor

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 in spirit

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 humble

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.740
 yourself

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 and you

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 will inherit

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 far more

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 than a

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.720
 failed attempt

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 at a

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 tower

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:45.099
 humble

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.539
 yourself

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.180
 and yours

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.640
 is the

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 kingdom

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.680
 of God

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 humble

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.759
 yourself

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.279
 and submit

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 to Jesus

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 and the

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 promise

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 is not

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 a comfortable

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 life where

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 you're loved

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 and recognized

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 by everyone

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 but you're

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 promised

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 eternal life

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 with the

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 God who

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 made you

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 with the

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 God who

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 knows

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 you

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 and with

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 the God

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 who died

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 so you

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 can be

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 there

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 friends the

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 fulfillment of

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 this promise

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 of God

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 in the book

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 of Genesis

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 is Jesus

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 Christ

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 he is the

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 perfect example

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 of humility

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 as he took

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 on flesh

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 and became

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 one of us

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 living the

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 perfect life

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 without sin

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 without pride

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 that we never

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 could

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 dying the

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 death that

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 we all

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 deserve

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 and rising

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 triumphant

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 from the

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 grave

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.379
 defeating

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 sin

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 conquering

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.400
 death

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 and making

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 the way

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.980
 for a

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 proud

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 sinful

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.480
 humanity

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.960
 like you

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.319
 and me

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 to be

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 forgiven

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 and made

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 right with

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 God

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:56.819
 that is

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 what we're

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.420
 here to

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.740
 celebrate

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 this morning

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 the elements

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.240
 on this

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 table are

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 not just

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:04.059
 reminders of

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 a fairy

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.960
 tale

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:07.099
 they're not

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.779
 reminders of

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.099
 a good

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.660
 guy who

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 died a

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 tragic

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.059
 death

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:12.319
 these are

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.960
 elements that

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 get to the

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:14.019
 very heart

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.299
 of the

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 Christian

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.240
 message

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:17.819
 that each

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 of us

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.319
 is sinful

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 suffering the

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.240
 effects of

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.579
 the fallen

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.339
 living out

00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.839
 a babel

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.619
 lifestyle in

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.099
 pride and

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.759
 rejection of

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.439
 God but

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:29.740
 through Jesus

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 Christ

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.779
 through his

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.740
 broken body

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.799
 through his

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 shed blood

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.539
 we are being

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 taken from

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.220
 being children

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.919
 of pride

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:40.139
 and deserving

00:23:40.139 --> 00:23:40.779
 of judgment

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.559
 to being sons

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.179
 and daughters

00:23:43.179 --> 00:23:43.819
 of the living

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.319
 God

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.879
 who is faithful

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.619
 to his promises

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.279
 and sent his

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.919
 son to die

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:52.060
 if you're here

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:52.620
 this morning

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.800
 and you are a

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.140
 Christian

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:55.279
 do not be

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.640
 tricked

00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:57.560
 do not fall

00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:58.539
 back into

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.580
 the spirit of

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.140
 babel but

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:01.039
 trust fully

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.840
 and live out

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.600
 your faith in

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.259
 Jesus Christ

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.120
 in all humility

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:06.860
 live

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:08.539
 not making

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.340
 a name for

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.940
 yourself

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.100
 but making

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.680
 his name

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.220
 great

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:15.960
 because the

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.820
 reality is

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.360
 that if we're

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.740
 full of

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.119
 ourselves

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.500
 there is

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.859
 no more

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.279
 room for

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.539
 God

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:22.879
 our goal

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.279
 should be

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.699
 to see

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.719
 him glorified

00:24:24.719 --> 00:24:25.639
 and to see

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.299
 his name

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.059
 lifted above

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.979
 every other

00:24:27.979 --> 00:24:28.500
 name

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.539
 and if you're

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.079
 not a Christian

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.519
 this morning

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.119
 I want you to

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.719
 consider where

00:24:33.719 --> 00:24:34.279
 you stand

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.859
 before this

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.479
 holy God

00:24:35.479 --> 00:24:37.899
 the day is

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.339
 approaching

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.979
 when God

00:24:38.979 --> 00:24:39.379
 will come

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.839
 down and

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.240
 in his

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.979
 final act

00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:41.479
 of judgment

00:24:41.479 --> 00:24:42.819
 those who've

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.439
 trusted in

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:43.939
 Jesus he

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.299
 will take

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.879
 to be with

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:46.059
 him in his

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.819
 presence forever

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:48.639
 and those

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.240
 who continue

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.839
 in their

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.619
 pride and

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.279
 rebellion he

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.720
 will cast

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.240
 off into

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.639
 eternal

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.039
 judgment

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:55.980
 please don't

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.759
 let pride

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.099
 be the thing

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.679
 that stops

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.240
 you turning

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.839
 to God

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:01.500
 but listen

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.220
 to the words

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.679
 of Jesus

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.480
 as he calls

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:03.819
 you to

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.379
 repent

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:06.019
 believe in

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.299
 and follow

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.679
 him

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:11.240
 would you

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.560
 humble

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.019
 yourself

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.400
 and see

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.180
 the brokenness

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.460
 of your

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.000
 own heart

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.380
 and humbly

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.940
 come before

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.600
 Jesus the

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.340
 servant king

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:20.100
 who died

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.600
 so that you

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.140
 may live

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:24.840
 this passage

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.460
 is summarized

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.140
 wonderfully by

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.600
 the lyrics

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.019
 we're just

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.460
 about to

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.740
 sing

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:29.180
 how people

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.700
 can go

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.299
 from living

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.720
 in their

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.019
 sin

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.180
 glorying

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.860
 in pride

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.539
 and rejecting

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.060
 God to

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.940
 being brought

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.500
 into his

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.880
 family

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:37.680
 being made

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.160
 right with

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.420
 him

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.220
 because of

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.680
 the promised

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:39.920
 one

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.700
 Jesus Christ

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.140
 and with

00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:41.760
 these words

00:25:41.760 --> 00:25:42.440
 I'll end

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:44.800
 I once was

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.220
 lost

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.520
 in darkest

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:46.880
 night

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.480
 yet thought

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:47.880
 I knew

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.360
 the way

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:50.240
 the sin

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.860
 that promised

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.500
 joy and

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.920
 life

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.260
 had led

00:25:53.260 --> 00:25:53.640
 me to

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.240
 the grave

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.860
 I had

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.520
 no hope

00:25:56.520 --> 00:25:56.900
 that you

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.320
 would own

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.740
 a rebel

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.300
 to your

00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:58.580
 will

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.340
 and if

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.860
 you had

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.300
 not loved

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.940
 me first

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:03.620
 I would

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.220
 refuse you

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.520
 still

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.480
 hallelujah

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.980
 all I

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.400
 have is

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:08.900
 Christ

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:10.480
 hallelujah

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.879
 Jesus

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.859
 is my

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.319
 life

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:15.240
 let's

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.440
 pray

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.799
 together

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:18.700
 and just

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.000
 in the

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.519
 quietness

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.940
 of our

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.220
 hearts

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.519
 let's

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.879
 spend a

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.099
 moment

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.639
 reflecting

00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:22.579
 on how

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.220
 we stand

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.799
 before a

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.339
 holy God

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.680
 and give

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.400
 him thanks

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.359
 for what

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.639
 he has

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:26.859
 done

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.480
 for us

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:32.339
 how deep

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.019
 the father's

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.460
 love for

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.779
 us

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.899
 that he

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.399
 would send

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.920
 his only

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.559
 son to

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.200
 make a

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.500
 wretch

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.079
 his

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.559
 treasure

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:43.099
 father we

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.720
 thank you

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.039
 that you

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.839
 have come

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.299
 that you

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.660
 have sent

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.240
 your son

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.240
 that you

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.619
 have been

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.379
 faithful to

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.139
 your promise

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.700
 and you

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.339
 have rescued

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.960
 a people

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.319
 you've

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.899
 brought us

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.399
 and taken

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:56.940
 us out

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.980
 of pride

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.680
 you've

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.160
 taken us

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.639
 out of

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 the path

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 that we

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 were on

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 to destruction

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 and you

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 have stopped

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 us from

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 making a

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 name for

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 ourselves

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 but you

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 have given

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 us an

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 even greater

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 name

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 that you

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 have given

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 us your

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 name

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 and that we

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 can now

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 say that we

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 are sons and

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 daughters of

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 the living

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 God

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 Jesus we

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 thank you

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 amen

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 amen

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 and

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 we

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen