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 When no bush of the field was yet in the land, and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

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 And a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground.

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 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

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 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man that he had formed.

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 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.

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 The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

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 The name of the first is the Pishon.

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 It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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 The gold of that land is good.

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 Bdellium and Onyxstone are there.

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 The name of the second river is the Gihon.

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 It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.

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 The name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

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 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,

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 You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.

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 For in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I need to admit that when I began my time of study this week, I fully expected that I was going to find the primary purpose of this text,

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 this unique text here in chapter 2, to really just be telling us something about humanity as a whole.

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 And of course, there is certainly a lot for us to glean about what it means to be human here,

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 and certainly lots that we can take away for all of us here.

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 But what I came to determine as I studied through throughout the week

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 is that the central focus of these verses is not actually on humanity in general.

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 The central focus of these verses is on Adam in particular.

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 And I actually think that's very important if we're going to understand this text the right way

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 and understand why it's actually here and what its purpose and its function is in teaching us this morning.

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 We need to understand this focus.

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 Herein lies the key, I think, to grasping the significance.

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 The emphasis is on the one man through whom God's covenant blessings and stipulations will be mediated to the rest of humanity.

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 Okay, let me say that again.

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 Humanity is a part of it.

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 It's just not the focus of it, right?

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 The emphasis here is on one man, not the man and his wife, not the man and his family, but one man.

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 And it is through this one man that God is going to give his covenant blessings and his covenant stipulations

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 that will then be mediated by this one man to the rest of humanity.

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 Now, if we can get that picture, and we're going to spend a lot of time thinking about it this morning.

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 If we can get that picture, then we can really begin to understand why this text is so valuable to us.

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 Why it's so necessary for us.

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 Adam is presented here as a covenant head of the human race.

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 That's then affirmed throughout the scriptures.

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 When we see other authors throughout the scriptures referring to this scene, that's what they refer to.

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 God especially formed him.

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 He has given him life.

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 And then he places him in the bountiful garden temple in which he and his wife and his offspring will enjoy that life

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 in covenant communion with the Lord God.

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 So that we understand the blessings of these verses and the potential curses embedded in these verses.

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 They come to the rest of humanity through the one man, through Adam.

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 Now, why is this important?

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 Why should we look so closely at Adam before trying to quickly apply this text to ourselves?

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 And it's for this reason.

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 I want to suggest this morning that the text is here to prepare us for a greater Adam.

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 Jesus, who will come to restore and secure the covenant blessings of life for his people

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 by succeeding in every way that Adam failed.

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 That's why I think this text is so important for us.

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 We want to look especially at Adam, the first Adam, and the stipulations around Adam, and what God was doing with Adam

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 so that we can actually begin to understand the last Adam, the greater Adam.

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 In other words, we're going to sum it up this way.

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 I want to show you in this text, I want to show you the gospel in the garden.

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 The gospel in the garden.

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 And it begins here.

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 I want you to see the life-giving God of the garden.

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 The life-giving God of the garden.

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 Look again at verse 5.

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 When no bush of the field was yet in the land, and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up.

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 And then it gives an explanation for why it was in that condition.

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 The Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.

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 A mist was going up from the land, watering the face of the ground.

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 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,

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 and the man became a living creature.

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 Like in chapter 1, God is the sole actor in all of these verses.

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 It is God who addresses the condition of the land.

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 It's God who forms the man.

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 It's God who plants the garden.

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 It's God who assigns the man his task.

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 It's God that stipulates the covenant on which his blessings will be based.

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 This whole text then, fundamentally, is about God and his work in the world.

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 The gospel in the garden begins with God.

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 And who is this God, according to Moses?

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 We've seen so much about him in the creation narrative in chapter 1,

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 but there's something different that Moses begins to do here in chapter 2.

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 In chapter 1, Elohim was the name used for God,

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 signifying God's creative power and transcendence and majesty.

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 Here, there's a slight shift.

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 Elohim is still present, but attached to it is another name for God.

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 It's a combination of names.

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 It's Yahweh Elohim now.

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 Lord God is what we see now.

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 And it's repeated throughout this section that takes us all the way through the end of chapter 4.

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 We see this uniquely even in this text from the rest of the Pentateuch that Moses provided for us.

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 Lord God.

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 There's one exception.

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 And it's at the beginning of chapter 3 in the exchange between the serpent and Eve.

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 Everything else, this is the name that's being used,

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 and I think it's significant for us.

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 Elohim is maintaining the reference to God's transcendent power and his majesty as the eternal creator and ruler of all that exists.

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 It's communicating that to us.

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 God's redemption and personal nature and love and covenant and compassion.

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 The combination brings together on one hand God's majesty and on the other hand God's intimacy,

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 both of which are critical to the unfolding narrative here in chapter 2.

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 We need the God Elohim who can create and rule.

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 We need to understand him in that sense to understand chapter 2.

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 We also need the covenant God, the redemptive God,

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 to understand the fullness of the gospel in chapter 2.

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 And what we find is that God's transcendence, amazingly, does not preclude his eminence.

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 His majesty and power and holiness do not make intimate communion with his creatures impossible.

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 Neither do his personal covenant nature and love for his creatures come at the expense of his glory.

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 He loses nothing of his power and transcendence and majesty by condescending to us in relationship and in communion.

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 He is at the same time the magnificent creator and personal covenant redeemer of his people.

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 And as both creator and redeemer, the Lord God is the all-sufficient source of life for his creation.

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 Even in the name that Moses gives us, we see here that the gospel begins with the life-giving God of the garden.

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 And we see it unfolding in at least two ways here.

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 We see it first in the pre-garden condition of the land in verses 5 and 6.

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 Now, there's no reason to stumble over this by trying to compare it to what was said about day 3 in chapter 1.

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 Moses isn't doing the same thing.

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 In the creation of the world, God has a special purpose for the place that he's going to put the man in this garden that he's about to plant.

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 It doesn't take away from what he did on day 3.

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 He's just designated a place.

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 And the description given to this place before God comes and plants the garden and forms the man is similar to what we saw at the beginning of chapter 1.

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 This formless and empty void that was the condition of the cosmos before God intervened.

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 That's the picture that we now have of the place where he will put his garden and his man.

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 It's somewhat formless and barren and empty.

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 And there's two reasons given for this condition.

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 Notice it in verse 5.

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 First, it's in this condition because the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land.

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 He has withheld the water cycle that he created back on day 2.

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 He has withheld it at least temporarily from this section of his creation.

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 It hasn't rained yet.

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 Secondly, we're told it is in this condition because God has not yet created a man to cultivate the ground.

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 Now, what's the point of all of that?

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 The pre-garden conditions of the land are remedied by God alone.

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 Only he can bring the rain.

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 Only he can create the cultivator who will work the ground and keep it and use it.

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 Moses is presenting the Lord God then as the source of all life and blessing by first acknowledging the condition of the land before the garden.

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 The garden needs God to have life and blessing and fruitfulness.

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 But there's more.

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 We see in verse 7.

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 That this life-giving feature of God is in the creation of Adam himself.

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 Notice the special attention God gives the creation of the man.

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 It's distinct from the rest of his creation.

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 God personally and intentionally forms the man out of the dust on the ground.

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 Human life then is both a special creation of God, unique as an image bearer as we saw in chapter 1.

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 And yet being made from the dirt is fragile.

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 Still less than God, this creature from the dirt.

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 And once God formed the man out of the dust, notice, he breathes into his nostrils the breath of life.

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 And man becomes a living creature.

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 God does this, at least in the description of creation, he does this with no other part of his creation.

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 It is the kiss of God imparting something of himself into this creature.

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 And man becomes a living creature because the God of all life has given him life to live.

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 Man's life, therefore, comes directly from the personal kindness of the Lord God.

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 Paul will say it this way when he preaches in Athens in Acts chapter 17.

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 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth,

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 himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

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 And he is not far from us.

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 For in him, Paul says, we live and move and have our being.

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 The gospel of this text, the gospel of the garden begins with the life-giving God of the garden,

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 who alone is the source of all life and blessing.

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 But I want you to notice a second thing.

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 We see the life-giving God of the garden.

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 Now I want you to notice the bountiful garden of God.

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 The bountiful garden of God.

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 Look again at verse 8.

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 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east.

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 And there he put the man whom he had formed.

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 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.

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 The tree of life was in the midst of the garden.

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 And the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 After forming the man and giving him life, God plants a garden paradise in which he can place the man,

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 in which he can enjoy this life.

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 Everything about this description conveys the bounty of God's goodness to the man.

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 God calls the garden to bring forth trees that are both beautiful to look at and produce fruit that is delicious to eat.

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 But the significance of the garden is greater than beautiful landscapes and delicious fruit.

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 It is the special place of God's presence in the created world.

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 A garden temple in which the Lord God intends to commune with his special creation.

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 Ian Duggett calls it a sort of holy of holies.

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 A holy place and fruitful place in the midst of God's grand creation.

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 So that God puts man in the garden not only to enjoy the bounty of the garden itself,

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 but in order that he might worship and commune with his creator.

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 This is how it was meant to be.

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 Adam was there to worship.

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 Adam was there to commune with God.

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 Adam was there to bring the rest of humanity to this God for worship and communion.

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 And in the midst of this garden sanctuary,

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 notice highlighted for us these two trees.

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 First is the tree of life of which man was free to enjoy.

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 What is this tree?

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 It's mentioned sparingly throughout the scriptures.

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 In fact, even in the narrative itself,

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 we don't see it again until the end of chapter 3 when man is expelled from the garden

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 and it is emphasized that he is expelled from access to this tree of life.

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 We see it come up again in the book of Proverbs,

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 linking the tree of life to all that is good and fruitful and righteous.

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 And then we see it again at the end in the book of Revelation.

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 In the new heavens, in the new earth, there it is again, the tree of life.

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 Well, what is this tree?

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 How are we to understand it?

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 What was its purpose?

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 It's not that the fruit of the tree actually had the power to provide life to Adam.

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 That's not the purpose of the tree.

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 It's not like playing a video game where you get tired eventually

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 and you begin to lower your health

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 and now you've got to hurry up and run to the tree of life real quick

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 before something bad happens.

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 You eat the fruit and now you're regenerated, right?

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 No, that's not what the tree is there for.

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 There's no power in the fruit itself.

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 God is the one who provides life

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 and he's already blessed man with life.

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 He's breathed it into his nostrils.

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 He is living.

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 The tree was there as a symbol of the life he had received,

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 a symbol of the life that he enjoyed

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 because of the life-giving God of the garden.

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 It's there as a kind of catalyst for worship in God's garden temple.

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 Calvin understood it sacramentally for Adam.

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 I find this really helpful.

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 He understood it to be sacramental for Adam

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 in a way that we view baptism and communion.

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 It's not that partaking in the Lord's Supper

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 actually contributes to our justification.

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 There's no power in the cracker.

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 There's no power in the juice.

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 However, it does work to communicate to us

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 the source of our justification

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 in the death of Christ on the cross.

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 Says Calvin,

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 He gave the tree of life its name

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 not because it could confer on man that life,

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 but in order that it might be a symbol

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 and memorial of the life which he had received from God.

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 He intended, therefore,

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 that man,

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 as often as he tasted the fruit of that tree,

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 should remember whence he received his life

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 in order that he might acknowledge that he lives

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 not by his own power,

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 but by the kindness of the Lord God alone.

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 I find that wonderfully helpful.

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 It's not that Adam had to eat of the tree of life

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 to live.

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 It's that he was free to eat of it

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 so that he would understand with great thanksgiving

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 and worship this God who had given him life

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 that every time, as Calvin said,

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 he reached out and took of that tree,

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 he would be reminded

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 that the source of all of his life and blessing

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 is in the Lord God.

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 But there's a second tree

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 in the midst of the garden.

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 We'll see in just a few moments

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:18.080
 this particular tree was prohibited.

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.460
 Adam was not to eat of this one.

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 He's free to eat of the tree of life

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 so long as he is in the garden,

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 but he cannot eat of this one.

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 It's the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 And again, the tree itself

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 wasn't given special power.

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 The fruit here was not poisonous.

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 It was just forbidden.

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 And like the tree of life,

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:46.059
 God thus named the tree

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:49.839
 as a symbol of what only belongs to God.

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:53.339
 moral autonomy,

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.279
 absolute knowledge and wisdom

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 belongs only to Yahweh Elohim.

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 It does not belong to the creature of the dust.

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 And it's there to remind the creature

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:10.879
 that God alone has the ability

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:14.000
 to truly know all that is good and evil.

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 The man must rely then on God

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.680
 to rightly provide him

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:20.240
 with that wisdom

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 and to take of the tree

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:27.140
 would be man's attempt

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.960
 at gaining on his own

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:32.460
 that which he must rely upon God alone

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.559
 to obtain.

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.660
 Says Bruce Waltke,

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:38.579
 good and evil is a merism

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:40.200
 for all moral knowledge.

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 Only God in heaven

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 who transcends time and space

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.299
 has the prerogative

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.559
 to know truly

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:49.319
 what is good and bad for life.

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 Thus the tree represents

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:53.419
 knowledge and power

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 appropriate only to God.

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 So the life-giving God

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 placed the man

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 in a luscious garden temple

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:04.119
 where he could enjoy

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.539
 the blessings

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.879
 bountifully

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:10.559
 of communion with the Lord God

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 so that the gospel

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.819
 in the garden

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:16.339
 shows us that God's intention

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:19.279
 was to give life to man

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.559
 through his personal presence

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:23.519
 in a blessed

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:25.440
 covenantal relationship.

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 Are you with me?

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 There's the life-giving God

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 of the garden.

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 There's the bountiful garden of God.

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 And then we get to the third place.

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 We find here

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.079
 the covenant guardian

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 of God's garden.

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 It's a lot of G's.

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 Don't try to say it too fast.

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 It's the covenant guardian

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 of God's garden.

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 Here we finally get

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:53.419
 to the man himself.

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.399
 Let's look first at verse 8

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 and then we're going to jump down again

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.559
 to 15 to 17.

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 Verse 8,

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 The Lord God planted a garden

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.319
 in Eden

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 in the east

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 and there he put the man

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 whom he had formed.

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.659
 Verse 15,

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 The Lord God took the man

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.339
 and put him in the garden

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.279
 of Eden

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.460
 to work it

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.879
 and keep it.

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 And the Lord God

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.720
 commanded the man

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.099
 saying,

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.359
 You may surely eat

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.519
 of every tree of the garden

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.559
 but of the tree

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.220
 of the knowledge

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.980
 of good and evil

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.619
 you shall not eat

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:27.539
 for in the day

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.439
 that you eat of it

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:30.699
 you shall surely

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:32.220
 die.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:36.819
 As the first man,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.400
 Adam

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.839
 is the guardian

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.539
 of God's garden.

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 He's living there

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.839
 in covenant

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:45.579
 with his creator

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 and we see

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.539
 I think in this

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:51.240
 a three-fold function

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.299
 that is going to become

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.900
 prominent in the scriptures.

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 It first belongs to Adam.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.819
 He's first a king.

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:01.439
 He's placed in the garden

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.240
 to rule

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.539
 as God's image bearer.

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.659
 We see it in verse 8

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.339
 and then at the start

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.139
 of verse 15

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:08.359
 God creates,

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.419
 he plants

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.759
 and then he places.

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:13.099
 He places his vice

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.919
 regent.

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.359
 He places his king

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.339
 to rule

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.460
 in the garden.

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.119
 Adam is also

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.259
 a priest

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.819
 tasked

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.480
 in verse 15

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.819
 with working

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 working

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.700
 and keeping

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.919
 this garden temple

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:29.220
 as the place

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.159
 of God's presence

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.439
 in the world.

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.839
 There are linguistic

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.740
 links here

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.220
 that is unique

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.939
 to the work

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.539
 of the priest

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.579
 in the tabernacle

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.679
 later in the Pentateuch.

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.659
 Particularly the work

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.279
 of guarding

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.299
 the holy place

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.579
 from that which is

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.599
 profane.

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.619
 God puts Adam

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:50.159
 in his garden temple,

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.700
 his holy place,

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.000
 the place of his presence

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.619
 in order that he might

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.539
 guard it

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:57.119
 from that which is profane.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.180
 As Ian Duggett said,

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.819
 he's to keep an eye out

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.619
 for serpents

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.680
 that will contradict

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.619
 his God

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:04.240
 and attempt to deceive

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.440
 his creatures.

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:08.039
 That is Adam's job.

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.839
 He is thus

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:11.079
 the lead worshiper

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:13.339
 who protects

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.500
 the holy place

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.700
 and who leads

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.240
 his people

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.259
 in true worship

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.440
 and obedience

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.119
 to God.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.200
 He is a king

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.200
 who rules.

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.559
 He is a priest

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.859
 who brings us

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.319
 to God

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.859
 and cares

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:26.879
 for God's temple.

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.579
 Third,

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.579
 Adam is a prophet.

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.220
 We see it

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.919
 in verses 16 and 17.

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.039
 He is responsible

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.500
 for receiving

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.700
 and then

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.899
 communicating

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:41.659
 God's word.

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:44.099
 And it's here

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:45.519
 that the covenant

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.059
 is stipulated

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.960
 by a demand

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.659
 for obedience.

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:51.580
 look again

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:53.040
 at verses 16 and 17.

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.720
 The Lord God

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.019
 commanded the man

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.540
 saying,

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:57.120
 you may surely eat

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.920
 of every tree

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.759
 of the garden,

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:01.040
 but of the tree

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.740
 of the knowledge

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.420
 of good and evil

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.480
 you shall not eat

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.279
 for in the day

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.100
 you eat of it

00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:06.519
 you shall surely

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.820
 die.

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.220
 What is God's word

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.580
 to his man?

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:14.480
 you are free

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.159
 to enjoy

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.980
 the life-giving

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.379
 bounty

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.139
 of everything

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.859
 in the garden

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:20.359
 with one exception.

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.259
 Do not eat

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.339
 of the tree

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.000
 of the knowledge

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.759
 of good and evil.

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.179
 God's command

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.559
 to him

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.119
 is clear

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.799
 and so are

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.659
 the consequences

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:32.639
 of his disobedience.

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.879
 The blessing

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.539
 of obedience

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.480
 in this covenant

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.659
 is life

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.559
 and life

00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.220
 in abundance

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.259
 in God's garden

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.240
 and in his presence.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.599
 the consequence

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.019
 of disobedience

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.400
 is death.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.480
 On the day

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.240
 he eats of it

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:52.359
 he will surely die.

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.099
 And what is the nature

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.940
 of this death?

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.039
 Well we need

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.079
 to understand it first

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.779
 in the context

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.819
 of this passage.

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.420
 What is life

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.200
 in this passage?

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.359
 Life comes

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.180
 from God

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:10.539
 and it is experienced

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.839
 in his presence

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.940
 and the fruitfulness

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.879
 and the bounty

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.819
 of his blessings

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.759
 that come only

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.899
 from being

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.819
 in covenant

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.399
 peace

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.659
 with him.

00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.539
 That's life

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:21.920
 here.

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.159
 What then

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.339
 is this death?

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.839
 The death

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.379
 that the man

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:28.960
 will suffer

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.639
 as a result

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.659
 of his disobedience

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.599
 is the removal

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:34.139
 from God's presence.

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.399
 An expulsion

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:38.519
 from the garden

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:40.619
 and all the life

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.400
 giving blessings

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.960
 that come

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.480
 as a result

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:42.799
 of it.

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.240
 Certainly

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.139
 physical death

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.740
 is included

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.119
 in this

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.759
 but it's more

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.339
 than that.

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.680
 Adam will

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.799
 continue to live

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.279
 beyond his sin

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.379
 but his would be

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:56.160
 a living death

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.940
 felt

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.740
 by his soul

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.700
 until the day

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.440
 that his body

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.740
 returns to dust.

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:04.440
 it would be

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.039
 catastrophic

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.039
 for Adam.

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.279
 And with such

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.859
 a severe

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.599
 consequence

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.900
 of course

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.019
 the natural

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.579
 question

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:16.059
 that we want

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.620
 to ask

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.039
 is

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.120
 why was

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.539
 the tree

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.319
 necessary?

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.759
 Why did

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.339
 God put it

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.620
 there?

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.839
 In the context

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.420
 of the passage

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.980
 we may answer

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.500
 it many ways

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.059
 the context

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.660
 of the passage

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.100
 the answer

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.340
 is

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.620
 so that

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.100
 he might

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.720
 acknowledge

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.279
 the clear

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.940
 distinction

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.120
 between

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.680
 creator

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.340
 and creature

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:40.279
 Adam needs

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.980
 to understand

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.779
 who he is

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.480
 in relationship

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.060
 to God.

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.320
 The temptation

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:49.040
 for Adam

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.600
 was not

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.200
 as simple

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.779
 as just

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.380
 eating

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.380
 that which

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.900
 God had

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.460
 forbidden.

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.740
 Our

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.620
 propensity

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:59.299
 for doing

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.799
 something

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.500
 simply

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.979
 because

00:31:00.979 --> 00:31:01.359
 someone

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.879
 told us

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.279
 not

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.699
 to do

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:02.979
 it

00:31:02.979 --> 00:31:04.979
 won't

00:31:04.979 --> 00:31:05.259
 take

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.659
 hands

00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:05.879
 on

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.119
 who

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:06.459
 has

00:31:06.459 --> 00:31:06.719
 that

00:31:06.719 --> 00:31:07.239
 propensity.

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.839
 It's in

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.019
 us

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.500
 isn't it?

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.419
 The idea

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.719
 of the

00:31:12.719 --> 00:31:13.139
 forbidden

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.579
 someone

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.099
 tells us

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.479
 not to

00:31:14.479 --> 00:31:14.619
 do

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.919
 something

00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.079
 and

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.500
 something

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:15.939
 in us

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.079
 it

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.399
 makes

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.599
 us

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.899
 want

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.099
 to

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.379
 do

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.579
 it

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:17.939
 all

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.139
 the

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:18.559
 more

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.479
 you

00:31:19.479 --> 00:31:20.019
 parents

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.719
 understand

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.299
 this.

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.400
 That

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.120
 propensity

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.900
 for doing

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.319
 wrong

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.819
 simply

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.140
 because

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.519
 it's

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.740
 wrong

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.319
 that's

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.019
 a sign

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.720
 of the

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.279
 depth

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.019
 of our

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.819
 depravity

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.140
 that's

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.819
 a feature

00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:34.740
 of what

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.640
 we experience

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.120
 in our

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.460
 nature

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.079
 that Adam

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.660
 did not

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.140
 have.

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.900
 This is

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.500
 not as

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.120
 base

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.000
 as just

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.299
 God

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.640
 saying

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:41.960
 not

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.259
 do

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.400
 it

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.500
 and

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.640
 that

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:42.860
 just

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.100
 made

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.360
 Adam

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.700
 really

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.960
 want

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.079
 to

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.240
 do

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.500
 it.

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.240
 No

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.680
 that's

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:46.839
 not

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.019
 what

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.240
 this

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.620
 is.

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.220
 Adam

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.559
 does

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.799
 not

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.120
 have

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.339
 that

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.659
 kind

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:50.819
 of

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.439
 depravity

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.639
 at

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:51.879
 this

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.279
 moment.

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:54.719
 His

00:31:54.719 --> 00:31:55.259
 temptation

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.559
 is

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.979
 actually

00:31:55.979 --> 00:31:56.979
 true

00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:57.439
 to all

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.679
 of us

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:57.919
 in a

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.319
 significant

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.899
 way.

00:31:59.079 --> 00:31:59.219
 The

00:31:59.219 --> 00:31:59.739
 temptation

00:31:59.739 --> 00:32:00.199
 is to

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.379
 be

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.559
 his

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.759
 own

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.299
 God.

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.459
 It

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.799
 was a

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.099
 move

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.399
 toward

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.979
 moral

00:32:05.979 --> 00:32:07.259
 autonomy

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.319
 living

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.339
 independently

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.419
 of the

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:10.759
 Lord

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.559
 God.

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:11.859
 That

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.039
 would

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.219
 be

00:32:12.219 --> 00:32:12.419
 the

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.899
 temptation

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:14.139
 of

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.299
 the

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.639
 tree.

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.599
 The

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.099
 purpose

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.359
 in

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.879
 forbidding

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.119
 it

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.399
 was

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:21.219
 fundamentally

00:32:21.219 --> 00:32:21.500
 to

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.919
 remind

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.139
 the

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.399
 man

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.199
 exalted

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.639
 as

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:23.819
 he

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.239
 was

00:32:24.239 --> 00:32:24.659
 in

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:24.799
 the

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.199
 created

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.539
 order

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.979
 that

00:32:25.979 --> 00:32:26.179
 he

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.439
 was

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:26.779
 yet

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.199
 under

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:28.359
 subjection

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.239
 to

00:32:29.239 --> 00:32:29.699
 God.

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.139
 To

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.419
 eat

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:32.539
 of

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:32.699
 a

00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.019
 tree

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.279
 would

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.559
 not

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:33.759
 be

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:33.859
 an

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.519
 offense

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.659
 against

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:35.939
 an

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.819
 impersonal

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.319
 law.

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.839
 It

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.000
 would

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.219
 be

00:32:39.219 --> 00:32:39.359
 an

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.079
 offense

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.039
 against

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.339
 the

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.899
 personal

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.439
 Lord

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.919
 God

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.119
 who

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.259
 had

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.779
 formed

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.179
 him

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.619
 and

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:44.939
 given

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.179
 him

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:45.779
 life

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.219
 and

00:32:46.219 --> 00:32:46.919
 abundantly

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.539
 blessed

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.959
 him.

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.460
 It

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.640
 would

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:48.940
 be

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.180
 to

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.620
 say

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.940
 I

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.360
 want

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.900
 something

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.160
 that

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.340
 you

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.660
 have

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:51.900
 not

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.259
 given.

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:52.799
 I

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.200
 want

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.640
 something

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.840
 of

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.079
 my

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.400
 own

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.200
 apart

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.579
 from

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:55.920
 you.

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.200
 It

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.340
 would

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.640
 be a

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.420
 desecration

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.700
 of the

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.039
 covenant

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.480
 between

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.940
 God

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.720
 and

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:03.960
 this

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.400
 man.

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:04.960
 The

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.340
 tree

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.620
 was

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.340
 essential

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.900
 then

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.920
 to

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.220
 the

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.600
 covenant

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.180
 between

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.400
 the

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.680
 two.

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.559
 Again

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.920
 says

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.460
 Calvin

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.100
 abstinence

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.340
 from

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:14.539
 the

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:14.799
 fruit

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:14.960
 of

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.259
 one

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.559
 tree

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.779
 was

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:15.960
 a

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.259
 kind

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.420
 of

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.779
 first

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.279
 lesson

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:17.779
 in

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.279
 obedience

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.940
 that

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.380
 man

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.720
 might

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.140
 know

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.380
 he

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.579
 had

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.720
 a

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.240
 director

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.120
 and

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.460
 lord

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.579
 of

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:23.720
 his

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.240
 life

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.680
 on

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.960
 whose

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.279
 will

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:26.500
 he

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.700
 ought

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.880
 to

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.380
 depend

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.640
 and

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.940
 in

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.240
 whose

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.000
 commands

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.640
 he

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.840
 ought

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.039
 to

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.140
 acquiesce

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.960
 and

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.220
 this

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.620
 truly

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.120
 is

00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:35.340
 the

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.680
 only

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.100
 rule

00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.299
 of

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.559
 living

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.100
 well

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.720
 and

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.460
 rationally

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.460


00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.120
 That

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.519
 men

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.840
 should

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.600
 exercise

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.480
 themselves

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.620
 in

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.059
 obeying

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.480
 God

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.440
 Why

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.620
 is

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:44.779
 the

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:44.960
 tree

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.319
 there?

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.079
 The

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.299
 tree

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.640
 has

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.779
 to

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:46.900
 be

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.180
 there

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.279
 It

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.519
 has

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.680
 to

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:48.799
 be

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.099
 there

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:51.160
 The

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.559
 covenant

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:52.000
 between

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.339
 God

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.519
 and

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.839
 man

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.579
 demands

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.799
 the

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.559
 stipulation

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.079
 of

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.559
 man's

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.099
 obedience

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.140
 The

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.759
 temptation

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.099
 would

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.400
 be

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.200
 to

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.740
 reject

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.200
 God

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.400
 to

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.559
 be

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.720
 his

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:00.980
 own

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.299
 God

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.480
 to

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.759
 have

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.140
 apart

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.440
 from

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.799
 God

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.380
 something

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.620
 that

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:03.799
 he

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.259
 believes

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.839
 God

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.019
 has

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.200
 not

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.640
 provided

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.220
 rightfully

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.500
 to

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.880
 him

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:09.960
 The

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.320
 gospel

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.539
 in

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.659
 the

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:10.960
 garden

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.179
 then

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.379
 is

00:34:11.379 --> 00:34:11.679
 rooted

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.440
 in

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.699
 this

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.019
 covenant

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.779
 obedience

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:15.699
 So

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.099
 long

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.279
 as

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.659
 Adam

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.119
 ruled

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.599
 according

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.839
 to

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.139
 God's

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.500
 law

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:20.139
 So

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.460
 long

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.599
 as

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.719
 he

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.099
 guarded

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.319
 the

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.639
 garden

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.119
 temple

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.500
 against

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.739
 the

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.299
 profane

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.739
 So

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.079
 long

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.219
 as

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.339
 he

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.940
 proclaimed

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.419
 God's

00:34:25.419 --> 00:34:25.679
 word

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:25.879
 to

00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.259
 others

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.440
 who

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.559
 would

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.919
 obey

00:34:26.919 --> 00:34:27.079
 it

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.679
 all

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.940
 the

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.319
 life

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.659
 giving

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.399
 blessings

00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:30.359
 of

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:30.759
 God's

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.159
 bounty

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.440
 would

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.879
 belong

00:34:31.879 --> 00:34:32.119
 to

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.519
 him

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.139
 and

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.319
 to

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.960
 humanity

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:35.819
 As

00:34:35.819 --> 00:34:36.039
 the

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.719
 covenantal

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.139
 head

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.799
 of the

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.460
 human race

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.279
 Adam's

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.919
 job

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.619
 was to

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.119
 convey

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.519
 these

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.000
 blessings

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.440
 to the

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.680
 rest

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.119
 of us

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.680
 as

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:43.920
 our

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.500
 prophet

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.480
 priest

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.519
 and

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.860
 king

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:48.559
 but you

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.900
 know where

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.320
 the story

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.840
 goes

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.760
 he

00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.340
 fails to

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.740
 do it

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:56.139
 why

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.619
 is it so

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.059
 important

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.379
 that we

00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:57.619
 look

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.139
 closely

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.539
 at the

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.799
 one

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.239
 man

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.739
 in this

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.079
 text

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.639
 because

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.000
 we

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.539
 know

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.099
 that

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.219
 he

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:03.000
 failed

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.639
 he

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.239
 failed

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.599
 to

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:05.879
 meet

00:35:05.879 --> 00:35:06.079
 the

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.599
 demands

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.799
 of

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.139
 covenant

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.779
 obedience

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.119
 he

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.619
 ate

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.159
 of

00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.339
 the

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.679
 tree

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.839
 of

00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:09.939
 the

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.339
 knowledge

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:10.519
 of

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.739
 good

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:10.919
 and

00:35:10.919 --> 00:35:11.279
 evil

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.479
 he

00:35:11.479 --> 00:35:12.419
 plunged

00:35:12.419 --> 00:35:12.859
 the

00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.219
 human

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.699
 race

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.099
 into

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.639
 sin

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.979
 and

00:35:14.979 --> 00:35:15.339
 death

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:15.839
 because

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.399
 he

00:35:16.399 --> 00:35:17.139
 sinned

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.059
 we

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.459
 have

00:35:18.459 --> 00:35:18.719
 this

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.099
 nature

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.339
 of

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.779
 sin

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:22.660
 says

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.080
 Paul

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.260
 in

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.540
 Romans

00:35:23.540 --> 00:35:23.940
 5

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.300
 therefore

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.700
 just

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:24.960
 as

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.680
 sin

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.019
 came

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.240
 into

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.420
 the

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.700
 world

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.940
 through

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.200
 one

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.640
 man

00:35:27.640 --> 00:35:28.160
 and

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:28.460
 death

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.700
 through

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:29.260
 sin

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.580
 so

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:29.880
 death

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.400
 spreads

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.580
 to

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:30.820
 all

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.140
 men

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.400
 because

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.840
 all

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.060
 have

00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.500
 sin

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.019
 as

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.200
 our

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.540
 covenant

00:35:33.540 --> 00:35:34.000
 head

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.420
 in

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.820
 Adam

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.120
 we

00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:35.460
 are

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.340
 corrupt

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.740
 we're

00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.280
 guilty

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.320
 before

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.740
 God

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:42.180
 the

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.560
 text

00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:42.980
 then

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.840
 is

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.180
 here

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.420
 to

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.740
 prepare

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.220
 us

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:46.019
 for

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.200
 a

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.519
 greater

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.940
 Adam

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:48.680
 we

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.140
 need

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.560
 one

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.739
 who

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:49.940
 will

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.420
 perfectly

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.820
 obey

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.559
 we

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.980
 need

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.279
 one

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.460
 who

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.619
 will

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.340
 restore

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.199
 fallen

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.920
 humanity

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.500
 to

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.079
 fellowship

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.440
 and

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.820
 life

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.019
 with

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.420
 God

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:59.980
 and

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.119
 he

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.440
 can't

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.940
 merely

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.179
 be

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.380
 one

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.500
 of

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.679
 us

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:01.860
 but

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.000
 he

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.340
 must

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.639
 at

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.960
 least

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.199
 be

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.400
 one

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.519
 of

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:03.960
 us

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:06.599
 there's

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:06.719
 a

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.139
 uniqueness

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.519
 some

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.679
 of you

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:07.900
 men

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.119
 are

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.739
 understanding

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.019
 this

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.219
 in the

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.380
 book

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.500
 that

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.659
 you're

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:09.920
 reading

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.139
 right

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.299
 now

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.400
 in

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.519
 the

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.820
 person

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:10.980
 of

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.279
 Christ

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.519
 there

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.679
 is

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.820
 a

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.320
 uniqueness

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.320
 in

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.880
 this

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.719
 second

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.139
 Adam

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.380
 that

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.599
 must

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.820
 be

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.079
 true

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.279
 he

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.679
 must

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:16.699
!

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:27.000
 when the

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.519
 New Testament

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.000
 authors

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.719
 address this

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.199
 text

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:31.119
 it is to

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.360
 show

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.779
 Jesus

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.239
 as the

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.480
 true

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.880
 and better

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:33.239
 Adam

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:35.000
 our

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.500
 perfect

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.019
 prophet

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.239
 priest

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:38.559
 and king

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:40.940
 as the

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.460
 eternal

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.059
 son of

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.360
 God

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.619
 in

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.139
 flesh

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.659
 Jesus

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.940
 succeeded

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.199
 in

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.599
 every

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.019
 way

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.259
 that

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.599
 Adam

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.119
 fell

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:49.719
 though

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:49.940
 in

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.340
 Adam

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.599
 we

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.179
 receive

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.860
 death

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.460
 those

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.860
 of us

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.139
 who are

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.460
 in

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:54.980
 Christ

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.219
 the

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.639
 greater

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.039
 Adam

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.579
 receive

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.340
 life

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.940
 the

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.360
 life

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.559
 of

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.000
 God

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.079
 for

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.719
 eternity

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:04.399
 writes

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:04.719
 Paul

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:04.899
 to

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.039
 the

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.459
 Corinthians

00:37:05.459 --> 00:37:05.859
 in

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.079
 1

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.480
 Corinthians

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.039
 15

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.599
 as

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.799
 by

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.139
 one

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.459
 man

00:37:08.459 --> 00:37:08.759
 came

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.219
 death

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.279
 by

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:10.500
 a

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.859
 man

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.559
 has

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.819
 come

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:12.139
 also

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.359
 the

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:12.839
 resurrection

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.119
 of

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.239
 the

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.559
 dead

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.759
 for

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.039
 as

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.219
 in

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.659
 Adam

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.059
 all

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.519
 die

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.059
 so

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.519
 also

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.980
 in

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.579
 Christ

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.099
 shall

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.319
 all

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:19.459
 be

00:37:19.459 --> 00:37:19.679
 made

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.279
 alive

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:21.019
 thus

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.199
 it

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.339
 is

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.579
 written

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:21.799
 he

00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:22.139
 says

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:22.399
 and

00:37:22.399 --> 00:37:22.519
 he

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.799
 quotes

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.239
 Genesis

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:23.699
 2

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.219
 the

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.619
 man

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:24.799
 the

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.119
 first

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.419
 man

00:37:25.419 --> 00:37:25.839
 Adam

00:37:25.839 --> 00:37:26.239
 became

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:26.419
 a

00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.639
 living

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.119
 being

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:28.480
 and

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.619
 then

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:28.759
 he

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.219
 says

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:31.000
 but

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.159
 the

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.559
 last

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.920
 Adam

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.000
 became

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.179
 a

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:33.440
 life

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.739
 giving

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.300
 spirit

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.079
 the

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.480
 first

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.780
 man

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:35.980
 was

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.219
 from

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.380
 the

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:36.739
 earth

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:36.960
 a

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.119
 man

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.280
 of

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.559
 dust

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.780
 the

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.079
 second

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.360
 man

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.519
 is

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.719
 from

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:39.079
 heaven

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.380
 as

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.619
 was

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:40.800
 the

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:40.980
 man

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.139
 of

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.559
 dust

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.400
 so

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.780
 also

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.079
 are

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.440
 those

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.860
 who

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.039
 are

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.199
 of

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.320
 the

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.739
 dust

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.340
 as

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.539
 is

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.699
 the

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:45.900
 man

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.039
 of

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.360
 heaven

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:47.019
 so

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.360
 also

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.619
 are

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.920
 those

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.059
 who

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.199
 are

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.380
 of

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.679
 heaven

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:50.039
 just

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.239
 as

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.420
 we

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.579
 have

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.940
 borne

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.139
 the

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.460
 image

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.579
 of

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:51.699
 the

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:51.880
 man

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.039
 of

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.320
 dust

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.579
 Paul

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.000
 says

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.659
 we

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.400
 shall

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.280
 also

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.679
 bear

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:55.920
 the

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.320
 image

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.700
 of

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:56.920
 the

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.320
 son

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.440
 of

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.840
 heaven

00:37:58.840 --> 00:37:59.019
 the

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.280
 man

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.420
 of

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.700
 heaven

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.260
 Jesus

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.980
 is

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.220
 the

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.700
 Lord

00:38:01.700 --> 00:38:02.000
 the

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.559
 true

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:02.880
 and

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.280
 better

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.900
 Adam

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.820
 in

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.320
 him

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.659
 and

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.000
 in

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.380
 him

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.159
 alone

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.579
 we

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.960
 have

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.619
 life

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:11.000
 for

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.260
 he

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.920
 succeeded

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.740
 where

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.099
 Adam

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.619
 failed

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.599
 only

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.900
 in

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.200
 him

00:38:15.200 --> 00:38:15.960
 could

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.119
 we

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.320
 have

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:16.559
 this

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.920
 life

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.440
 we

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.740
 need

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:17.920
 to

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.300
 see

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.000
 Adam

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.659
 so

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:19.860
 that

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.099
 we

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.320
 can

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.760
 see

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.599
 Jesus

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:23.500
 if

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.680
 we

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:23.980
 don't

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.320
 see

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.880
 Adam

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.139
 in

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.500
 Genesis

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.900
 2

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.099
 if

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.240
 we

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.760
 immediately

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.079
 get

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.220
 to

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:27.380
 the

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.680
 text

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:27.820
 and

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:27.980
 we

00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:28.159
 go

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.320
 to

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.639
 our

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.019
 life

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.500
 today

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.200
 we're

00:38:30.200 --> 00:38:30.360
 going

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.500
 to

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.740
 miss

00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.200
 Jesus

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:32.119
 we

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.480
 need

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:32.659
 to

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:32.900
 see

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.360
 Adam

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.579
 so

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.740
 that

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:33.860
 we

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.019
 can

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.280
 see

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.720
 him

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.220
 we

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.420
 need

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.559
 to

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.740
 see

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.079
 Adam

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.599
 fail

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:37.039
 so

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.159
 that

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.300
 we

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.440
 can

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.639
 see

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.039
 Jesus

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:38.960
 succeed

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:41.340
 the

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.800
 gospel

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:42.159
 of the

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.559
 garden

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.260
 is

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.539
 not

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.980
 found

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.260
 through

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:44.619
 Adam

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.860
 it's

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.140
 found

00:38:45.140 --> 00:38:45.360
 through

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.880
 Jesus

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:47.780
 and

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:47.980
 yet

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.260
 this

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.640
 passage

00:38:48.640 --> 00:38:48.860
 is

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.120
 so

00:38:49.120 --> 00:38:49.579
 important

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.760
 to

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:49.920
 our

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.539
 understanding

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.280
 of

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.420
 the

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.800
 gospel

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.039
 of

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.320
 Jesus

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:54.500
 we

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.980
 find

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.320
 here

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.539
 that

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:55.680
 it

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.180
 begins

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.440
 with

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.579
 the

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.800
 Lord

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.160
 God

00:38:57.160 --> 00:38:57.400
 that

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.120
 God

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.579
 alone

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:58.780
 is

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:58.980
 the

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.360
 source

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.559
 of

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.980
 life

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.180
 and

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.599
 blessing

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:02.019
 but

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.160
 we

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:02.460
 also

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.960
 find

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.280
 that

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.800
 the

00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:04.079
 true

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.599
 bounty

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.820
 of

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.200
 life

00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:05.400
 and

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:05.840
 blessing

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.440
 is

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.880
 found

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.240
 in

00:39:07.240 --> 00:39:07.800
 communion

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.620
 with

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:08.860
 the

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.079
 Lord

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.640
 God

00:39:09.640 --> 00:39:13.400
 your

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:13.940
 greatest

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.420
 enemy

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:14.680
 is

00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:14.960
 not

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.159
 the

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.639
 death

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:15.820
 that

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:15.980
 will

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.220
 put

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.380
 your

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.820
 body

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.019
 in

00:39:17.019 --> 00:39:17.180
 the

00:39:17.180 --> 00:39:17.680
 ground

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:17.900
 it

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.039
 is

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.240
 your

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:18.960
 expulsion

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.300
 from

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.519
 the

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.840
 garden

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.039
 of

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.440
 God

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:24.340
 finally

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.579
 we

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:24.860
 see

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.079
 the

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.380
 covenant

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.300
 stipulations

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:26.519
 of

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.920
 obedience

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.240
 that

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:27.420
 are

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.380
 necessary

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.800
 for

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.139
 life

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.300
 and

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.760
 blessing

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.820
 in

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.200
 communion

00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:31.500
 with

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:31.720
 God

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:31.960
 all

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:32.099
 of

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.220
 that

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.360
 is

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.579
 here

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:32.740
 in

00:39:32.740 --> 00:39:33.039
 Genesis

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.400
 2

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:36.099
 those

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:36.820
 stipulations

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:37.059
 are

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.260
 given

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.639
 first

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.820
 to

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.220
 Adam

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:39.200
 who

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.420
 failed

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:39.599
 to

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:39.820
 meet

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.079
 them

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:41.119
 as

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.300
 each

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.400
 and

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.559
 every

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.740
 one

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:41.860
 of

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:42.039
 us

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.200
 has

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.420
 failed

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.599
 to

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.780
 meet

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.000
 them

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:44.460
 but

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.659
 they

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.840
 are

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.460
 fulfilled

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.039
 finally

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.440
 fully

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.800
 in the

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:49.980
 Lord

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.280
 Jesus

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.820
 Christ

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:52.500
 and

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.719
 here's

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:52.860
 the

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.079
 bottom

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.519
 line

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.619
 the

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.019
 gospel

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.219
 of

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.340
 the

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.699
 garden

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.579
 is

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:57.820
 that

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.099
 though

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.460
 you

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.780
 are

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.199
 guilty

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.679
 and

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:00.199
 condemned

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.719
 in

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.159
 Adam

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.119
 and

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.239
 in

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.400
 your

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.639
 own

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:03.079
 sin

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:05.360
 the

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.780
 life

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.179
 giving

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:06.579
 God

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.699
 of

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:06.840
 the

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.259
 garden

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:09.400
 became

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.400
 a

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.840
 man

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:13.119
 fulfilled

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.579
 the

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.000
 law

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:16.159
 died

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.500
 on the

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:16.920
 cross

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.239
 and

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.579
 rose

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:17.800
 from

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:17.940
 the

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.300
 dead

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:20.119
 so

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:20.340
 that

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.500
 you

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:20.659
 could

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:20.900
 be

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.280
 forgiven

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.300
 and

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:22.440
 he

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.620
 could

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:22.900
 once

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.320
 again

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:24.500
 give

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.640
 you

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:25.000
 life

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:27.940
 the

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.260
 one

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.500
 who

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.060
 fulfills

00:40:29.060 --> 00:40:29.519
 this

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:31.740
 is

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:31.900
 the

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.160
 first

00:40:32.160 --> 00:40:32.360
 one

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:32.500
 that

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.640
 we

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:32.860
 saw

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:32.980
 in

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.120
 the

00:40:33.120 --> 00:40:33.480
 text

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:35.720
 the

00:40:35.720 --> 00:40:35.960
 God

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.100
 of

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.540
 life

00:40:36.540 --> 00:40:38.860
 condescends

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.400
 to us

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.580
 and

00:40:39.580 --> 00:40:40.080
 Philippians

00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:40.380
 too

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:42.340
 he

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.720
 empties

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:43.240
 himself

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:44.900
 and

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.220
 becomes

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:45.680
 obedient

00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:46.019
 unto

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.400
 death

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.580
 even

00:40:46.580 --> 00:40:46.760
 the

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:46.920
 death

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.019
 of

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.160
 the

00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:47.540
 cross

00:40:47.540 --> 00:40:48.940
 why

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:50.700
 so

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:50.900
 that

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.019
 he

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.200
 can

00:40:51.200 --> 00:40:51.420
 give

00:40:51.420 --> 00:40:51.559
 you

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.980
 life

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:54.019
 and

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.320
 life

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.019
 abundantly

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:58.780
 all

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:59.039
 of us

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.240
 by

00:40:59.240 --> 00:40:59.579
 nature

00:40:59.579 --> 00:40:59.800
 do

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.240
 exactly

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.500
 as

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.760
 Adam

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.059
 did

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:02.519
 we

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.880
 attempt

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.119
 to

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.500
 gain

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:03.720
 and

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.340
 follow

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.579
 our

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.800
 own

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.119
 wisdom

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.440
 we

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.039
 want

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.260
 to

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:06.579
 judge

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.800
 for

00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:07.440
 ourselves

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.960
 what

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.179
 we

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:09.559
 believe

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:09.780
 is

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.139
 good

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:10.400
 and

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.619
 bad

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.800
 and

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.039
 that

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.200
 is

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.360
 at

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.559
 the

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:13.880
 heart

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.079
 of

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.559
 sin

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.480
 in

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.800
 this

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.300
 scene

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:17.880
 and

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.060
 it's

00:41:18.060 --> 00:41:18.280
 why

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.720
 death

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:19.340
 reigns

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:19.640
 in

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.160
 us

00:41:20.160 --> 00:41:21.220
 now

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:23.840
 but

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.160
 if

00:41:24.160 --> 00:41:24.440
 you

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:24.820
 will

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.780
 repent

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:27.460
 and

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.720
 come

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:27.920
 to

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.480
 Jesus

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.080
 trusting

00:41:30.080 --> 00:41:30.340
 in

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:30.620
 his

00:41:30.620 --> 00:41:31.200
 righteousness

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:33.039
 you

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.260
 will

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.460
 be

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.840
 forgiven

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:35.300
 and

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:35.500
 you

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:35.740
 will

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.360
 receive

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.240
 this

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:37.700
 life

00:41:37.700 --> 00:41:38.660
 eternal

00:41:38.660 --> 00:41:40.160
 for

00:41:40.160 --> 00:41:40.400
 as

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.560
 in

00:41:40.560 --> 00:41:40.960
 Adam

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.340
 all

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.780
 die

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:43.500
 in

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.039
 Christ

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.740
 the

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.120
 greater

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.500
 Adam

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.920
 shall

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.159
 all

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:47.300
 be

00:41:47.300 --> 00:41:47.480
 made

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:47.840
 alive

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:49.179
 let's

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.360
 pray