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 Now, imagine this is a metaphor.

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 This opening illustration is a metaphor.

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 Imagine walking into your doctor's office,

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 and your doctor, she walks in, and you look at her,

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 and she's wearing her white doctor's lab coat,

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 and you don't think anything of it until she turns around,

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 and she sits down at her computer,

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 and you notice right away that the entire backside of her lab coat

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 has been cut off at the seams.

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 You have your conversation, and you get in your car,

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 and you start going back, and on your way back,

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 you drive by this car accident, and all these firefighters are there,

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 and they are spraying out the flames,

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 and they're using the jaws of life to rescue a trapped motorist,

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 and you can't help but notice that all of these firefighters

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 have those heavy fire coats on, but when they turn,

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 the backside of their fire coats has been cut off at the seams.

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 You keep on going through your day.

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 You go to your bank.

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 You have an appointment with your personal banker.

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 You sit down across from him,

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 and he's wearing his banker gray blazer with red tie,

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 and you'll think nothing of it.

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 You've got to set up an automatic transfer from your checking to your savings,

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 and he gets up to get the paperwork,

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 and when he gets up and turns around,

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 you're shocked because the back of his banker gray blazer

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 is totally cut at the seams.

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 Something's missing.

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 You start to wonder,

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 hmm, am I seeing something for the first time?

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 So you get home, and you run to your closet,

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 and you open up your closet,

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 and all the coats in your closet,

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 every back has been cut off at the seams.

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 There's something missing.

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 All these examples, all these coats

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 represent the particular work vocations God has called us to.

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 And in every situation in that little metaphor,

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 something has been cut out.

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 You see, we've got a problem when it comes to our work.

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 And what I mean by work is not just what you get paid for.

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 It's every calling to which you've been called.

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 There's a word that covers this.

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 It's called the word vocation.

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 It comes from a Latin word meaning to call,

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 as in God calling you to a particular occupation,

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 and every one of us in this room

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 has been called by God to a number of vocations,

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 a number of occupations.

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 And so just one person in this room,

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 they can be called to be a parent,

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 they can be called to be a child,

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 they can be called to be a church member,

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 they can be called to be a citizen,

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 and they can be called to a particular job.

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 That's a bunch of different hats.

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 In every calling, God has called you to this.

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 In the Bible, the New Testament's use of calling

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 is a very interesting use.

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 It shows up at least 51 times in your New Testament.

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 In the majority, 46 times,

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 the word calling uses a word described

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 to be called to follow Jesus,

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 to be called to be a Christian.

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 The vocation of being a disciple of Jesus.

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 And it's this calling

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 that is the calling over all callings.

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 The calling to follow Jesus

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 informs every other calling

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 with which we've been called.

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 So all of us in this room right now,

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 some of us have similar callings,

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 some of us have different callings,

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 but all of our callings

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 fall under the one great calling

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 of being a follower of Jesus.

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 But let me get back to the problem.

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 This problem

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 of having all the backs

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 cut out of our occupational coats,

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 here's what it is.

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 Here's the point.

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 Human pride,

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 the sharp edge of human pride

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 has cut God out

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 of our vocations

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 at the seams.

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 We've got a problem

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 with our work.

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 We forgot something

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 in our work.

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 We've left God

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 at the front door

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 of our work.

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 We've disconnected God

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 from our vocation.

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 And when you disconnect God

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 from your vocation,

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 do you know

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 what likely is

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 to become your God?

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 your vocation?

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 So when we talk

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 about this call

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 to work,

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 this is all about

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 worship of God.

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 And so here's my task

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 for the next three Sundays.

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 Here's how I want

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 to help you all.

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 I want to help you

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 reintegrate

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 with the needle

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 and the thread

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 of God's word.

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 I want to

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 reintegrate

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 God

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 into

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 your vocation.

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 I want to get

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 God

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 back

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 into work

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 and we look

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 to God's word

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 to do that.

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 And so over the next

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 three weeks,

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 I want to lay out

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 for you

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 a biblically

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 informed,

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 God-centered

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 view

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 or framework

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 of vocation

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 with the desire

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 that having

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 a biblically

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 informed,

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 God-centered

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 view of work

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 will change

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 the way

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 you think

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 about work

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 and change

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 the way

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 you go

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 about your work.

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 And so

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 over these

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 next three Sundays,

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 we're going

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 to cover

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 four aspects

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 of a God-centered

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 view of vocation.

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 You ready?

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 Number one is this.

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 This morning,

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 we're going to look

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 at the origin

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 of work,

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 creation.

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 We're going to be

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 spending our time

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 in Genesis chapter one.

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 Next week,

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 we're going to look

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 at the corruption

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 of work,

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 the effect

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 of the fall

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 on our vocations.

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 And then,

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 Labor Day weekend,

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 we're going to be

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 looking at

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 the redemption

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 of our work

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 through the cross

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 He changes

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 the way we work.

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 And on that Sunday,

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 too,

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 we're going to

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 be anticipating

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 our future work,

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 the new earth work,

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 when He comes back

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 and He makes new

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 the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 So this morning,

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 we're going to focus

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 on this first aspect

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 of a God-centered

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 view of vocation,

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 the origin of work.

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 Your work matters

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 to God.

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 He's very interested

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 in your work.

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 And so we must

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 reintegrate God

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 into all our vocations,

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 whether that's

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 in our workplace,

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 whether that's

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 in our church,

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 our family,

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 our neighborhood,

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 our country,

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 or our school.

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 You see,

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 a theology of vocation

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 covers all of life.

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 So would you turn

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 with me now

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 to Genesis chapter one,

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 and we're going

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 to look at the

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 origin of work

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 and when we do,

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 we're going to look

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 at two things.

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 God engaging

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 in His work,

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 His creating

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 work,

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 and then we're going

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 to look at God

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 entrusting His work,

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 His creation mandate.

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 And so I'm going

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 to read all the way

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 through Genesis one.

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 So if you want

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 to open your Bibles

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 now to Genesis one

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 and read along with me,

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 here is God's Word.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 The earth was without

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 form and void,

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 and darkness was over

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 the face of the deep,

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 and the Spirit of God

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 was hovering over

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 the face of the waters.

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 And God said,

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 let there be light,

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 and there was light.

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 And God saw

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 that the light

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 was good.

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 And God separated

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 the light from the darkness.

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 God called the light

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 day,

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 and the darkness

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 He called night,

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 and there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the first day.

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 And God said,

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 let there be an expanse

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 in the midst of the waters,

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 and let it separate

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 the waters from the waters.

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 And God made the expanse

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 and separated the waters

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 that were under the expanse

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 and from the waters

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 that were above the expanse,

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 and it was so.

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 And God called the expanse

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 heaven,

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 and there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the second day.

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 And God said,

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 let the waters

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 under the heavens

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 be gathered together

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 in one place,

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 and let the dry land

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 appear,

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 and it was so.

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 And God called

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 the dry land earth,

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 and the waters

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 that were gathered together

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 He called seas,

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 and God saw

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 that it was good.

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 And God said,

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 let the earth

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 sprout vegetation,

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 plants yielding seed,

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 and fruit trees

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 bearing fruit

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 in which is their seed,

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 each according

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 to its kind

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 on the earth.

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 And it was so.

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 The earth brought forth

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 vegetation,

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 plants yielding seed

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 according to their own kinds,

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 and trees bearing fruit

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 in which is their seed,

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 each according to its kind.

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 And God saw

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 that it was good,

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 and there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the third day.

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 And God said,

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 let there be lights

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 in the expanse

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 of the heavens

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 to separate the day

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 from the night,

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 and let them be

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 for signs,

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 and for seasons,

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 and for days,

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 and years,

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 and let them be lights

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 in the expanse

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 of the heavens

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 to give light

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 upon the earth,

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 and it was so.

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 And God made

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 the two great lights,

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 the greater light

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 to rule the day,

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 and the lesser light

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 to rule the night,

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 and the stars.

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 And God set them

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 in the expanse

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 of the heavens

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 to give light

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 on the earth,

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 to rule over the day

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 and over the night,

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 and to separate

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 the light

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 from the darkness,

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 and God saw

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 that it was good.

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 And there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the fourth day.

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 And God said,

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 let the water swarm

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 with swarms

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 of living creatures,

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 and let birds fly

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 above the earth

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 across the expanse

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 of the heavens.

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 And so God created

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 the great sea creatures,

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 and every living creature

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 that moves

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 with which the waters

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 swarm according

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 to their kinds,

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 and every winged bird

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 according to its kind.

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 And God saw

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 that it was good,

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 and God blessed them,

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 saying,

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 be fruitful and multiply

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 and fill the waters

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 and the seas,

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 and let birds multiply

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 on the earth.

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 And there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the fifth day.

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 And God said,

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 let the earth bring forth

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 living creatures

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 according to their kinds,

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 livestock and creeping things,

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 and beasts of the earth

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 according to their kinds.

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 And it was so.

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 And God made the beasts

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 of the earth

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 according to their kinds,

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 and the livestock

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 according to their kinds,

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 and everything that creeps

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 on the ground

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 according to its kind.

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 And God saw

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 that it was good.

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 Then God said,

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 let us make man

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 our own image

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 after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea,

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens,

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 and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing

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 that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man

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 in his own image,

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 and the image of God

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 he created him,

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 male and female

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 he created them,

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 and God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 be fruitful,

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 and multiply,

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 and fill the earth,

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 and subdue it,

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish of the seas,

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens,

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 and over every living thing

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 that moves on the earth.

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 And God said,

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 behold,

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 I have given you

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 every plant yielding seed

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 that is on the face

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 of all the earth,

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 and every tree

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 with seed and its fruit,

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 ye shall have them

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 for food,

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 and to every beast

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 of the earth,

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 and to every bird

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 of the heavens,

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 and to everything

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 that creeps on the earth,

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 everything that has

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 breath of life,

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 I have given

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 every green plant

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 for food,

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 and it was so.

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 And God saw

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 everything he made,

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 and behold,

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 it was very good.

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 And there was evening,

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 and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 What an account.

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 Right now,

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 what I'd like to do

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 is let's focus

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 on Genesis 1.

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 I'm going to pull

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 a couple things out.

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 We're going to look

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 at God engaging

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 with his creation,

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 his creation making,

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 and then we're going

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 to turn a quarter,

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 and we're going to look

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 at God entrusting

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 his creation to us

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 in the creation mandate.

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 And the reason

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 why we're doing this

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 is to begin to

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 restitch in God

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 into our vocations.

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 We would have

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 a God-centered view

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 of vocation.

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 God engages his work.

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 What we see in Genesis 1,

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 these six days of creation,

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 is God at work

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 in his creation.

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 and he is at work

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 bringing things together,

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 forming things,

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 calling things

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 into existence

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 out of nothing

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 to bless

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 all the inhabitants

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 of the earth.

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 He wants his earth

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 to be filled.

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 Fullness,

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 life,

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 goodness,

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 blessing.

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 and he's purposely

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 designed this planet

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 for it.

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 And he wants us

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 to experience

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 the great blessing

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 of having him

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 as our creator.

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 So the first thing

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 I want you to notice

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 is where Genesis 1 begins.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created.

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 And so,

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 in order for us

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 to have a right view

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 of our vocations,

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 every calling

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 with which we've been called,

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 we don't start

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 with our callings.

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 we start

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 with the one

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 who calls us.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created.

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 We start

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 where the Bible starts.

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 What gives significance

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 to our vocations

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 is God himself.

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 We notice right away,

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 maybe you were

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 sensed this

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 as I was reading through,

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 that the God

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 of the Bible

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 is a God of order.

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 that as we read

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 through Genesis 1,

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 did you pick up

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 on the rhythm?

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 Did you pick up

00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.379
 on the days?

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 And where there is rhythm,

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 there is order,

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 and where there is order,

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 there is purpose.

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 God purposefully created

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 this planet

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 in which we occupy

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 for life,

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 for good.

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 And so,

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.899
 throughout Genesis 1,

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 we see God declaring,

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 God saying,

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 let there be,

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 and then we see God doing,

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 and it was so.

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 And then in the first part,

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 first three days,

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 he's naming things.

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 The day,

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 day,

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 the expanse,

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 heaven.

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 And at the end

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 of every day,

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 there's this closing,

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 and there was evening,

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 and there was morning

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 the first day.

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 And there was evening,

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.899
 and there was morning

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.059
 the second day.

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 We've got a God

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 of order.

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 And what you need

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:08.240
 to know about

00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.419
 Genesis chapter 1

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 is that there's

00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.059
 a correspondence.

00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.399
 Day 1

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:14.860
 corresponds with

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.600
 day 4.

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 Day 2

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.939
 corresponds with

00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.840
 day 5.

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.980
 Day 3

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.000
 corresponds with

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.700
 day 6.

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 It's like this.

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 Days 1,

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 2, and 3,

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 God is creating

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:26.919
 the nest of creation,

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.860
 and days 4,

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.659
 5, and 6,

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 he's filling

00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:31.679
 the nest

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 with living

00:16:33.959 --> 00:16:34.659
 creatures

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:38.059
 full of life,

00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.000
 full of

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 goodness.

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 This morning,

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.339
 I have been

00:16:45.339 --> 00:16:47.819
 feeling the weight

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:48.279
 of something

00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:48.939
 all week.

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 And I believe

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:51.019
 it's what God

00:16:51.019 --> 00:16:51.439
 wants,

00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.559
 at least in part,

00:16:52.719 --> 00:16:53.859
 to impress upon us

00:16:53.859 --> 00:16:54.479
 this morning.

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 It's his goodness.

00:16:59.079 --> 00:17:00.079
 Did you pick up

00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.979
 on that refrain

00:17:00.980 --> 00:17:02.039
 throughout Genesis

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.800
 chapter 1?

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 And God saw

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:06.059
 that it was good.

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.480
 Verse 4,

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 verse 10,

00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.920
 verse 12,

00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.220
 verse 18,

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:18.799
 verse 21,

00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.500
 verse 25,

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:24.120
 climaxing in

00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.920
 verse 31.

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 It's good.

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 I think I know

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.819
 what he's talking

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.119
 about.

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 I edge my lawn.

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 Do we have any

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 lawn edgers

00:17:36.459 --> 00:17:37.079
 in the room?

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 I think,

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 brother,

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 you and me,

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 man.

00:17:43.179 --> 00:17:43.599
 Now,

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 when you hear

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.819
 about a guy

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.979
 edging his lawn,

00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.639
 you might be like,

00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.159
 what?

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.179
 Let me tell you.

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 It's about

00:17:50.719 --> 00:17:51.759
 art.

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 It's artwork.

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.240
 After I mow

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 my lawn,

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.940
 I edge it,

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.720
 and you know

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 what I do?

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 I stand at the

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.980
 end of my sidewalk,

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 and I look upon

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.799
 the work of my

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.220
 hands,

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 and I say,

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 it is good.

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 It is good.

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.180
 Now,

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.920
 nobody else may

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.500
 notice that,

00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:15.180
 but I do,

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 and I have one

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.039
 brother in the room

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 that does,

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 and that's

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 with grass.

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 God said

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.379
 it is good

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 to creating

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 things

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 out of nothing.

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 God said

00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:33.019
 it is good

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 for working

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 with things

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 on a scale

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 we just have

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.939
 no real sense

00:18:37.939 --> 00:18:39.019
 for how big

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 and how complicated.

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 I mean,

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.659
 on day six,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.859
 of all the

00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:44.899
 creations he made,

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.599
 he made the

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.339
 platypus.

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 and it was

00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.480
 very good.

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:53.019
 When God

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.839
 creates,

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:55.919
 he takes

00:18:55.919 --> 00:18:56.579
 delight

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.699
 in what he

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 makes.

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 He looks

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.559
 upon it,

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.379
 and in that

00:19:01.379 --> 00:19:01.799
 moment,

00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:02.399
 he says,

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.699
 now that's

00:19:03.699 --> 00:19:04.339
 a nice piece

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.879
 of work.

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 And I believe

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:08.559
 not only is

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.339
 this goodness

00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.679
 an in-the-moment

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.220
 goodness,

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 I think it's

00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:13.980
 an anticipated

00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.659
 goodness.

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 Because God

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.819
 knew on day

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 one who

00:19:18.959 --> 00:19:19.519
 he's making

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.419
 this all for.

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 So part of

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.679
 the it is good

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:25.039
 is anticipating

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.159
 the blessing

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:27.939
 we would

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.659
 experience

00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:30.219
 in his good

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 creation.

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 Now here's

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 why I'm saying

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 this.

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 I want you

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 to be thinking

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:38.980
 God's creation

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:40.099
 making results

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:41.699
 in good,

00:19:42.439 --> 00:19:43.259
 blessing,

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 good for all.

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 and that

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 has bearing

00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:50.659
 not just

00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:50.979
 on his

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 creation

00:19:51.379 --> 00:19:51.859
 making,

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 but on the

00:19:53.459 --> 00:19:53.899
 creation

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.539
 mandate.

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 So we've

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 looked at

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 his creative

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 work,

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.279
 now we're

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.539
 going to

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 focus in

00:20:02.179 --> 00:20:02.939
 on day

00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:03.799
 six,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.799
 starting

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 in verse

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 26.

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 This has

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 been classically

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 known as the

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 creation

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.000
 mandate,

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 specifically

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.799
 in verse

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 28.

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 And he

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.619
 speaks this

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 creation

00:20:15.180 --> 00:20:16.139
 mandate to

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:17.039
 every human

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 being on

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 the planet.

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:21.059
 All 7.6

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 billion people

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:23.139
 today are

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:24.559
 under this

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 creation

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.460
 mandate.

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 There's two

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.899
 things I want

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.419
 you to notice

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 here.

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 This,

00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:32.579
 who this

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:33.680
 creation mandate

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.559
 is given to

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 and what

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.059
 this creation

00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.539
 mandate

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.259
 involves.

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 So let's

00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:40.559
 look at the

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 who first.

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 In verse

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.139
 26,

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.039
 then God

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.519
 says,

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 let us

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.740
 make man

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 in our

00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.220
 image

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 after our

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 likeness.

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.559
 Image

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.220
 bearers.

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 That's who

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.819
 he gives

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.539
 the creation

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.599
 mandate to

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.700
 in verse

00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.240
 28.

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 But I

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:02.240
 want you to

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.779
 see a little

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.720
 clue here of

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.019
 what an

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.819
 image bearer

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.279
 is.

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.620
 There's a

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.200
 connection you

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.720
 need to see.

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.700
 It's in verse

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.339
 26.

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.579
 He says,

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.039
 God says,

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.579
 let us make

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.039
 man in our

00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.500
 own image

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:12.940
 after our

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.859
 likeness and

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 let them

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.779
 have dominion.

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.900
 Whatever this

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.779
 image bearing

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.980
 business is,

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.740
 it's connected

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.460
 to having

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.559
 dominion over

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.180
 the earth.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.980
 They go

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.400
 together.

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.240
 So let's

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.780
 talk about

00:21:30.780 --> 00:21:31.080
 what it

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.400
 means to

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.700
 be an

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.040
 image

00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:32.660
 bearer.

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.160
 It's an

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.820
 image bearer

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.440
 of God.

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.200
 So what

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.560
 does that

00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:38.880
 mean?

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.380
 Well,

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:39.759
 don't be

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.040
 thinking

00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:40.740
 physically

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:42.100
 because remember

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.740
 Adam was

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.280
 formed,

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.340
 Genesis 2,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.240
 out of the

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.660
 dust.

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.740
 But notice

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.500
 that whatever

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.440
 this imaging

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.300
 is,

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.680
 both male

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.640
 and female

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.800
 are image

00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:55.420
 bearers of

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.759
 God,

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.640
 verse 27.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.279
 So men

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.259
 aren't more

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:01.000
 of an image

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.680
 bearer of

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.120
 God because

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.680
 they're men

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.960
 and females

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:05.060
 aren't more

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.860
 or less of

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.200
 an image

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.620
 bearer because

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.220
 they're females.

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.660
 We are

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.860
 image bearers

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.420
 of God,

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:11.120
 male and

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.560
 female,

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:13.019
 which means

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.440
 we have

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.860
 intrinsic

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.500
 worth.

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.440
 We are the

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.380
 same value

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.539
 in God's

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.759
 sight.

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.440
 So don't

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.360
 think physically.

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.960
 think morally.

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.279
 This image

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.039
 bearing has

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.759
 something to do

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.400
 with a moral

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.140
 capacity.

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.400
 Just like

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.840
 God,

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.500
 we are to

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.539
 do good

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.180
 to others,

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:38.940
 to bless

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.539
 others.

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.900
 That was the

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.680
 whole thrust

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.220
 of God's

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.800
 creation,

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.560
 to bless the

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:45.259
 inhabitants of

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.660
 the earth.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.039
 We are to be

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.539
 a blessing

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:52.160
 to the

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.900
 inhabitants of

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.279
 the earth.

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.299
 earth.

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.339
 It gets

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.859
 at a

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.299
 moral

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.759
 capability.

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.200
 And so

00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:59.359
 in Genesis

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.039
 chapter 2,

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.579
 when we read

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.039
 about this

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.660
 garden of

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.079
 Eden and

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.879
 God has

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.500
 these two

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.180
 trees in,

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.680
 one of them

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.279
 is the

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.680
 tree of

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.119
 the knowledge

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.519
 of good

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.920
 and evil

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.740
 and God

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.460
 commands Adam

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.879
 and Adam,

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.879
 don't eat

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.480
 of that tree.

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.480
 There's no

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.079
 other created

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.539
 thing on the

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.000
 face of the

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.440
 planet in

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.819
 which God

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.079
 says,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:15.899
 don't eat

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.220
 of that.

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.899
 The reason

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.680
 why is because

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.619
 of our moral

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.500
 capacity.

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.279
 It has to

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.759
 do with our

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.660
 imaging forth

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:23.180
 of God.

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.420
 We're like

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.880
 God in

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.119
 that.

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.000
 So think

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.920
 morally and

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:31.119
 think relationally.

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.420
 God created

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.220
 us in His

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.339
 image with

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.220
 the capacity

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.420
 to have a

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.059
 relationship,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.460
 not just with

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.019
 one another,

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.559
 but with

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.839
 Him.

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.380
 It's unique.

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.200
 And we get a

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.920
 taste of that

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.119
 in Genesis 3

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.839
 verse 8.

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:48.900
 If you want to

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.440
 turn there real

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.240
 quick, this is

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.960
 after Adam

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.220
 and Eve

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.859
 have sinned

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.700
 and we read

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.700
 about God

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.339
 doing something

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:55.120
 really interesting.

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.819
 And they,

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:57.420
 Adam and Eve,

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.259
 heard the sound

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.759
 of the Lord

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.539
 God walking

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.079
 in the garden

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.480
 in the cool

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.940
 of the day.

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.740
 And you know

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:01.900
 what the

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.480
 impression you

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.660
 get?

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.599
 This is how

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.079
 God rolled

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.500
 every day.

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.140
 He would

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.059
 come to be

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.620
 with Adam

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:08.960
 and Eve

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.400
 as image

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.900
 bearers,

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.019
 to relate

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.420
 with them,

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.440
 to be

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:14.880
 with them.

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.079
 You see,

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.539
 God has

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.120
 created us

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.519
 in His

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.880
 image,

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.600
 which means

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.300
 we have

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.980
 the capacity

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.860
 to have

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.640
 a relationship,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.840
 a personal

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.400
 relationship,

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.920
 with the

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.620
 living God.

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.380
 It's unlike

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:29.980
 any other

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.820
 created thing

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.760
 on the planet.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.380
 So when you

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.680
 think of

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.500
 imaging God,

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.480
 think morally,

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.900
 think relationally,

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.840
 and think

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:39.260
 cognitively.

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.600
 God has

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.760
 uniquely created

00:24:41.760 --> 00:24:43.100
 us with the

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:44.320
 intellectual capacity

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.480
 to understand

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.579
 who He is

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.299
 and what

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.819
 He's called

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.279
 us to.

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.439
 Unlike any

00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:51.000
 other created

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.359
 thing.

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:55.019
 Moral,

00:24:55.439 --> 00:24:55.980
 relational,

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.000
 cognitive,

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.879
 and all of

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.859
 these are

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.720
 essential

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.059
 to

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.819
 representing

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.639
 Him

00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.700
 on the

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.159
 planet.

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:08.840
 to be

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.400
 an image

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.940
 bearer

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.160
 with our

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.580
 moral,

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.420
 relational,

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.160
 and cognitive

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.000
 capacities,

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.900
 it serves

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.880
 the God-given

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.920
 responsibility

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:19.400
 to represent

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:20.160
 Him

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.019
 on the

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.460
 earth

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.259
 for the

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.940
 good of

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.360
 others.

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.920
 So when you

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.580
 hear image

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.060
 bearer,

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.000
 you need to

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.580
 be thinking

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.720
 representative.

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.400
 And not just

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.040
 to mirror

00:25:30.040 --> 00:25:30.800
 God back

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:31.400
 to God,

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.580
 but to

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.340
 display

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.780
 God

00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:34.200
 to all

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.320
 of

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.820
 creation.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.640
 We're to

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.400
 represent Him

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.600
 on earth.

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.220
 And that's

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.860
 the link

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.720
 between being

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.220
 an image

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.640
 bearer

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.200
 and having

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:44.700
 dominion

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.240
 in 26.

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.900
 So that's

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.500
 who we are.

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.160
 Now let's

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.480
 look at

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.960
 what He

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.519
 commands

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.440
 us to

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.720
 do.

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.259
 In

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.000
 verse 28,

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.920
 now this is

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.019
 the creation

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.560
 mandate

00:25:59.560 --> 00:26:00.180
 itself.

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.080
 We read God

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.000
 say to Adam

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.300
 and Eve,

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.980
 be fruitful

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.660
 and multiply

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.220
 and fill

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.660
 the earth.

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.540
 Now these

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:07.380
 are the same

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.240
 words He

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.940
 speaks to

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.840
 the swarming

00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:11.180
 animals on

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.920
 day 5

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.519
 and 22.

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.160
 Hey,

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.920
 He blessed

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.820
 those beasts

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.300
 and said,

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.519
 hey,

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.420
 be fruitful,

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.960
 multiply,

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.600
 fill.

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.560
 Evidently,

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.220
 God wants

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.120
 His creation

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.860
 teeming with

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.259
 life.

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.860
 And as

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:29.120
 image bearers,

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.480
 God has

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.640
 commanded us

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.279
 to fill

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.860
 the earth

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:33.680
 with other

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.860
 image bearers

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.539
 who will

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.860
 represent Him

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.940
 for good.

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.259
 He wants

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.759
 the planet

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.819
 filled

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.319
 with them.

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.299
 But the next

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:51.000
 two commands

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.660
 set us apart

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.180
 from every

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.640
 other living

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.960
 thing.

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.500
 In verse 28,

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.200
 we go on

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.500
 to read,

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:57.980
 be fruitful,

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.460
 multiply,

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:58.860
 and fill

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.360
 the earth

00:26:59.360 --> 00:27:01.180
 and subdue

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.400
 it.

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.120
 And then He

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.500
 says,

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:05.440
 and have

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.980
 dominion

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.759
 over it.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.000
 These two

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.440
 commands,

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.100
 to subdue

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.539
 and to have

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.019
 dominion,

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:12.220
 set us

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:13.100
 apart from

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.940
 all the other

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.120
 created things

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.420
 as God's

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.240
 representative

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.600
 on earth

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.779
 to do good

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.319
 to the

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.759
 inhabitants

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.420
 of the earth.

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.180
 And this

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.180
 starts informing

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.220
 our understanding

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.140
 of vocation

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:26.839
 because in

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.680
 your understanding

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.740
 of your work,

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.860
 of your jobs,

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.140
 you are to

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.539
 represent God

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.420
 in whatever

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.299
 you do

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.519
 for the good

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.059
 of those

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.779
 around you.

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.740
 That's the

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.559
 creation mandate.

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.480
 To subdue

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.680
 means to

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.980
 bring something

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.180
 under subjection.

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.920
 And I don't know

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.400
 about you,

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.079
 but when I think

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.940
 of subdue,

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.640
 I think of

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.380
 rodeos.

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.279
 I think of

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.900
 cowboys.

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:54.019
 There's this

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.580
 one move

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:54.780
 where,

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.180
 you know,

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:56.280
 how cowboys

00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:57.080
 will ride

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:58.180
 those broncos

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.700
 and then

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.340
 bull riding

00:27:59.340 --> 00:28:00.240
 and there's

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.800
 this other

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.759
 event at

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.800
 a rodeo

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.560
 in which

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:04.200
 a little

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.019
 calf will be

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.640
 let out of

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.040
 a pen

00:28:06.040 --> 00:28:06.300
 and it'll

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:06.860
 start running

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.720
 along and

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.400
 then cowboys

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.980
 will be

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.700
 released from

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.780
 their slot

00:28:10.780 --> 00:28:11.240
 on their

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.580
 horse.

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.220
 They've got a

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.920
 lasso going,

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.620
 they put it

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.060
 around the

00:28:14.060 --> 00:28:14.380
 calf,

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.240
 they jump

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.620
 off,

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.200
 they put the

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.740
 calf in a

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.200
 headlock,

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.980
 flip it up

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.500
 on its back

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.540
 and they wrap

00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:20.180
 its legs real

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.019
 quick for time.

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.079
 Now,

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.920
 that's the

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.240
 first thing

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.579
 that comes

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.960
 into my

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.420
 mind when I

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.799
 think about

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.279
 subduing,

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.099
 a show of

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.599
 force.

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.339
 But that's

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.720
 not what's

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.099
 going on

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.339
 here.

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.500
 The kind

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.160
 of subduing

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.660
 that God

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.279
 is calling

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.779
 us,

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.319
 His image

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.680
 bearers,

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.079
 to do

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.799
 is not

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.240
 a show

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.900
 of force.

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:45.780
 It's to

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.519
 purpose things

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.220
 for goodness.

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.700
 Remember,

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.320
 we are His

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.200
 image bearers

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.340
 and we

00:28:53.340 --> 00:28:53.720
 are to

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.280
 subdue

00:28:54.280 --> 00:28:55.220
 creation for

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.580
 good,

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.040
 His creation

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.740
 for His

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.519
 good purposes.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.400
 We are to

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.480
 represent God

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.200
 in the way

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.860
 we subdue

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.740
 His creation.

00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:05.019
 And so

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.440
 when we

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.060
 talk about

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.380
 subdue,

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.680
 it's the

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.220
 Hebrew word

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.720
 kibosh.

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.040
 You've heard

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.400
 it before.

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:10.940
 You know,

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.340
 to put the

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:11.920
 kibosh on

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.300
 something.

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.100
 And you're

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.700
 usually in a

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.180
 context of

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.480
 the meeting

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.759
 and your

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.320
 boss is like,

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:16.780
 yeah,

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.000
 I'm going to

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.220
 put the

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.759
 kibosh on

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.000
 that.

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.920
 It's done,

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.720
 right?

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.740
 It's not

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.140
 that kind

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.460
 of putting

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.000
 the kibosh

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.620
 on something.

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.640
 The Hebrew

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.320
 way of putting

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:27.860
 the kibosh

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.480
 on something

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.780
 is to

00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:30.360
 purpose it

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.980
 for good,

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.920
 to bless.

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.519
 Let me

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.860
 give you a

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.580
 couple examples,

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:39.059
 both negatively

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.019
 and positively,

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.119
 of human beings

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.659
 putting the

00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:44.079
 kibosh on

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.500
 things,

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:46.079
 on a large

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:47.240
 industrial scale.

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.699
 I was recently

00:29:49.699 --> 00:29:50.220
 doing some

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:52.019
 reading that

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.899
 touched on the

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.799
 effects of strip

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.659
 mining in West

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.079
 Virginia.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.339
 Strip mining,

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.799
 if you're not

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.299
 aware of it,

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.279
 is basically

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.720
 where you

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.939
 lop off the

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.480
 top of a

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.980
 mountain in

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.339
 order to

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.199
 access the

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.839
 coal in it.

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:04.339
 and what

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.959
 study after

00:30:04.959 --> 00:30:05.619
 study has

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.119
 shown for

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.139
 decades following

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:09.079
 these practices

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.919
 is that it's

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.500
 devastating.

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.459
 It's devastating

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:13.299
 for the natural

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.259
 environment around

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.899
 these mountains

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:16.159
 and it's

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.859
 devastating for

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.220
 the human

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.939
 beings living

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.399
 around it

00:30:18.399 --> 00:30:18.579
 too.

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:21.339
 This would be

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.899
 an example

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.039
 of putting

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.899
 the kibosh

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.779
 on God's

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.939
 creation in

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:26.439
 a way that's

00:30:26.439 --> 00:30:27.039
 not pleasing

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.679
 to the Lord

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.960
 because of

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.500
 the effects

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.240
 that it has.

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.160
 It doesn't

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.039
 bless in the

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.519
 long run.

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.180
 It harms

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.700
 in the long

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.960
 run.

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.000
 But let me

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.460
 give you

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.299
 another example

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:41.620
 more positively

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.500
 of putting

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.600
 what the Bible

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.320
 really means

00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.860
 about putting

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.420
 the kibosh

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.060
 on something.

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.640
 Let's say

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.279
 there is

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:50.779
 a lumber

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.279
 company

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.160
 and they

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.779
 intentionally

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.400
 limit

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.940
 the harvest

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.460
 of lumber

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.100
 that they do

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.660
 every year.

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.519
 And as well

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.060
 as limiting

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.560
 the amount

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:01.000
 of lumber

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.640
 they harvest

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.400
 they replant

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.420
 trees

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.160
 where they

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.100
 harvest from.

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.380
 And the reason

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.039
 why they do

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.180
 that is to

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.259
 create a

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.279
 kind of

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.000
 sustainable

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.840
 renewable

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.560
 resource

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:17.299
 that blesses

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.660
 the environment

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:20.039
 and the people

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.700
 living there

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.519
 and the people

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.259
 living beyond

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.779
 as well.

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.920
 That would be

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.440
 an example

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.900
 of putting

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.620
 the kibosh

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.140
 on something

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.640
 for good.

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.519
 of subduing

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.140
 creation.

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.140
 Here's what

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.799
 happens though.

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:37.080
 When you

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.940
 disconnect

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.840
 God

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.660
 from your

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.360
 vocation

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:42.080
 human beings

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.460
 are still

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.779
 going to want

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.140
 to put the

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.539
 kibosh

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.200
 on things.

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.600
 And when you

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.160
 disconnect

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.960
 God from

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.480
 putting the

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.039
 kibosh

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.840
 on God's

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.400
 creation

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.880
 you end up

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.960
 exploiting

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.519
 things

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.519
 and hurting

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.180
 things.

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.319
 That's why

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.460
 God has to

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.839
 be reintegrated

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.900
 into everything

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.539
 we do.

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:04.000
 We end up

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.559
 representing

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.460
 Him and doing

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.400
 good for

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.920
 others.

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.180
 Subdue.

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.220
 It doesn't

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.240
 mean exploit.

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:12.039
 It means to

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.519
 bless.

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.180
 Have dominion.

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.500
 If subduing

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.799
 creation is the

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.420
 initial

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.980
 purposing of

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.460
 God's

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.019
 creation

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.580
 having dominion

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.140
 is the

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.799
 ongoing

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.500
 management

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.220
 of creation

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.660
 of what

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.180
 you've already

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.960
 subdued.

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.500
 It's not

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.140
 dominion

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.900
 apart from

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.299
 God.

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.799
 It's

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.220
 exercising

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.360
 dominion

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.900
 as a

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.560
 representative

00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.279
 of God.

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.140
 It is a

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:40.039
 delegated

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.580
 authority.

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.420
 This planet

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.039
 does not

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.680
 belong to

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.100
 us.

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.740
 It's

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.500
 God's

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.039
 and He

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.580
 has given

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.400
 us to be

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.980
 stewards

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.640
 of it

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:52.039
 as image

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.720
 bearers.

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.800
 Here's an

00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:55.400
 example of

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:56.000
 that recently.

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.480
 I'm not sure

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.759
 if you've been

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.140
 reading the

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.759
 papers but

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.680
 there's been

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.759
 some talk

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.120
 in the

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.860
 papers about

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.340
 the lead

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:02.700
 piping in

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.160
 our city

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.320
 that provides

00:33:04.320 --> 00:33:04.920
 water to

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.500
 our homes.

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.360
 And in light

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.600
 of what

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.080
 happened to

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.279
 Flint,

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.660
 Michigan,

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.500
 there's some

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.420
 concern over

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.820
 it, right?

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.360
 Has anybody

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.759
 been reading

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.320
 about this?

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:13.079
 Ed St.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.099
 Peter, who

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.700
 is the

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.559
 director of

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.019
 the Kenosha

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.819
 Water Utility,

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.240
 he's a

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.740
 brother in

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.119
 the Lord.

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.519
 He's a

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.899
 friend of

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.079
 mine.

00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:19.619
 He's a

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.220
 great guy.

00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.279
 And what

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.899
 he's doing

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.799
 right now

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.559
 is looking

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.740
 to exercise

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:26.359
 his image

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:27.460
 bearing in

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.019
 order for

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.200
 the good of

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.019
 Kenosha to

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.879
 replace the

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:31.679
 lead pipes

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:35.399
 at a cost

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:35.819
 that is

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.599
 reasonable for

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.359
 everybody living

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:37.919
 in the city.

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:41.019
 he's

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.759
 exercising

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.420
 dominion as

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.960
 an image

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.180
 bearer of

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.800
 what's already

00:33:45.800 --> 00:33:46.820
 been subdued

00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:47.840
 for the good

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:49.000
 of all people

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.800
 in our city.

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.100
 You see how

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:53.220
 being an image

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.960
 bearer of God

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.940
 shows up in

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.380
 our everyday

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.779
 work?

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.200
 It matters.

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.019
 We represent

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.480
 him.

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.700
 Now,

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.880
 we've talked

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:06.259
 about God

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.480
 doing creative

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.900
 work in his

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:10.019
 creation making.

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.159
 We've turned

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.840
 now and we're

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.760
 talking about

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.179
 this, the who

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.920
 and what of

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.579
 the creation

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.199
 mandate.

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.320
 I want to

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.840
 tackle three

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.360
 objections.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.079
 Three

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.619
 objections.

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.380
 Some of you

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.940
 in your pews

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.639
 right now may be

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.219
 saying something

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.840
 like this.

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.820
 Mike, it's all

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.199
 going to burn

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.579
 anyway.

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.980
 It's all going

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.219
 to burn.

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.639
 Does it really

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.940
 matter?

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.100
 Does it really

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:37.360
 matter?

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.580
 It's a reference

00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.660
 to 2 Peter 3

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.680
 when the earth

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.360
 will be utterly

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.440
 transformed at

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.040
 the coming of

00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:44.360
 Jesus.

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.160
 But here's the

00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:46.340
 deal.

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.420
 We don't know

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.080
 when Jesus is

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.660
 coming back.

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:53.120
 So, we don't

00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.880
 know when God

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.360
 is going to

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.960
 recreate the

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.460
 heavens and the

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:56.740
 earth, which

00:34:56.740 --> 00:34:58.120
 means we don't

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.880
 know how long

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.360
 we need to

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.840
 conserve the

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.600
 present resources

00:35:00.600 --> 00:35:01.980
 of his

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.600
 creation for

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:04.160
 the good of

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.520
 people.

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.480
 So, we

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.760
 need to

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.960
 wisely steward

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.680
 what he's

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.280
 been entrusted

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.920
 to us.

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.500
 So, the

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.200
 thinking of

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.580
 it's all

00:35:13.580 --> 00:35:13.780
 going to

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.340
 burn anyway,

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.420
 that is a

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.020
 little lazy,

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.620
 my friend.

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.780
 It's a

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.620
 little irresponsible.

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:21.220
 It's

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:22.540
 neglecting the

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.860
 fact of who

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.740
 this planet

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.640
 belongs to.

00:35:28.040 --> 00:35:28.760
 Let me

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.160
 apply it

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.540
 this way.

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:33.440
 you wouldn't

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.539
 appreciate me

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.300
 applying this

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.960
 kind of thinking

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.960
 to your car.

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.139
 Let's say

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.559
 after the

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 service, you

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.460
 come out to

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.199
 your car and

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:44.039
 I'm in your

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.179
 car pulling out

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.039
 the car radio.

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.179
 And you're

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.460
 like, Mike,

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:47.739
 what are you

00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.000
 doing?

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.460
 I'm like, man,

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.460
 I love Culver's

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.239
 concrete mixers

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.920
 and I would

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.500
 just need this

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.900
 radio.

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.340
 I'm going to

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.719
 sell it on

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:53.920
 eBay.

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.539
 I'm taking my

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.099
 family out to

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.559
 get some ice

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.759
 cream.

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.880
 But you're

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:59.980
 like, uh, I

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.520
 need that car.

00:36:02.600 --> 00:36:04.260
 I'm like, but

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.740
 it's just going

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.180
 to be on a

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:06.000
 scrap heap in

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.640
 10 to 15

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.060
 years.

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.520
 It reveals I

00:36:12.520 --> 00:36:13.020
 don't have an

00:36:13.020 --> 00:36:13.840
 appreciation that

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.720
 this car belongs

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.220
 to you.

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:21.500
 This planet is

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:23.080
 not ours and

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.740
 that we own

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:23.920
 it.

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.740
 It's God.

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.660
 God's and all

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:27.360
 the resources

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.100
 thereof.

00:36:28.520 --> 00:36:29.440
 And he calls

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.300
 us to be

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.440
 stewards of it.

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.640
 A God-centered

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.660
 view of vocation

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.980
 understands that

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.160
 God's command to

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:37.320
 have dominion over

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:39.340
 all creation, it's

00:36:39.340 --> 00:36:40.520
 a responsibility

00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:44.020
 to steward what's

00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:45.760
 his for the good

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.180
 of all those he's

00:36:47.180 --> 00:36:47.700
 created.

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.880
 There's another

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.420
 objection.

00:36:50.560 --> 00:36:51.000
 It goes like

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.400
 this.

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.820
 Hey, but there

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.260
 are people

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.400
 exploiting others.

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.640
 for selfish

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:57.040
 gain.

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:00.260
 It's an

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.760
 objection of

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.420
 this is not

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.860
 fair.

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:03.900
 You want me

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.740
 to represent

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:06.020
 God and do

00:37:06.020 --> 00:37:06.840
 good to others

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.940
 while at the

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.800
 same time

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.900
 people are

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.120
 exploiting others

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.760
 for selfish

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.240
 gain.

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:14.379
 they're

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.779
 going to

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.399
 you're

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:16.639
 right.

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:20.000
 It's the

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.639
 way it is.

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.959
 And so in

00:37:23.959 --> 00:37:24.819
 so long as

00:37:24.819 --> 00:37:25.479
 we're followers

00:37:25.479 --> 00:37:26.099
 of Jesus

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:27.139
 looking to

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.859
 live by

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:29.279
 faith, we

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:31.359
 must honor

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:32.559
 God and

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:34.119
 steward his

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.739
 resources for

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.299
 the good of

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:37.239
 others regardless

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.759
 of what other

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.559
 people are doing.

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:41.199
 in fact, we

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:42.099
 need to put the

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:43.519
 kibosh on this

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.519
 other stuff going

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:45.119
 on for the

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.000
 glory of God.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.420
 We need to

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.880
 help people who

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.019
 are exploiting

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.880
 others for

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.299
 selfish gain to

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.159
 see what they're

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.059
 doing is grievous

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.119
 in God's sight that

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:58.440
 they need Jesus to

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.940
 change.

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:03.400
 there's a third

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.880
 objection.

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.559
 And it's

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:09.920
 maybe more than

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.460
 an objection.

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.519
 It's more like a

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:14.039
 confession.

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.240
 Maybe you're

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.059
 feeling something in

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.860
 your pew right now

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.380
 and it's going

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.360
 something like this.

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.119
 Hey, I

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.400
 believe the

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.300
 creation mandate

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:26.700
 is

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:28.200
 is good.

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.480
 It's good for

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.880
 others.

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:33.340
 But why,

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:35.480
 as I'm hearing

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.039
 this,

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.760
 why is the

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.820
 creation mandate

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.960
 intended for

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:41.659
 good making me

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.619
 feel bad

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.320
 right now?

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.159
 The creation

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.840
 mandate

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:49.980
 exposes

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:52.619
 our sinful

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:54.659
 self-centeredness

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.960
 that uses

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.380
 God's resources

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:59.400
 at the harm

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.980
 of others.

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.480
 It exposes

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.840
 our self-centeredness.

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:04.860
 And so you

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.360
 can be hearing

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.940
 the creation

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.720
 mandate on one

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.180
 level, you're

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.480
 saying, yeah,

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.820
 that's right,

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.300
 that's right,

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.320
 but this stings

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.720
 a little bit,

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.320
 this stings a

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.800
 little bit,

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:12.220
 because it's

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:13.539
 exposing you.

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:17.160
 And when God's

00:39:17.160 --> 00:39:18.500
 word exposes us

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.300
 like this,

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.740
 we may need,

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.740
 we need to make

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:23.059
 a beeline

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.880
 to Jesus.

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.940
 You see,

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:28.119
 it's Jesus,

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.420
 the creator

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:30.039
 who became

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.579
 flesh.

00:39:31.779 --> 00:39:33.219
 We need Jesus

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:34.659
 for two reasons.

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:37.639
 Because we've

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.639
 sinned against

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.340
 the creation

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.860
 mandate,

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.699
 we've used

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:42.679
 God's resources

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.699
 not for good,

00:39:43.779 --> 00:39:44.460
 but for ill,

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.440
 for self-gain.

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:49.119
 So we need

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:50.019
 Jesus to forgive

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.940
 us by his

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.280
 blood,

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:53.700
 and we need

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.440
 Jesus to help

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.780
 us to be

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:58.099
 faithful today

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:59.179
 to the creation

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:00.019
 mandate which

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.079
 still stands.

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.220
 We've covered

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.740
 some ground

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.300
 this morning,

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.840
 and what I've

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:08.500
 wanted to show

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.700
 you is that

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.360
 from Genesis

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.179
 chapter one,

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.720
 and we see

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.880
 God at work

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:14.019
 creation making,

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.200
 and then we see

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.059
 God entrusting

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:17.019
 his work to

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.639
 us in the

00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.599
 creation mandate,

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.039
 this provides

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.460
 the framework,

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.599
 the foundation

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.939
 for vocation,

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:26.559
 that we need

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.939
 to reintegrate

00:40:27.939 --> 00:40:28.799
 God into

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:30.039
 all of our

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.579
 work,

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:33.939
 and the result

00:40:33.939 --> 00:40:34.399
 will be

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:34.960
 increasing

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.500
 blessing,

00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:37.699
 goodness,

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:38.980
 benefit.

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:44.179
 Next week,

00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:44.500
 we're going to

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:45.219
 look at the

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.539
 fall,

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:48.500
 and what the

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.980
 fall is going

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.760
 to show us

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:51.460
 is what we

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.159
 bring to

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.539
 work,

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:55.000
 and it's

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.400
 going to show

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.940
 us our need

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.440
 for Jesus

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.079
 again.

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.599
 But this

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.940
 morning,

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.940
 before I

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:02.699
 close,

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:03.239
 I just want

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.619
 to point you

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.079
 to one more

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:05.059
 thing in light

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.480
 of tomorrow

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.840
 morning.

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.079
 Would you

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.420
 look at

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:08.440
 Genesis 2.19?

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:14.340
 Genesis 2 is

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.519
 basically a

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.539
 recap of the

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.200
 sixth day of

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:17.700
 creation.

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:20.820
 God brings

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:22.000
 to Adam

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.800
 every beast of

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.320
 the field and

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.940
 every bird of

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.460
 the heavens,

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.500
 and he brings

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.079
 them to the

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:29.700
 man to see

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.280
 what he would

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:30.900
 call them.

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:34.400
 tomorrow morning

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:35.059
 when you walk

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.920
 into your work,

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.320
 you walk

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.800
 into your

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.559
 family room,

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.240
 maybe you're

00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:39.920
 going back to

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.340
 school,

00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.639
 the God of

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:43.340
 the universe

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:45.380
 is interested

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:46.720
 in watching

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:48.480
 of how you're

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.960
 going to go

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.599
 about your

00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:50.000
 work,

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.900
 what you're

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.579
 going to do

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.700
 with what he's

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.519
 entrusted you.

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:56.420
 Let's pray.

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:58.220
 God in

00:41:58.220 --> 00:41:58.380
 heaven,

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.880
 we thank you

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.440
 so much

00:41:59.440 --> 00:41:59.820
 for your

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.180
 word.

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.599
 We pray,

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:01.880
 God,

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.260
 that you

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.780
 would help

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.539
 us to think

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.340
 your thoughts

00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.019
 about the

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.539
 work you've

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.940
 given us

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.360
 to do,

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.700
 that we

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.380
 would be

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.139
 your

00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:09.840
 representatives

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.840
 on this

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.200
 planet for

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:13.039
 good,

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.880
 your good

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.960
 purposes to

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.500
 all people.

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.320
 We ask this

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.720
 in Jesus'

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.159
 name.

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.180
 Amen.