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 Father, you know how often we censor ourselves, that we just don't speak because we are afraid of being laughed at.

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 We're afraid of being thought not smart. We're afraid, Father, of just being lower in people's opinion.

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 And Father, you see into our hearts, and you know how powerful that is.

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 Some of us very powerful, some of us maybe not very powerful, but you see us.

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 Father, do a work in our lives. Help us, Father, to have a confidence and a security that is based on the gospel,

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 on what Jesus did for us on the cross. Help us to have an unashamedness about your word.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus. Amen. Please be seated.

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 So there's an elephant in the room. Ken read very well that famous story of God creating Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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 And the elephant in the room is whether or not the story is true, or at least in what sense the story is true.

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 A fair number of people are relatively comfortable with the idea that the story is, well, just a story.

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 It's like a myth. It's like a story that gives us some insight about how things work.

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 But the really big problem with a story that just gives us insight is that we all know that in life often we have to choose between stories whenever it fits.

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 I mean, you know, there's two sayings. It's not a story, but you could make a story to illustrate either of them.

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 You know, we all are familiar with the story, too many cooks, or the saying, too many cooks spoil the broth.

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 On the other hand, we say, many hands make light work.

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 You know, so when is it that you have too many people, and when is it that you need more people, right?

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 And we sort of just choose.

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 And so, you know, if the Adam and Eve story is just a story, but, you know, we know it's not true.

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 It's not, like, real.

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 It's not true like it's true that Sir John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada.

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 Then, you know, it's just very comfortable and very easy in our culture when we have different things come our ways

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 that we can just say, well, okay, for this instance, we'll use this story, and in this instance, we'll do, you know, another story.

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 And it's also very, very easy, especially in our day and age, to say, you know, this story probably came from people.

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 I mean, I had one.

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 I know somebody who thinks it comes from the Stone Age, but it comes from the Bronze Age.

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 It probably has roots way, way, way earlier than the Bronze Age.

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 And so it's very easy just to dismiss it.

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 So there's a bit of an elephant in the room.

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 Here I am up front on my hind legs, and I'm going to talk about this story.

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 And I am very, very conscious of what people are taught.

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 I was taught in high school and what's taught in university.

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 And so is the story of Adam and Eve true?

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 Are they real?

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 I'm going to tell you that they're real.

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 And by that, I mean they're just as real as I am real or any one of you are real.

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 That I think that's what the story teaches.

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 Now, some of you are having a yikes moment.

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 Some of you are having a hallelujah moment that there's actually somebody willing to stand up in Ottawa in 2017

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 in the best educated city in the country and say something like that.

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 And a lot of you are having an oh no, oh my moment when I say that I believe that the story of Adam and Eve is true.

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 That it's obviously written with some artistic and other symbolic types of aspects being highlighted in the story.

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 But I believe that Adam and Eve are real and true, just as real and true as you and I are.

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 So some of you, as I said, are going, yikes.

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 And so first we need to try to unpack this big claim, which I think is just what the Bible's teaching here.

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 So a couple of weeks ago, or a month or two ago, I had a conversation in a coffee shop.

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 And in it, there's a fellow who came to me.

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 And he's a guy who's talked to me quite a few times.

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 And he gave me this one piece of paper to read.

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 And he said, George, you've got to read this.

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 This will make you lose your faith.

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 It'll blow your mind.

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 It'll keep you awake at night.

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 But it's all for your good.

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 So it was a copy of a review in the New York Times review of books.

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 And it was by some scientist type.

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 The review was also written by a scientist of some scientific book.

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 And the book claims to have shown or proved how religious belief and religious thought can all be explained by the process of evolution.

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 That's basically how I'd summarize the whole page.

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 In fact, when I said this to my friend, he said, yeah, no, you've summarized it exactly right.

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 This scientist has shown how evolution proves that religious thought and religious beliefs are just a product of the evolutionary process.

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 And so I gave the paper back to him.

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 And I said to him, my friend, that I have an easy way of dealing with this question.

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 But this should keep you awake at night.

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 And this completely and utterly rocks your worldview and destroys your thinking.

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 And he looked at me and said, no, it doesn't.

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 And I said, here's the thing.

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 You can't have it two ways.

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 You can't have an evolutionary theory that only accounts for religious thoughts.

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 If you have an evolutionary theory that forms and creates how we think, it does it for all thinking.

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 Now, I have a very, very simple and powerful explanation as to why that's completely wrong.

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 But you, you're an atheist.

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 You believe in evolution.

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 This article is telling you that your thoughts, you have no freedom in them.

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 You haven't really thought them.

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 They're completely and utterly controlled.

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 And he looked at me and changed the topic.

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 Which is, by the way, often what he does when he thinks he's got me.

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 And I, by God's grace, have some type of a reply.

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 So, you see, here's the thing.

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 It's a very, very important thing when we think.

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 And it's very easy because, you know, in our culture, people like me are in an unbelievable minority.

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 And there's a huge cultural consensus.

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 And when there's a huge cultural consensus, it means that often in a huge cultural consensus, people don't have to think about what they're saying.

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 Because, well, I mean, why do I have to think about what I'm saying?

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 Is my high school science teachers think this?

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 The university professors think this?

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 The CBC thinks it?

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 The Supreme Court of Canada thinks it?

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 You know, people who run museums and all they think it.

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 So, you know, I don't really have to think about what's being said.

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 But the fact of the matter is, is that ideas always, and scientific knowledge, always has to be dealt with, like, by everybody.

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 It's not just that these claims have to only be dealt with by Christians.

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 You see, in effect, what happens is that there's a little bit of a sleight of hand or a distraction where a scientific, this idea that's taught in a high school and university about evolution, that it's just sort of stated.

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 But there's never any type of discussion as to whether there's, in fact, very, very, very profound problems or very, very troubling and counterintuitive and maybe foolish ideas at the heart of it.

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 It's just sort of maintained in the culture.

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 But everything has to be dealt with by...

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 It's not just that Christians have to deal with something.

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 Everybody has to deal with particular things that arise in terms of knowledge.

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 So here's the thing.

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 I've said this to you before, but if you could put up...

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 Actually, the first one I didn't put up.

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 Could you put up the first one, Andrew?

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 This is the shocking thing that's proved that I am an ignorant hick and don't know anything.

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 Adam and Eve were real people, and their story told in Genesis is important to believe.

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 Trust and think upon.

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 That's sort of my big claim.

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 I think that's what the Bible's teaching, that Adam and Eve were real people, and their story told in Genesis is important to believe, trust, and think upon.

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 If you could put up the next thing, Andrew.

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 So here's the thing.

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 And, you know, I've said this a couple of times.

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 In fact, you're probably getting a bit bored of it, but it's a really, really, really, really big thing to get our minds around.

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 And once we start to get our minds around this, it takes a whole pressure off of us.

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 It allows us to have very different conversations and to start to read the Bible with greater confidence.

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 You see, there's a basic choice that is before us.

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 And the choice is that matter, pure chance, and cause and effect accounts for life and the intricate, fine-tuned universe.

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 Or God designed and created life and the intricate, fine-tuned universe.

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 That's the basic choice.

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 And, in fact, as I've tried to talk about over the last few, you know, the origin of the species was written 159 years ago.

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 So what we call of is the theory of evolution.

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 Now they call it neo-Darwinian because there's been some changes to it.

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 But this is the fundamental insight that we just know so much more about the world and about the universe

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 and about the chemical basis of life than was known 159 years ago.

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 And the more you know about the chemical basis of life, the things which have to be there,

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 it's not as if life can be created and then the earth has to be spinning at the right speed,

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 on the right axis, at the right distance from the sun, which has to be the right size for the distance.

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 If that isn't all right, then life can't happen.

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 If the chemical basis that life has to emerge from, if that doesn't happen, then life can't emerge.

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 And that intricacy has to happen purely and utterly by chance.

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 Natural selection can't touch it.

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 It has to happen purely and utterly by chance.

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 And it even gets harder.

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 And this is the thing which touched on my friend.

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 I almost said his name by accident.

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 But my friend who gave me this thing to rock his world.

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 If you could put up the next version of this same choice, Andrew.

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 Matter, pure chance and cause and effect.

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 That, and that's what you're, behind whatever you're taught,

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 they rarely come out and articulate it so clearly in high school and university.

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 Sometimes they do.

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 But then they'll articulate that and then they'll just move on

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 without just pausing for a second about the momentous claim.

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 But matter, pure chance and cause and effect accounts for the existence of right and wrong.

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 It has to account for human dignity, human worth, human freedom, meaning in life.

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 It has to account for the existence of love.

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 It has to account for how our minds know.

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 Or, God designing and creating all things accounts for right and wrong,

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 for human dignity and human freedom and human worth,

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 for love, for meaning, for beauty, for creativity,

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 and how our minds know.

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 Like, you just look at that thing here for a second.

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 Look at that first choice, which is what you are, in effect, taught

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 and how it's basically taught.

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 And see, people are so much better than their thinking.

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 And people often will talk about evolution and then they'll just sort of,

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 you know, like there's a place I pass,

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 and I think it's called evolutionary physiotherapy.

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 And I think, oh, so it's a physiotherapy that encourages the strong to eat the weak.

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 No, that's not their intent.

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 They believe that it somehow makes, like it's progress,

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 that it's some type of always getting better.

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 Evolution doesn't mean that.

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 It just means given a certain set of circumstances,

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 something survives and something doesn't.

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 Different circumstances later on might mean the other thing happens.

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 It doesn't mean they're better.

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 It just means one happens to survive the circumstances.

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 It has nothing to do with better.

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 You add better, that's contradictory to the thought.

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 But you just look at that first choice,

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 that matter, pure chance and cause and effect.

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 If that causes everything and accounts for everything,

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 how on earth can I actually love?

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 And how can I trust that my mind actually knows something?

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 That if everything that's going on in my mind

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 is just purely a result of cause and effect

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 and of chemicals and of processes of stimuli that affect the chemicals,

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 like why should I even think that thinking is true?

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 Like there has to be something outside of cause and effect

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 that's both in it but sort of outside of it

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 that transcends it in some way for me to have freedom.

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 And if in fact there just is this cause and effect,

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 you know, there really is fundamentally no difference in worth

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 than my poop or me.

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 And that's the big claim that's made.

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 And it's hidden that there's this fundamental choice.

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 And as I've said over and over and over again,

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 nobody really believes the first choice,

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 not when it comes to things that matter.

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 I'll tell a different version.

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 This is the third week I've told a version of this.

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 Just imagine for a second that there's a young man

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 and he's decided he wants to ask Alice to marry him.

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 And he knows that Alice loves to go for a walk in the woods.

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 Just, you know, a little bit, you know,

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 short drive from where she lives.

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 There's this beautiful walk she likes to go on.

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 And he knows that she loves this walk

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 and she loves creativity and she loves nature

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 and she loves crafts.

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 So he thinks, you know what I'm going to do?

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 I'm going to need some help,

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 but I know there's this one spot

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 and there's this nice sort of a bit of a slope.

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 And I think what I'm going to do

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 is I'm going to get up really early one morning.

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 I'm going to get Buddy to help me.

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 And we're going to go

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 and we're going to collect ground wood from the ground.

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 And we're going to use the wood from the ground

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 to spell Alice, will you marry me?

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 And we'll even plant it, make it so that,

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 you know, there's this beautiful little cluster of flowers

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 in a couple of places.

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 And I think we can just place it in such a way

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 that the little group of flowers

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 are like the periods on the eye.

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 Aww.

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 And so I'm just going to go for,

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 I'll get it all set up early in the morning.

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 I'll go get Alice and then I'll say,

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 you know, we'll arrange before

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 that we're going to go for a walk

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 and we'll walk hand in hand along the path

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 and we'll come around the corner

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 and she'll see Alice, will you marry me?

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 But, you know, he knows he needs a buddy to help him

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 put it together and then stand to make sure that,

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 you know, I don't know,

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 a whole bunch of 12-year-olds

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 don't come and scatter it

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 or reword it to say something rude, you know?

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 So he gets the buddy

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 and the two of them get there

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 and they sit it all up.

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 And then he said,

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 the buddy agrees he's going to stay there

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 to protect it

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 while the young man goes to get Alice.

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 And the young man, you know,

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 his buddy's standing there

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 and occasionally a group of women walk by

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 and several of them say,

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 my name's Alice,

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 the answer's yes.

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 A couple of guys walk by

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 and one of them says,

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 my name's Alice,

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 I say yes.

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 And, you know,

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 they all just laugh,

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 have some fun.

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 Anyway,

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 he gets the text from his friend

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 who's going to ask Alice to marry him

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 that they're just,

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 you know,

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 they're only about a minute away,

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 so they're two minutes away,

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 so the friend,

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 he goes, you know,

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 off to,

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 out of sight

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 and the young man and Alice

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 and they come walking along

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 and Alice sees it

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 and she says to her,

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 to the young man,

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 isn't that so weird?

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 The branches must have fallen off the tree

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 in that arrangement.

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 Isn't that cool?

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 Now, no young woman would say that.

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 Nobody would say that.

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 Absolutely nobody believes that.

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 And let me tell you,

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 having wood put in the form of,

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 that says,

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 Alice, will you marry me?

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 Just ask,

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 there's people here

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 who do biochemistry

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 and ask them about DNA sequencing

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 and the chemical basis of life

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 and what would have to happen

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 for the chemical basis of DNA

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 to happen before there's life

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 is unbelievably more complicated

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 than having branches fall

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 and say,

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 Alice, will you marry me?

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 Like, of an incommensurable order of magnitude

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 and that's just one

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 of an incommensurable magnitude

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 of things

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 that this first thing,

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 this first choice

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 says has to happen

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 purely as a result of chance

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 and the way that after chance happens,

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 cause and effect happens.

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 Like, nobody believes it.

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 Sorry.

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 We just don't,

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 nobody believes that Alice,

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 will you marry me?

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 would happen by chance.

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 Nobody.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 when I say

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 that Adam and Eve

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 were real people

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 and their story

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 in Genesis

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 is important to know,

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 believe,

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 trust,

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 and think upon,

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 gosh,

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 I know that there's problems.

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 Some of you are going,

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 yikes, George,

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 you know how old

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 the Atlantic Ocean is?

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 You know what about fossils?

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 You know about all the,

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 you know,

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 you know about all the fossil record

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 and,

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 I mean,

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 George,

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 gosh,

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 good grief.

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 Do you know how many problems

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 are with your idea?

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 You know,

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 over the last couple of weeks

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 I've tried to hammer

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 one simple idea

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 that what's happened

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 is that Christians

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 have gotten mistaken

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 and dealing with

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 all of these questions

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 they've tried to go

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 first and foremost

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 to Genesis 1 and 2

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 and what they really

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 should have done,

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 what we really should have done

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 is gone to John chapter 1

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 verses 1 to 4

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 and Hebrews 1

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 and Colossians

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 and other texts

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 in the New Testament

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 that teach that God

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 creates all things

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 out of nothing

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 and meditate upon

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 the doctrine of creation.

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 That's where we should have gone.

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 In the beginning

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 was the Word

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 and the Word was with God

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 and the Word was God.

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 He was with God

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 in the beginning.

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 All things were made

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 through him

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 and without him

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 nothing was made

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 that was made

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 in him was life

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 and the life

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 was the light of men.

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 That's John

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 verses chapter 1

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 verses 1 to 4

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 and as I've

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 tried to say

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 that

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 and I've,

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 you know,

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 here's the thing

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 it's so funny

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 I was watching

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 the newest Star Trek movie

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 last night

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 which just frankly

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 was too much

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 of a yawn for me

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 but,

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 you know,

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 I sat all the way

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 through it

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 but,

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 you know,

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 in the three different,

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 I've shared before,

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 the three different

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 Star Trek series

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 which have Q in it,

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 that's the moment

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 that I understood

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 at an imaginative level.

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 It's very ironic

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 that a series

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 which is committed

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 to a basic agnosticism

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 and a basic belief

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 in human goodness

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 would actually give

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 an image

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 of the doctrine

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 of creation

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 that helps us

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 to start to realize

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 what's at stake

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 in the doctrine

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 of creation

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 because in this

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 character of Q

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 and he could make

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 something like

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 a forest

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 as if they're,

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 you know,

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 Robin Hood

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 or just out of nothing

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 and the viewer knows

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 that he's just made it

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 like that

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 out of nothing

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 in an instant

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 and yet when we look

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 at it

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 we know that the trees

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 aren't just an instant old.

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 We know that when

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 data tries to figure out

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 he would go

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 they could cut the trees.

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 They know that it was

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 just created like that

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 that instant.

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 They know that the bridge

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 of the Star Trek Enterprise

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 was created just like that

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 but they can look at it

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 and they can know

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 that this is metal

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 that had to have been made

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 so many years ago

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 and it had to be made

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 come from this type of planet

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 and it had to have been formed

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 over eons

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 and eons

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 of geological processes

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 and yet you look at it

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 imaginatively

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 and everyone who watches it

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 imaginatively

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 they understand

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 that it was just created

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 by Q

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 that instant.

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 That that's what

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 the doctrine of creation

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 implies.

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 And as I,

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 if you could put up

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 these points

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 I'll say them very quick

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 that the God

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 did not make a stage set

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 he made creation

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 with real heights

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 and depths

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 and a vast backstory

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 as I've said every week

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 if you went back in time

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 an instant after God

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 creates everything

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 and you're standing there

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 with Adam and Eve

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 and you cut down a tree

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 the tree has rings.

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 You look at the tree

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 you'd say

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 that's a hundred year old tree.

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 If you go to that part

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 near Jerusalem

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 you know

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 and you know that fig trees

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 can be thousands of years old

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 you might say

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 that's a two thousand year old fig tree.

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 You might say

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 that's a young river

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 that's an old river.

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 You might fly

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 and you go to Atlantic Ocean

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 and you look

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 and you see how old

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.620
 the Atlantic Ocean is

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.900
 and you look in the stars

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 and you see things

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:52.400
 that had been black holes

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:54.100
 and supernovas

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 and things which are

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:56.780
 hundreds of light years away

00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:57.660
 and it all was just

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 created like that

00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.220
 just an instant before.

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 That's what the doctrine

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 of creation out of nothing means.

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 And we've lost

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.700
 thinking about that

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 and realizing that

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 that carries the heavy lifting

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 and then Genesis 1 and 2

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 they're true

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 but they're also communicating

00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:14.200
 other types of things

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.560
 that God wants us to know.

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:17.519
 In the beginning was the Word

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.799
 and the Word was with God

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:20.079
 and the Word was God.

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:20.839
 He was with God

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:21.299
 in the beginning.

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.440
 All things were made

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.019
 through Him

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.700
 and without Him

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.519
 nothing was made

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.139
 that was made.

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.379
 In Him was life

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:27.119
 and the life

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 was the light of men.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.299
 To put up the next point

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 the biblical doctrine

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:32.059
 of creation means

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.139
 that we cannot know

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:34.240
 scientifically

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:36.740
 when God created.

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 We can only begin

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:39.259
 to map creation's

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.119
 heights and depths

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.940
 and widths

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.920
 and explore

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.279
 its backstory.

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 Next thing.

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 And so that means

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 that the choice

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.559
 is not between

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.680
 science and faith

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 the choice is between

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:52.120
 two faiths

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 two beliefs.

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 That's the choice.

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 And the choice

00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.900
 is between

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:01.759
 two beliefs

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:03.740
 two faiths.

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 And why do you say

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.480
 well George

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 is it just two?

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 And I don't mean

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.080
 to insult you

00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:11.519
 if you're here

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.000
 but listen

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.460
 nobody has ever heard

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.779
 if you tell me later on

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.019
 if I've missed this

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:18.480
 nobody goes to say

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.680
 we're going to contrast

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:21.900
 the Mohawk creation myths

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.839
 with evolution

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.339
 to prove that the Mohawk

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.220
 creation myths

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.779
 are true.

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:32.279
 Or the Iroquois creation myths

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.879
 or the Navajo creation myths

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:36.000
 or the creation myths

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.960
 from Greek mythology.

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 Nobody says

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.879
 there's a choice

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.519
 there's actually

00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.480
 a third way George

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.440
 you have the Mohawk

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.200
 creation myths

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.400
 you have the Bible

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.340
 you have science

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:47.240
 nobody does that.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.880
 Nobody has conferences

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:50.559
 about the Hindu creation myths

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.940
 but fundamentally

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:53.180
 there's two choices.

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.039
 And by the way

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.759
 there could be people

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 who don't accept the Bible

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 who just would accept

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 the idea

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 that there must be

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 some type of God

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 to have created things

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 but you know

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 this is just so

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 and there's a whole other

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 type of thing

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 but if you begin

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 to go that

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 and you begin

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 to look at the

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:10.340
 wisdom of the New Testament

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 the way it's articulated

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:14.380
 it's connection to Jesus

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 and the resurrection

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 and the narrative

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 and the fall

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 and it's just

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 there's no other

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 effective

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 effective option

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 than between

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 what we're taught

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 in high school

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 and university

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 and by the media

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 and what the Bible teaches

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 there's only a choice

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 of two.

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 There really is.

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 So

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 you know

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 believe it or not

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 I actually shared

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 this week

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 with somebody

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 somebody in a Starbucks

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 asked me what I was

00:23:44.820 --> 00:23:45.660
 going to be talking

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 about this week

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 and I said

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 I was going to talk

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 about Adam and Eve

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 and

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 and

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 there was a bit

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 of a pause

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 and

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 you know

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 she said to me

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 you know

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 it's really hard

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 for me to know

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 what to believe.

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 It was a bit

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.140
 of an interesting

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.780
 take on it.

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 I was expecting

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 I was sort of

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.420
 bracing myself

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 I wasn't bracing myself

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 I'd been thinking

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 about this affair

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 but I was prepared

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 to have a conversation

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 about it

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 and

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 and she said to me

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 you know George

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 I really don't know

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 what to believe

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 and I said to her

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 you know

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 here's

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 here's how thinking

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 really works.

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 The fact of the matter is

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 I mean

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 I said

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 I told her

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 David Hume

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 this is true

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 he's a famous philosopher

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 David Hume

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 famously pointed out

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 that we can have

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.500
 rational doubts

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 as to whether

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 the sun will rise

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 tomorrow.

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.740
 you can have

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.680
 rational doubts

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 and I said to her

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 you know

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 we've had a few

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:40.980
 conversations

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.160
 about the Christian faith

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 and you always

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.980
 have doubts

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.700
 and problems

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 so if you're

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.680
 searching for something

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.299
 that will never

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.160
 have any doubts

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.840
 and never have

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.460
 any problems

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 you're searching

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 for something

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.860
 that will never exist

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 because

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.340
 you're like

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 David Hume

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 and you will

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.320
 even doubt

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 if pushed

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.539
 whether the sun

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 will rise

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.400
 tomorrow.

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:04.080
 I said

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.480
 what you need

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.180
 to look at

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 isn't something

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.160
 that has

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.180
 no problems

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.700
 with it

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.420
 no objections

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.160
 to it

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.280
 you need to look

00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.860
 at what the

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.640
 different problems

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.220
 and objections

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.720
 are

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 and which viewpoint

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:17.700
 has the most wisdom

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.920
 and the most

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.940
 coherence

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.300
 and the most truth

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 and the fewest

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.540
 problems

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.720
 problems

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 and you know

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.559
 she was thoughtful

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.119
 about that

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 and then somebody

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.200
 came

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.839
 because she was

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.480
 a barista

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:30.960
 and then

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.579
 we didn't continue

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.319
 the conversation

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.099
 at that particular

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.480
 time

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.339
 but that's how

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:37.859
 real thinking

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.819
 really goes

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 especially for us

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.779
 as fallen creatures

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 we really

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.680
 can

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.680
 if necessary

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.420
 pull some

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.359
 final bit of

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.759
 doubt

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.680
 and skepticism

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.579
 out of our pocket

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:52.399
 and so we really

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:53.099
 do just need

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.699
 to sort of

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 realize

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.599
 that that's

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:54.899
 what the

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.500
 choice is

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.279
 not problem

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.939
 free thinking

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:58.240
 but the fewest

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.779
 problems

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.139
 the thing

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.539
 which has

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.359
 the most truth

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:04.559
 and so you know

00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:05.379
 are there problems

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.459
 with Adam and Eve

00:26:06.459 --> 00:26:07.439
 being real people

00:26:07.439 --> 00:26:08.500
 yeah I understand

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.059
 that there's problems

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.579
 if you could put

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.419
 that point up there

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.519
 please Andrew again

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.519
 I understand

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.679
 that there's problems

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:15.179
 Adam and Eve

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.879
 were real people

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.559
 and their story

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.379
 told in Genesis

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.779
 is important to trust

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.979
 and to believe

00:26:19.979 --> 00:26:20.519
 and trust

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.259
 and think upon

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.879
 and know

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:22.599
 I know that

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.379
 there's some problems

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.839
 with that

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:27.519
 I can't answer

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.299
 all of the different

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.419
 aspects of it

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:30.459
 what I can tell you

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:30.859
 is this

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.639
 is that at a very

00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.899
 simple literary level

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:34.339
 if you read through

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.240
 the book of Genesis

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:38.019
 it seems as if

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.799
 Adam and Eve

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.359
 are described

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:40.059
 in the same way

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.939
 that they describe

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:42.240
 Abraham and Isaac

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.879
 and Jacob

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:44.399
 and Joseph

00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:47.879
 and if you look at

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:49.659
 other times

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.240
 in the Bible

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.179
 where they obviously

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:52.539
 have more mythological

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.199
 or visionary

00:26:53.199 --> 00:26:54.639
 or archetype

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:56.299
 there's in fact

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.699
 a story in Ezekiel

00:26:57.699 --> 00:26:58.859
 that sort of recounts

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.659
 the Garden of Eden

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:01.880
 in very figurative

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.840
 visionary type

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.340
 of language

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.000
 and if you just

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.180
 read that in Ezekiel

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.920
 and you read this

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.840
 the literary structure

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:09.120
 is vastly different

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.759
 like it's just so

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.680
 obviously different

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.620
 when you start to read it

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.320
 or you compare

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.000
 how some things

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.279
 are written

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.220
 in the book of Revelation

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.820
 to Genesis

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.740
 it's just so radically

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.300
 different

00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:18.960
 and then if you look

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.680
 at the New Testament

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.600
 and other parts

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.279
 of the Old Testament

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.240
 it seems obvious

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.080
 that Jesus seems

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.460
 to believe

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.080
 that Adam and Eve

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.700
 were real people

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:26.200
 as does the different

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.279
 New Testament writers

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:30.240
 and I'm not saying

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.279
 that it's obviously

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.039
 the book of Genesis 2

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.539
 isn't written

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.519
 in a literalistic

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.620
 scientific way

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:37.200
 but that's fine

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.840
 who says things

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.240
 in the Bible

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.960
 always have to be

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.620
 written that way

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:42.420
 there's no rule

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.000
 for God

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.700
 that he has to write

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.580
 things those ways

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.860
 it's obviously

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:47.080
 a stylized type

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:47.620
 of story

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.640
 it's more artistic

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.460
 and more literary

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.019
 and it's very

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.200
 carefully crafted

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.340
 so that some

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:54.059
 of the details

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.599
 are something

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.599
 that artists

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.359
 can ponder

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.319
 and that poets

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.079
 can ponder

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.980
 and that musicians

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.179
 can create around

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:02.440
 and visual artists

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.279
 can paint

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:06.240
 and that we can

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.159
 just think upon

00:28:07.159 --> 00:28:08.419
 the deeper meaning

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.259
 of the aspects

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:10.200
 it obviously has

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.599
 that artistic quality

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.000
 about it

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.500
 but at the end

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.839
 of the day

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.460
 I believe

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:15.000
 that if I have

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.519
 to choose

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.259
 between the two

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.679
 stories

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.099
 and I have

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.539
 no other

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.720
 fundamental choice

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.200
 than between

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.559
 matter,

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.700
 pure chance

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.759
 and creating

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.200
 everything

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.880
 or God creating

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.220
 everything

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.799
 and that this

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.380
 is just

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:27.519
 I believe

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.000
 Adam and Eve

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.319
 were real

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:31.840
 and I've spent

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.460
 a lot of time

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.900
 on this point

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.319
 I haven't even

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.840
 read the Bible

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.019
 yet

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.319
 we're going to

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.779
 read the Bible

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.240
 in a moment

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.920
 and I spent

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.539
 a lot of time

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.799
 on it

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.340
 because I know

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.799
 at the very

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.080
 beginning

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.940
 of this service

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:43.539
 that if I was

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.039
 to have said

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.279
 to you

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.039
 how comfortable

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.000
 would you be

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.299
 to lead a

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.819
 discussion

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.720
 on Genesis 2

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.720
 in your office

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240
 tomorrow

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.620
 like just

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.019
 about every

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.400
 one of us

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.680
 would have

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.339
 squirmed

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.579
 because the

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.000
 fact of the

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.500
 matter is

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.960
 is that we're

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.519
 afraid of

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.940
 reading the

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.420
 text

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.700
 many of us

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.339
 not all of us

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.000
 but many of us

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.640
 are just deeply

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.220
 afraid of

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.960
 reading the

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.279
 text

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.380
 and as I've

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 shared before

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 like if we

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 don't understand

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 Genesis 1

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 and 2

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 and 3

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 like just

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 about everything

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.519
 in the Bible

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 doesn't make

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.640
 sense

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:19.500
 like you see

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 that's even

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 what you see

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.560
 in John

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 chapter 1

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 verses 1

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 to 4

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 which goes

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 on to tell

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 us these

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 wonderful

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 things about

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 and the

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 word became

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 flesh and

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 dwelt among

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 us

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 and we

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 have seen

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 his glory

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 the glory

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 of the

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 only begotten

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 of the

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 father

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 that is

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 all part

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 of one

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 thing

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 which

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 begins

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 with

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 in the

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 beginning

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 was the

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 word

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 and the

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 word

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 was with

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 God

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 and the

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 word

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 was

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 God

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 he

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 was

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 with

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 God

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 in the

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 beginning

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 all things

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 were made

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 through him

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 and without

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 him

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 nothing was

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 made

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 that was

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 made

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 in him

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 was life

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 and the

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 life

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 was the

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 light

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 of men

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 and the

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 word

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 became

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 flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among

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 us

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 and we

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 have

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 seen

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 his

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 glory

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 glory

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 as of

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 the

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 only

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 begotten

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 of the

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 father

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 full of

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 grace

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 and

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 truth

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 I want

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 to try

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 to give

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 you some

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 confidence

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 to not

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 be afraid

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 of the

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 Bible

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 and to

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 read it

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 to think

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 upon it

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 and to

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 know

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 upon it

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 we're

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 going to

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 do

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 now

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 if you

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 open

00:30:07.300 --> 00:30:07.440
 your

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.780
 Bibles

00:30:07.780 --> 00:30:08.020
 we're

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 going

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 to do

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 a

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 simple

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 reading

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 through

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 the

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.700
 Bible

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.980
 or two

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 and they'll

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 have to

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 be very

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 brief

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 just so

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 you know

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 next week

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 we're going

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 to flip

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:20.400
 back

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 over the

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.259
 next few

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.560
 weeks

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.840
 we're going

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 to talk

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.500
 about the

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.640
 transgender

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:25.100
 issues

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.800
 we're going

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.160
 to talk

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.720
 about same

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.520
 sex attraction

00:30:27.520 --> 00:30:28.080
 issues

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.440
 we're going

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.720
 to talk

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.440
 about marriage

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.060
 we're going

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.400
 to talk

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.180
 about sex

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.720
 we're going

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:31.880
 to talk

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.140
 about the

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.460
 origin

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.020
 of religion

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 nothing

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 controversial

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.460
 over the

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 next two

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 or three

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.720
 weeks

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.020
 and it's

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 because we're

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.720
 going to

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.480
 zero back

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.960
 and look

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.720
 at parts

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.160
 of Genesis

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.580
 1 and

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:43.960
 parts of

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.240
 Genesis

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.840
 2 that I

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.460
 won't touch

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.860
 on this

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.480
 this week

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.799
 because I

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.039
 want to

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.259
 get you

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.940
 this big

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.480
 picture

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.420
 of just

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.799
 having a

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.319
 confidence

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.880
 and then

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:53.079
 let's

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.579
 read the

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.900
 story

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.200
 so if

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.400
 you have

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.519
 your

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.920
 Bibles

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.319
 Genesis

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.059
 chapter 2

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.740
 verses 4

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.340
 and following

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.559
 these are

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.200
 the generations

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.920
 of the heavens

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.559
 and the earth

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.059
 when they were

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.559
 created

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.799
 in the day

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.120
 that the

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.620
 Lord God

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.059
 made the

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.340
 earth

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.640
 and the

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.100
 heavens

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.579
 just notice

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.039
 here that

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.400
 the word

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.880
 created

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.340
 is used

00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.700
 again

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.539
 the main

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.799
 thing I

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.000
 want to

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.360
 just point

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:10.680
 out to

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.819
 you

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.140
 is that

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.460
 the book

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.620
 of

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:11.980
 Genesis

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.579
 has a

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.319
 it's a

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.579
 very

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.180
 very well

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.680
 crafted

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.380
 and in

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.860
 the book

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.720
 there are

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.240
 ten

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.539
 sort of

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.480
 sub-books

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.779
 and each

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:22.079
 of these

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.000
 sub-books

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.160
 begin

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.240
 with

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.039
 these are

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.180
 the

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.720
 generations

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.460
 and it's a

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.360
 literary device

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:31.039
 that marks

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:32.000
 different units

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.539
 of the book

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.259
 so actually

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.640
 this

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.680
 these are the

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.160
 generations

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.920
 is marking

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.539
 a section

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.039
 that goes

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.960
 from here

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.579
 till the end

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.460
 of chapter 4

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.799
 is one

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.460
 literary unit

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:41.279
 and then you'll

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.740
 see these are

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.319
 the generations

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.079
 and it's

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.299
 another

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.919
 literary unit

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:45.079
 that's

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.419
 it's

00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:45.879
 how the

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.039
 book

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.720
 is crafted

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:49.079
 verse 5

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:50.899
 when

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:52.139
 excuse me

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.279
 when no bush

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.019
 of the field

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.599
 was yet in the land

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.259
 and no small

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.179
 plant of the field

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:58.220
 had yet sprung up

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.759
 for the Lord God

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.720
 had not caused it

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.619
 to rain on the land

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.639
 and there was no man

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.559
 to work the ground

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.659
 and a mist

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.279
 was going up

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.859
 from the land

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.539
 and was watering

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.200
 the whole face

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.799
 of the ground

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.419
 here's the

00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.339
 the big verse

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.960
 to jump out

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.419
 at you

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:13.440
 then the Lord God

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.279
 formed the man

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.920
 of dust

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.500
 from the ground

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.920
 and breathed

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.920
 into his nostrils

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.920
 the breath of life

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:21.320
 and the man

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.640
 became a living creature

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.779
 Andrew if you could

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.400
 put up the point

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:26.920
 here's the big point

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.860
 of Genesis 2

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:31.160
 there's more than this

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.060
 but for today

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:33.140
 because what we're

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.820
 really doing is

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.340
 last week

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.800
 and this week

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.600
 I want to try

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.100
 to bring out

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.980
 what Genesis 1

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.240
 and 2

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.400
 tells us about God

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.800
 and then the next

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.360
 two weeks

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.860
 we're going to go

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.559
 back and look

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.279
 at Genesis 1

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.939
 and Genesis 2

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.399
 about what it

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:43.799
 tells us

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.619
 about being human

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:48.719
 and what it's

00:32:48.719 --> 00:32:49.319
 saying is this

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.119
 man and woman

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.979
 image bearers

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:53.039
 of your creator

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:54.519
 know him

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.919
 the one

00:32:55.919 --> 00:32:56.879
 imminent

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.939
 personal

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:59.099
 and covenant

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.939
 making God

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:02.899
 man and woman

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:04.479
 image bearers

00:33:04.479 --> 00:33:05.479
 it's just talking

00:33:05.479 --> 00:33:06.099
 about the man

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.599
 right now

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.779
 but it's very obvious

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.319
 as we read

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.019
 through the story

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.019
 that it's

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.480
 when Eve

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.220
 is made

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.299
 out of Adam

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.799
 that the

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:15.000
 implication is

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.480
 that this

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.319
 early

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.160
 forming

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.139
 and early

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.619
 sort of

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.539
 the big picture

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.400
 of this story

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.720
 equally applies

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.240
 to men and

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.460
 women

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.480
 men and

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.139
 man and

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.379
 woman

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.359
 image bearers

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:26.139
 of your creator

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.539
 know him

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.500
 the one

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.279
 imminent

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.359
 personal

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.000
 and covenant

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.660
 making God

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.879
 now here's the thing

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.460
 when I say the word

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.520
 imminent

00:33:35.520 --> 00:33:38.160
 creator

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.540
 one

00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:40.160
 imminent

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.040
 personal

00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:41.740
 covenant

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.200
 making

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.080
 okay I don't know

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.640
 what the percentage

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.360
 is but there's a

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.180
 significant number

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.560
 of us

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.420
 as soon as I say

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.120
 that phrase

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:49.060
 what's on Netflix

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.560
 tonight

00:33:49.560 --> 00:33:51.380
 where am I going

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.980
 to go to have

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.040
 lunch after the

00:33:53.040 --> 00:33:53.280
 service

00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:53.780
 that's how our

00:33:53.780 --> 00:33:54.320
 minds work

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:55.380
 we hate abstract

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.140
 ideas

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.560
 true confession

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:58.860
 I love

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.920
 phrases like

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.400
 this

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.960
 I can spend

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.660
 weeks on

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.440
 phrases like

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.660
 this

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.820
 I love

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.380
 abstract

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.980
 thought

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:07.400
 but a lot

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.860
 of people

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.760
 those abstract

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.280
 terms

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.780
 imminent

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:12.139
 one

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.360
 creator

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.619
 blah blah

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.099
 blah

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.960
 yada yada

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.599
 blah blah

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.780
 blah

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.200
 that's just

00:34:17.200 --> 00:34:17.720
 we're just

00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:18.579
 wired differently

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.860
 right

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:21.280
 but what

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.780
 for those

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.059
 of us

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.320
 who don't

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.700
 like those

00:34:23.700 --> 00:34:24.320
 abstract

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.019
 ideas

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.119
 this story

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.840
 as it

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.840
 grips us

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:29.720
 communicates

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.320
 all of those

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.059
 truths to

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.400
 us

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.900
 in the

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.240
 form of

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.780
 a story

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.200
 and so

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.460
 you just

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.780
 look at

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.320
 verse 7

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.680
 again

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:39.039
 this is a

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.500
 very very

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.340
 very powerful

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.860
 text

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.440
 and even if

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.660
 we don't

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:42.140
 get to read

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.600
 most of the

00:34:42.600 --> 00:34:42.980
 rest of it

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.300
 just because

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:43.700
 of time

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:43.960
 it's a

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.620
 very powerful

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.039
 text

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.059
 look again

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.580
 at how it

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.760
 goes

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.320
 verse 7

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.640
 then the

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:48.300
 Lord God

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:50.260
 in the

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.160
 original language

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.720
 of Hebrew

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:53.080
 this is a

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:53.580
 very very

00:34:53.580 --> 00:34:54.539
 unique phrase

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.140
 that mainly

00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.940
 occurs in

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.580
 chapter 2

00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:57.120
 and virtually

00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:58.000
 nowhere else

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.140
 and what it

00:34:59.140 --> 00:34:59.420
 is

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.140
 it's actually

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.039
 and Jewish

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.539
 people have

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.119
 forgotten how

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.659
 to say this

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.199
 word because

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.699
 it was so

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.299
 holy that

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:04.599
 they didn't

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.879
 want to

00:35:04.879 --> 00:35:05.199
 say it

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.579
 it's the

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.319
 same word

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.599
 as is revealed

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:08.460
 to Moses

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.519
 in the

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.199
 burning bush

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.179
 it's the

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.699
 word I

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.659
 am or I

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.259
 am that I

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.960
 am or I

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.519
 will be

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.900
 that I

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.319
 will be

00:35:15.319 --> 00:35:15.859
 in fact

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:16.659
 it's a

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.759
 name which

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.199
 is also

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.960
 a sentence

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.239
 it's a

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.339
 name that's

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:22.980
 a verb

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:25.099
 and it's

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.059
 the word

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.699
 it's the

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.139
 way that

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.380
 God

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:29.179
 communicates

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.539
 to his

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.000
 people

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.579
 that he

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.059
 is to

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.480
 have a

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.920
 personal

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.699
 relationship

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:34.340
 with them

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.519
 he is in

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:35.900
 a sense

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.259
 like when

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.599
 we use

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.219
 the phrase

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.820
 our heavenly

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.400
 father

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.799
 which is

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.079
 really

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.360
 what

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.199
 when Abba

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:42.699
 I would

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.059
 refer to

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.699
 my dad

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.440
 as dad

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.219
 some of

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.480
 you might

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.860
 refer to

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.219
 your dad

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.820
 as daddy

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.759
 or papa

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.880
 or whatever

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.259
 it might

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.639
 be

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.420
 pops

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.800
 but it's

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.900
 that intimate

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:54.220
 personal

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.119
 relational

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:57.280
 word for

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.659
 God

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:59.159
 and the

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.000
 word God

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.519
 here

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.920
 is Elohim

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.200
 it's

00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:03.900
 plural

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.480
 but because

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:05.900
 the other

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.619
 the verbs

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.300
 are singular

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.119
 it has to be

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.920
 translated as

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.680
 a singular

00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.019
 and it's the

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.920
 abstract word

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.440
 for God

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.980
 it's the

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.900
 generic word

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.460
 for God

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.119
 it is the

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.340
 word for God

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.760
 that when you

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.360
 want to make

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:17.960
 the distinction

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.720
 between what

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:20.180
 the Babylonians

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.719
 say and the

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.480
 Greeks say and

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.159
 the Assyrians

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.719
 say and the

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.480
 Jewish people say

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.839
 and you want to

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.460
 have that one

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.159
 category

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.759
 it's the word

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.059
 God

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.579
 it's the most

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.139
 abstract

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:28.199
 distant word

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:30.099
 and so it's

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.799
 very interesting

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:32.460
 that in only

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.440
 here that the

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.319
 two words

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:35.339
 are put together

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:35.960
 to make one

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.839
 name for God

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:38.059
 it actually

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.679
 shows at a

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.279
 literary level

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.879
 how the two

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.539
 stories are

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.099
 supposed to be

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.980
 understood together

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.500
 because the

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.480
 first story

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.379
 uses the abstract

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:44.699
 word

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.719
 the second story

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.099
 is saying that

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.819
 that intimate

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.940
 personal

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.839
 relationship

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.819
 walk with

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.639
 you God

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:54.379
 spend your

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:55.059
 day with

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.899
 you God

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.799
 is the

00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:58.019
 same God

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.599
 who is the

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.839
 abstract God

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.699
 who is

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.519
 transcendent

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.819
 and has

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.619
 created all

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.159
 things

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.119
 trying to

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.559
 communicate

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.759
 imminence

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.739
 and intimacy

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:08.139
 and you look

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.539
 at the verse

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:08.819
 again

00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.519
 verse 7

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.319
 then the

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.839
 Lord God

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:11.500
 formed the

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.000
 man of

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.579
 dust from

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.079
 the ground

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.759
 and breathed

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.199
 into his

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.719
 nostrils

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.159
 the breath

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.699
 of life

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.460
 and the

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.000
 man became

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.339
 a living

00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:17.739
 creature

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.119
 the word

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.679
 formed

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.819
 is from

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.359
 the pottery

00:37:20.359 --> 00:37:20.979
 studio

00:37:20.979 --> 00:37:23.079
 and it's

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.719
 an image

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.799
 the book

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.319
 of Romans

00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:25.919
 has a very

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:27.000
 powerful thing

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.399
 that comes

00:37:27.399 --> 00:37:27.819
 right from

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.299
 this word

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.779
 in Genesis

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:29.279
 2

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:30.299
 of how

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.959
 we're formed

00:37:30.959 --> 00:37:31.619
 like a potter

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.459
 forming clay

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:34.099
 and it's

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:35.220
 this image

00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:36.440
 as if God

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.840
 is pushing

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.260
 the wheel

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.659
 with his

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.099
 foot

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:40.099
 while he's

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.639
 taking the

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.000
 clay

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.440
 and maneuvering

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.880
 it with his

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.519
 hands

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:47.179
 that God

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.720
 touches

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.519
 Adam

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:51.820
 with creativity

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.980
 and with love

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.679
 and affection

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:55.559
 as he forms

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.920
 him

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.179
 I mean

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.760
 now you see

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.400
 here's where

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.179
 to lose this

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:00.980
 story is to

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.920
 lose so much

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.200
 like just

00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:03.680
 think about

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:04.220
 that for a

00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:04.400
 second

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.220
 how important

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:05.680
 is human

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.380
 touch to

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.720
 us

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:08.500
 how important

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.059
 is it for

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.599
 so many

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.240
 people that

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.800
 they wish

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.300
 that God

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.039
 would touch

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.519
 them

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:14.800
 can't we

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.360
 see that in

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.039
 some ways

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.780
 long before

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.400
 the fall

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.780
 in our

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.539
 memories

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.099
 of this

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.760
 very very

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.280
 fundamental

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.059
 way that

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.559
 not only

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.599
 our ancestors

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.240
 but therefore

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:23.880
 all of us

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.539
 were formed

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.780
 involved this

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.340
 intimate

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:27.639
 wet

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.760
 creative

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:30.140
 loving

00:38:30.140 --> 00:38:32.220
 intelligent

00:38:32.220 --> 00:38:33.300
 touching

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.880
 of us

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.400
 to form

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.760
 us

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:36.000
 that's

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.540
 imminence

00:38:36.540 --> 00:38:37.080
 isn't it

00:38:37.080 --> 00:38:39.120
 and then look

00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:39.500
 at the other

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.200
 word which is

00:38:40.200 --> 00:38:40.740
 used here

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:41.300
 because

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.700
 in

00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.040
 in

00:38:43.040 --> 00:38:43.380
 in

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.680
 in

00:38:43.680 --> 00:38:44.000
 Genesis

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.540
 1

00:38:44.540 --> 00:38:45.040
 the two

00:38:45.040 --> 00:38:45.580
 the word

00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.160
 that describes

00:38:46.160 --> 00:38:46.700
 human beings

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:47.280
 as a noun

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.800
 in the

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.220
 in the

00:38:48.220 --> 00:38:49.080
 in Genesis

00:38:49.080 --> 00:38:49.420
 2

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.160
 it's verbs

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:51.400
 it's very

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.620
 very

00:38:51.620 --> 00:38:52.240
 it's very

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.820
 carefully

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.220
 written

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:54.919
 and look

00:38:54.919 --> 00:38:55.339
 again at

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.980
 verse 7

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:57.219
 then the

00:38:57.219 --> 00:38:57.819
 Lord God

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.559
 formed the

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.019
 man of

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.459
 dust

00:38:59.459 --> 00:39:00.519
 from the

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.919
 ground

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:02.480
 and breathed

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.119
 into his

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.719
 nostrils

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.239
 the breath

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.799
 of life

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.299
 and the

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:06.119
 man became

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.139
 a living

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.779
 creature

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:09.399
 just notice

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:09.599
 this

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.319
 how intimate

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.919
 is that

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:12.439
 like for

00:39:12.439 --> 00:39:12.899
 somebody to

00:39:12.899 --> 00:39:13.239
 blow into

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:14.039
 my nostrils

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.579
 it's

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.219
 it's to

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.459
 get

00:39:15.459 --> 00:39:17.039
 way more

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.679
 close and

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:18.339
 personal than

00:39:18.339 --> 00:39:18.879
 anybody other

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.619
 than my wife

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.179
 should be

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.599
 okay

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.279
 unless I'm

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.739
 dying

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:24.000
 and you

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.459
 need to

00:39:24.459 --> 00:39:25.219
 give me

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.639
 you know

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.119
 get me

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.319
 living again

00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.819
 you know

00:39:27.819 --> 00:39:28.179
 it's

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:29.359
 it's very

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:30.139
 very close

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.799
 it's very

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.239
 intimate

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.859
 and it's

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.419
 this picture

00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:33.059
 of God

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.739
 being right

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.519
 face to

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.039
 face

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.439
 and not

00:39:36.439 --> 00:39:36.959
 face to

00:39:36.959 --> 00:39:37.319
 face in

00:39:37.319 --> 00:39:37.679
 the sense

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:37.919
 that we

00:39:37.919 --> 00:39:38.399
 say in

00:39:38.399 --> 00:39:39.019
 my face

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.319
 in an

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.679
 aggressive

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.299
 way but

00:39:40.299 --> 00:39:41.319
 face to

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.879
 face to

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.819
 create me

00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:43.859
 and to

00:39:43.859 --> 00:39:44.179
 give me

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.739
 life

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:46.039
 and it's

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.500
 breath

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.819
 it's

00:39:46.819 --> 00:39:47.439
 personal

00:39:47.439 --> 00:39:48.000
 it's

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:48.639
 moist

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.939
 it's

00:39:49.939 --> 00:39:50.399
 coming

00:39:50.399 --> 00:39:51.279
 into us

00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.600
 it's

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:52.260
 this idea

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.980
 that God

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.620
 is closer

00:39:53.620 --> 00:39:54.120
 to me

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:54.980
 he in a

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.220
 sense

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.840
 is my

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.160
 breath

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.440
 he's

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.120
 closer to

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:57.280
 me

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.720
 than my

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:58.220
 breath

00:39:58.220 --> 00:39:58.940
 his

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.580
 first

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:00.160
 breath

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.820
 is why

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.160
 I

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.540
 have

00:40:01.540 --> 00:40:02.060
 breath

00:40:02.060 --> 00:40:02.500
 it's

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.680
 this

00:40:02.680 --> 00:40:03.760
 profound

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.720
 close

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.580
 face

00:40:05.580 --> 00:40:05.840
 to

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.400
 face

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.580
 sense

00:40:07.580 --> 00:40:08.360
 and

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:08.600
 isn't

00:40:08.600 --> 00:40:08.740
 that

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:08.900
 at the

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:08.980
 end

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.160
 of the

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.340
 day

00:40:09.340 --> 00:40:09.660
 all

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:10.000
 human

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.460
 longing

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:12.680
 to

00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:12.840
 see

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.019
 the

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.280
 face

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.460
 of

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.800
 God

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:17.000
 don't

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.200
 we

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.580
 wonder

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:17.880
 why

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.060
 is

00:40:18.060 --> 00:40:18.340
 God

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.600
 so

00:40:18.600 --> 00:40:19.100
 distant

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.599
 and

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:20.799
 don't

00:40:20.799 --> 00:40:20.980
 we

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.339
 wonder

00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:21.579
 if

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:21.839
 God

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.000
 is

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.179
 so

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.579
 distant

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:22.960
 doesn't

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:23.139
 that

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.719
 imply

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:23.980
 that

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.299
 there's

00:40:24.299 --> 00:40:24.519
 some

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.039
 basic

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.639
 sense

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:26.039
 within

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.319
 us

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.559
 that

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:26.779
 the

00:40:26.779 --> 00:40:27.559
 way

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.739
 it

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.099
 should

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.400
 be

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.619
 is

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.819
 as

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.159
 close

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.360
 to

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.559
 us

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.699
 as

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:29.860
 our

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.259
 breath

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:32.000
 face

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.199
 to

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.460
 face

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.659
 with

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.159
 affection

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.400
 and

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.019
 creativity

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.279
 and

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.880
 intelligence

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.659
 and love

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:35.860
 and

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.400
 patience

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:38.960
 you

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.220
 see

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.660
 if

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:39.880
 we're

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.300
 afraid

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.559
 to

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.860
 read

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.160
 these

00:40:41.160 --> 00:40:41.639
 chapters

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:41.920
 of

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.280
 Genesis

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.820
 because

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.460
 it'll

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.680
 make

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:43.840
 us

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.079
 look

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.380
 like

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.740
 Hicks

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:44.960
 we

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.740
 cut

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.119
 ourselves

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.519
 off

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:46.700
 from

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.039
 so

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.300
 much

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:48.079
 imaginative

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:48.280
 and

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:48.519
 so

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.800
 much

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:48.960
 that

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.200
 helps

00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:49.400
 to

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:49.840
 correct

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.900
 basic

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.880
 misunderstandings

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.260
 we have

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.500
 about

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.740
 who

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.099
 God

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.599
 is

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:55.980
 the

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.260
 God

00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:56.420
 who

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.740
 does

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.300
 exist

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.639
 who's

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:57.860
 made

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.059
 us

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.180
 in

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.340
 his

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.720
 image

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:58.880
 and

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.139
 who's

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.400
 made

00:40:59.400 --> 00:40:59.599
 us

00:40:59.599 --> 00:40:59.940
 male

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.139
 and

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.559
 female

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.860
 he

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.039
 is

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.340
 the

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:02.639
 one

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.980
 God

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.180
 the

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.579
 creator

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:03.920
 God

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.099
 he

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.240
 is

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:04.420
 an

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.820
 imminent

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.400
 God

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:06.119
 he

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.220
 is

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.400
 a

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.900
 personal

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.420
 God

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:09.500
 he

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:09.639
 is

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:09.740
 a

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.000
 God

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.139
 who

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.320
 wants

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.420
 to

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.539
 be

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.700
 in

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.099
 covenant

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.380
 with

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:11.500
 us

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.700
 which

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:11.860
 is

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.440
 relationship

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.880
 with

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.180
 us

00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:14.599
 and

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:14.840
 then

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.000
 you

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.160
 could

00:41:15.160 --> 00:41:15.320
 just

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.519
 look

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:15.639
 at

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:15.800
 this

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.099
 text

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.240
 and

00:41:16.240 --> 00:41:16.500
 all

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.619
 of

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:16.720
 the

00:41:16.720 --> 00:41:17.079
 problem

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.300
 like

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.680
 you

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:17.820
 could

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.119
 almost

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.519
 summarize

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.700
 it

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:18.960
 so

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.220
 much

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.340
 of

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.440
 the

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.940
 mistakes

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.200
 in

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.760
 spirituality

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.220
 and

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.619
 religion

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.160
 and

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:22.720
 intellectual

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.079
 thing

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.420
 are we

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.880
 beasts

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.539
 or are we

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.780
 like

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:25.200
 God

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:25.760
 are we

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:26.059
 merely

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.460
 of the

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:26.800
 dirt

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.200
 and

00:41:27.200 --> 00:41:27.340
 of

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:27.579
 nothing

00:41:27.579 --> 00:41:27.820
 like

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.039
 that

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.160
 or

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.260
 is

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.340
 there

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.700
 something

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.119
 divine

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.439
 about

00:41:29.439 --> 00:41:29.699
 us

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.099
 is

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:30.239
 there

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:30.559
 something

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:30.759
 in

00:41:30.759 --> 00:41:31.000
 some

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.199
 way

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.359
 that

00:41:31.359 --> 00:41:31.480
 we

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.579
 are

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:31.779
 like

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:32.059
 every

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.339
 other

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:32.659
 living

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.059
 creature

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.259
 that

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.399
 we

00:41:33.399 --> 00:41:33.519
 are

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:33.699
 just

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:33.919
 made

00:41:33.919 --> 00:41:34.039
 of

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.460
 chemicals

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.679
 and

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:34.879
 dust

00:41:34.879 --> 00:41:35.279
 but

00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:35.460
 there

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:35.639
 is

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:35.960
 something

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.259
 from

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.839
 God

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:37.279
 which

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:37.419
 is

00:41:37.419 --> 00:41:37.739
 also

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.179
 connected

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.419
 to

00:41:38.419 --> 00:41:38.539
 us

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:38.879
 which

00:41:38.879 --> 00:41:39.059
 can

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.539
 explain

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:39.739
 why

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:39.919
 we're

00:41:39.919 --> 00:41:40.079
 not

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.319
 just

00:41:40.319 --> 00:41:40.699
 cause

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:40.839
 and

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:41.119
 effect

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.519
 why

00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:41.779
 there's

00:41:41.779 --> 00:41:42.099
 something

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.679
 separate

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:42.919
 from

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 cause

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:43.359
 and

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:43.599
 effect

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.879
 whereby

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 we

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:44.379
 can

00:41:44.379 --> 00:41:44.939
 choose

00:41:44.939 --> 00:41:45.399
 that

00:41:45.399 --> 00:41:45.619
 there's

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:45.779
 some

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.039
 type

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.199
 of

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.819
 dignity

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.159
 to

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.339
 us

00:41:47.339 --> 00:41:47.679
 and

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.859
 that

00:41:47.859 --> 00:41:48.299
 dignity

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.679
 comes

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:48.819
 to

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.219
 as

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:00.159
 fast

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.339
 and

00:42:00.339 --> 00:42:00.980
 athletic

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:01.199
 and

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.559
 powerful

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:01.779
 as

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.199
 Usain

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 Bold

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.079
 that

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:03.399
 there's

00:42:03.399 --> 00:42:03.639
 some

00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:04.439
 fundamental

00:42:04.439 --> 00:42:05.179
 sameness

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.679
 this

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.359
 text

00:42:06.359 --> 00:42:06.799
 is

00:42:06.799 --> 00:42:06.939
 the

00:42:06.939 --> 00:42:07.139
 most

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.819
 profound

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.439
 rejection

00:42:08.439 --> 00:42:08.879
 of

00:42:08.879 --> 00:42:09.199
 all

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:09.799
 racism

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:11.739
 as

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:11.859
 you

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:12.039
 go

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:12.299
 on

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:12.439
 to

00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:12.639
 look

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:12.739
 at

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:12.879
 the

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.199
 story

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:13.439
 of

00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:15.899
 Adam

00:42:15.899 --> 00:42:16.079
 and

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.279
 Eve

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.439
 and

00:42:16.439 --> 00:42:16.619
 that

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.980
 Eve

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.319
 comes

00:42:17.319 --> 00:42:17.539
 out

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:17.659
 of

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:17.960
 Adam

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.119
 that

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.319
 there's

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:18.519
 not

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:18.659
 as

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:18.799
 if

00:42:18.799 --> 00:42:19.039
 there's

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.439
 men

00:42:19.439 --> 00:42:19.939
 and

00:42:19.939 --> 00:42:20.079
 they

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.239
 were

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:20.539
 created

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.739
 in

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:20.919
 one

00:42:20.919 --> 00:42:21.199
 part

00:42:21.199 --> 00:42:21.279
 of

00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.379
 the

00:42:21.379 --> 00:42:21.779
 universe

00:42:21.779 --> 00:42:22.219
 and

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:22.379
 then

00:42:22.379 --> 00:42:22.619
 there's

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:22.899
 women

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.059
 and

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.219
 they're

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.439
 created

00:42:23.439 --> 00:42:23.759
 another

00:42:23.759 --> 00:42:24.039
 part

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.119
 of

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:54.099
 the

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.440
 that

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.980
 rich

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.339
 people

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.519
 are

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.719
 better

00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:55.960
 than

00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:56.299
 poor

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:56.799
 people

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:57.420
 that

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:58.659
 healthy

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.059
 people

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.239
 are

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.420
 better

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.639
 than

00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:00.039
 sick

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.480
 people

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:00.980
 it's

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.119
 a

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:01.519
 complete

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.819
 it's

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:01.940
 a

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.860
 profound

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:03.860
 statement

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.319
 of

00:43:04.319 --> 00:43:04.480
 our

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.039
 common

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.819
 humanity

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:06.579
 facing

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:06.839
 a

00:43:06.839 --> 00:43:07.239
 common

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:07.900
 God

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:11.380
 it is

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.539
 a

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.360
 perennial

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:13.299
 rebuke

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:13.819
 of

00:43:13.819 --> 00:43:14.239
 caste

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.839
 systems

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.319
 and

00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:15.819
 class

00:43:15.819 --> 00:43:16.420
 systems

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:18.880
 as

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:19.059
 it

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:19.460
 grips

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:19.920
 us

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:21.079
 because

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:21.599
 I'm

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.779
 running

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.019
 out of

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.199
 time

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.440
 to go

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:22.579
 through

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.719
 the

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:22.900
 rest

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.000
 of

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.119
 the

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.359
 text

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:23.500
 and

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.619
 read

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:23.739
 the

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:23.900
 rest

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.000
 of

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.139
 the

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.420
 text

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.119
 but

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.460
 it's

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.619
 such

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:26.799
 a

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.239
 powerful

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:27.460
 story

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:27.779
 we'll

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.039
 talk

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.179
 about

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:28.259
 it

00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:28.359
 more

00:43:28.359 --> 00:43:28.440
 in

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:28.519
 the

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:28.679
 coming

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:28.839
 weeks

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:28.940
 I

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.079
 just

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:29.219
 want

00:43:29.219 --> 00:43:29.299
 to

00:43:29.299 --> 00:43:29.440
 put

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.659
 one

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:29.819
 other

00:43:29.819 --> 00:43:30.059
 thing

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:30.279
 about

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.400
 it

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:30.539
 because

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.839
 you

00:43:30.839 --> 00:43:31.039
 have

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.159
 to

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.500
 connect

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:31.679
 this

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:31.819
 to

00:43:31.819 --> 00:43:31.940
 the

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.400
 gospel

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:34.420
 you

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:34.859
 do

00:43:34.859 --> 00:43:36.079
 what's

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.179
 one

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.259
 of

00:43:36.259 --> 00:43:36.359
 the

00:43:36.359 --> 00:43:36.579
 best

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:36.819
 known

00:43:36.819 --> 00:43:37.239
 verses

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:37.799
 if

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:37.940
 you're

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.059
 an

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.559
 evangelical

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.619
 for

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:39.940
 God

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.179
 so

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:40.400
 loved

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.579
 the

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:40.900
 world

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.599
 that

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.719
 he

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:42.019
 gave

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.159
 his

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.460
 only

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.000
 begotten

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.400
 son

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:44.059
 to

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.219
 the

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:44.380
 end

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:44.519
 that

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.400
 world

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:54.119
 that

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.239
 he

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:54.500
 gave

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.699
 his

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.039
 only

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.619
 begotten

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.039
 son

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.779
 to

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:56.960
 the

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.259
 end

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.500
 that

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.839
 all

00:43:57.839 --> 00:43:58.079
 who

00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:58.400
 believe

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.579
 in

00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:58.799
 him

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:59.019
 will

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.259
 not

00:43:59.259 --> 00:43:59.679
 perish

00:43:59.679 --> 00:43:59.940
 but

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.299
 have

00:44:00.299 --> 00:44:01.219
 everlasting

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:01.679
 life

00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.139
 see

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.299
 one

00:44:02.299 --> 00:44:02.380
 of

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.480
 the

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:02.699
 things

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:02.880
 that

00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:03.059
 this

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.460
 story

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:04.159
 communicates

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:04.339
 to

00:44:04.339 --> 00:44:04.480
 us

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.579
 it

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.880
 actually

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.380
 speaks

00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:05.579
 into

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:05.759
 the

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.199
 gospel

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.819
 and

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:06.960
 it

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.420
 speaks

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:07.819
 into

00:44:07.819 --> 00:44:08.119
 our

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:09.099
 mistaken

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.619
 attempts

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:09.779
 to

00:44:09.779 --> 00:44:09.980
 use

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.579
 religion

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.279
 and

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:12.000
 ritual

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.699
 and

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:13.639
 spirituality

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.900
 and

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:15.299
 self

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:15.599
 help

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.179
 techniques

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.440
 and

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.079
 technologies

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.400
 to

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.859
 somehow

00:44:17.859 --> 00:44:19.199
 bring

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:20.599
 real

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:20.880
 new

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.179
 life

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:21.359
 to

00:44:21.359 --> 00:44:21.500
 us

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:21.619
 if

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:21.699
 you

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:21.819
 could

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:21.980
 put

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:24.679
 we

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:24.940
 see

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.079
 in

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.279
 this

00:44:25.279 --> 00:44:25.839
 story

00:44:25.839 --> 00:44:26.639
 that

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:27.019
 only

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.519
 God

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:27.779
 can

00:44:27.779 --> 00:44:28.059
 breathe

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.519
 life

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:28.940
 into

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.259
 Adam

00:44:29.259 --> 00:44:29.420
 and

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.739
 Eve

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:32.059
 so

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:33.579
 only

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:34.239
 God

00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:34.699
 can

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:35.099
 breathe

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.619
 new

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.139
 life

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:37.119
 into

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.319
 the

00:44:37.319 --> 00:44:37.960
 fallen

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.900
 dying

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.599
 Adam

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:39.839
 and

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.299
 Eve

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:41.299
 and

00:44:41.299 --> 00:44:41.500
 their

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.900
 sons

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.159
 and

00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:42.579
 daughters

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.259
 to

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.440
 make

00:44:43.440 --> 00:44:43.599
 us

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.839
 born

00:44:43.839 --> 00:44:44.159
 again

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:46.079
 like

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.400
 the

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.980
 story

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:47.219
 as

00:44:47.219 --> 00:44:47.380
 it

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:48.359
 sets

00:44:48.359 --> 00:44:48.579
 and

00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.039
 stage

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.440
 something

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.639
 right

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:49.920
 because

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.079
 you

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:50.279
 see

00:44:50.279 --> 00:44:51.059
 you

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.179
 know

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.400
 I

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:51.759
 want

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:51.880
 to

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.079
 think

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.239
 that

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:52.359
 by

00:44:52.359 --> 00:44:52.599
 my

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.059
 choice

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.299
 is

00:44:53.299 --> 00:44:53.460
 I

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:53.659
 can

00:44:53.659 --> 00:44:53.860
 make

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.059
 new

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.259
 life

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:54.480
 by

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.920
 I

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.099
 can

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.340
 do

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:55.779
 something

00:44:55.779 --> 00:44:56.360
 I

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:56.699
 can

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:56.880
 say

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.099
 enough

00:44:57.099 --> 00:44:57.380
 Hail

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:57.860
 Mary's

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:57.960
 I

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.139
 can

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.460
 memorize

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:58.739
 enough

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:58.880
 of

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.000
 the

00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.360
 Bible

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.619
 I

00:44:59.619 --> 00:44:59.960
 can

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.199
 sing

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:00.420
 enough

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:00.820
 praise

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.279
 songs

00:45:01.279 --> 00:45:01.900
 I

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.440
 can

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:03.619
 learn

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:03.920
 how to

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.079
 do

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.239
 all

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:04.340
 of

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.500
 these

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:04.759
 types

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:04.880
 of

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.039
 things

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.179
 and

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.299
 that

00:45:05.299 --> 00:45:05.679
 somehow

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:05.980
 that

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.139
 will

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.460
 create

00:45:06.460 --> 00:45:06.679
 this

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:06.860
 new

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.079
 life

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.279
 in me

00:45:07.279 --> 00:45:07.460
 but

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.960
 nothing

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.259
 like

00:45:08.259 --> 00:45:08.460
 that

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:08.619
 will

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:08.880
 create

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.079
 new

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.320
 life

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.440
 in

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:09.599
 us

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.440
 just

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.619
 as

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:10.779
 the

00:45:10.779 --> 00:45:11.099
 creation

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:11.480
 story

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.820
 tells

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:11.980
 us

00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.139
 that

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.500
 only

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.019
 God

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.259
 can

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:13.559
 breathe

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:25.460
 and

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.659
 so

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:25.880
 at

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.019
 a

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:26.259
 very

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:27.039
 basic

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.579
 fundamental

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.159
 level

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:28.500
 there's

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.679
 this

00:45:28.679 --> 00:45:29.199
 rejection

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:29.500
 of

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:29.940
 religion

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:30.500
 this

00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:31.079
 rejection

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.320
 of

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:31.880
 spirituality

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.639
 this

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.199
 rejection

00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:33.460
 of

00:45:33.460 --> 00:45:34.019
 technique

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:34.519
 this

00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:35.739
 rejection

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:36.059
 of

00:45:36.059 --> 00:45:36.380
 self

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.699
 help

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.219
 gurus

00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:37.400
 and

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:37.719
 self

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:37.960
 help

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.279
 practice

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:38.779
 there is

00:45:38.779 --> 00:45:38.900
 a

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.519
 fundamental

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.440
 level

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:40.980
 not

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:41.139
 that

00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:41.259
 you

00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.559
 can't

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:41.719
 do

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:41.960
 things

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.099
 to

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.299
 help

00:45:42.299 --> 00:45:42.559
 yourself

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:42.799
 not

00:45:42.799 --> 00:45:42.920
 that

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.019
 you

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.159
 should

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.340
 never

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:43.559
 use

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.679
 a

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:43.980
 ritual

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.279
 not

00:45:44.279 --> 00:45:44.559
 but

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.840
 that

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.480
 if

00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:45.599
 our

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.119
 trust

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.320
 is

00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:46.460
 in

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.739
 that

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.400
 it's

00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:47.559
 this

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:48.279
 fundamental

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:48.659
 thing

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:48.820
 that

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:49.000
 we

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:49.139
 are

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.299
 going

00:45:49.299 --> 00:45:49.400
 to

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:49.579
 need

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:50.219
 God

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.899
 to

00:45:50.899 --> 00:45:51.219
 give

00:45:51.219 --> 00:45:51.439
 us

00:45:51.439 --> 00:45:51.759
 new

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.139
 life

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:52.359
 and

00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:52.519
 that

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:52.899
 only

00:45:52.899 --> 00:45:53.279
 he

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:53.539
 can

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.819
 do

00:45:53.819 --> 00:45:54.019
 it

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.739
 I

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.139
 can't

00:45:55.139 --> 00:45:55.539
 add

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.739
 10%

00:45:57.739 --> 00:45:58.119
 to

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.239
 it

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.419
 I

00:45:58.419 --> 00:45:58.799
 can't

00:45:58.799 --> 00:45:59.119
 add

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.399
 50%

00:46:00.399 --> 00:46:00.639
 to

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:00.719
 it

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:00.859
 I

00:46:00.859 --> 00:46:01.099
 can't

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:01.259
 even

00:46:01.259 --> 00:46:01.519
 add

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.019
 a

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.339
 half

00:46:02.339 --> 00:46:02.480
 of

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:02.980
 1%

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.179
 to

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.279
 it

00:46:03.279 --> 00:46:03.379
 it

00:46:03.379 --> 00:46:03.579
 has

00:46:03.579 --> 00:46:03.699
 to

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:03.839
 be

00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:04.679
 100%

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:05.219
 God

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.539
 giving

00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:05.719
 me

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:05.919
 new

00:46:05.919 --> 00:46:06.279
 life

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:07.179
 and

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.379
 so

00:46:07.379 --> 00:46:07.539
 that

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.679
 as

00:46:07.679 --> 00:46:07.859
 the

00:46:07.859 --> 00:46:08.159
 world

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.419
 view

00:46:08.419 --> 00:46:08.579
 of

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:08.759
 this

00:46:08.759 --> 00:46:09.179
 story

00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:09.559
 comes

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.719
 to

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:09.879
 us

00:46:09.879 --> 00:46:10.099
 then

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.259
 when

00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:10.419
 we

00:46:10.419 --> 00:46:10.759
 come

00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:11.199
 to

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.500
 John

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:11.859
 chapter

00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:12.139
 3

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:12.599
 16

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:12.819
 for

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:13.139
 God

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.399
 so

00:46:13.399 --> 00:46:13.579
 loved

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:13.739
 the

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:13.979
 world

00:46:13.979 --> 00:46:14.159
 that

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.239
 he

00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:14.439
 gave

00:46:14.439 --> 00:46:14.579
 his

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.919
 one

00:46:14.919 --> 00:46:15.099
 and

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:15.500
 only

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.939
 son

00:46:15.939 --> 00:46:16.659
 to

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:16.819
 the

00:46:16.819 --> 00:46:16.979
 end

00:46:16.979 --> 00:46:17.119
 that

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:17.419
 all

00:46:17.419 --> 00:46:17.619
 that

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:17.939
 believe

00:46:17.939 --> 00:46:18.139
 in

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:18.379
 him

00:46:18.379 --> 00:46:18.639
 shall

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.039
 not

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:19.579
 perish

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:20.019
 but

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.359
 have

00:46:20.359 --> 00:46:20.899
 eternal

00:46:20.899 --> 00:46:21.399
 life

00:46:21.399 --> 00:46:22.479
 we

00:46:22.479 --> 00:46:22.679
 say

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:23.099
 yes

00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:25.979
 only

00:46:25.979 --> 00:46:26.339
 God

00:46:26.339 --> 00:46:26.579
 can

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:26.799
 breathe

00:46:26.799 --> 00:46:27.000
 that

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.199
 new

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:27.559
 life

00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:29.759
 and

00:46:29.759 --> 00:46:30.019
 all

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.219
 I

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:30.399
 can

00:46:30.399 --> 00:46:30.579
 do

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:30.739
 is

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.119
 ask

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:31.299
 that

00:46:31.299 --> 00:46:31.479
 in

00:46:31.479 --> 00:46:31.699
 his

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:32.259
 mercy

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:33.519
 unworthy

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:33.779
 as

00:46:33.779 --> 00:46:33.959
 I

00:46:33.959 --> 00:46:34.259
 am

00:46:34.259 --> 00:46:34.439
 that

00:46:34.439 --> 00:46:34.579
 he

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:34.739
 would

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:34.919
 give

00:46:34.919 --> 00:46:35.019
 it

00:46:35.019 --> 00:46:35.199
 to

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:35.419
 me

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:39.559
 and

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:39.680
 we

00:46:39.680 --> 00:46:39.800
 can

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:39.940
 have

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:40.119
 this

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:40.680
 confidence

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:40.900
 when

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:41.039
 we

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:41.240
 think

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:41.440
 about

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:41.639
 the

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:42.079
 cross

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.960
 that

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.240
 God

00:46:43.240 --> 00:46:43.420
 will

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:43.680
 never

00:46:43.680 --> 00:46:44.019
 say

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.460
 no

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.079
 to

00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:45.579
 anybody

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:46.200
 who

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:46.659
 says

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:47.900
 I

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.079
 have

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.760
 sinned

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:50.220
 I

00:46:50.220 --> 00:46:50.360
 am

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:50.740
 helpless

00:46:50.740 --> 00:46:51.039
 to

00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.300
 save

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:51.920
 myself

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.119
 I

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.220
 have

00:46:53.220 --> 00:46:53.480
 come

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:53.599
 to

00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:53.740
 the

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:53.980
 point

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.180
 where

00:46:54.180 --> 00:46:54.300
 I

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:54.519
 know

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:54.720
 that

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:54.840
 I

00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:55.119
 need

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.320
 the

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.559
 life

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:55.760
 that

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:56.119
 only

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.360
 you

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:56.579
 can

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:56.860
 give

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:57.099
 me

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:58.360
 would

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:58.519
 you

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:58.720
 do

00:46:58.720 --> 00:46:58.860
 it

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.099
 for

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.300
 me

00:46:59.300 --> 00:46:59.800
 please

00:46:59.800 --> 00:47:00.460
 in

00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:00.780
 Jesus

00:47:00.780 --> 00:47:01.340
 name

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:02.019
 and

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.420
 God

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.659
 will

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:02.940
 turn

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:03.159
 no

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:03.340
 one

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:03.619
 away

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:05.059
 please

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.539
 stand

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:13.759
 let's

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:13.940
 bow

00:47:13.940 --> 00:47:14.079
 our

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:14.259
 heads

00:47:14.259 --> 00:47:14.440
 in

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.759
 prayer

00:47:14.759 --> 00:47:20.559
 father

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:20.719
 you

00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:20.900
 know

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:21.099
 how

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:21.360
 hard

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:21.480
 it

00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:21.639
 is

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:21.799
 to

00:47:21.799 --> 00:47:21.940
 go

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.219
 against

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.420
 the

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.619
 grain

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:22.779
 in

00:47:22.779 --> 00:47:22.940
 our

00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.460
 culture

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:24.279
 and

00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:24.519
 father

00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:24.659
 we

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:24.860
 give

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:25.000
 you

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.340
 thanks

00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:25.539
 and

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:25.860
 praise

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.039
 that

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.279
 there's

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:26.500
 so

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:26.759
 much

00:47:26.759 --> 00:47:26.880
 in

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:27.039
 our

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.400
 culture

00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:27.579
 that

00:47:27.579 --> 00:47:27.679
 we

00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:27.860
 don't

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.079
 have

00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:28.199
 to

00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:28.360
 go

00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:28.659
 against

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:28.860
 the

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.119
 grain

00:47:29.119 --> 00:47:30.480
 father

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:30.980
 there's

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:32.320
 so

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.559
 many

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:32.920
 really

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.440
 smart

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:33.940
 people

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.279
 learning

00:47:34.279 --> 00:47:34.559
 about

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:35.139
 science

00:47:35.139 --> 00:47:35.440
 and

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:35.920
 father

00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:36.139
 you

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.500
 invite

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:36.739
 us

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:36.920
 to

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.079
 learn

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.340
 about

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:37.880
 science

00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:38.159
 we

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:38.360
 might

00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:38.519
 not

00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:38.739
 be

00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.039
 smart

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.320
 some

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:39.440
 of

00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:39.599
 us

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:39.820
 are

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:40.980
 but

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.099
 to

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.239
 the

00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:41.460
 best

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:41.579
 of

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:41.699
 our

00:47:41.699 --> 00:47:42.139
 abilities

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:42.480
 father

00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:42.659
 you

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.079
 invite

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.279
 us

00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:43.460
 to

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:44.039
 learn

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.360
 about

00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:45.099
 astronomy

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.480
 and

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:45.940
 physics

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:46.239
 and

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.840
 geology

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:47.360
 and

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:47.880
 you

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.219
 invite

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.420
 us

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:48.599
 to

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:48.799
 learn

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:49.079
 about

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.579
 music

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:49.920
 and

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.299
 art

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 business

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 and

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 you

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 invite

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 creative

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 in

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 our

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 home

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 about

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 us

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 to

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 us

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 truth

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 goes

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 our

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 culture

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 and

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 know

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 is

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 and

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 us

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 a

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 people

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 loving

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 this

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 and

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 loving

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 nation

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 and

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 the

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 good

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 of

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 this

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 city

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 and

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 the

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 of

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 nation

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 we

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 to

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 Jesus

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 father

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 make

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 us

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 such

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 a

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 people

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 make

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 us

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 disciples

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 of

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 Jesus

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 gripped

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 by

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 the

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 gospel

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 humbly

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 living

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 for your

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 glory

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 and

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 for the

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 good

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 of

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 people

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 and

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 of

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 this

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 city

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 and

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 this

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 we

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 ask

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.619
 Amen