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 The scripture reading comes from the book of Genesis, chapters 1 and 2. Please follow along your bulletin.

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep.

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 And the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

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 Then God said, Let there be light.

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 God said, There is a light and a light.

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 And there was light.

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 God saw the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

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 God called the light day.

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 And the darkness He called night.

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 And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.

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 Then God said, Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.

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 And let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky.

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 And over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 God created man in His own image.

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 In the image of God, He created him.

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 Male and female, He created them.

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 God said,

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 God blessed them.

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 And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.

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 And rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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 Then God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which is fruit yielding seed.

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 It shall be food for you.

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 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that moves on the earth, which has life, I have given every green plant for food.

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 And it was so.

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 At ito nga ang nangyari.

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 Yes, this is such a chance.

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 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

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 And there was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.

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 At lubas siyang nasiyahan.

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 Do shunhao.

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 Then in chapter 2, we find this.

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 Then the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone.

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 I will make a helper suitable for him.

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 Hindi mabuti ang mag-isa ang tao.

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 Bibigyan ko siya ng angkop na makakasama at makakatulong.

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 Na yun tukoy pat ho, fo'y yuwa it ha, chau yuk o puing ao pong jod ha.

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 Out of the ground, the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.

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 And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

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 The man gave names to all the cattle, to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field.

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 Ngunit wala sa isa man sa mga ito, ang nababagay na makasama at makatulong niya.

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 But for Adam, there was not found a helper suitable for him.

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 And so the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept.

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 Then he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

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 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

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 Ang tajang na ito'i ginawa niyang isang babae, at dinala niya ito sa lalaki.

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 Yehudha wa wa shun, joo yung na yin shun sa soo chui de yito lalaki, zo sing yikyo yin,

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 ling ta do na yin kynci.

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 The man said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.

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 She shall be called woman.

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 Babae ang ito'i ta tawag sa kanya, sapagat sa lalaki shai kinuha.

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 Ngö yin, yuwa ta si chong namin shun sa chun lai de.

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 Because she was taken out of man.

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 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife.

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 And they shall become one flesh, eti.

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 Sila'y nagiging isa.

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 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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 This is God's word.

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 How you guys doing?

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 Oh man, you just heard the very first words spoken by God in history.

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 How you guys doing?

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 I understood the two dialects in the back, but I didn't understand the dialect in the front.

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 So if anybody could help me.

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 What country is that from?

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 Crikey.

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 Okay.

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 Yeah.

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 Hey, we are, if you're here for the first time, my name is Tobin Miller.

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 I'm a teaching pastor here, one of the pastors here.

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 And we are going to look at the book of Genesis for five weeks.

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 In your chair, you should have had the book of Genesis we printed out for you.

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 I love these things.

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 I carry mine around.

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 I like just something I can stick in my pocket.

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 And so the challenge is, is that you would read a chapter a day.

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 Okay.

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 So we're going to do it for five weeks.

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 We're not going to still cover all of it.

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 But that means by next Sunday, we come back together.

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 You should be at chapter what?

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 Seven, yeah, six, seven, eight.

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 And I was like, I think it's Jesus.

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 I don't know.

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 Okay.

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 Anyway, but we want to look at this because I think it's one of my favorite books.

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 And I know I say that about a lot of books.

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 Actually, it's a book that we think we'll probably cover after we finish Luke sometime next fall.

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 And we want to lay down some tracks, some foundations for everything that we've been talking about in the book of Luke.

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 I mean, Genesis is the book of beginnings.

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 There's a lot of beginning things here.

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 It talks about creation and fall and redemption and restoration and sin and grace and love and community and man and woman and identity and relationship and journey.

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 And we talk about journey a lot and the journey begins here for us.

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 And sometimes I think that we forget that.

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 We don't realize when we read the book of Genesis what we're reading and how important it is.

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 Because 400 years after being in slavery, so 3,400 years ago, Moses leads the people out of a land full of idols.

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 And he leads them to this promised land and he pens a text unlike any other text which is going to influence all of creation and all generations and all cultures forever.

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 And he begins with the words,

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 Can you read that for me?

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 You know, I don't think that we realize what those words meant and what they mean.

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 Thomas Cahill, in his book, The Gift of the Jews, says that these words are the greatest gifts that the Jewish people have given to all cultures and societies in the world throughout history.

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 In fact, he says these words influenced mankind in a way that we will never fully comprehend or understand.

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 Because you see, at that point in time, there was no such thing as a personal God.

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 There was no such thing as a God who cared.

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 There was no such thing as a God who created.

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 There was no such thing as a God who wanted a relationship.

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 If you go back and you study all the myths of creation, all the creation myths,

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 they had certain things in common, but that was not one of them.

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 They all shared this idea that the universe was filled by many gods.

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 And these were little gods.

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 They were finite gods.

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 They were angry gods.

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 They were limited in power.

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 They were fallible.

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 They were naughty.

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 They did capricious things.

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 They were corrupt.

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 They were dependent upon man.

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 And so if you wanted to know God, like if you wanted to know Seamus, the son of the God,

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 you would go out and you would observe and look at the sun.

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 If you wanted to understand Dagon, the God of grain, you would get drunk.

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 Or that you would go out and look at a wheat field.

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 If you wanted to understand Yamin, the God of the sea, you would go to the sea and you would look at the shore

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 and you would look at the waves and from that you would try to extrapolate what God is like.

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 And people in that day, they lived in amazing amounts of fear.

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 I don't think you understand this.

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 I don't understand it because I look at it and I read it and I'm trying to understand what it goes,

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 what's happening there.

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 And I kind of transposed my day on this day.

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 But in those days, it was crazy.

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 The average person walked in fear.

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 They sacrificed things to all these gods.

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 Often they sacrificed their children to these gods.

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 They left things on idols and they did things and they hoped to be good enough

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 with the hope that they would influence the gods and find the gods' favor.

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 You know that some of them actually believed that the stars and the moon could control man's destiny.

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 And some of the people would actually shape and arrange their houses and their temples

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 in just such a way that the environment and nature would kind of come to a convergence

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 and there would be incredible peace and prosperity.

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 I know that's impossible to believe in today's day and age, right?

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 But in, I'm joking.

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 But in that day and age, that's what people believed.

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 Humans were looked at as scum.

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 Pawn scum.

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 We were only created because the gods had things they didn't want to do.

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 And so the things were so bad, the gods didn't want to do them,

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 they created man so that you and I would do that.

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 I mean, life was full of competition.

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 Life was rough.

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 Life was about dominance.

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 Life was brief.

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 Life was violent.

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 Life was about control.

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 There was no sense of meaning or purpose for a person's life 3,400 years ago

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 when they first heard these words.

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 Some people would say that's true of us today,

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 that we really haven't changed that much in 3,400 years.

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 But when Moses penned these words,

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 when he said,

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 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,

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 he did something revolutionary,

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 and he started something that changed everybody.

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 Do you understand that?

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 He goes on in the first three verses.

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 He says,

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 In the beginning,

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 and he gives this picture of God,

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 and he has this imagery of God creating,

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 and it's powerful.

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 It's kind of like this dance.

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 God's in this dance,

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 and it's poetry in Hebrew.

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 And when you read it in Hebrew,

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 you're like,

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 Wow, there is something amazing going on there.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and earth.

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 You see God,

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 and the earth was formless and void.

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 It's almost like,

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 I asked Aldrin before,

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 Ornel,

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 if he could play the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky,

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 because it's kind of like that.

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 And when you read Hebrew,

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 it's meant to be like,

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 da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da,

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 boom, boom, boom.

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 And you're watching this fireworks display,

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 and you see day one,

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 boom, boom, boom.

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 And you're like,

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 Wow, I can't get any better than that.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 boom, boom, boom.

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 Day two,

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 you're like,

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 Oh my gosh.

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 And day three,

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 boom, boom, boom.

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 And you're kind of like sitting at the harbor,

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 and you're going,

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 Well, when's this thing going to end?

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 And if that's not the end,

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 then the next thing's going to have to be amazing,

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 because what I just saw was incredible.

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 And you see this story of God the Father creating.

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 You see this story of the Holy Spirit hovering over the waters,

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 and he's in the same imagery in Luke,

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 that he's this dove,

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 and he's doing his work.

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 And then you see this image of God speaking.

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 And he creates with his spoken word.

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 And we know that in the book of John,

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 it's in your bulletin for you,

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 it says,

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 In the beginning was the word,

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 and the word was with God,

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 and the word was God.

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 And the word became flesh,

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 and it dwelt among us.

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 And the word is who?

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 Oh, come on, guys.

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 There's only two answers in church, right?

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 God and Jesus, right?

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 The word was who?

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 The word was Jesus.

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 And so we see this story being played out,

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 and we see this fireworks display,

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 and in that day,

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 no one would have ever thought that.

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 Because when they thought of God,

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 they thought of me.

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 They didn't think of them or us.

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 And so it was always this individualistic person,

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 and the gods created because they had a need.

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 But what the Bible says,

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 from the very beginning of time,

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 God and three persons equal in everything.

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 God and three persons were together.

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 They were experiencing community,

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 love, relationship, fellowship.

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 It was a party,

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 and they needed nothing.

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 They needed nothing.

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 In fact, it says it was so out of control

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 and so fantastic,

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 that all of a sudden,

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 they looked at each other,

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 and they go,

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 wow, this is amazing.

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 Shouldn't we share this?

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 Shouldn't we allow other things

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 and other creatures to come a part of this?

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 Shouldn't we allow them to be a part of these things?

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 Shouldn't we allow them to come into our community

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 or our fellowship?

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 John 17, Jesus praised that, remember?

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 Jesus praised, and he says,

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 dear Father,

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 please allow them to come into the relationship

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 that you and I have,

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 because we want them to be a part of what's going on.

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 We want them to experience this love,

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 this care, this peace,

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 all of these things.

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 And so we have this story

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 of God creating and God creating.

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 He creates out of nothing.

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 Boom, boom, boom, boom.

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 Good, good, good.

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 At the end of it,

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 he says, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good, it's good.

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 And what he's just saying

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 is that's a reflection of God.

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 It's a reflection of his character,

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 and the fireworks are going off,

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 and it gets better, and it gets better,

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 and it gets better.

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 And it's interesting,

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 because when you study Hebrew,

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 there's no word in Hebrew for nature.

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 In biblical Hebrew,

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 there's no such thing as nature,

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 because they realize

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 that nothing happens naturally.

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 The only word that is there

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 in creation is creation,

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 because they realize

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 that everything that is,

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 everything that was,

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 has to be created,

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 it has to be sustained,

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 it has to be controlled,

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 it has to be held up

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 by God's love and his character.

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 And when the people heard this

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 at that time,

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 3,400 years ago,

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 it would have been amazing

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 when the psalmist wrote,

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 the heavens are declaring

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 the glory of the Lord.

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 When you go out tonight,

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 and if you're in a place

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 that you can see stars,

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 look up.

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 And that's what David wrote,

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 and he penned,

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 and he said,

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 all of creation reflects God's image.

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 And it's so amazing,

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 and it's so wonderful

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 that God wants to bring us in

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 to this relationship.

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 No other world religion,

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 no other world thought,

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 no one at that time

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 ever thought any of those things.

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 Man was just to be used.

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 Man was not to share

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 in what God was doing.

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 And then at the end

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 of the 18th, 12th children,

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 Moses, he basically says,

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 he wants to say,

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 okay, it's gonna get better,

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 it's gonna get better,

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 it's gonna get better,

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 and finally he says,

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 humans.

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 And it's like,

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 dun, dun, dun,

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 boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,

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 and you're like,

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 okay, it can't get any better than this.

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 God creates us.

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 Because he wants to be with us,

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 and he wants us to be with him

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 in a relationship

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 so that we can experience

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 everything that he's doing

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 and creating

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 and say, that is amazing.

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 I mean, you do that sometimes,

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 don't we?

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 You're watching a TV show,

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 and it's so incredible

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 or crazy,

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 you call up your best friend

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 and say, hey,

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 you gotta turn on TV,

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 you gotta watch this right now.

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 I mean, you go outside

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 and you see the stars in the sky,

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 and it's just,

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 wow, there's stars in Hong Kong.

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 I didn't know there were stars

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 in Hong Kong.

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 I didn't know that

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 until we moved over to the Poc Fulam,

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 and I see stars here,

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 and I hear birds here.

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 And the scripture says

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 that it's so incredible

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 that when we hear it,

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 we yell out,

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 God.

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 And we wanna call people up

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 and say, hey,

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 you need to come see this

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 because this is incredible.

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 And Moses,

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 in the last first two chapters,

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 the creation of man

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 is so amazing

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 that he talks about it

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 two times.

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 Chapter one and chapter two,

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 I have them both written

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 in your bulletin for you,

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 and we're gonna look at them,

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 and what I wanna share

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 really briefly,

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 because this is,

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 I'm just kinda skimming the top.

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 I'm hoping that you'll go back,

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 you'll read a chapter a day,

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 you'll think about

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 what does this mean,

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 what does this tell me about God.

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 For the next five weeks,

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 we're gonna keep hitting this

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 and hitting this

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 and talking about these themes

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 about relationships and God.

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 And what I see here,

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 very specifically,

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 is this,

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 that God creates you and I

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 out of dust.

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 Everything else in the passages,

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 day one, day two,

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 day three, day four,

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 he speaks and they pop up,

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 he speaks and they pop up,

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 he speaks and they pop up,

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 and in day six,

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 it says he goes over

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 and he picks up some Adam,

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 the most insignificant,

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 lowly, irreducible thing

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 in Hebrew,

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 and he starts to shape it,

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 and he blows his spirit into it,

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 and he brings out man.

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 And the fireworks blow off

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 and they go crazy,

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 and as people are reading this

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 and they're thinking of this,

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 they're saying,

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 that makes no sense to us

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 because we've never heard that before.

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 But now that we hear it

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 for the first time,

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 it makes all the sense.

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 And what I want us to think about

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 and read as we look in this passage,

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 the first section,

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 is what Moses is trying to tell us,

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 what we need to hear,

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 what we need to understand,

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 is that you and I

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 are made in God's image.

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 that every person here,

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 every person that ever was,

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 every person that walked

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 the face of the earth,

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 Moses is telling us

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 that we are made

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 in the image of God.

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 3,400 years ago

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 when the people heard this,

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 there was no way

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 they could comprehend that

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 because no one would have

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 ever said such a thing,

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 but the minute they heard that,

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 Moses went on and says,

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 because you're made in God's image,

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 that you are invested

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 with value,

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 dignity,

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 and worth.

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 Everyone,

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 look to your left.

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 Just humor me.

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 Look to your left.

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 Made in the image of God.

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 Look to your right.

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 Made in the image of God.

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 The boss

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 who you're going to walk

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 into his office on Monday

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 and you really,

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 really dislike him.

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 Come on!

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 Made in the image of God.

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 Your worst enemy.

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 Women,

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 your husband.

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 right beside you.

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 Men,

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 your wife

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 right beside you.

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 That weird,

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 obnoxious,

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 Texas neighbor

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 who lives next door

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 and he thinks America

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 is the only country

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 and he thinks American

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 is actually a real language.

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 the terrorist

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 who straps a bomb

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 on his back

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 and he walks in

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 to destroy

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.859
 innocent life.

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.619
 Made

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 in the image

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 of God.

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 When Moses said

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 those words,

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 no one

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.700
 would have understood

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 those things.

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 The question is,

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.860
 do you really

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.620
 believe that?

00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.019
 Do you believe

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 that the person

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 to your left,

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 to your right,

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 your boss,

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 your spouse,

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 do you really believe

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 that they're made

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 in the image of God?

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 Do you really believe

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 they have value

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 and dignity

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 and worth?

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 The beggar

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 that we're going

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 to bump in today

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 as we walk out of here

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 and he smells

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 and he stinks

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 and he hasn't taken

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 a bath in a long time,

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.299
 do we really believe

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 that he's made

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.660
 in the image of God?

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 That God's watermark

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.019
 is on him?

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 God's fingerprint

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.319
 is on him?

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 Do we really,

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 really believe that?

00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:51.500
 When the people

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.180
 heard this passage,

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.900
 they would have understood

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.779
 that no matter

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.839
 how bad

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.539
 I've blown it,

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.600
 no matter how many

00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.620
 mistakes I've made,

00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.519
 no matter how many

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.559
 times I've failed God,

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.440
 no matter how many

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.480
 times I've walked away,

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 God is still pursuing me

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:04.500
 because I am

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:06.400
 made

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 in the image

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 of God.

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 what would it be like

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 if we were a church

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 and people could walk

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 in here,

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 no matter where

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 they're from,

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 no matter what

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.680
 background,

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 no matter how they

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 smelled,

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 no matter how they

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 looked,

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 no matter how bad

00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:25.599
 they've blown it

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 and they were loved,

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 they were accepted,

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 they were cared for,

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 what would that look

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 like?

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 I think that's the

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 church God wants us

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 to be.

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 But we'll never be

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 that until we

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 understand made

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 in the image

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 of God.

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 The passage goes on

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:52.000
 and Moses says,

00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.759
 he says basically

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.700
 that we are made

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 in the image,

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 he says we are

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 mirrors,

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 that we are mirrors

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 that are caused

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 to reflect God.

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 Mirrors are independent,

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 they don't produce

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.320
 their own light,

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 they don't find out

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.319
 their own power,

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 only thing a mirror

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 does is it reflects

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 something.

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 And that idea of image

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.139
 means that we are

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 this mirror and that

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:12.779
 we are made to reflect

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 and to take in God's

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.699
 glory,

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:16.019
 God's passion,

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.480
 and that we derive

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.639
 all of our significance

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:21.019
 from God.

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.539
 That's what the people

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.539
 of 3,400 years

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.019
 would have understood,

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.899
 they would understand

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:26.639
 that their purpose,

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.939
 they are only complete

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:29.299
 as they face God

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.799
 as a mirror

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.740
 and they reflect

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.480
 God's image

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 and his power

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 and his glory

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 to all of creation.

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 But the passage

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.120
 says that something

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.500
 happened,

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:39.240
 the mirrors got broken

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 and we lose

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.680
 our relationship

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.099
 with God,

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.000
 we lose our orientation

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.640
 with God

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.720
 and still we're empty

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.400
 because we can't

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.880
 fill it up

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 and so what we do

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.160
 is we take our mirror

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:49.380
 around and we find

00:22:49.380 --> 00:22:49.860
 something that we

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.579
 want to reflect.

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.000
 We find something

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.500
 that looks good,

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.019
 we find something

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.819
 that brings us hope,

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.519
 we find something

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.940
 that brings meaning

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.000
 to our life.

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 We all do that,

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.240
 don't we?

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.120
 We find something

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.519
 that we want

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.120
 to be about

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.839
 and be like

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.140
 and so we orient

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.680
 our mirrors,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.380
 our lives,

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.339
 we go into

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.980
 a relationship

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.720
 with our work,

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.380
 with our family,

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.079
 with our friends,

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.839
 with our education,

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.920
 with our relationships,

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.480
 sometimes with our children,

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.079
 we all orient

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.160
 our mirrors

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:23.099
 towards something

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:25.000
 and Moses says

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.159
 in Genesis 1,

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.379
 2,

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.659
 and 3

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 that we are meant

00:23:27.459 --> 00:23:27.939
 to orient

00:23:27.939 --> 00:23:28.679
 towards God.

00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.199
 In fact,

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.759
 he says that's

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 why we're made

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 and if you're

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.459
 orienting towards

00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:36.159
 anything else,

00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.000
 if you're reflecting

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.019
 your university,

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.039
 your job,

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.899
 your relationships,

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:40.759
 if you're reflecting

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.719
 any of those things

00:23:41.719 --> 00:23:42.379
 in the mirror

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.899
 of your life,

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:44.519
 in your relationships,

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.859
 Moses says you're

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.319
 incomplete,

00:23:46.939 --> 00:23:47.619
 you're not who

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.399
 you're made to be,

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.399
 you will never

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.079
 function the way

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.839
 you're supposed to be,

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.759
 you will always

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.299
 feel lonely,

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.180
 you'll always feel

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.500
 depressed,

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.299
 you'll always feel

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.539
 empty,

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.220
 you'll always feel

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.359
 hollow because you

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.220
 and I were made

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.339
 for one purpose

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.140
 and that's to have

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.680
 a relationship

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.180
 with God

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.140
 and we're made

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.640
 in such a way

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.240
 that we reflect

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.759
 his image.

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.859
 So the question

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.519
 is this,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.079
 what are you

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.879
 reflecting today?

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.039
 What is it

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.319
 that you're

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.259
 orienting your life

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.500
 towards?

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:18.879
 What is it

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.200
 you're trying

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.720
 to find meaning

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.000
 for,

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.900
 purpose for,

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.740
 significance for,

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.379
 what is it

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.960
 in your life

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.500
 that you're

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.140
 turning towards,

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.079
 what is it

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.379
 that you're

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.000
 trying to say

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.019
 this is who I am,

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.539
 this is what I

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.940
 want to be,

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.660
 this is what I

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.079
 want people to

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.559
 see me as,

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.059
 this is what I

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.619
 want to reflect,

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.400
 what is that

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.680
 thing?

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.400
 Maybe you

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.980
 don't know.

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.539
 And if you're

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.859
 like me,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.200
 you have to have

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.779
 people around you

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.180
 all the time

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.579
 and you ask

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.920
 them questions

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.279
 like what do

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.599
 you think I

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.240
 reflect today?

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.680
 What's the

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.000
 most important

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.339
 thing in my

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.700
 life?

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.259
 What am I

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.680
 talking about

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.279
 all the time?

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.819
 What gives

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.440
 me value?

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.740
 What makes

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.319
 me excited?

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.000
 What makes

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.579
 me say,

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:54.819
 wow,

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.480
 this is amazing,

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.839
 I need to

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.200
 do this.

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.900
 What is it?

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.359
 What is it?

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.879
 What is it?

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.819
 And Moses

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.420
 says in Genesis

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.839
 that if it's

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.400
 anything else

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.059
 but God,

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.819
 then we're not

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.400
 acting the way

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:05.980
 we're supposed

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.539
 to be,

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.559
 that you and I

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.039
 can only find

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.519
 meaning and

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.059
 purpose and

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.640
 significance in

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.079
 our relationship

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.559
 with God.

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.220
 And anything

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.519
 else,

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.119
 anything other

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.579
 things that we

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.799
 do,

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.379
 we're living

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.039
 counter to the

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.460
 design that

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.740
 we're made

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.259
 by God.

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.440
 and we'll

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.839
 always feel

00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:17.220
 empty and

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.619
 we'll always

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.720
 feel hard,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.900
 we'll always

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.579
 feel disappointed.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.440
 You and I

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.299
 were made to

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.140
 reflect God.

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:28.259
 So we're made

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.940
 in his image.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.960
 We have value

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.500
 and worth and

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.840
 dignity,

00:25:32.020 --> 00:25:32.440
 we're made in

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.900
 his image,

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.420
 we're made to

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.060
 reflect him to

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.960
 everything around

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.300
 us and the

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:36.860
 minute we don't

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.400
 do that,

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.660
 the scripture

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.080
 says the minute

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.520
 we don't do

00:25:40.520 --> 00:25:40.700
 that,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.540
 we bring death.

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.300
 And I know

00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.800
 that's a hard

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:45.380
 word and a

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.100
 hard idea but

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.980
 anytime we don't

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.560
 reflect the way

00:25:47.560 --> 00:25:47.960
 we're meant to

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.060
 be,

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.440
 we're bringing

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.860
 death to

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.340
 ourself and

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.600
 we're bringing

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.100
 death to the

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.600
 people around

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.040
 us.

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.480
 Because what

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.960
 we're saying is

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.460
 this is of more

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.000
 value than the

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.440
 God that I'm

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.799
 reflecting.

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.160
 And the people

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.680
 listen to you

00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.160
 and they follow

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.519
 you.

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.200
 You're not

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.019
 bringing life,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.019
 you're not

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.819
 bringing purpose,

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.019
 you're bringing

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:09.980
 death to your

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:12.839
 children, to your

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:15.420
 spouses, to your

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:18.059
 family, to people

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.740
 in your office.

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.240
 The passage goes

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.839
 on in the second

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.460
 part and I'm going

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.920
 to run through

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.539
 this because I

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.099
 want us to

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.539
 think about

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:24.720
 this.

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.339
 But what he

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.819
 says is not

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.220
 only are we

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.599
 made in the

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.079
 image of God

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.559
 but you and

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.519
 I were made

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.460
 for a relationship,

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.019
 we're made to be

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.500
 a part of a

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.039
 community, we

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.779
 need each other

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.139
 and again 3,400

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.180
 years ago no

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.159
 one ever would

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.619
 have thought this

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.279
 or heard this.

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.859
 Go back and

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.460
 read the passage

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.960
 tonight.

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:42.599
 Think about it,

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:44.220
 Adam without

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:46.599
 sin, he's

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:48.559
 perfect, he's

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.279
 very intelligent,

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.920
 he has all the

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.359
 wealth in the

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.259
 world, he has

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.959
 no competition,

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.899
 he talks to

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.539
 God face to

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:59.199
 face, he walks

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.779
 with God in the

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.279
 garden, his

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.099
 quiet times must

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.759
 be amazing,

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.099
 right?

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.199
 Okay God, I'm

00:27:04.199 --> 00:27:04.699
 going to start

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:06.079
 praying, you can

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.779
 end because you

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.259
 like that part

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.740
 when you say in

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:09.059
 my name, okay you

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.059
 can do that but

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.199
 he's right beside

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:11.899
 God and he's

00:27:11.899 --> 00:27:12.740
 praying with God

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.539
 and his

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.240
 relationship with

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.099
 God must have

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.619
 been out of

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:15.919
 control.

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.939
 He was the

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.839
 perfect man, he's

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.319
 the person that

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.359
 we, you and

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.519
 I try to

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.639
 become but the

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.379
 passage says that

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:24.539
 he was lonely, he

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:27.539
 needed something, he

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.079
 needed something that

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.099
 God couldn't give

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.500
 him.

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.759
 All the time I see

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.339
 people walking

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.799
 around and they

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.199
 say well all I

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.919
 need is God, me

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.579
 and God that's all

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.959
 I need?

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.519
 That's what the

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.619
 people thought 3,400

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:45.539
 years ago but Moses

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.819
 says no, you don't,

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:49.200
 you need God in a

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.039
 deep relationship with

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.679
 God but you need a

00:27:50.679 --> 00:27:51.759
 deep, deep, deep

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.960
 relationship with

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.279
 people around you and

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.960
 if you don't have

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.879
 that, if you don't

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.879
 understand it, if you

00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.559
 live your life and

00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.279
 you just think I'm a

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.579
 me, I'm a me, I'm a

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:01.220
 me but God says no, we

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.319
 are an us, we're an

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.539
 us, we're an us and

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.200
 if you live your life

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.980
 trying to be a me

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.899
 instead of being an

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:06.759
 us, you're never

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.579
 going to be made what

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.220
 you're supposed to be

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.179
 made, you're never

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.839
 going to function the

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.439
 way you're supposed to

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:11.279
 function, you're never

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.099
 going to be used the

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.899
 way God wants you to

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.700
 use, you're never

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.039
 going to grow the way

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.419
 God wants you to

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.799
 grow and

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.859
 be like him. You're never going to know

00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:20.659
 Jesus. You're never going to walk deeply

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:22.720
 with him if you're only just a

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.059
 me.

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.779
 Because from the very beginning, God

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.159
 creates and he creates us in

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:29.059
 us.

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.779
 And there's a deep, deep,

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:34.000
 deep need for community.

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.759
 There's a deep need for people to reflect

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.839
 back to us how we're really acting and what we're doing

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.619
 in our lives.

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:51.359
 It says that it was not good for man to be

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.220
 alone and so he makes a helper for him.

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:55.159
 And we could talk about this forever.

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:57.460
 And I really want to come back to this issue

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:59.579
 but the idea is this, that the man

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:01.440
 was in perfect relationship with God

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.639
 but he needed something else he was lacking.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.379
 And so the Hebrew is easier.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.419
 It means a person who

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:09.059
 has what he does not have.

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:11.480
 I know that there's a lot of terminology going

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.619
 on and people, women get angry

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.500
 when they're called helpers. But you know in the

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:17.480
 Bible it says there's only four people who are called

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.279
 helpers. It's called God our helper,

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:21.579
 Jesus our helper, the Holy Spirit our helper,

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.680
 and woman our helper.

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.480
 And there was something

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.400
 about man that woman needed to come in

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:29.220
 and fix. Actually in the Hebrew the word

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.319
 actually means, you're going to laugh, I use it

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.519
 sometimes in weddings and the guys go,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:35.279
 but the word means rescuer.

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.339
 That the woman

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.700
 is the rescuer of the man.

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.339
 That the woman has to be there to make

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:43.259
 the man complete. And let's just face it guys,

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:45.619
 women are so much better than us.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.980
 Aren't they?

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.119
 Come on.

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.960
 I know I'm going to get in trouble

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.660
 on guys, but I'd rather get in trouble with the guys

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.559
 than with the girls, right?

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:55.019
 But it's true, women

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.859
 are, because when he says

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:59.559
 this is bone to my bone, flesh to my flesh,

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.000
 she completes me,

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.379
 she's everything that I'm not.

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:05.119
 I'm not doing Jerry Maguire here, but she's everything

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:06.440
 that I'm not.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.779
 What Jesus is saying, what God is saying, what the Trinity

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.579
 is saying is that you have needs

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:13.059
 and you're lacking and I'm going to make you

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.220
 something that can fix you.

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.279
 And he doesn't clone him

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.419
 and he doesn't make him another man,

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.779
 but he makes him a woman.

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.779
 Totally different.

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:21.799
 The Hebrew word actually means like but opposite

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:25.220
 because he needs that to come into that life

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.679
 and he needs that woman to come in there

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:28.740
 and to fix him and to rescue him

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.879
 and to change him

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:33.079
 and to create a community.

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:37.139
 So now they're a community

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:39.319
 and they're reflecting the image of God in community.

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.480
 They're us and us, man and woman.

00:30:41.699 --> 00:30:42.919
 It's interesting when you do mathematics

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:44.919
 in God's world, it's always one plus one

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:46.379
 plus one plus one equals one.

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:50.679
 The Trinity, one plus one plus one equals one.

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:53.240
 Marriage, one plus one equals one.

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:57.799
 The 12 tribes, one plus one plus one equals one,

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.480
 the people of God.

00:30:58.699 --> 00:31:01.000
 The church, 350 equals one.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.559
 And what God says is that you and I

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:07.039
 were meant to be in together with relationships

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:08.279
 and we need to be so close.

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.579
 We need to be so together

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:15.680
 that we've fused in community.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:17.359
 And he's not just talking about sexually.

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:19.180
 It's so much deeper than sexually.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:21.099
 The passage isn't just talking about physical intimacy,

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.460
 but it's talking about knowing people well

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.920
 and allowing them into your life.

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.819
 And let's face it, people in Hong Kong hate that.

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:30.960
 Don't they?

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.259
 I mean, people wanna sit in the back

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.099
 and they just wanna run out.

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.759
 People don't want to go to things.

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.639
 They don't wanna sign up for things.

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.419
 They just say, hey, I don't wanna join things.

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.939
 I'm too busy.

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.859
 Just give me a book.

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:43.599
 Give me a brief synopsis and I'll do that.

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.759
 Tell me what I need to sign.

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.460
 Maybe I'll send my helper to go do that.

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:48.299
 But I don't need to go do that.

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.679
 Let me just stay hidden.

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.379
 Let me stay unknown.

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.319
 Let me stay in the back.

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:53.700
 And the passage says that you'll never grow.

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.700
 You'll never meet God.

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.700
 You'll never come to Christ.

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:57.440
 You'll never be the person that God meant you to be

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.920
 unless you have people who are different

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.860
 and they're around you.

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.460
 Never.

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:07.720
 You need people.

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.500
 You need community.

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.720
 You need people to reflect around you.

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.799
 You need people to come alongside you.

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:12.200
 You need people to speak truth to you.

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.779
 You need people to say, no, you're being an idiot.

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.759
 When was the last time you had somebody in your life

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:19.140
 look at you and say, you're being an idiot?

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.660
 If it's been a long, long time,

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:24.360
 then you're not experiencing the biblical community

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.500
 that God meant for you to have.

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:28.059
 Because you need people who can care about you.

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.279
 You need people who can come alongside of you.

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.779
 You need people who are committed to your welfare

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.799
 and they want you to grow.

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.559
 I'm going to say something.

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.579
 I'm going to get in trouble, I know.

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.619
 My wife will talk to me later.

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.839
 But the passage says,

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:43.819
 you need people that you can get naked with.

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.279
 I mean, that's what it says.

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.399
 He's not talking about just sex.

00:32:49.479 --> 00:32:52.099
 He's saying, you need people that you can allow to know you.

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:53.539
 You need people that can be transparent.

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.500
 He says at the end,

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.759
 the man and the wife were both naked

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.859
 and they were not ashamed.

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.500
 He's not just talking about physically,

00:32:58.639 --> 00:33:00.159
 but he's talking about in so many other levels,

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:03.500
 spiritually, culturally, their heart, their mind.

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:06.480
 He says, you need somebody that you can allow into your life

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:08.299
 and that they can show you what's going on there.

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:10.399
 And most of us don't like that.

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.480
 Most of us don't want that.

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:13.839
 Most of us have this deep fear inside of ourselves

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:15.319
 that if I really let somebody in,

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.740
 if I really let somebody see me naked,

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.480
 well, I won't say naked.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.259
 If I really let somebody see me,

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.539
 because then they probably would run away.

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:23.200
 But if I really let somebody see who I really am,

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.899
 they would run away.

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:31.279
 And maybe some of you in here have had that happen to you.

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.859
 I have.

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.480
 Okay, I really like this person.

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.240
 I'm just going to open it up.

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.899
 I'm going to share my deepest, darkest struggles.

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.399
 And they're like, whoa!

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:43.779
 Yeah, pastors not think about those things

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:45.420
 or have sinned or pastors are supposed to be perfect.

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:47.480
 At least I want my pastor to be perfect.

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:49.160
 And they run away.

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.860
 And in the passage,

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.700
 he says that you and I have a choice every day.

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:55.300
 Are we going to come into church?

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:57.019
 Are we going to come into communities and wear a mask

00:33:57.019 --> 00:34:00.660
 and allow people to love us for what we're really not like?

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:03.920
 So most of us have people loving us for an image

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.759
 of what we want to be like,

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:06.200
 but we're not really that thing.

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.420
 Does that make sense?

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.440
 Most of us have people love us for things

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.300
 that we're not really like.

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.800
 We're just an image of something we're projecting.

00:34:17.080 --> 00:34:18.420
 But we're really not that thing.

00:34:20.120 --> 00:34:21.039
 And the passage here says,

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.380
 unless you have people in your life

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.320
 who can come alongside of you

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.060
 and they can hear you

00:34:24.060 --> 00:34:25.460
 and they can be in communion with you,

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:26.740
 unless you have that happen,

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.860
 then you're never going to be who Jesus wants you to be.

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:31.180
 You're never going to be what God meant for you to be.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:33.820
 You're never going to reach your full potential.

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:35.039
 You're never going to be known.

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.760
 So the question is,

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.320
 do you have somebody in your life like that?

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.620
 Not just your spouse,

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.819
 but a group of people.

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:48.380
 Do you have a group of people who really know you?

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.199
 They know you naked.

00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:50.980
 They know your worst things

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.719
 and they love you

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.699
 and they're committed to you

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.759
 and they care for you.

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:01.019
 Genesis says that when God created the woman

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:02.900
 in that relationship,

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.619
 that was the type of relationship it was.

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.460
 But the problem is that what I see

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.799
 in most of my marriage counseling today

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:10.159
 is husbands and wives don't even know each other

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:15.400
 because they're so afraid of showing each other

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:17.299
 what's really going on in their heart.

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:24.440
 Singles really don't know each other.

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.840
 They hang out,

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:27.080
 they clump out in community groups,

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:28.080
 they do things together.

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:29.240
 But when there's a struggle,

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.960
 when there's a doubt,

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.660
 when there's a fear,

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.600
 when they're facing cancer,

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.800
 when something's going on in their life,

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:34.180
 when something deep down inside,

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:36.120
 there's this aching knowledge.

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:38.420
 And I know it because I was single for 35 years.

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.880
 There's this aching knowledge

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.340
 that if I really let them know,

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.519
 if I really share this,

00:35:42.580 --> 00:35:43.640
 they're not going to accept me.

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:46.440
 And I might act weird

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.699
 every time I walk around them.

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:50.219
 In the past, he says,

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:51.659
 what would it be like if we were a church

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.679
 that when people came in,

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:55.400
 they were cared for

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:58.159
 and they were loved

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.960
 and they didn't have to put on a mask

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.900
 and they didn't have to wear something

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:03.119
 and they didn't have to act a certain way.

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:04.079
 What would it look like

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.859
 if we could be a church

00:36:04.859 --> 00:36:05.980
 that could heal people of that

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.980
 and change people like that?

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.279
 What would it be like

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:11.639
 if we were not a church that was just a me,

00:36:11.879 --> 00:36:13.139
 but we were a church that was a us

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.019
 and in this us,

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.699
 we reflected God's relationship

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.400
 and his community

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.779
 and people who came in

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:19.259
 and saw the love,

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.000
 the acceptance,

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.400
 the care that we had for each other.

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:24.239
 Would that be an attractive church?

00:36:27.379 --> 00:36:28.079
 Would that be something

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.279
 that you would invite your friends to?

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.739
 I mean, I think that's some of the reasons

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.659
 some of us come here.

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.440
 Because it's amazing to me

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.619
 what I hear going on in community groups,

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.839
 but I think it's just not enough

00:36:36.839 --> 00:36:37.759
 to have it in one community group.

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:39.400
 We need to be doing that as a church together.

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.480
 Father,

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:46.960
 we were made for community.

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:51.980
 Until we're involved in each other's lives

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.579
 and talking truth to each other,

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.660
 we'll never be the people

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:55.599
 God meant for us to be.

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:59.039
 I'm going to end here.

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:02.400
 If you're sitting there like me,

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:04.840
 when I wrote this,

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:06.880
 and for many, many years,

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:09.119
 I realized this just sounds too good.

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.480
 The Christians say that,

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.519
 but they're really just hypocrites.

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.700
 They say these things,

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:15.420
 they want to get known,

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.920
 but once they share these things,

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.660
 it's impossible,

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.280
 it's unrealistic,

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.800
 it's not possible,

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.980
 it will never happen.

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.860
 And the passage says,

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.599
 you're right.

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.539
 On our own,

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.280
 it is impossible.

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.780
 The only way that's going to happen

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.860
 is if Jesus shows up.

00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:40.100
 The only way it's going to happen

00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:41.900
 is we start to look at Christ,

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:45.380
 the only perfect image of God.

00:37:45.560 --> 00:37:46.460
 He was the only man

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.840
 who was the perfect image of God.

00:37:48.080 --> 00:37:49.060
 He came to earth

00:37:49.060 --> 00:37:50.580
 as a perfect image of God.

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:52.080
 He left the perfect community.

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.800
 And our Bible tells us

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:57.000
 that he was scorned,

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.800
 he was rejected,

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.500
 just like many of us feel like

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.100
 in relationships.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.840
 He was cast aside.

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.380
 He was crucified.

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:13.400
 It's very interesting in Colossians,

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.720
 it says,

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:16.180
 for the joy set before him,

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:19.440
 Christ endured the cross.

00:38:21.080 --> 00:38:22.820
 It's the same words in Genesis.

00:38:24.200 --> 00:38:25.840
 The Father and Son are creating,

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.960
 the Holy Spirit are creating,

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.860
 and there's a sense of overwhelming joy

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.780
 and care and love

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:31.039
 and they want to share it with everybody

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:32.059
 and so they create

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:33.039
 so that people can see it,

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.960
 they can reflect it,

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.820
 they can experience it

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:36.119
 and the relationship is broken

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.800
 and it says,

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.740
 Jesus comes down

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.920
 and he's the perfect man,

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.800
 he leads all these things

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.360
 and it says,

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.460
 in the same way that he had joy

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.320
 in creating us

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.079
 in the very beginning,

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.599
 he has joy

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.639
 in dying for us

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:51.059
 so that we might come back

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.639
 to the Father.

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.519
 And until we understand that,

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:59.300
 until Jesus shows up in your life

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.960
 and you realize everything

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.559
 that he's done,

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:04.099
 you're never going to be the person

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.980
 God meant for you to be.

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.420
 You never will.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.980
 Your mirror will be focusing

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.699
 on HSBC or Jaguar

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:13.699
 or whatever it is in your life

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.940
 that brings meaning and purpose.

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:19.079
 But the passage here

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:21.360
 is that God created us

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.840
 with a very special purpose

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.680
 and we as God's people

00:39:25.680 --> 00:39:27.260
 need to understand that

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.240
 if we're going to walk

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:31.200
 and be the people

00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:32.039
 that he wants us to be.

00:39:34.680 --> 00:39:35.620
 Does that make sense?

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.180
 I've been struggling

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:40.440
 with that for 40 years.

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.740
 I think I'll continue

00:39:43.740 --> 00:39:45.240
 struggling with it all my life.

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:48.259
 The amazing thing about that

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:48.919
 is as I do,

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.939
 God is faithful.

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:52.419
 His grace is amazing.

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.699
 He continually meets me

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.559
 wherever I'm at.

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.799
 Helps me point my mirror

00:39:58.799 --> 00:39:59.659
 back to Christ.

00:40:01.919 --> 00:40:02.739
 Become more and more

00:40:02.739 --> 00:40:03.239
 like the person

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.059
 he meant for us to be.

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:08.059
 Father, we thank you

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.519
 for this day.

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.479
 We thank you for your goodness

00:40:09.479 --> 00:40:10.919
 in our life.

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.639
 I pray now

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:12.940
 as I know

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.940
 that there are people here

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:16.760
 who, man,

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:18.260
 their mirror is focused

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:19.720
 on anything but God.

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:22.099
 Some of them know that

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:22.780
 and they think

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.340
 that those things

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:24.180
 will bring them happiness

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.280
 and meaning

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.639
 and significance

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.900
 and some of them

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.840
 have no idea

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:30.680
 and what I pray for those

00:40:30.680 --> 00:40:31.500
 my brothers and sisters

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.340
 in here right now

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:34.460
 that you would show them

00:40:34.460 --> 00:40:36.680
 in some way this week

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.280
 that the only thing

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:38.340
 that's going to bring them meaning

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.780
 the only thing

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.680
 that's going to bring them purpose

00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.059
 the only thing

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.720
 that's going to make them

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:42.539
 be what you created them

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.139
 to be

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.879
 is a relationship with you

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:47.159
 and you're ready for that.

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:48.139
 You're pursuing them.

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:50.000
 If they're here right now

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.980
 it's very clear

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.519
 your word says

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.419
 that you're pursuing them

00:40:52.419 --> 00:40:54.299
 and the question is

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:55.919
 do they accept that pursuit

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:58.879
 or do they hide

00:40:58.879 --> 00:41:00.739
 and reorient their mirror

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:01.539
 and I pray that they would

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.379
 fall in love with you.

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.539
 For those of us

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:05.399
 who are your children

00:41:05.399 --> 00:41:06.039
 and we're struggling

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.739
 in this way

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.539
 as we walk with you

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.480
 and we make mistakes

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:10.239
 and our mirror is broken

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.679
 and we're trying

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.439
 to capture something

00:41:11.439 --> 00:41:12.099
 that brings meaning

00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:12.559
 and purpose

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:14.259
 and happiness

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.759
 and sometimes

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.419
 we capture things

00:41:15.419 --> 00:41:16.139
 and they bring happiness

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:16.719
 but they only bring it

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.399
 for a little while

00:41:17.399 --> 00:41:19.619
 and then we're empty again

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:23.859
 and yet you're continually there

00:41:23.859 --> 00:41:24.879
 you're continually drawing us

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:25.419
 back to you

00:41:25.419 --> 00:41:26.199
 you're continually

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:27.779
 loving us

00:41:27.779 --> 00:41:28.699
 and showing us your son

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.619
 you're continually showing

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:30.919
 the us

00:41:30.919 --> 00:41:31.659
 in the Trinity

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.979
 as opposed to me

00:41:32.979 --> 00:41:34.279
 as Tobin

00:41:34.279 --> 00:41:34.639
 and Lord

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.479
 I pray for us

00:41:35.479 --> 00:41:35.959
 that we would

00:41:35.959 --> 00:41:36.919
 be people

00:41:36.919 --> 00:41:37.619
 who would just come

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.579
 before you right now

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.519
 and we would just confess

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:43.000
 we would just repent

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.960
 of our selfishness

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.259
 and our blindness

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:47.119
 and as your word says

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.960
 that many of us in here

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.500
 we're blind to our blindness

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:51.279
 we're blind to how blind we are

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:52.880
 and the only way

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:53.860
 we can see you

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:57.559
 is for you to open our eyes

00:41:57.559 --> 00:42:00.039
 so Lord

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:01.059
 we're so thankful

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:02.279
 that we're made in your image

00:42:02.279 --> 00:42:04.860
 and that the price tag

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:06.179
 on every one of us in here

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:07.899
 and every person

00:42:07.899 --> 00:42:08.440
 that I name

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.079
 the price tag

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.739
 is priceless

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.980
 because we're priceless

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.480
 to you

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.819
 you continue to pursue us

00:42:14.819 --> 00:42:15.559
 and love us

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:17.480
 and Lord

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.099
 I pray for us

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.759
 as a church

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.299
 that we would be

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:19.919
 all those things

00:42:19.919 --> 00:42:20.559
 that we talked about

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.219
 that we would be loving

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.799
 and caring

00:42:21.799 --> 00:42:23.079
 that we would treat people

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.960
 with value and dignity

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.739
 as we go out today

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:25.399
 and we would treat people

00:42:25.399 --> 00:42:26.099
 with value and dignity

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:26.940
 as they come to church

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:28.159
 and that we would show them

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:29.179
 what true community is

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.739
 and we would show them

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:30.759
 they don't have to be false

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:32.000
 or to wear a mask

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.519
 but that we

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.500
 we accept

00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.079
 and we love

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.799
 and we care

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:37.060
 not because we can do it

00:42:37.060 --> 00:42:39.060
 because we can't

00:42:39.060 --> 00:42:40.960
 but we do all these things

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:42.000
 because you've done it

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.000
 and as we orient our mirrors

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.620
 towards you

00:42:45.620 --> 00:42:46.700
 you change us

00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:47.940
 and you give us the power

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:49.860
 to be your people

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:52.000
 and for that

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.320
 we

00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:54.340
 we worship you

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:54.660
 and we're

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:55.519
 forever

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.640
 we will never

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:56.960
 yeah

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:59.280
 amazing grace

00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.019
 so Lord

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.660
 we come before you

00:43:01.660 --> 00:43:02.280
 and we love you

00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:03.060
 and we thank you

00:43:03.060 --> 00:43:03.640
 and we pray these things

00:43:03.640 --> 00:43:04.440
 in your son Jesus name

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.159
 Amen