WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.099 And my topic tonight is the sinfulness of sin. The sinfulness of sin. That's why we read from Genesis chapter 3. 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:12.240 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:53.780 Jesus Christ was the first president from 1923 to 1929. And he was notorious for the brevity of his speech. And one day he went to church. He wasn't a member. His wife was. She must have been indisposed or something. But he went to church. And when he came back afterwards, she asked him, what did he preach about? 00:00:53.780 --> 00:01:12.540 And Coolidge said, sin! Hmm, said his wife. What did he say? He was against it. Now it's true. God is against sin. But there's a lot more to say about it. 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:29.040 And we're going to look at some of the things that the Bible says to us about it. The sinfulness of sin. But sin is the beginning. The beginning is Genesis chapter 1. It's creation. 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:47.580 And if all good servants have three points, I do have three points for you. My sermon can be divided up into the three basic points of biblical teaching. And that is creation for redemption. 00:01:47.579 --> 00:02:01.439 We are looking at the sinfulness of sin. So we'll see most on the fall. But we start in the beginning. Like all good stories start. We start in the beginning. We start with creation. 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:16.919 And there's two things I want you to learn about, hear about creation tonight. In the beginning. In the beginning is not creation. In the beginning is God. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:32.700 God in Trinity. Three in one. One in three. Perfect love and communication from all eternity before the world was made. And then God speaks. And the world comes into being by his word. 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:44.159 It speaks about, in Genesis chapter 1. About the world we see. The created world. But there was an unseen world too. A world of unseen spirits. 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:51.919 That's going to come in Genesis chapter 3. When Satan comes into the garden and spoils it. 00:02:52.579 --> 00:03:00.899 But what does it want us to see about creation is two things. God did it all and it was good. 00:03:00.900 --> 00:03:08.840 Six days. Six days. God created. After each day. He said. And it was good. 00:03:09.700 --> 00:03:18.040 That is the first thing to know about creation. God did it. First thing. Second thing. It was good. 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:25.319 Because that's not what we see today. We see a messed up world. But that isn't how it started. 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:33.459 Our world started. Our world started with God. A good God. A good creation. 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:42.180 This isn't the place to go into detail about how God did it. Over what period of time. 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:46.419 When he did it. If you want to talk to me about that. We can talk afterwards. 00:03:46.419 --> 00:03:53.819 But the point of Genesis. That we see in chapters 1 and 2. Is to know these two basic things. 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:57.560 It all comes from God. Creation. And it's good. 00:03:58.419 --> 00:04:01.959 And the second thing to know is. That ain't the way it is. 00:04:02.619 --> 00:04:04.579 It's messed up. It's fallen. 00:04:05.539 --> 00:04:07.299 And how did that come about? 00:04:07.939 --> 00:04:09.959 We've seen creation. Briefly. 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:12.840 We are going to see fall in more detail. 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.100 Because we are talking about the sinfulness of sin. 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:17.680 And of course. 00:04:17.960 --> 00:04:20.960 The Bible gives definitions of what sin is. 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:22.699 I could give you definitions. 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:24.100 Like it's lawlessness. 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:27.019 Transgression. Breaking God's law. 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.680 Falling short of God's standards. 00:04:30.280 --> 00:04:31.460 Because all have sinned. 00:04:31.500 --> 00:04:33.439 And come short of the glory of God. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:37.960 But the Bible doesn't actually deal in abstract propositions. 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.779 It teaches propositional truth. 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:42.699 But it does it through stories. 00:04:43.219 --> 00:04:44.759 And it's a story we are looking at. 00:04:45.219 --> 00:04:48.180 The story in Genesis chapter 3. 00:04:49.219 --> 00:04:52.259 And it's a story about what really happened. 00:04:53.060 --> 00:04:55.399 There really was a man called Adam. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:59.039 And from him there really came a woman called Eve. 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:00.399 This is not a myth. 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:02.219 This is not a fairy tale. 00:05:03.219 --> 00:05:07.859 The New Testament tells us about a first Adam. 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:09.919 And a second Adam. 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:10.959 Jesus Christ. 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:14.979 And if Paul speaks the truth about the second Adam. 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:15.620 Jesus. 00:05:16.139 --> 00:05:17.639 In whom we have salvation. 00:05:18.159 --> 00:05:20.560 He speaks the truth about the first Adam. 00:05:21.539 --> 00:05:23.199 Jesus is real. 00:05:24.139 --> 00:05:25.679 Adam was real. 00:05:26.099 --> 00:05:28.839 We are not dealing with myths and fairy stories. 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:30.359 It is a story. 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.520 But it is a true story. 00:05:32.520 --> 00:05:33.879 Of the fall. 00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:36.259 And what happened? 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:39.540 Satan came in. 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:41.639 In the form of a servant. 00:05:42.520 --> 00:05:44.439 And he messed up. 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:47.520 By tempting Eve and Adam. 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.420 To rebel against God. 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:52.560 Origins of evil. 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.579 We don't know. 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:57.000 Where Satan got his ideas from. 00:05:58.079 --> 00:05:59.639 The scripture tells us. 00:06:00.579 --> 00:06:01.439 That God. 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.639 What God has revealed. 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.079 Is for us and our children. 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:05.819 The secret things belong to him. 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:08.079 And where Satan got his idea. 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:10.220 Of rebellion against God. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:11.519 Is a secret thing. 00:06:11.939 --> 00:06:13.560 That only God and Satan know. 00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:14.420 We don't know. 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:16.079 What we know. 00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:16.959 Is that Satan. 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:17.980 From somewhere. 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:18.920 Came. 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:20.819 And entered into this. 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:22.439 Created seen world. 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:24.560 And brought into it sin. 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:26.340 By tempting Eve. 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:27.740 And she spread it. 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:28.980 To Adam. 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:30.980 And they fell. 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:32.000 And we. 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.560 And all of creation. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:34.860 Are messed up. 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:36.080 Because of it. 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:39.620 And what was Satan's technique. 00:06:40.340 --> 00:06:41.620 In bringing this. 00:06:41.980 --> 00:06:42.319 Sin. 00:06:42.540 --> 00:06:43.379 Into the world. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:45.060 How did he do it? 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:47.240 First thing is. 00:06:48.020 --> 00:06:48.860 He says. 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:51.319 Has God said. 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.020 Has God said. 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:55.360 You can't eat of any tree. 00:06:55.460 --> 00:06:55.960 Of the fruit. 00:06:56.180 --> 00:06:56.740 Of the garden. 00:06:58.220 --> 00:06:59.319 He gets Eve. 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:00.140 To doubt. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:01.720 God's word. 00:07:03.020 --> 00:07:05.060 Doubting God's word. 00:07:05.700 --> 00:07:06.800 Whether it's true. 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:08.480 First. 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:09.460 Of the devil's. 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:10.360 Techniques. 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:11.000 Here. 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:11.680 In Genesis. 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:14.540 It's vitally important. 00:07:14.740 --> 00:07:15.540 That we know. 00:07:15.960 --> 00:07:17.100 That God's word. 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:17.840 Is true. 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:19.679 We believe it. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:21.959 And we submit to it. 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.879 Isaiah chapter 66. 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:25.979 And verse 2. 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:27.379 This is the one. 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:28.779 To whom I will look. 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:30.859 He who is humble. 00:07:31.539 --> 00:07:33.279 And contrite in spirit. 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:35.079 And trembles. 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.179 At my word. 00:07:38.099 --> 00:07:38.919 Did Eve. 00:07:39.159 --> 00:07:39.639 Tremble. 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:40.859 At God's word. 00:07:41.559 --> 00:07:41.859 No. 00:07:42.019 --> 00:07:42.839 She questioned. 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:44.239 She doubted. 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:45.540 That was the seed. 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:46.879 That Satan sowed. 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:47.639 In her mind. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:49.759 What is your attitude. 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:50.720 To God's word. 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:52.199 Do you read it. 00:07:52.280 --> 00:07:52.860 Believe it. 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:53.600 Accept it. 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:54.720 And tremble at it. 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:56.740 And put yourself beneath it. 00:07:56.980 --> 00:07:58.019 Or do you say. 00:07:58.199 --> 00:07:59.780 Well I don't think that's very good. 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:00.139 No. 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:01.040 That isn't the way. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:02.280 That things should be. 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.639 The way I want to go. 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.240 In 1967. 00:08:06.620 --> 00:08:08.019 I started reading for. 00:08:08.459 --> 00:08:09.439 A London diploma. 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:10.240 In theology. 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:11.259 At all nations. 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:12.539 A qualification. 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:14.680 Of the University of London. 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:16.839 During the exams. 00:08:16.919 --> 00:08:18.019 In the middle of the exams. 00:08:18.159 --> 00:08:18.879 I walked out. 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:20.240 Why? 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.280 Because the examiners. 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:24.460 Didn't tremble. 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:25.600 At God's word. 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:28.660 I was only prepared. 00:08:28.780 --> 00:08:29.819 And I'm only prepared. 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:31.100 To study God's word. 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:31.819 On the basis. 00:08:31.960 --> 00:08:32.820 That God is. 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:34.480 He has. 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:35.840 Revealed himself. 00:08:36.060 --> 00:08:37.019 In Jesus Christ. 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:38.320 And the Bible. 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:40.480 Is a trustworthy record. 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:41.940 Of that revelation. 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:43.980 Did the examiners. 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:45.159 Of the University of London. 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:45.840 In theology. 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.000 Work on that basis. 00:08:47.340 --> 00:08:48.180 No they didn't. 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:50.859 If Jesus quoted. 00:08:51.019 --> 00:08:51.799 The prophet Isaiah. 00:08:51.959 --> 00:08:53.359 And there was one prophet Isaiah. 00:08:54.059 --> 00:08:54.939 But the examiners. 00:08:54.979 --> 00:08:56.079 Of the University of London. 00:08:56.199 --> 00:08:57.079 Wanted me to consider. 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:57.599 Whether there were. 00:08:57.699 --> 00:08:58.699 Two or three Isaiahs. 00:08:58.819 --> 00:08:59.199 I'm sorry. 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:00.239 It was a non-question. 00:09:01.179 --> 00:09:02.059 A complete and utter. 00:09:02.059 --> 00:09:02.839 Non-question. 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:04.339 God had spoken. 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.419 In Jesus Christ. 00:09:06.339 --> 00:09:07.000 He said. 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:08.359 There was one Isaiah. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:09.259 End of. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:10.219 End of. 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:11.179 End of discussion. 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:12.120 Yeah. 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:12.620 I'll. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:13.439 I'll study. 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:14.620 In theology. 00:09:15.379 --> 00:09:15.740 What. 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:16.539 Some. 00:09:16.979 --> 00:09:17.659 Strange things. 00:09:17.779 --> 00:09:18.159 That people. 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:18.600 Beling. 00:09:18.719 --> 00:09:19.579 But I refused. 00:09:19.579 --> 00:09:20.399 To be examined. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:22.179 By the strange people. 00:09:22.899 --> 00:09:23.199 For. 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:24.240 A qualification. 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:25.139 In theology. 00:09:26.319 --> 00:09:26.679 Anyway. 00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:27.839 I had already had a degree. 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:29.179 From the University of London. 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:30.459 I wasn't that bothered. 00:09:30.579 --> 00:09:31.480 I was fortunate. 00:09:31.959 --> 00:09:33.259 I didn't need some more letters. 00:09:33.259 --> 00:09:34.059 After my name. 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:35.539 But. 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:36.740 I wanted to tremble. 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:37.419 At God's word. 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:39.639 And Eve. 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:40.439 She. 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:41.179 Was led. 00:09:41.379 --> 00:09:41.799 To doubt. 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:43.199 And. 00:09:43.339 --> 00:09:44.139 The next thing. 00:09:44.339 --> 00:09:44.799 That Satan. 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.199 Instilled into her mind. 00:09:46.319 --> 00:09:47.299 Apart from doubting. 00:09:47.299 --> 00:09:48.299 Was that God. 00:09:48.299 --> 00:09:48.919 Was severe. 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:51.740 Has God said. 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:54.459 That you may not. 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:55.379 Eat of any tree. 00:09:55.379 --> 00:09:56.039 Of the garden. 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:57.519 Very severe. 00:09:58.479 --> 00:09:59.079 And then. 00:09:59.319 --> 00:10:00.139 She replied. 00:10:00.359 --> 00:10:01.079 Oh we may eat. 00:10:01.079 --> 00:10:01.759 Of any tree. 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:02.919 Except the tree. 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:03.439 Of the knowledge. 00:10:03.439 --> 00:10:04.219 Of good and evil. 00:10:04.359 --> 00:10:05.299 And we mustn't touch it. 00:10:05.479 --> 00:10:05.899 Rubbish. 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.120 He hadn't said that. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:08.179 He said. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:09.039 Don't eat it. 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:10.879 So there was this. 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:11.919 Misapprehension. 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:13.379 That somehow. 00:10:13.839 --> 00:10:14.959 God is severe. 00:10:15.719 --> 00:10:17.000 God is hard. 00:10:17.319 --> 00:10:19.059 He's a stern taskmaster. 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.439 How did Jesus tell us. 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.500 To approach God? 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:24.199 Our father. 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:26.099 Jesus. 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:27.279 Gives us. 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:28.139 The picture. 00:10:29.259 --> 00:10:29.919 The image. 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:31.059 Of who. 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:31.899 God is. 00:10:32.319 --> 00:10:33.439 We can't see God. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:34.079 He's a spirit. 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:35.139 How do we know. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:35.899 What he's like. 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.500 We know what he's like. 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:38.919 Because he's revealed himself. 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:39.919 In Jesus Christ. 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:40.980 You want to know. 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:41.939 What God is like. 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.699 Is he a severe judge. 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:45.879 Is he far away. 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:46.899 Not involved. 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:47.699 In his creation. 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:48.340 No. 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:50.580 He's coming to his creation. 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:51.699 In the person. 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:52.519 Of his son. 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:53.980 A loving. 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.059 Compassionate. 00:10:55.659 --> 00:10:56.460 God man. 00:10:57.019 --> 00:10:58.740 Who sacrifices himself. 00:10:59.220 --> 00:10:59.799 For sinners. 00:11:00.819 --> 00:11:01.639 God is not. 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:02.779 A severe. 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:03.819 Tyrant. 00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:05.780 Don't listen. 00:11:05.780 --> 00:11:05.800 Don't listen. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.960 To what Satan says. 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:07.540 Don't listen. 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:08.720 To what the world says. 00:11:09.020 --> 00:11:09.500 Don't listen. 00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:10.560 To what other religions. 00:11:10.560 --> 00:11:11.040 Say. 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:11.879 About God. 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:12.620 If you want to know. 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.120 The truth. 00:11:13.400 --> 00:11:14.100 About God. 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:15.160 Read the Bible. 00:11:15.640 --> 00:11:16.460 Believe on the Lord. 00:11:16.520 --> 00:11:17.360 Jesus Christ. 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:19.700 Because he is the image. 00:11:19.700 --> 00:11:20.200 Of God. 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:22.500 But Satan. 00:11:22.760 --> 00:11:23.660 Is encouraging. 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:24.760 Rebellion. 00:11:25.740 --> 00:11:26.840 Satan's encouraging. 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:27.680 Rebellion. 00:11:28.660 --> 00:11:29.060 And. 00:11:29.380 --> 00:11:30.660 He goes on. 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:32.420 He actually. 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:33.660 Denies. 00:11:33.820 --> 00:11:34.760 What God has said. 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:36.160 The devil. 00:11:36.379 --> 00:11:36.920 Is a liar. 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:38.440 And the father of lies. 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.720 Eve said. 00:11:41.020 --> 00:11:41.620 Well he said. 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:42.379 That we would die. 00:11:42.460 --> 00:11:43.240 If we ate it. 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:45.300 And Satan says. 00:11:45.420 --> 00:11:47.100 You will not surely die. 00:11:47.660 --> 00:11:48.379 God knows. 00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:49.400 That when you eat of it. 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:50.680 Your eyes will be opened. 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.360 And you will be like God. 00:11:52.420 --> 00:11:53.600 Knowing good and evil. 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.240 Now. 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:56.140 Satan. 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:57.440 Now just flatly. 00:11:58.160 --> 00:11:58.640 Contradicts. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.540 What God has said. 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:01.280 God has said. 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:02.440 Eat from that tree. 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:03.400 Death. 00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:05.280 Satan says. 00:12:05.280 --> 00:12:06.520 Eat from that tree. 00:12:06.780 --> 00:12:07.760 It will be good for you. 00:12:08.760 --> 00:12:10.660 You will know all about good and evil. 00:12:12.180 --> 00:12:13.260 You don't want to. 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.500 Stay in. 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:15.760 In ignorance. 00:12:17.040 --> 00:12:18.460 Eat from that tree. 00:12:19.300 --> 00:12:20.160 You will die. 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.259 And so. 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.860 Satan. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:23.019 Satan. 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:23.019 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:23.019 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:24.539 Offers. 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:26.819 Something pleasant. 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:28.399 And desirable. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:29.759 Eve sees. 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:31.179 That it's. 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:32.559 Pleasant to look at. 00:12:33.199 --> 00:12:34.500 And it would be good to eat. 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:37.199 And Satan tempts. 00:12:37.839 --> 00:12:39.360 Satan is the master fisherman. 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.339 He knows. 00:12:41.439 --> 00:12:42.299 How to hide. 00:12:42.439 --> 00:12:43.639 His barbed hooks. 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.419 With sweet. 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:46.419 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:47.319 And pleasing. 00:12:47.319 --> 00:12:47.919 Beds. 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.659 He offers. 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:50.299 Something. 00:12:50.699 --> 00:12:51.259 Enjoyable. 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:53.419 And it leads. 00:12:53.819 --> 00:12:54.319 To death. 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:56.720 Tell the story. 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:58.159 Of a young man. 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.039 Cycling by the roadside. 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:01.939 He sees a booklet. 00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.159 The booklet. 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:04.779 He stops. 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.559 He picks it up. 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.419 It's been thrown away. 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:06.779 As litter. 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:07.960 What is it? 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.759 It's a pornographic magazine. 00:13:11.300 --> 00:13:12.300 He looks. 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:13.780 He reads. 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:15.740 He's sexually stimulated. 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:18.500 It leads to him. 00:13:18.740 --> 00:13:19.220 Wanting. 00:13:19.660 --> 00:13:20.440 Such books. 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.120 To look at them. 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:22.840 To buy them. 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:24.300 To be stimulated. 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:24.840 By them. 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.000 And it's just the age. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:27.800 Of print. 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:28.680 And photographs. 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:30.139 It's before the age. 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:30.740 Of the internet. 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:32.600 But as the years. 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:33.139 Go on. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.259 He becomes addicted. 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.120 And this. 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.620 Is what. 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:37.280 He does. 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.280 And what. 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.780 Did Satan. 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.259 Offered. 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:41.080 Satan. 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:41.680 Had offered. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.400 Pictures. 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:44.379 Which led to him. 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:45.100 Feeling good. 00:13:46.280 --> 00:13:47.139 And where was it. 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:48.080 Going to lead to. 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:48.960 To. 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.000 An addiction. 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:52.379 It could lead to. 00:13:54.300 --> 00:13:54.860 Infidelity. 00:13:56.180 --> 00:13:57.300 To sexually transmitted. 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:57.940 Diseases. 00:13:59.000 --> 00:13:59.900 It could lead. 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.019 To. 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:01.759 Failure. 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.440 To have. 00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:03.480 A happy. 00:14:03.780 --> 00:14:04.259 And faithful. 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:04.860 Marriage. 00:14:06.060 --> 00:14:06.580 Satan. 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.080 Offers. 00:14:07.160 --> 00:14:07.500 Something. 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.179 That's good. 00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.120 And foolish. 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:10.700 Men. 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:11.580 And women. 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.919 Accept it. 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:15.139 He leads us. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:15.860 Astray. 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:18.039 That's his temptation. 00:14:18.740 --> 00:14:19.700 Because he says. 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.460 You won't die. 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:22.559 He hides. 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:24.179 All the consequences. 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.460 Of sin. 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:26.740 In a. 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.340 Sweet. 00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.139 Fruit. 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.139 By the way. 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:31.340 The Bible doesn't say anything. 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:32.100 About apples. 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:35.440 The tree of knowledge. 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:36.980 Of good and evil. 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:38.779 But. 00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:40.040 It doesn't stop there. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.600 It doesn't stop there. 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.279 The sin. 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.259 The effect. 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.840 Is spread. 00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.240 It is. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.180 Spread. 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.080 Further. 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.259 Sins entered. 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:53.700 By doubting God's word. 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:55.379 By misrepresenting God. 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:57.399 By denying God's word. 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:59.299 By falsely offering. 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:00.299 A better way. 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.480 And then. 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.460 Sin spreads. 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.700 And she entices. 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.340 Her husband. 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:05.879 To eat. 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.600 She also. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.200 Gave some. 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:08.879 To her husband. 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.659 Who was with her. 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.419 And he ate. 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:11.980 She spread the sin. 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.679 Paul tells us. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:14.480 Bad company. 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:15.059 Ruins. 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.580 Good morals. 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.120 Adam had been innocent. 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:18.879 Until Eve. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:19.720 Tempted him. 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.279 Interestingly enough. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.340 Before Eve. 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:25.460 Adam wasn't in a good place. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:27.220 I said everything was good. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:29.200 Do you know the only thing that wasn't good. 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.080 Before the fall. 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:33.019 Man alone. 00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:35.200 Not good. 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.660 For a person. 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.580 To be on. 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:38.680 Their own. 00:15:38.920 --> 00:15:39.540 So God. 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.879 Made a helper. 00:15:41.340 --> 00:15:41.700 For him. 00:15:42.680 --> 00:15:43.480 And it was good. 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:45.580 There wasn't a problem. 00:15:47.060 --> 00:15:47.899 They'd been told. 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:49.360 To do two things. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.240 In that garden. 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:52.299 What were the two things. 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:52.980 They were told. 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.480 Everybody knows. 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.139 That they were to. 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:56.480 To till the land. 00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:57.379 And. 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.379 To get. 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.199 The earth. 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.439 To produce. 00:16:01.079 --> 00:16:01.939 The crops. 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:03.299 To subdue the creation. 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.439 And the other thing. 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.939 They were told. 00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.439 To enjoy. 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:06.039 Was sex. 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.480 They were told. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:07.840 To. 00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:09.799 Fill the earth. 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.679 To replenish it. 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.319 So God told them. 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.340 To enjoy one another. 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:15.699 To enjoy one another. 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.539 Physically. 00:16:16.819 --> 00:16:17.779 There was nothing wrong. 00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:19.039 With sex. 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.100 Sex isn't sinful. 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:22.179 In the right place. 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:23.340 In Eden. 00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.639 In marriage. 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.819 But something. 00:16:27.079 --> 00:16:27.759 Went wrong. 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.220 And the woman. 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.279 Who was created. 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:31.679 To. 00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:32.699 Help Adam. 00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.179 She. 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.939 Passed on the temptation. 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.679 And she led him. 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.500 Astray. 00:16:40.740 --> 00:16:42.079 There have been Christians. 00:16:42.079 --> 00:16:43.539 Who wrongly portrayed. 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.539 The female sex. 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.319 As temptresses. 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.800 And said. 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.600 That men should aim. 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.460 For chastity. 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:49.980 Monasticism. 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:50.780 Etc. 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.440 Forbidding marriage. 00:16:52.760 --> 00:16:53.460 That isn't what. 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.620 The bible says. 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:56.240 The bible says. 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:56.980 It's good. 00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.900 For male and female. 00:16:59.020 --> 00:16:59.580 To be together. 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.220 That's why. 00:17:00.640 --> 00:17:01.180 God. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.860 Created them. 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:07.000 And some Christians. 00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.880 Just see women. 00:17:08.180 --> 00:17:09.259 As being temptresses. 00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.900 And some women are. 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.819 There are some. 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.019 You shouldn't listen to. 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:15.920 I remember. 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.620 If you remember. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.460 Paul's sermon. 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.559 On good sex. 00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.360 And bad sex. 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.559 About. 00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:22.659 The bad sex. 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.719 In the book of Proverbs. 00:17:23.959 --> 00:17:24.419 And the good. 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.559 With your wife. 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:27.379 But. 00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.419 Here. 00:17:31.219 --> 00:17:32.179 We learn. 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.839 It wasn't a woman. 00:17:33.959 --> 00:17:34.579 Being a woman. 00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.559 That was the problem. 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.799 It was rebellion. 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.740 Against God. 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:39.659 And she spread it. 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.659 To Adam. 00:17:41.939 --> 00:17:43.399 He shouldn't have listened to her. 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.579 There are some women. 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.079 You men. 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:47.319 Should all of us listen to. 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:49.419 Your mother. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:52.119 And your wife. 00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:53.740 My wife says. 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.759 I never listen to her. 00:17:55.179 --> 00:17:55.439 But. 00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:57.279 I think that's what she says. 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.759 Seriously. 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.299 This is where the good advice is. 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:07.059 Not the temptress. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.980 Not the temptress. 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:11.799 Fortunately. 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.200 I mean. 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.960 Soliciting. 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.279 For. 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:16.759 Immoral purpose. 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.679 Purposes. 00:18:18.179 --> 00:18:19.299 Is against the law. 00:18:19.439 --> 00:18:19.980 And it is. 00:18:20.179 --> 00:18:20.879 Hidden away. 00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:23.980 So. 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:24.859 Men. 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:25.619 Very often. 00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.220 Are protected. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.339 But. 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.359 The world around. 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.240 Says. 00:18:29.439 --> 00:18:30.599 Just get involved. 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.619 Sexually. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.099 And. 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:36.460 The bible says. 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:36.960 No. 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.319 Purity. 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.000 Chastity. 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.399 Before. 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.899 And fidelity. 00:18:42.139 --> 00:18:42.659 Faithfulness. 00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.240 Within marriage. 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.740 Church. 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.500 But this temptation. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.700 Wasn't. 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.640 About sex. 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.680 Them being naked together. 00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.960 Wasn't a problem. 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.599 The problem was. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.940 Disobeying God. 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.120 They did. 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.339 And the effect. 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.140 Was spread. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.359 To us. 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.279 All their. 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:02.200 Progeny. 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.339 So. 00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.259 We see sin. 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.059 We see it. 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.620 Sinfulness. 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.240 We see what it. 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.500 Consists of. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:10.119 In these. 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.000 Verses. 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:11.980 In Genesis. 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.819 Chapter 3. 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.119 Doubting that God. 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.700 Spoken. 00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:16.220 Misrepresenting God. 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.779 Denying his word. 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.200 Falsely offering. 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:19.960 A better way. 00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.220 Enticing. 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:21.960 Others. 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.119 But that was just part two. 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.859 And the lengthiest part. 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.700 Of my talk. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.140 Tonight. 00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.920 The final part. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.680 Creation. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.359 Fall. 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.259 Redemption. 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.740 And. 00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.599 You don't. 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.420 Normally think. 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.519 Much about redemption. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.920 In Genesis. 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.619 Chapter 3. 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.839 You think about rebellion. 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.599 And you think about the curses. 00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.299 But. 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.480 Redemption. 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.279 Salvation. 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.460 Is to the fore. 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.859 And you will say. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.299 Well yes. 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.500 You're going to take us to Genesis. 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:53.359 3.15. 00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.879 And the promise of salvation. 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:55.639 I am. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.500 But before that. 00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:58.160 Before that. 00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.619 Is. 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.799 God's initiative. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.500 And that's the first thing to know about salvation. 00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.519 It's God's initiative. 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.200 God takes the initiative. 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:10.139 In calling and saving. 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.900 What did Adam and Eve do? 00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:13.119 They hid themselves. 00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:16.859 They put some leaves together. 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.420 To cover their private parts. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.960 They were suddenly ashamed. 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.779 That they were naked. 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.220 Why we don't know. 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.599 Because they. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.740 They were naked before. 00:20:23.879 --> 00:20:24.819 And there was no problem. 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.940 But sin. 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.799 Had brought. 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:28.299 Death and it had brought shame. 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.639 And it had brought separation from God. 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.819 They hid themselves. 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:34.000 Separation from God. 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.319 That's what sin does. 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.480 Sin separates us from God. 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.819 And God comes looking. 00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:42.519 That is the good news. 00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:44.099 That is the gospel. 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.159 God takes the initiative. 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:48.319 He comes and he calls sinners. 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.819 He calls sinners tonight. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.079 To trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:55.720 God takes the initiative here. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.480 He comes looking. 00:20:57.119 --> 00:20:57.919 He says to Adam. 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.480 Where are you? 00:20:59.119 --> 00:20:59.759 Where are you? 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.980 Where are you? 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:04.259 And when Adam says where he was. 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.940 God says. 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.980 Why? 00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.740 Why are you hiding? 00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.360 Wasn't like this before. 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.720 What's happened? 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:12.480 And then God takes the initiative. 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.200 In the remedy. 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:16.099 And promising a saviour. 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.019 He brings judgment. 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:19.559 And he also brings a promise. 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.900 Of salvation. 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:23.840 But we'll be coming to the Lord's table. 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:27.220 And what did Eve do? 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:31.019 What did it say that Eve did with the fruit? 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:34.380 She took and ate. 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:37.720 She took and ate. 00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.240 Take. 00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.400 Eat. 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:42.120 Do those words sound familiar? 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.199 Amen. 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:45.039 Taking and eating. 00:21:45.219 --> 00:21:46.539 Genesis chapter 3. 00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.859 Brings death. 00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:49.779 Taking. 00:21:50.239 --> 00:21:50.579 Eating. 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.399 Drinking. 00:21:52.239 --> 00:21:53.199 Brings life. 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:55.519 Brings you to the tree of life. 00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.919 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.319 Who is the way. 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.119 The truth. 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.039 And the life. 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.419 We will experience that at the table. 00:22:04.219 --> 00:22:04.619 But. 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.659 Before that. 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.759 Genesis 3.15. 00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:09.279 The promise. 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.939 Of salvation. 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:12.600 The promise. 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.460 Of salvation. 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.759 And it first of all. 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:17.539 God deals with the first. 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.440 Being responsible. 00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.500 For this mess. 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.840 And that's Satan. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.539 And then Eve. 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.680 And then Adam. 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.420 In the order. 00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.100 But Satan. 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.120 Amazingly. 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.759 To him. 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.519 The promise of salvation. 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.220 To mankind. 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.440 Is given. 00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.680 What does God say? 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.200 What does he say? 00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:38.840 To Satan. 00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.600 That there's going to be. 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.219 Conflict. 00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.839 Enmity. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.579 Strife. 00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.559 Between. 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.619 The seed of the serpent. 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.919 And the seed of the woman. 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:49.240 The whole of the history of scripture. 00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.699 Is that conflict. 00:22:51.199 --> 00:22:53.359 Between those who are the seed of the serpent. 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:54.859 Who follow the way of Satan. 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.839 And the seed of the woman. 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.819 Those who will follow. 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.159 God's way. 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:02.139 And the seed of the woman. 00:23:02.639 --> 00:23:04.099 Comes together eventually. 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.279 In one person. 00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:06.839 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:09.059 He is the seed of the woman. 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:10.419 He is the one. 00:23:10.419 --> 00:23:11.619 Who will crush. 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.519 The head. 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.779 Of the serpent. 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.240 And triumph over him. 00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:15.940 Yes. 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:17.559 The serpent will bite his heel. 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.399 The serpent will cause. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.679 The seed of the woman. 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.839 Christ to suffer. 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.919 He suffers. 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.639 In. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.299 Our. 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.200 Place. 00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.519 But he triumphs. 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:30.039 He is the triumphant one. 00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:32.159 He is the one. 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.019 Who crushes. 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.279 Satan's head. 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.019 You remember. 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.359 Get in. 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.240 Gave us that wonderful. 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.000 Hip hop music. 00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.899 About the head crusher. 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.200 Well. 00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.119 I can't. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.000 Emulate that. 00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:45.539 But. 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.139 That's what we're talking about. 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.839 We're talking about. 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.799 The victory. 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.700 Of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:54.079 That's what he says. 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.539 And. 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.599 Paul says. 00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.839 The end of Romans. 00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.660 He will shortly. 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.519 Crush Satan. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.799 Under your feet. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.480 The victory. 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.339 Is assured. 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.039 The promise. 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.720 Is there. 00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.460 Even spoken. 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.400 To Satan. 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.660 Of all. 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.839 Creatures. 00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.559 So there we have it. 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.079 Sin. 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.180 Fall. 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.139 Redemption. 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.819 And the redemption. 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.359 Means. 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.700 God takes the initiative. 00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.119 And it means. 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.799 He sends. 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.940 The seed of the woman. 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.299 The Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.700 To triumph. 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.700 And to undo. 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.940 All the effects. 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.460 Of sin. 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.420 The rebellion. 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.480 In him. 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.619 The tribes of Adam. 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.160 Boast. 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.019 More blessings. 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.940 Than their father lost. 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.879 That is the good news. 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.440 Of the gospel. 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.379 But do you know. 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.859 The God. 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.740 Who calls. 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.599 Are you hiding. 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.740 Are you responding. 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.980 Are you going to take. 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.700 And eat. 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.339 From the tree of life. 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.700 Believing. 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.359 On the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.779 Amen. 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.220 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.220 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.220 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.220 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.220 00:25:00.220 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