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 Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, enlighten with celestial fire.

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 Father, we deal with evil within ourselves.

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 Often we don't deal with it as we should, or even as we could.

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 We deal with evil all around us.

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 We deal with doubts and questions.

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 We deal with the questions which others throw against the faith

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 and the challenges which are thrown against the faith

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 to which we do not often know the answer.

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 And Father, in such a world we give you thanks and praise

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 that you are still sovereign, that Jesus is still the Lord and the Savior,

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 and that the Holy Spirit is still at work.

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 And we ask, Father, that in your kindness and mercy to us

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 the Holy Spirit would move deep within our hearts,

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 deep within our minds and our wills,

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 that we might be gripped once again with the truth of your word

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 and the truth of the gospel and learn to live for your glory.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, we're going to look today at the idea that God is good, just, and merciful.

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 Now, right off the bat, we have a very, very big problem,

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 which is that, as probably every single one of us know,

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 the main argument against the existence of the God that Christians worship,

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 the triune God, is the problem of evil.

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 That, in fact, people will, if they, you know, get past their Canadian-ness

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 and actually want to criticize your faith,

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 they'll say, listen, God can't possibly exist.

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 You just look at the world.

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 I think it was, was it just in Scotland or something or England?

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 Just the other day, some lone gunman shot four or five people and killed himself.

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 And you just look at all the evil that's going on in the world.

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 Do you know that in Afghanistan is the Taliban take-back areas?

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 One of the things they do, and there's actually precedence for this,

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 is they go up and they round up the unmarried women, including girls up to 12,

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 and they either take them as forced brides or as sex slaves.

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 That's going on in Afghanistan right now as the Taliban takes areas.

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 Girls as young as 12, taken as either a wife against their will or as a sex slave.

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 And so to many people in our culture, they just look at the evil in the world

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 and they say, George, there is just no way that there can be a God who is good

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 and who is all-powerful and all-wise,

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 given the evil that's going on right now in Afghanistan and all over the world.

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 And for many of our friends, it's one of those, you know, mic drop moments.

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 They say that, they drop the mic, they walk away,

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 and there's not much they feel that we can say against it.

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 So let's think about this problem.

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 Because on one level, the idea that God is good, when I get to my points, it's very simple.

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 The triune God is good.

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 I mean, that's sort of an easy idea, but it's a hard idea for us to get our mind around in a world

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 where, for many people, the basic thing is that God can't possibly exist

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 and can't possibly be good when there's things going on,

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 like what the Taliban is doing in Afghanistan.

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 So let's think about it.

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 But there's three problems about thinking about it.

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 And the first problem is, and I know this can be a little bit hard to say,

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 is that, in fact, the pattern is that many times when I talk to people about it,

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 it's a bit of a, it's a common human problem,

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 but I think it's a bigger problem today than it has been in other times,

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 that there's a fundamental incoherence

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 in people and lack of moral seriousness or attentiveness in a lot of people.

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 Like, people are very moralistic and legalistic nowadays.

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 In fact, I was just joking with somebody the other day that about four years ago,

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 I'd have to regularly talk with people who said that all morality is relative,

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 that there's no right and wrong.

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 And somehow or another, there's been the invasion of the body snatchers,

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 and all of those people have been taken over by aliens

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 who now are legalistic cancel culture warriors.

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 Like, I don't know how the culture shifted so fast.

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 But here's the problem.

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 There's, even though there seems to be a lot of moralism,

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 there is, in fact, often a fundamental incoherence

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 or lack of attentiveness about moral beliefs.

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 And I had a perfect example of this this morning.

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 I wished I had my phone, and I would have seen if we could put it up on the screen.

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 I went to my local favorite coffee shop to get a coffee between the services,

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 and it happened to be, it's just one of those days, like, the lineup took forever.

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 Everybody in the lineup ahead of me all seemed to want to order two or three or four drinks.

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 All of the drinks were complicated,

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 and in every case it seemed as if the person getting the drink

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 wanted to negotiate freebies at the same time.

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 I know you used to work in a, you know, can I have whipped cream with that?

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 Well, you're going to cost money well, and then they blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 And I'm just thinking there.

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 Anyway, so I'm standing in the lineup for a long time looking,

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 and then I noticed that behind the barista is a sign that says,

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 Be loud, be proud, be you.

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 Okay?

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 Now, give me some mercy.

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 You all know what that's connected with.

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 Be loud, be proud, be you.

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 But beside the barista was another sign,

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 a scary-looking sign in bright red and very formidable and far bigger than the other one.

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 And the other sign was, wear a mask.

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 And then it even went on, it has to cover your nose,

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 like there are all these other types of things, all very, very scary.

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 And I almost was going to go up into the barista and said, you know,

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 I was going to take my mask off and said, I want to be me.

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 And I want to be proud.

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 And I want to be loud.

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 And I don't like wearing masks because that's me.

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 I almost said that to the barista.

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 But you think about it.

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 You see messages like this all over the world.

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 Like there's no sense that there's one moment,

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 be loud, be proud, be you.

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 Wear a mask.

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 Like in even bigger, scarier language.

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 Well, that doesn't fit.

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 That's incoherent.

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 And if you don't understand that point, you have a deeper problem of incoherence than you realize.

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 Now, the reason I didn't say anything just to finish the story is I came up to the barista.

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 And the first thing I said is, I have a ridiculously simple order.

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 I would like a black, tall coffee.

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 And he looked at me and said, he put it in and he said, that's all?

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 I said, I'd just like a black, tall coffee.

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 It's ridiculously simple.

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 He smiled at me and said, for that, it's on the house.

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 So I didn't ask him about the incoherence of the signage.

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 Because, gosh, that was a very nice thing for him to do.

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 Anyway, so here's the first thing.

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 There's often just people don't think about things.

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 They don't put A together with B together with C and realize that they're inconsistent.

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 And by the way, I'm not saying that Christians are good at that or perfect at that.

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 But it's just a general problem of how do you live and examine life and really look at moral issues seriously if there's, in fact, unconscious incoherence going on in each of our lives.

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 But the second problem that we have to discuss this issue is what I call the myth of Switzerland.

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 Now, obviously, when I say the myth of Switzerland, I believe that Switzerland exists.

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 In fact, I've been in the airport in Zurich several times in Switzerland.

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 So I know that Switzerland exists.

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 But what I mean by that is that a lot of times people have this myth that they can be neutral,

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 that they can give you these objections to your point of view and articulate them very well.

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 But then they just sort of go like this as if they don't have to answer any of the issues which have been raised.

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 That somehow or another, if there's, you know, a problem of how do you have a world where there's good and evil in the same world

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 and there might or might not be a God and how you put these things together, they can just sort of criticize you.

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 But they're Switzerland.

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 They're neutral.

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 They don't have any view.

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 They don't have to account or answer for anything.

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 But that's not true.

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 Like, why should that be true?

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 Like, who made, who died and made you God?

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 Like, you've got to answer, you've got to put these things together as well, right?

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 I mean, that's just fair.

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 And then the third thing is that when we consider this problem, right, the argument is that there's terrible, evil things going on in this world.

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 Therefore, God, as you describe him, can't possibly exist.

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 And they just look at one type of experience around this sort of mystery.

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 Because really what they're doing is they're highlighting to us there's this mystery about good and evil.

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 There's a riddle, an enigma of good and evil that goes on and exists in the world.

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 But the problem is that they stop too soon.

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 There isn't enough attentiveness.

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 There's not enough attentiveness to the real moral experience that we have to sort of account for, not only in our own lives but in the world.

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 Like, if you think about it, how is it that there is both good and evil in the world?

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 Like, you think that every system of thought, every ideology, every religion has to be able to account for why it is, how come there is both good and evil in the world?

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 And how is it that you can account for the fact that there is differences about how you understand what good and evil are that exist between people?

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 But even though there's differences about the specifics, there's not a difference fundamentally about the idea that fundamentally there is something which is good.

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 So we might disagree with whether or not, obviously we're going to disagree with the Taliban on whether or not you can have a 12-year-old girl as a sex slave.

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 But at some point in time, the Taliban, well, it was easy with the Taliban because they clearly believe in right and wrong.

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 So we might disagree on the particulars, but the idea that there is a good and that there is a bad is, in fact, something which is, in fact, part of the world.

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 Well, how is it that you account for that?

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 Like, why is that the case?

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 And why is it the case that it is true, I think, in every culture?

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 This is even true in Canada, even during the time when there were most moral relativists.

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 One of the things that you saw all of the time was this phrase that I'm a good person.

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 If you saw any of Ricky Gervais' little comedy sketches or series that he did, he did two series of them, at least two.

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 By the way, when I say things like this, I'm not necessarily recommending you go out and watch them.

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 I mean, it's, but he is a, really, in many, many, many, many ways, you know, anyway, he, I mean, he's very, very clearly an atheist.

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 But one of the things which was very telling is that every episode, two, three, four, five, six times, he'd say that he was a good person.

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 And so it's always understood, so there's a world with good and evil.

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 There's a world where we disagree about the particulars, but we understand that there is a fundamental thing that's good and evil.

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 And we understand that we should seek the good, that that's what we should do.

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 That's what a moral person should do, that they should seek to become more good.

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 And the other thing about our experience is that we are a mixture of good and evil.

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 That if we're honest about it, that we understand that there is both good and evil that I have done.

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 I have done good things and I've done evil things.

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 And if you have a system of thought or a religion that says that you never do anything good, we don't know, that can't be right.

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 I mean, obviously, some people do good things.

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 And if we have a system of thought that says nobody ever does evil things, we say, no, no, no, no, that doesn't it.

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 But, you know, I do good and evil.

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 How is it that I understand my own experience of doing good and evil?

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 And then another thing with it is that for many of us, in fact, I think for all of us,

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 if we live long enough and have enough of an examined life, we'll realize that there is something within us which is evil,

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 which is scary and wrong and we really need to deal with.

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 Like those of us who've struggled with addictions, those of us who've struggled with alcoholism or drug addiction,

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 know very, very powerfully that there is, in fact, some part of us that desires this thing that will only destroy us

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 and has been destroying us and consuming us.

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 But many of us also have the same thing with whether it's lust or anger,

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 whether it's greed or gluttony or a range of other types of things,

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 that we come to realize that it's not just that there's a mixture of good and evil within me,

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 but there is something within me which is ravenous.

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 And why is that?

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 Like, why is that?

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 And then with that, there's this other part of human experience is that how do I become good?

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 Like, how do I deal with the evil in me practically?

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 And then another part of the human experience is how do I live in the world,

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 in a world where there is evil and there is good?

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 How do I live?

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 So, you see, now what we've done is we're still now going to have to look at the problem of good and evil.

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 But, you see, when you raise the problem of good and evil and you just stop at this one little tiny bit,

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 you're not actually really living an examined life.

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 You're not really...

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 The people who raise that objection, they're really on to something.

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 Like, they're really on to something, but they stop too quickly.

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 They somehow or another think that they don't have to account for these things,

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 that only somehow I have to.

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 Like, why is it that I'm the only one asked to account?

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 If I'm talking to three people, why am I the only one asked to give an account for this?

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 Like, all of us have to give an account.

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 And don't stop just with this problem of good and evil and God.

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 Like, broaden it out.

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 So, well, here's...

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 Before we...

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 Let's look at how some of the other attempts to answer this question are.

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 And that...

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 You see, here's the thing.

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 If you realize that nobody's neutral,

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 if you start to actually think about the three...

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 I think it's three...

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 Three principal ways that people in Canada and throughout history

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 try to answer this thing outside of the Christian faith,

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 if you actually start to think about it for a second,

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 you come to realize that the Christian answer is very beautiful and very wise.

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 And wise and beautiful and actually hopeful

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 at a very, very, very, very deep level.

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 That, in fact, the Christian answer is not only wise and beautiful,

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 but to use some postmodern language, it's thick.

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 It's deep.

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 So, let's just think about it.

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 The most common Canadian view on this particular issue

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 is that, ultimately, I talked about this last week,

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 and we're going to look very briefly at it again today,

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 is that everything that came to exist has come to exist

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 as a result of naturalistic evolution.

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 It's how they teach it at Ottawa, you at Carleton, CBC,

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 how the Supreme Court would understand it,

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 most of them at least, fundamentally, not all of them, but most of them.

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 It's how the opinion makers understand things,

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 and that's the fundamental bedrock view of the secular world that we inhabit,

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 that everything that exists has come about as a result of naturalistic evolution.

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 I talked about this a little bit last week.

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 But here's the particular thing.

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 It means there's no God,

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 that ultimately things just came to be.

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 But if this is the case,

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 where on earth does good and evil come from?

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 Like, where on earth does good and evil come from?

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 You see,

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 not even picking an evil bird.

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 For my dogs,

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 there's just breakfast and supper.

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 There's no world of moral striving.

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 There's just breakfast and supper.

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 In the world of evolution,

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 as it's taught,

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 as it's understood,

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 is that basically the strong survive and the weak die.

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 In fact,

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 often the strong survive by eating the weak.

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 I mean, we eat chickens.

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 I mean, those of us who aren't vegetarians

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 eat chickens.

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 The strong survive by eating the weak.

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 Well, you will never, ever, ever be able to go

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 from the strong survive and the weak die

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 and the strong survive by eating to,

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 you can never go from the strong survive

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 by eating the weak

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 to therefore love one another.

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 The strong survive by eating the weak,

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 therefore love one another.

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 That makes no sense.

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 I mean, in fact,

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 the matter is,

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 is that the lesson that

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 if,

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 it's just,

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 if that thing's just happened,

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 then, I don't know,

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 like, why,

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 why shouldn't I hurt the weak?

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 Like,

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 what ought

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 are you going to give me?

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 And,

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 and if this is the case,

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 then,

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 how on earth does anything,

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 all of these things,

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 how does it account for good and evil in the world,

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 good and differing about it,

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 about seeking to be good,

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 about mixture of good and evil within us,

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 and,

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 and even if we try to say,

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 well,

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 that's just all a matter of adaptation

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 and all of that type of stuff,

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 you say,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 it's just a matter of adaptation.

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 Taliban forcing 12-year-old girls

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 to be their sex slaves.

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 In fact,

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 you know what,

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 from an evolutionary point of view,

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 that might be very evolutionarily successful

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 because the strong

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 are breeding with the weak,

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 hopefully providing some strong.

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 And,

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 you see,

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 the thing about this whole naturalistic worldview

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 is all you need to do

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 is acknowledge one thing

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 that isn't cultural

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 and one thing

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 which isn't to deal,

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 to do with evolutionary survival,

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 just one thing which is good

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 and your whole worldview falls apart.

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 And the fact of the matter is,

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 is if you don't think it's wrong

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 for a Taliban fighter

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 to take a 12-year-old girl

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 as a sex slave,

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 shame on you.

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 Shame on you.

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 You have not become more moral.

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 You have exited the world

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 where taking morality is serious.

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 The other very popular response

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 to the whole issue

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 is what's called pantheism

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 or panentheism.

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 For our purposes,

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 they're basically the same here.

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 One of them is that pantheism

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 is that everything is God.

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 Panentheism is that God is in everything.

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 And at the end of the day,

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 they share the relevant point,

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 which is that

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 at the end of the day,

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 there's just the one.

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 That's what we're moving towards

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 is the one.

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 There used to be everything was one

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 and now we've gotten

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 this appearance of difference

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 but in the classic line,

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 the end of all things

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 as you go through cycles

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 of living and rebirth

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 and living and rebirth

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 and eventually achieve enlightenment,

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 you are like a drop of water

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 that finally joins the ocean

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 and become one with the ocean.

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 And at the end of the end

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 of the end of the end,

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 there's just the ocean.

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 But within this point of view,

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 then really what they say

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 is that God is beyond good and evil.

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 Really?

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 God is beyond good and evil?

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 What on earth does that mean

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 for 12-year-old girls

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 being taken as a sex slave?

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 Like that sounds very nice.

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 It looks good on a t-shirt

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 that God is beyond good and evil.

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 But really, what does that mean?

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 Like how can that mean anything

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 other than giving evil a pass?

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 If that was true,

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 shouldn't we all be revolutionaries

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 against that God

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 rather than seeking to join it?

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 Now obviously,

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 Buddhism and Hinduism

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 is vastly better than that.

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 It's a type of an incoherence

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 within its worldview.

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 But the fact of the matter is

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 is that if in fact

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 it's just an appearance

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 that some things are good

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 and an appearance

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 that some things are evil,

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 how does that fit

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 with our immoral experience

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 that there is good and evil

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 in the world,

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 that there's difference

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 about particulars

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 but at the big picture

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 there really is something

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 and it's wise to be good

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 and that you and I

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 are a mixture of good

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 and evil answers

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 and actions

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 and how do I live

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 in a world like that?

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 How is it that pantheism

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 or panentheism

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 really actually handles it?

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 And the final thing

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 which is the classic answer

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 and sort of seen

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 in the Star Wars thing

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 with the understanding

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 of the force

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 is dualism.

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 That somehow

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 there's the good force

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 and the bad force

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 that they're always

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 sort of somehow

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 or another

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 at each other's

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 other sides

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 and there has to be

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 some type of a balance

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 and blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 But here's the thing.

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 What they do is

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 that type of thought

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 often it cheats.

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 You see,

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 what happens

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 if you rename

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 the two forces

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 the blue force

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 and the yellow force?

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 Now you really have

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 two separate forces

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 that are just different.

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 And then we might even say

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 well who cares

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 if some people

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 like Manchester City

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 because of their

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 powder blue uniforms

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 and some people

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 like Sweden

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 because they love yellow.

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 Like, you know,

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 big deal.

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 Like who, you know?

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 You have something

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 against Swedish people?

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 You have something

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 against people

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:40.319
 who like Manchester City

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.960
 as soccer team?

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.839
 But you see,

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 they don't say blue and yellow

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 which is obviously

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 in a sense

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 amoral category

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 somehow or another

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 perennially

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.720
 butting heads

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.759
 and working

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.880
 within experience.

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 They smuggle in

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.519
 good and evil

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 by calling them

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 good and evil

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 as if there's

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 some other standard

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 above them.

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 In other words,

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 they undermine

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 their idea

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 just in fact

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:03.080
 in speaking about it.

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 In fact,

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:05.060
 as I used to say

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 back in the days

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 when I was having

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.860
 to deal with

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.160
 lots of moral relativists,

00:22:08.560 --> 00:22:09.120
 the fact of the matter

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:10.019
 is that human beings

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.820
 can't speak

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:11.500
 or think

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.640
 without moral categories.

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 It's impossible.

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 It was always

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 just perennially

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.740
 frustrating

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.440
 to try to talk

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 to somebody

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.440
 thinking that

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.680
 they were

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.559
 a moral relativist

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.420
 while they constantly

00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.820
 use moral categories

00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:24.140
 that I oughtn't

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:24.640
 to think,

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 I ought not to think

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 there's something

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 that's different.

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 One moment.

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 I ought not to think

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.279
 there's a difference

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:30.840
 between right,

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.779
 isn't ought like

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.480
 a moral term?

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 You can,

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.820
 it would be almost

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.400
 as if you try

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.420
 to argue with somebody

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.779
 whether oxygen

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.980
 or air exists

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.160
 and they're arguing

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.660
 against you

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.480
 while they breathe

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.640
 without being aware

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.099
 of the fact

00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.759
 that they're breathing

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.480
 while they argue

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:45.880
 with you

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.360
 and they're using

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.380
 moral categories

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.779
 while they argue

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.259
 with you.

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.660
 So now in light

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.740
 of these problems,

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:54.019
 in light of in fact

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.420
 the three historic,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.539
 ancient,

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.120
 and most common ways

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.900
 of trying to deal

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.059
 with our moral experience,

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.980
 let us consider

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.640
 what the Bible

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.360
 has to say

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 and let us consider

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.740
 once again

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:06.220
 how the Bible

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.519
 addresses the reality

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.140
 that there is

00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:08.779
 a good God

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.420
 and there is evil

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.960
 in the world.

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 If you take it

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.340
 to the first point,

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:13.140
 if you could throw it up,

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.259
 is that the triune God

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 is good.

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 The triune God

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 is good.

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 We're just going

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 to look at,

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.860
 this is just so

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.819
 throughout the Bible,

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 I'm not going

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.900
 to give you

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.140
 a hundred verses,

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.660
 we're going to look

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.299
 at just one thing

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.980
 in the Old Testament,

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.000
 one thing in the New Testament.

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.980
 If you turn in your Bibles

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.980
 to Psalm 100,

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.720
 this very,

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:32.579
 very powerful psalm,

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.840
 make a joyful noise

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.340
 to the Lord

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 all the earth,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.559
 serve the Lord

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.340
 with gladness,

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.400
 come into his presence

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.000
 with singing,

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 know that the Lord,

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.440
 he is God,

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 it is he who made us

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 and we are his.

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 We are his people

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 and the sheep

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 of his pasture.

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 And just as a bit

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.099
 of an aside,

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 there's a bit

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.839
 of a double meaning

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 in the Hebrew

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 and so in the Hebrew,

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 it can also say

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 it is he who made us

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 and we are his

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 or it can say

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 it is he who made us

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 and not we ourselves,

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 which is really

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.980
 a very,

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.019
 very important idea

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.099
 for us post-modern

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.160
 Canadians

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.100
 who sort of somehow

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:08.240
 want to always be

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.560
 like a self-made person.

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 We don't make ourselves

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 at a very,

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 very deep level.

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 And then the psalm continues,

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 enter his gates

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 with thanksgiving

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 and his courts

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 with praise,

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 give thanks to him,

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 bless his name,

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 for the Lord

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 is good,

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 his steadfast love

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 endures forever

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 and his faithfulness

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 to all generations.

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 The Lord

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 is good

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 and his steadfast love

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 endures forever.

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 And it is a constant theme

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 in the Psalms

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 and in Israel's worship.

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 Let's just look

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.199
 to one thing

00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:39.819
 by Jesus

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 in Mark chapter 10,

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.179
 verse 18.

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 Mark chapter 10,

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 verse 18.

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 And this is all

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.699
 in part of a dialogue.

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 A rich young man

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 has come to Jesus

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 and says,

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 good teacher.

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 And it isn't that

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.479
 Jesus is denying

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 that he's God.

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 It's just Jesus

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.319
 trying to tease out

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.679
 from him

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 what exactly

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 he's saying.

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 Does he realize

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.100
 what he says

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 when he calls

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.460
 Jesus good?

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 It's in a sense

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.279
 Jesus trying to get

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.360
 the guy to go deeper

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.519
 to understand

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 that if he's serious

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 about what he says

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 in his introduction

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 then he's implying

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 that Jesus is God.

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 So here's what

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.400
 Jesus says,

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.120
 verse 18.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 why do you call me good?

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 No one is good

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 except God alone.

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.039
 Now,

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.860
 here's the thing

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.779
 very, very simply.

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:31.539
 the Bible understands

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.099
 goodness

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 theologically.

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 God is good.

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 God,

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 it isn't that

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 there's the good

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 and then there's God

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 and by this standard

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.819
 of goodness,

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.700
 God is God.

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 That's not how it works.

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 God is good.

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.879
 He is good.

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 Everything,

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.279
 our understanding

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.160
 of good and evil

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 ultimately,

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 completely and utterly

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.720
 are in keeping

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.960
 with who he is

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 and things

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.940
 which are congruent

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.559
 with him,

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 in keeping with him,

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 his character,

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.660
 his nature,

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.460
 his attributes,

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.100
 his creation.

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.460
 God is just good

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.640
 and it's from that

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.360
 that we understand

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:08.279
 what good and evil is.

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.720
 And just by the way,

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.819
 I'm focusing primarily

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.079
 on God is good

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 as opposed to

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 justice and mercy

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 because,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.019
 you see,

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.779
 if human beings

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.700
 had never fallen,

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.559
 we would not know

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.519
 that God was just

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.100
 and merciful.

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:24.519
 because,

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:24.859
 you see,

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.899
 justice and mercy

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.719
 are necessary

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:28.099
 when evil exists.

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 Justice and mercy,

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.059
 in fact,

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.419
 you see,

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.480
 you can't really think

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.459
 of something being good

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.359
 if it's unjust.

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.299
 That wouldn't make any sense

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.339
 and if there was a goodness

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.459
 that never showed mercy,

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.459
 we'd think there's something

00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:43.659
 lacking in that goodness.

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.179
 And so,

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.879
 goodness,

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.159
 we see justice and mercy

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:49.339
 when there is evil.

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.799
 How does the good,

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.879
 how does goodness

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:53.599
 deal with the reality

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.539
 of evil?

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.379
 Already,

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:57.939
 you're starting to see

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.639
 the thickness

00:26:58.639 --> 00:27:00.199
 and the beauty

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:01.279
 of how Christians

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.240
 and the Bible

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.119
 is going to understand

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.240
 this particular issue.

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.579
 And then,

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.299
 the second thing,

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.059
 if you could put it up,

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.639
 is that the triune God

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:11.199
 made all that exists

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:12.119
 good.

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.279
 The triune God

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.980
 made all that exists

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.759
 good.

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.939
 Now,

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.459
 we're going to look

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.160
 very quickly

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.079
 at seven verses,

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.860
 all from Genesis chapter one.

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.559
 And,

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:25.660
 this is part of the foundation

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.519
 of the whole Bible.

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.720
 Those of you

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.340
 who are curious

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.240
 about how I deal

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.519
 with the seven-day creation

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.620
 and Adam and Eve

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.720
 and all of that type of stuff,

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.779
 I did a sermon series

00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.600
 a few years ago

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.680
 on the first 11 chapters

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.180
 of Genesis.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.620
 You can look it up.

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.740
 But,

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.039
 what you can see here

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.539
 in this foundational text

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:43.019
 that introduces the Bible,

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:46.879
 is that seven times

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:48.079
 in this first story

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:49.200
 it is declared

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.980
 that God

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:52.119
 made everything good.

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.039
 And the final time,

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.779
 the seventh time,

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.779
 it says very good.

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.519
 And,

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.139
 basically,

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.220
 that's a symbolic

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:58.160
 type of number.

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.039
 Seven times

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.599
 is the number

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.400
 of completeness.

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.079
 It's the number

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.819
 of perfection.

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.400
 It's emphasizing.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.119
 It's why,

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.619
 it's emphasizing.

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.119
 Even though there's

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.019
 six days of creation,

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.639
 the seventh day,

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.099
 God rests,

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.059
 there's seven times

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.619
 where it's said

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.220
 that things made are good.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:13.400
 Look at verse 4.

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.279
 And God saw

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.380
 that the light was good.

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.779
 And God separated

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.880
 the light from the darkness.

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:19.819
 See?

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.799
 He saw that it was good.

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:24.100
 Look at verse 10.

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:28.039
 And God called

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.079
 the dry land earth,

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.940
 and the waters

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.079
 that were gathered together

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.120
 he called seas,

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.039
 and God saw

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:35.160
 that it was good.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:37.319
 Look at verse 12.

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.860
 The earth brought forth

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.600
 vegetation,

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.200
 plants yielding,

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.880
 seed according

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.779
 to their own kinds,

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:44.339
 and trees bearing fruit

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:47.180
 in which is their seed,

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.100
 each according

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:48.940
 to its kind.

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.299
 And God saw

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.720
 that it was good.

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.019
 Look at verse 18.

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.819
 This is about

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.220
 the creation

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.779
 of the lights,

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.860
 the one to rule

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.600
 over the day

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:02.799
 and over the night,

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.539
 and to separate

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:03.980
 the light

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.740
 from the darkness,

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.640
 and God saw

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:07.839
 that it was good.

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.700
 Look at verse 21.

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.860
 God created

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:12.240
 the great sea creatures

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.360
 and every living thing

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.860
 that moves

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:15.380
 with which

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:16.539
 the waters swarm

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:18.019
 according to their kinds

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.279
 and every winged bird

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.420
 according to its kinds,

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.740
 and God saw

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:24.240
 that it was good.

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.700
 Look at verse 25.

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.980
 And God made

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.940
 the beasts of the earth

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.039
 according to their kinds

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.660
 and the livestock

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.960
 according to their kinds

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.480
 and everything

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.779
 that creeps on the ground

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.960
 according to its kind,

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.160
 and God saw

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:38.059
 that it was good.

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.860
 That's six times

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.539
 it's been said.

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.240
 And now we come

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.720
 to verse 31.

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.420
 And verse 31

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.160
 goes like this.

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.779
 And God saw

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:47.140
 everything that he had made

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:48.200
 and behold,

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:50.000
 it was very good.

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.960
 And there was evening

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.819
 and there was morning

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:54.059
 the sixth day.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.160
 Now,

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.319
 here's the thing

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.000
 from this teaching

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.880
 that the triune God

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.039
 made all that exists good.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.480
 For many people

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.200
 in our culture,

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:02.519
 a human being

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.620
 needs the triune God

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.140
 like a fish

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.900
 needs a bicycle.

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.259
 That would be

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.040
 how many of us,

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.540
 that's sort of

00:30:08.540 --> 00:30:09.240
 just one of those things

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.200
 that might never say that

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.340
 but it's in their bones.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.420
 Like we,

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.820
 you know,

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.880
 I need God,

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.740
 I need Jesus

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.360
 like a fish

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.100
 needs a bicycle.

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.780
 Like I'm fine

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:18.340
 with my own life.

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.320
 But what we see

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:19.759
 from this

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.880
 is very significant

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.540
 when we're trying

00:30:21.540 --> 00:30:21.980
 to think of

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:23.040
 our moral experience,

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.780
 our experience

00:30:23.780 --> 00:30:24.240
 of the world

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.980
 in terms of good

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.440
 and evil.

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.320
 You see,

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.820
 what it's actually saying

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.440
 is that

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.500
 when it describes

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.780
 a God who is good

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.520
 made everything

00:30:31.520 --> 00:30:32.140
 that is good

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:33.380
 and he made human beings

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.920
 in this good world,

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:36.380
 to inhabit in this good world

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.120
 and if you go back

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.820
 and look at it

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.720
 and he made us

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.800
 to be fruitful,

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.780
 he made us to multiply,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.900
 he made us to flourish,

00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:43.580
 he made us to have dominion

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.240
 over the earth,

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.660
 he made us to,

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.320
 in a sense,

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:47.400
 you take the Garden of Eden

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.700
 and the whole earth

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.640
 is to become a garden

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.380
 and the whole earth

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.240
 is to become a temple,

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.980
 the whole earth

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.220
 is where we walk with God

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:55.120
 and maybe if we hadn't fallen

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.660
 it would have gone

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.200
 to the moon

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.740
 and Mars

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.299
 and Venus

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:59.960
 and stars beyond

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.440
 and beyond

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.960
 and beyond

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.559
 and beyond

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.240
 and to care for it

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.740
 and to flourish

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.279
 and what we see is this,

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.420
 that just as God

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.079
 made fish

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.980
 to dwell in water,

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.920
 God made human beings

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.740
 to live

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.400
 immersed

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.319
 in goodness.

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.380
 See,

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.860
 that's why

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.779
 every human being

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.740
 thinks that they

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.400
 should be good.

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.640
 That's why

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.559
 every human being

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.220
 when they experience evil

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.379
 and are living in evil,

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.899
 they know that

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.639
 that's not the way

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.440
 it should be

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.639
 because God

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.579
 made human beings

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.500
 to be immersed

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.200
 in goodness

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.119
 as a fish

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.799
 is immersed in water

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.980
 and not only that,

00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:35.119
 God made us

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.299
 to be infused

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.960
 with goodness

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:39.139
 as water

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.079
 infuses

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.940
 tea.

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.960
 That in fact,

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.859
 it's not just a matter,

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.220
 like I mean,

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.740
 the fish

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:47.000
 inhabits the water

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.579
 but in a sense,

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.240
 most of the fish

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.139
 is just fish

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.819
 but that God

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.279
 made us

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.819
 to be

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:53.179
 infused

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.419
 with goodness.

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:55.319
 That it actually

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.240
 is to get right

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.059
 into us

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.700
 which is why

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.679
 we understand

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.659
 why we want

00:31:59.659 --> 00:31:59.960
 to be able

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.279
 to say

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.980
 that we're good.

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.639
 It's why we want

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:01.980
 to be able

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.559
 to say

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.259
 that we're good

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.720
 and that goodness

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.919
 is better

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.559
 than evil

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:11.000
 and at the same time,

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.079
 you know,

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.919
 the average Canadian

00:32:12.919 --> 00:32:13.599
 thinks that somehow

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.319
 another goodness

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.579
 emerges from them

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:19.319
 but that's a bit

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:19.859
 of a problematic

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.619
 because evil

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.579
 also emerges

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:22.139
 from them

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:25.339
 but this idea

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.199
 of being infused

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:26.919
 helps to capture

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.839
 but the Bible

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.460
 has something

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.480
 which is even deeper

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.779
 and truer to say

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.319
 which is that God

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.199
 made human beings

00:32:33.199 --> 00:32:34.480
 to reflect his goodness

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.740
 that a human being

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.240
 is not a,

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.460
 just as in a sense

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.419
 the hot water

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.919
 doesn't emerge

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:41.740
 from the tea

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.559
 but the hot water

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.500
 comes into the tea

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.240
 leaves,

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.859
 that's the word

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.599
 I was looking for,

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.279
 that in a sense

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.880
 the tea leaves

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:50.000
 don't create water

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.299
 that leave the tea leaves

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.279
 to go into the cup

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.839
 that in fact

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.380
 the goodness

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.839
 comes into the tea leaves

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.680
 and infuses it

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.859
 but now to switch

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.480
 the analogies

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.240
 because human beings

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.740
 are weird,

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.359
 we're a little bit

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.079
 like aardvarks,

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.880
 it's almost as if,

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.220
 you know,

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:03.059
 an aardvark is as if

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.120
 God had spare parts

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:05.279
 left over for different animals

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.160
 and threw them all together

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.720
 in some ways

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.180
 human beings

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.940
 are the same way

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:09.039
 that on one hand

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.660
 we're immersed,

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.240
 on another hand

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.779
 we're infused,

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.259
 on another hand

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.900
 we're like a mirror

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:14.359
 that because God is good

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.440
 and that he is the source

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:16.099
 of all goodness

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.700
 that we're meant

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.879
 to reflect that goodness

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.720
 at the same time

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.319
 that we're immersed

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.879
 in goodness

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:21.519
 and infused in goodness

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.519
 and finally

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.220
 when we see

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.539
 in Genesis chapter 3

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.519
 how God designed

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.039
 human beings

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.779
 to walk with him

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.299
 in the garden

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.440
 it means that we are

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.000
 to understand

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.900
 that we were designed

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:31.099
 to walk with goodness

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.059
 and in goodness

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.319
 in the path of goodness

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.680
 that that's how God

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.839
 designed us to be

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:38.500
 and if you think

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.000
 about that

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.799
 it becomes clear

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.720
 why some of these things

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.819
 in our moral experience

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.680
 about why it's wise

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.220
 to be good

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.960
 how there really is good

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.099
 and how

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:48.899
 and how

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.659
 the goodness

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.639
 seems to be something

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.799
 that should be

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:56.220
 that goodness is right

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:59.399
 that when we

00:33:59.399 --> 00:34:00.539
 experience

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:01.119
 like something

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.859
 like at this time

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.119
 of the year

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.740
 when you got a day

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.019
 with the perfect temperature

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.480
 at the end

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.440
 of the perfect day

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.759
 and you've been

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.799
 with your best friends

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.719
 and with your family

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.879
 and you've had a good meal

00:34:09.879 --> 00:34:11.279
 and you have had

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.119
 just the right amount

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.719
 to drink

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.539
 and you're feeling

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.579
 completely healthy

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.399
 and your conscience

00:34:15.399 --> 00:34:16.039
 is clear

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.519
 and there's a beautiful sunset

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.299
 and everything's still

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:20.279
 and you hear the sound

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.879
 of the loon

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:21.839
 and it just seems

00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:23.500
 as if there is something

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.379
 good inside

00:34:24.379 --> 00:34:24.980
 and outside

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:26.099
 and that those things

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.799
 are in harmony

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.859
 the harmony of the beauty

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.879
 the harmony of the world

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:30.759
 a peace within your family

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.439
 and your friends

00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:33.119
 a cleaning of your own conscience

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:34.279
 and there is just something

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.000
 about that

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.959
 which is so

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:38.480
 dang right

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:43.599
 where you say to yourself

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.980
 I was made for this

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:49.240
 no 12 year old girl

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.980
 being captured

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.760
 by the Taliban

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.940
 as a sex slave

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.740
 says to herself

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:55.260
 I was made for this

00:34:55.260 --> 00:35:00.760
 if you put up

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.380
 the third point

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.199
 the triune God

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.360
 did not create evil

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:06.200
 he is always and only opposed

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:07.900
 to moral wrongdoing

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:10.720
 this is the biblical teaching

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:12.559
 you see the thing is

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.980
 is that the biblical teaching

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.700
 emphasizes something

00:35:15.700 --> 00:35:17.780
 which is of the highest value

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.660
 to Canadians

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:20.180
 which is freedom

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:23.019
 and if in fact

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.220
 God makes human beings

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:25.900
 truly, truly, truly free

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.740
 it means that they have

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.300
 the option

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:28.760
 to truly, truly, truly

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.079
 choose that which is evil

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.680
 and that's what happened

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:33.039
 in our spiritual ancestors

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.199
 our physical ancestors

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:35.099
 our representatives

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.199
 Adam and Eve

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.400
 and in particular Adam

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.400
 that there come a time

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.679
 described in Genesis 3

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.800
 which I'm not going to read

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.219
 just for reasons of time

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:45.719
 where human beings chose

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.539
 to not trust God

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.960
 to not trust his word

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.679
 to desire to be above God

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.719
 to judge God

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.059
 to be the standard over God

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:55.360
 so that they would be

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.619
 they would determine

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.139
 what's good

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.800
 not God

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:59.239
 and that they would be over him

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.940
 and that when they do that

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.759
 what they do

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.880
 is that there is something

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.440
 within them

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.280
 which is broken

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.900
 there is something

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.400
 within them

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.200
 which is bent

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.820
 you see

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.840
 because the fact of the matter

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.240
 is that Christians say

00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:10.760
 that since evil

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:12.780
 comes by human breaking

00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:15.040
 not God making

00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:16.700
 that in a sense

00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:17.280
 all

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.660
 in a very, very real

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.640
 and powerful sense

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.640
 all evil

00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:22.400
 is a perversion of good

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.240
 a corruption of good

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:26.060
 a disordering of good

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:27.840
 a removing of good

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.480
 a breaking of good

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.219
 a bending of good

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:31.240
 a bending of good

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:35.380
 that that's what all evil is

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:38.760
 God made the world good

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:40.380
 but we pervert

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.059
 corrupt

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.340
 disrupt

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.460
 disorder

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:46.139
 remove

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:47.179
 unbalance

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:49.639
 the words can go on

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.480
 and on and on

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:54.920
 God is always opposed

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.000
 to evil

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.920
 and that's why

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.599
 his justice

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.280
 comes in

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.039
 that he is always

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.700
 opposed

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.420
 to evil

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:03.000
 and so it is

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.320
 if you understand this

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.460
 you can see

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.599
 why is it that there's good

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.240
 and evil in the world

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:08.159
 why is it that we

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.720
 can differ in particulars

00:37:09.720 --> 00:37:11.039
 well we differ in particulars

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.380
 because

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:13.680
 I don't want to acknowledge

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.519
 that what I'm doing

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.960
 is evil

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.900
 I will come up

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:17.300
 for complicated reasons

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.599
 as to why it is

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:22.000
 I mean to my

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.539
 to my Muslim friends

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.219
 who are watching

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:27.440
 the big problem

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.159
 that you have

00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:28.940
 is that the Taliban

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.860
 will appeal

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:31.460
 to Muhammad

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.339
 and the Hadith

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:33.179
 and the Quran

00:37:33.179 --> 00:37:35.299
 to explain

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.920
 them taking

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.039
 12 year old girls

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.860
 as sex slaves

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:42.960
 and I know that

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.940
 if there's any Muslims

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.739
 watching this

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.739
 or eventually watch it

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.339
 I know that you're

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.339
 far better than that

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:57.039
 but in fact

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.280
 this very very thick

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:59.840
 encounter

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.900
 and understanding

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.400
 of evil

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.039
 and why it is

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.559
 that we think

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.559
 and why we can't even

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.400
 argue or talk

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:05.260
 the Christian

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.840
 revelation

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:08.800
 ultimately based on

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.200
 Jesus

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:11.400
 makes our experience

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:13.360
 very powerful

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.860
 and real

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.559
 and know that

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.280
 God is always

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.360
 and only opposed

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.160
 to all moral

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.859
 wrongdoing

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.519
 he never

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.059
 ever

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.519
 ever

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.980
 ever

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.460
 ever

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.559
 ever

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.859
 ever

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.579
 gives in

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:24.219
 if you could

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.799
 put up the final

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:25.199
 point

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.619
 your only hope

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.359
 is the Lord

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.139
 Jesus Christ

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:30.799
 your only hope

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.799
 is the Lord

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.599
 Jesus Christ

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:34.899
 see this is one

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.440
 of the things

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:37.239
 which the Christian

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:38.500
 faith provides

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.019
 for us

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.539
 that our Jewish

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.420
 friends don't yet

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.940
 realize

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.960
 and our Muslim

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:44.079
 friends don't have

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.639
 that particular

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.539
 option as well

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:48.039
 you see the fact

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.340
 of the matter

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:48.619
 is

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.179
 if I want to

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.480
 know how to

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.079
 deal with evil

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.440
 I want to

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.740
 know how to

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.380
 deal with the

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.400
 evil within myself

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:52.960
 and I want to

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.280
 know how to

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.920
 live with evil

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.619
 it's not just

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.159
 that I can do

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.760
 it by myself

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.659
 I need someone

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.679
 to walk with me

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:59.019
 and I need to be

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.400
 delivered

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.920
 and that's what

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.740
 the Christian faith

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.460
 provides

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:04.320
 that in fact

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.039
 what we have

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.619
 is we have

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.179
 this ancient

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.699
 promise

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.300
 which is in

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.880
 the Old Testament

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.440
 scriptures

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.000
 that God

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.480
 would send

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.260
 an Emmanuel

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.840
 that God

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.300
 would send

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:12.720
 one who

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.380
 would crush

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:14.119
 the serpent

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.159
 that God

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:15.760
 would send

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.280
 one that

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.420
 means by which

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.940
 all things

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.280
 would be

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:19.260
 renewed

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.860
 and that's

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.280
 who we have

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.760
 in the person

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.300
 of Jesus

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.980
 you read

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.740
 Matthew chapter

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.079
 1

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:24.460
 that in fact

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.900
 God

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.340
 sends

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.340
 his son

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.920
 to be

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:31.000
 in the midst

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.820
 of all of

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.360
 our mess

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.900
 and all

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.660
 of the evil

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:35.160
 and he has

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:36.000
 the same

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.720
 nature as

00:39:36.720 --> 00:39:37.099
 us

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:38.579
 and he has

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.160
 evil that

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.800
 happens to

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:40.079
 him

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.579
 he lives

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.099
 in a world

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.519
 where there's

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.220
 very clearly

00:39:42.220 --> 00:39:42.700
 evil

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.519
 the Jewish

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.000
 people are

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.620
 a conquered

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:45.099
 people

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.500
 there is

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.599
 the empire

00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:47.099
 which is

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.740
 over them

00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.019
 there's

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:49.320
 the Roman

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.800
 authorities

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.300
 which are

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:51.059
 over them

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:52.220
 which will

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.620
 eventually

00:39:52.620 --> 00:39:53.099
 in the year

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.920
 70 AD

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.500
 which will

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.300
 destroy them

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.820
 as a nation

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.460
 and destroy

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.099
 their temple

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:58.079
 and he is

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.500
 part of that

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.380
 subject people

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.539
 and he's

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.880
 misunderstood

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.599
 by his

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.039
 parents

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.340
 and his

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.759
 family

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.119
 and his

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.619
 friends

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.559
 and he's

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.500
 put to

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:05.759
 death

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.400
 on trumped

00:40:06.400 --> 00:40:07.059
 up charges

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.860
 and the

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.519
 demands of

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.960
 justice

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.420
 that should

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:09.840
 be there

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.599
 by the

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:10.880
 different

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.420
 authorities

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.259
 are completely

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.759
 and utterly

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.519
 done away

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:13.980
 with for

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.579
 reasons of

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.980
 political

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.980
 expediency

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.199
 and he lives

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.219
 and he lives

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:18.000
 amongst human

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.440
 beings

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.019
 he lives

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:20.280
 amongst our

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.639
 mess

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.159
 he lives

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.740
 amongst the

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.240
 injustice

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:22.619
 and the

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.000
 evil

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:23.579
 and the

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.980
 pride

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.240
 and the

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.639
 vanity

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.099
 and the

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.000
 lust

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.360
 and the

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.019
 gluttony

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.579
 and the

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.139
 sloth of

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.639
 the world

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.139
 and he

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:29.460
 lives

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.980
 amongst

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.320
 us

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.940
 but he

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.420
 never

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.639
 does

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.340
 evil

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:36.140
 and so

00:40:36.140 --> 00:40:36.480
 it is

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.780
 that when

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.320
 he dies

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.820
 upon the

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:38.180
 cross

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.539
 as an

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.940
 unjust

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.440
 victim

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:41.780
 listen

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.240
 John was

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.500
 a good

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.860
 worship

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.100
 leader

00:40:43.100 --> 00:40:43.440
 but he

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.780
 can't

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.000
 die

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.300
 for the

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.539
 human

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.960
 race

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:46.000
 Andrew's

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.320
 a good

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.740
 geek

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.340
 but he

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.579
 can't

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.800
 die

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:48.100
 for the

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.300
 human

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.720
 race

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.980
 his wife

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.259
 is way

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:50.539
 better

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.959
 than him

00:40:50.959 --> 00:40:51.459
 she

00:40:51.459 --> 00:40:51.839
 can't

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.039
 die

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.339
 for the

00:40:52.339 --> 00:40:52.559
 human

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.000
 race

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.699
 they're

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:53.899
 just

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.359
 people

00:40:54.359 --> 00:40:56.659
 but surely

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.839
 the creator

00:40:57.839 --> 00:40:58.279
 of all

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:58.679
 things

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.199
 can die

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.659
 for all

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.399
 is creation

00:41:00.399 --> 00:41:01.439
 and that's

00:41:01.439 --> 00:41:01.699
 what we

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:01.959
 hear

00:41:01.959 --> 00:41:02.599
 the creator

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.059
 of all

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.399
 things

00:41:03.399 --> 00:41:03.859
 enters

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:04.119
 his

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.639
 creation

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:05.399
 lives

00:41:05.399 --> 00:41:05.879
 the life

00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:06.239
 that you

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.519
 and I

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.000
 could not

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.299
 live

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:07.739
 lives

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.500
 amidst

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:09.019
 among

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.980
 and amidst

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.399
 evil

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:11.199
 and injustice

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.939
 and hatred

00:41:11.939 --> 00:41:12.759
 and prejudice

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:14.179
 and racism

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.619
 and discrimination

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.959
 and law

00:41:16.959 --> 00:41:17.719
 and all of

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.179
 those things

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:18.619
 and name

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:18.819
 calling

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.419
 he lives

00:41:19.419 --> 00:41:20.480
 but never

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.480
 succumbs

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:22.399
 to evil

00:41:22.399 --> 00:41:23.199
 and when

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:24.079
 he dies

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.980
 he dies

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.379
 in your

00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:25.859
 place

00:41:25.859 --> 00:41:26.500
 and mine

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.799
 he dies

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.319
 to take

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:28.919
 the punishment

00:41:28.919 --> 00:41:29.399
 that you

00:41:29.399 --> 00:41:29.819
 deserve

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.500
 and he

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:30.940
 offers

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.879
 in exchange

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.719
 he the

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.239
 creator

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.679
 can do

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:33.879
 this

00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:34.460
 for every

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:34.839
 single

00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:35.059
 one

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:35.319
 of his

00:41:35.319 --> 00:41:35.799
 creation

00:41:35.799 --> 00:41:36.599
 and he

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.440
 does this

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:38.139
 on your

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.559
 behalf

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.279
 and offers

00:41:39.279 --> 00:41:39.799
 you

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.799
 the perfect

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.099
 life

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.480
 that he

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:41.960
 lived

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.039
 that you

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.359
 were not

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:43.799
 able to

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:43.940
 live

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.219
 but you

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:44.460
 should

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.819
 live

00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:46.440
 and the

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.599
 doom

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:46.879
 that you

00:41:46.879 --> 00:41:47.199
 deserve

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.799
 falls on

00:41:47.799 --> 00:41:48.119
 him

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.699
 and God

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:50.079
 is a God

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.759
 of justice

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.900
 he's a God

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.480
 of mercy

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.119
 and it's not a matter

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:55.099
 of favoritism

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.859
 favoritism

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.579
 is when you let

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.239
 somebody off

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:57.739
 and justice

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.219
 is not

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.079
 the demands

00:41:59.079 --> 00:41:59.579
 of justice

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.259
 are not met

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.199
 but this is

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:02.239
 true mercy

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:03.539
 and it's out of

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.940
 the goodness

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.539
 of God

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.239
 that God

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:05.920
 would send

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.639
 his son

00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:07.380
 to die

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.920
 in your

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.539
 place

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:12.059
 that you

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.400
 could be

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.000
 reconciled

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:13.259
 to him

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.539
 that you

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:13.759
 could

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:14.460
 he would

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:14.920
 do for you

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.179
 what you

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.619
 cannot do

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.239
 for yourself

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:18.479
 and he's

00:42:18.479 --> 00:42:18.919
 not just

00:42:18.919 --> 00:42:19.459
 a savior

00:42:19.459 --> 00:42:20.000
 that does

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.279
 this

00:42:20.279 --> 00:42:20.579
 and then

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.899
 leaves

00:42:20.899 --> 00:42:21.059
 you

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.399
 alone

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:21.799
 but the

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:22.139
 Christian

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.479
 life

00:42:22.479 --> 00:42:23.019
 is a matter

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.459
 of learning

00:42:23.459 --> 00:42:24.039
 to walk

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.619
 with him

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:27.439
 walk with him

00:42:27.439 --> 00:42:28.299
 towards the evil

00:42:28.299 --> 00:42:28.959
 that you do

00:42:28.959 --> 00:42:31.319
 walk with him

00:42:31.319 --> 00:42:32.119
 and walk with his

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.979
 people to learn

00:42:32.979 --> 00:42:33.859
 how to do good

00:42:33.859 --> 00:42:35.959
 walk with him

00:42:35.959 --> 00:42:36.719
 as you enter

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.479
 into the valley

00:42:37.479 --> 00:42:38.159
 of the shadow

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:38.819
 of death

00:42:38.819 --> 00:42:40.399
 walk with him

00:42:40.399 --> 00:42:40.839
 as you get

00:42:40.839 --> 00:42:41.439
 the cancer

00:42:41.439 --> 00:42:42.259
 diagnosis

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.200
 as you get

00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:43.920
 the diagnosis

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.680
 of dementia

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:46.420
 walk with him

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.480
 as you deal

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.620
 with the injustice

00:42:48.620 --> 00:42:50.060
 in your workplace

00:42:50.060 --> 00:42:51.380
 or in your society

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:52.480
 walk with him

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.080
 as you suffer

00:42:53.080 --> 00:42:53.540
 under it

00:42:53.540 --> 00:42:54.460
 walk with him

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.140
 as you enter

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.760
 into the veil

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:56.300
 of the shadow

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:56.740
 of death

00:42:56.740 --> 00:42:57.240
 and beyond

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.840
 into death

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.100
 he is your savior

00:42:59.100 --> 00:43:02.020
 there's not only

00:43:02.020 --> 00:43:03.020
 an understanding

00:43:03.020 --> 00:43:03.600
 of the world

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:04.460
 which is thick

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.160
 and beautiful

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:06.880
 and makes sense

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.180
 of it

00:43:07.180 --> 00:43:07.840
 but also

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.540
 it is an

00:43:08.540 --> 00:43:09.540
 account of the world

00:43:09.540 --> 00:43:10.320
 that points you

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.940
 in the direction

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.500
 of where you

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.220
 should be going

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:13.299
 and it's not

00:43:13.299 --> 00:43:14.179
 merely a pointer

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:15.279
 he walks with you

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:16.339
 when you put

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:16.799
 your faith

00:43:16.799 --> 00:43:17.219
 and trust

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:17.679
 in Jesus

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:18.500
 as if you put

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.099
 your hand up

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.399
 to him

00:43:19.399 --> 00:43:19.899
 that he might

00:43:19.899 --> 00:43:20.439
 take you

00:43:20.439 --> 00:43:21.419
 that he might

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:22.119
 be your savior

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:22.699
 and you can

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.459
 never reach him

00:43:23.459 --> 00:43:24.339
 but he can reach

00:43:24.339 --> 00:43:24.559
 you

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.359
 and he reaches

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:25.779
 down

00:43:25.779 --> 00:43:26.719
 he grabs

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.319
 your hand

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:28.239
 he will never

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:28.959
 let your hand

00:43:28.959 --> 00:43:29.299
 go

00:43:29.299 --> 00:43:30.319
 you might feel

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:30.859
 at times

00:43:30.859 --> 00:43:31.480
 that you aren't

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.059
 holding on to

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.480
 his hand

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.899
 and that might

00:43:32.899 --> 00:43:33.199
 be true

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.839
 but he never

00:43:33.839 --> 00:43:34.419
 lets go of

00:43:34.419 --> 00:43:34.799
 your hand

00:43:34.799 --> 00:43:35.259
 when you put

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:35.659
 your hand

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.059
 on his

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:37.059
 and he is

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.379
 the one

00:43:37.379 --> 00:43:37.819
 who fits

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.399
 you for heaven

00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:39.279
 and he is

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:39.579
 the one

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:40.079
 who walks

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.500
 with you

00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.299
 and he is

00:43:41.299 --> 00:43:41.599
 the one

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:42.039
 who is your

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.799
 hope of glory

00:43:42.799 --> 00:43:44.819
 and he is

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:45.480
 your righteousness

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.159
 he is your

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.739
 peace

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:50.500
 take him

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.139
 as your savior

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:53.179
 remember

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.599
 that he is

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.119
 your savior

00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:56.500
 and we come

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:56.839
 together

00:43:56.839 --> 00:43:57.400
 because we

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:57.920
 forget

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.059
 that's where

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.400
 we come

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.799
 together

00:43:59.799 --> 00:44:00.659
 to remember

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.779
 the lord's

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:01.940
 supper

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.500
 to remember

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.039
 he died

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.460
 to remember

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.839
 that he will

00:44:03.839 --> 00:44:04.239
 return

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.759
 remember

00:44:04.759 --> 00:44:05.179
 that evil

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.519
 will not

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.839
 have the

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:06.440
 final word

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.259
 remember

00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:08.259
 that justice

00:44:08.259 --> 00:44:08.880
 will finally

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:09.360
 be done

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.380
 that no one

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.019
 who has done

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.400
 wrong

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.099
 will ever

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:12.480
 avoid it

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.740
 they might

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.180
 avoid it

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:13.480
 on this

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:13.760
 side of

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.079
 the grave

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.420
 but it

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.079
 will not

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:16.139
 end that

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:16.519
 way

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:16.900
 they

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.880
 every single

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.480
 act of

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:18.800
 evil

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.579
 has been

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:20.200
 dealt with

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:20.880
 by jesus

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.700
 and if you

00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:22.340
 don't accept

00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:22.920
 the covering

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.300
 of him

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:23.740
 it will be

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.240
 dealt with

00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:24.860
 to your

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.860
 misery

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.680
 and undoing

00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:27.880
 in the

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.500
 final judgment

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.800
 walk with

00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:30.180
 jesus

00:44:30.180 --> 00:44:30.680
 take him

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:30.920
 as your

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.220
 savior

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:32.519
 invite you

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.000
 to stand

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:34.220
 please

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.619
 stand

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:42.259
 just bow

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.539
 our heads

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:42.960
 in prayer

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:45.719
 father

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.179
 first of

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:46.299
 all

00:44:46.299 --> 00:44:46.739
 we just

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:47.880
 father

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.400
 right now

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.799
 it seems

00:44:48.799 --> 00:44:49.079
 as if

00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:49.400
 all we

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:49.699
 can do

00:44:49.699 --> 00:44:50.219
 is pray

00:44:50.219 --> 00:44:50.719
 and we

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.199
 just pray

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.719
 for those

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:52.679
 precious

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.460
 young girls

00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:54.039
 taken as

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.639
 sex slaves

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:55.460
 in afghanistan

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:55.960
 father

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:57.639
 all we

00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:57.859
 can do

00:44:57.859 --> 00:44:58.279
 is commend

00:44:58.279 --> 00:44:58.619
 them into

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:59.079
 your hands

00:44:59.079 --> 00:44:59.500
 right now

00:44:59.500 --> 00:44:59.859
 father

00:44:59.859 --> 00:45:00.319
 that's all

00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:00.639
 we can

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:00.839
 do

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:01.180
 if there

00:45:01.180 --> 00:45:01.579
 is more

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:01.880
 that we

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.360
 can do

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.860
 father

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.260
 we pray

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:03.700
 that there

00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:03.880
 would be

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:04.140
 something

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:04.380
 maybe

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.900
 governments

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.320
 could do

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:05.740
 but father

00:45:05.740 --> 00:45:06.220
 we commend

00:45:06.220 --> 00:45:06.579
 them into

00:45:06.579 --> 00:45:07.019
 your hands

00:45:07.019 --> 00:45:07.300
 and we

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.940
 ask father

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.940
 that your

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.600
 holy spirit

00:45:09.600 --> 00:45:10.019
 would move

00:45:10.019 --> 00:45:10.240
 in their

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:10.700
 lives

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:11.920
 we ask

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:12.280
 father

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:12.700
 for the

00:45:12.700 --> 00:45:13.160
 conversion

00:45:13.160 --> 00:45:13.480
 of the

00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:13.920
 taliban

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:16.400
 i confess

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.039
 i don't have

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:17.440
 the faith

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:17.840
 to pray

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.160
 it but

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.460
 father

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:18.960
 i ask

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.320
 that you

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:19.500
 would

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.360
 you would

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:20.760
 turn their

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.120
 hearts

00:45:21.120 --> 00:45:21.680
 from evil

00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:22.980
 you would

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.380
 turn their

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:23.720
 hearts

00:45:23.720 --> 00:45:24.340
 to jesus

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:24.840
 the prince

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:25.460
 of peace

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:29.420
 and father

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:29.860
 we ask

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:30.460
 that you

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:30.820
 would help

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:31.180
 us

00:45:31.180 --> 00:45:31.920
 to walk

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.539
 with jesus

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:33.220
 to know him

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:33.519
 as our

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:33.840
 savior

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.120
 and our

00:45:34.120 --> 00:45:34.420
 lord

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:36.120
 to walk

00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:36.480
 with him

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:36.780
 as we

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.220
 confront

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.860
 the injustice

00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:38.220
 in the

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.480
 world

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:39.000
 and walk

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.360
 with him

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.640
 as we

00:45:39.640 --> 00:45:40.019
 confront

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.440
 the evil

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:40.740
 within

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:41.360
 ourselves

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:42.920
 that you

00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:43.320
 would help

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:43.820
 us father

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.320
 to walk

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:45.039
 with jesus

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:46.720
 we give you

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.280
 thanks and

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.960
 praise that you

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.720
 are transforming

00:45:48.720 --> 00:45:49.420
 us from one

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.120
 degree of glory

00:45:50.120 --> 00:45:50.680
 to another

00:45:50.680 --> 00:45:52.019
 that your

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.760
 means of grace

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.320
 are preparing

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:54.019
 us for an

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.660
 eternity with

00:45:54.660 --> 00:45:54.920
 you

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:57.800
 that one

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:59.080
 day we

00:45:59.080 --> 00:45:59.700
 will be fully

00:45:59.700 --> 00:46:00.440
 infused with

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:00.960
 your goodness

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.519
 and reflect

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.139
 your goodness

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:02.780
 and dwell in

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:03.200
 your goodness

00:46:03.200 --> 00:46:03.679
 and walk

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:03.940
 in your

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.320
 goodness

00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:05.260
 and that

00:46:05.260 --> 00:46:05.700
 that is our

00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:06.099
 hope in

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.500
 christ

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:08.559
 and father

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:08.940
 if there are

00:46:08.940 --> 00:46:09.380
 any who are

00:46:09.380 --> 00:46:10.059
 watching this

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.400
 who have not

00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:10.760
 given their

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:11.179
 lives to

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:11.900
 jesus by the

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.480
 holy spirit

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.119
 fall upon

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.440
 them

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:15.099
 they might

00:46:15.099 --> 00:46:15.460
 open the

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:15.720
 door to

00:46:15.720 --> 00:46:16.119
 their life

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.480
 and ask

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:16.980
 jesus to

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:17.260
 come in

00:46:17.260 --> 00:46:17.460
 and be

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.659
 their

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:17.960
 savior

00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:18.420
 and lord

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:20.420
 and all

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:20.840
 these things

00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:21.360
 we ask in

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:21.619
 the name

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:22.059
 of jesus

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.539
 your son

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:22.840
 and our

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:23.139
 savior

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:24.180
 amen