WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.019 Good afternoon everyone, I'm Ian. Well done Jonathan and Corey. When you're asked to read, I think that's probably the last passage that you want, but beautifully done, thank you. 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:16.620 The world is changing at a pace that's never been seen before. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:25.519 Urbanisation and ease of transport and travel mean that there's a lot more connected than there's ever been. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:31.600 Humans are harnessing the power of nature to make their lives better. 00:00:32.219 --> 00:00:41.739 The arts are flourishing. Technology is bringing about an ease of life that previous generations could hardly have dreamed of. 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:46.620 And yet, marriage is being devalued. 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:53.200 Anger and violence and pride are rife. 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.560 Human life is valued cheaply. 00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:01.080 And the world's heading towards a climate catastrophe. 00:01:02.020 --> 00:01:03.719 Welcome to Genesis 4. 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:09.400 Now I've tried to make it sound fairly modern, and obviously it's not. 00:01:09.460 --> 00:01:11.040 We're talking early Iron Age here. 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:17.320 And yet many of the themes of what we see here are still very relevant today. 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:31.959 And this passage, these two chapters that look full of names and genealogies, I think still have quite a lot to teach us and to help us to understand how God wants us to live in our day. 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:41.259 Some theologians call the period that goes broadly from Adam to Noah as the dispensation of conscience. 00:01:41.899 --> 00:01:46.899 Now whether you agree with that theology or not, I think it's actually a helpful description. 00:01:46.900 --> 00:01:54.859 Because what's happening in this period is that by and large, human beings have very little knowledge of God. 00:01:55.420 --> 00:01:56.880 The law hasn't been given. 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:02.380 The covenant promises through Noah and Abraham are still in the future. 00:02:02.379 --> 00:02:10.219 And largely, men and women are living by conscience of what we'd call today their moral compass. 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:14.379 And we know, of course, that human conscience is flawed. 00:02:14.799 --> 00:02:17.879 It does not always get things right. 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:22.400 I think that is very much a link with where we are today. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:31.939 By and large, people around us, even the people who are making our laws, don't really take God into account when they do it. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:35.860 They're going by what they want to think is right. 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:41.800 But actually, very often, it's not in accordance with the Bible. 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:49.500 And that, I think, brings Genesis 4 very much into the kind of territory we're in today. 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:55.500 The title of Given Who Do You Think You Are, of course, is taken from the BBC genealogy program. 00:02:56.020 --> 00:03:02.620 But it may be relevant to what God thinks and what God thought in Genesis 4 about humans. 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:09.800 Who do you think you are that you can go your own way and you can forget about my instructions? 00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:16.300 And in Genesis 4, it is personified in this family of Lamech. 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:24.260 I think we could describe it as a very dysfunctional family in many ways, and yet a family of high achievers. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:28.660 And again, that's something that maybe is quite current in our day. 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:34.400 That often the families where the people are the greatest achievers in the terms of this world they do the most, 00:03:34.820 --> 00:03:37.500 actually behind the scenes there are all sorts of problems. 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:41.320 Sometimes they come out, sometimes they don't. 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:48.939 But Lamech and his family, I think, really helpfully bring out the contrast in Genesis 4. 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:52.439 I've called it civilization question mark. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.780 So on the one hand, you can see that mankind is progressing. 00:03:58.740 --> 00:04:03.219 That things are, from that point of view, getting better. 00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:10.659 So at the start of our reading, we had the first city being built, the start of urbanization. 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:17.160 We then have this man, Jabal, the first of Lamech's sons. 00:04:17.259 --> 00:04:21.540 It says he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:28.199 Now in his own way, living in tents was probably almost as significant as building cities. 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:33.699 Building cities meant you could group together and people could live together and help each other. 00:04:34.539 --> 00:04:39.819 But building, having tents meant they could move around and they could go to the best places, 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:43.639 in this case the best places for pasture for their flocks. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:48.599 Lamech also was the one who started farming, systematic farming, 00:04:48.659 --> 00:04:53.379 rather than just having lots of beasts breeding and so on, seemed to go back to him. 00:04:53.379 --> 00:04:57.779 Then the second son, Jubal, who was the musician. 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.540 I don't think it was violins and trumpets, but to get the idea. 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:08.560 He was the one who first started making music and seeing that as part of human life 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.699 and something that people could enjoy and benefit from. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:17.300 And then the third son was Jubal Cain, and he was the one who made tools. 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:22.860 He got bronze and he got iron, and he made things that would make life easier. 00:05:23.379 --> 00:05:29.959 And all of these things are presented to us as mankind, humankind, really progressing. 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:36.339 Civilization is growing and developing, and that's a good thing. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:43.480 But at the same time, we're told a number of things about Lamech that would make us pause 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.379 and think, well, perhaps it's not all good. 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.899 The first thing we see is that he had two wives. 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:53.219 Now, it's not uncommon in the Old Testament to have more than one wife. 00:05:53.339 --> 00:05:57.979 Many of the leading characters in the Old Testament, like David, indeed did. 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:03.519 But this is beginning to get away from God's plan for marriage. 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:05.639 Remember God's plan for marriage? 00:06:05.739 --> 00:06:09.599 One husband, one wife, they become one flesh. 00:06:10.179 --> 00:06:13.839 And as soon as you introduce the third person into that, it's kind of going. 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:19.279 You don't have the same value being placed on marriage and on the intimacy of relationship, 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:22.199 which is a one-to-one thing. 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:25.919 And then in Lamech, you have violence. 00:06:26.359 --> 00:06:31.079 Violence like you had with Cain, and perhaps in some ways even worse. 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:36.559 Now, the poem that Lamech gives us in the passage is quite interesting. 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:41.420 I've killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me. 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:47.120 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech 77 times. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:48.240 What's he saying? 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:51.560 On the surface, I think maybe he's saying, 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:54.980 my crime is not as bad as Cain's crime. 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:58.620 Cain killed Abel in cold blood, if you like. 00:06:58.680 --> 00:06:59.819 It was murder. 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:03.060 Lamech is saying, well, it wasn't murder in my case. 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.459 Someone came and attacked me. 00:07:04.459 --> 00:07:07.180 I defended myself, and I killed them. 00:07:07.799 --> 00:07:10.939 And if Cain has God's protection seven times, 00:07:11.159 --> 00:07:12.979 then I deserve even more. 00:07:13.359 --> 00:07:16.259 I deserve 77 times. 00:07:17.099 --> 00:07:24.079 But of course, in it all, he is really just boasting in himself and in his power. 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.459 He has no concern for the young man he killed. 00:07:29.219 --> 00:07:31.759 Doesn't sound like that young man had done him great harm. 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:33.539 Maybe had some kind of feud with him. 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:34.660 He'd come and attacked him. 00:07:35.200 --> 00:07:37.200 And Lamech had responded. 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:38.439 He over-responded. 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:41.600 And he had ended up killing the man. 00:07:42.460 --> 00:07:44.420 And he thinks, well, that's okay. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:48.200 If someone comes up against me and does things I don't like 00:07:48.200 --> 00:07:50.400 and hurts me in some kind of way, 00:07:50.640 --> 00:07:51.879 I'll get back at them, 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.560 and I'll do it much worse than they did to me. 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:56.759 Sound familiar? 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.699 In our day, that kind of thing happens as well. 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:06.339 And this thing of seven times and 77 times is interesting as well. 00:08:06.420 --> 00:08:10.139 So Lamech is saying, I deserve extra protection compared with Cain. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:13.860 Now, actually, Cain received God's grace, 00:08:14.099 --> 00:08:17.039 which he didn't deserve as a murderer. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:20.740 However, Lamech is assuming that he can have the same grace 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:23.780 and that he in some way deserves it. 00:08:24.200 --> 00:08:27.200 He has totally misunderstood a God 00:08:27.200 --> 00:08:31.080 and the kind of relationship we should have with him. 00:08:32.060 --> 00:08:35.340 And it's interesting also because the Lord Jesus picks up on it 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:36.620 in the New Testament. 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.299 Jesus has a conversation with Peter 00:08:39.299 --> 00:08:42.039 where Peter says, well, how often should I forgive somebody? 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:44.679 Should I forgive them as many as seven times? 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.340 Peter's thinking, this is really good. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.340 I'm showing him a really good follower of Jesus. 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:52.240 I'm willing to forgive even up to seven times. 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:57.620 And Jesus says, no, not seven times, but 77 times, 00:08:57.700 --> 00:08:59.700 or perhaps it's 70 times seven times 00:08:59.700 --> 00:09:01.019 that people disagree on that. 00:09:01.060 --> 00:09:03.460 But I'm sure he was echoing what Lamech said. 00:09:03.460 --> 00:09:08.420 But instead of talking about vengeance and about getting revenge, 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.280 Jesus is talking about the love that we should show 00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:14.940 and the forgiveness that we should offer. 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:19.940 So the world under Lamech is regressing. 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.000 It's going backwards because although technology 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:26.139 and everything else is doing fine, 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:29.560 in the human heart, things are getting worse 00:09:29.560 --> 00:09:33.440 and the pride of life and the desire to have more for ourselves 00:09:33.460 --> 00:09:36.040 and to do whatever we need to to other people 00:09:36.040 --> 00:09:38.519 is greater and greater. 00:09:39.780 --> 00:09:41.300 So what's the application for today? 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.420 Well, the first thing I think is 00:09:43.420 --> 00:09:47.500 we should celebrate the achievements of our generation. 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.720 We should celebrate the fact that in most of our lifetimes, 00:09:52.139 --> 00:09:54.139 man has made so much progress 00:09:54.139 --> 00:09:56.340 in understanding our environment, 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.960 in using it for our good, 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.259 in developing technology, 00:10:02.259 --> 00:10:04.340 that even 20 years ago, 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.080 certainly 50, 100 years ago, 00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:08.840 people could hardly have dreamed of. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.060 And we should celebrate it 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:15.060 because we're using the talents that God has given us 00:10:15.060 --> 00:10:17.560 to find out more about his world 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:19.980 and about his universe. 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:21.800 As someone said, 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:24.800 we're thinking God's thoughts after him. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.379 And we shouldn't despise technology 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:29.620 or the arts 00:10:29.620 --> 00:10:33.079 or the way man harnesses the world 00:10:33.079 --> 00:10:35.799 as long as it's done in a positive way. 00:10:36.139 --> 00:10:37.919 That is something to be celebrated 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:39.699 and to be enjoyed. 00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:42.059 It's something that God wants us 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:43.399 to rejoice in 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:45.000 and to benefit from 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.339 and to give him the glory for 00:10:47.339 --> 00:10:49.979 because he has given us the minds, 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:51.019 the mental capacity 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:53.360 to be able to do these things 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:55.600 and to appreciate them. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.500 So there definitely is an element 00:10:57.500 --> 00:10:58.600 as we look at this 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.279 that we should rejoice in God 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.000 and rejoice in what is happening, 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:06.000 that his universe is so marvellous 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.539 and we're just now finding out 00:11:08.539 --> 00:11:10.259 what's always been there 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:13.480 and which is beyond our comprehension 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.100 in many ways. 00:11:16.199 --> 00:11:17.319 But at the same time, 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:19.059 we need to recognise 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:20.719 that we're living in a world 00:11:20.719 --> 00:11:22.399 which is in many ways 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.419 regressing. 00:11:24.739 --> 00:11:25.199 Marriage. 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:26.399 I don't think bigamy 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:27.639 is a big issue 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:28.959 in this country 00:11:28.959 --> 00:11:30.239 in our day. 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:32.119 But perhaps that's because 00:11:32.119 --> 00:11:32.919 people don't think 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:33.579 you need to bother 00:11:33.579 --> 00:11:34.699 to get married 00:11:34.699 --> 00:11:36.119 if you want to have 00:11:36.119 --> 00:11:37.619 an intimate relationship 00:11:37.619 --> 00:11:38.619 with someone. 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:40.219 You can have two women 00:11:40.219 --> 00:11:41.239 or you can have two men 00:11:41.239 --> 00:11:42.399 and that's okay. 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:44.159 You don't have to tie the knot 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:44.719 for that. 00:11:45.299 --> 00:11:46.319 And just one example 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:48.219 of the way in which marriage 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:49.840 is being devalued 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.060 and we're getting further 00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:53.120 and further away 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:55.680 from God's plan for us. 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.460 And then you look at attitudes. 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:01.660 And you see in many ways 00:12:01.660 --> 00:12:02.779 a real pride 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:04.019 and arrogance 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:05.779 about many people. 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:07.080 We see it in our leaders. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:09.040 We see it perhaps also 00:12:09.040 --> 00:12:10.480 in ourselves 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.220 and those we come into contact with. 00:12:13.220 --> 00:12:16.600 And some of the great things 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:17.840 that we're finding 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.779 that we're inventing 00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:22.500 are also doing great harm. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:24.340 So the internet is wonderful. 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:26.440 The way that we have access 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:27.360 to information 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.620 that no one in any generation 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:31.840 before has ever had. 00:12:32.420 --> 00:12:34.200 I want to find something out. 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:35.360 I go into Google. 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:36.320 I go into Wikipedia 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:36.899 or somewhere 00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:38.220 and it's there 00:12:38.220 --> 00:12:39.879 and it's great. 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:42.080 And yet the internet 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:42.799 has fuelled 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.080 the rise in pornography 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.000 and in people 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.360 interacting with their computers 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:49.539 rather than 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:51.039 with one another. 00:12:51.939 --> 00:12:53.080 Mobile phones are great. 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:54.620 We are more connected 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.500 with each other 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:57.259 than ever before. 00:12:57.820 --> 00:12:59.059 Even if we're out and about 00:12:59.059 --> 00:13:00.480 we can easily talk 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.580 to each other by phone 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.919 or we can text each other 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:04.720 or we can use social media 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:05.879 or whatever. 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.539 And yet how often 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:10.139 is social media 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.360 used in a way 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:12.139 that's inappropriate? 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:14.059 That's intemperate. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:14.799 We've seen the example 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.860 of that in our own country 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.340 this week. 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.299 We could go to America 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:18.659 and some of the things 00:13:18.659 --> 00:13:19.439 the president there 00:13:19.439 --> 00:13:20.600 has said on social media 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:21.980 and we look at it 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:22.439 and say 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:23.720 yes, social media 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.779 is a great thing 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:27.179 but man is not using it 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:28.159 in the way 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:29.779 that we should. 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.139 Our world is 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:32.100 in many ways 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:32.679 regressing 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:34.460 even as it is 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:35.460 progressing. 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.879 What shall response be 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:38.399 to that? 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:40.179 Well right at the end 00:13:40.179 --> 00:13:41.299 of Genesis 4 00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:42.700 in this chapter 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:43.539 full of names 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.460 and this family 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:46.299 which has so many problems 00:13:46.299 --> 00:13:47.639 we have the birth 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.639 of another child 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.799 a man named Seth 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:52.360 and then his son 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:53.259 Enosh 00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:54.939 and at the end it says 00:13:54.939 --> 00:13:56.320 at that time 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.139 people began to call 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.320 on the name 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:00.580 of the Lord. 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:02.200 Even in this world 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:02.919 where God was 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:04.519 largely forgotten about 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.759 and was glorying 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.679 in his developments 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:08.480 and in his power 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.579 rather than 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.579 in God. 00:14:11.179 --> 00:14:11.879 There were people 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.679 who recognized 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.340 that they couldn't do 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:16.100 without God. 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.939 The name of the Lord 00:14:17.939 --> 00:14:18.559 that's used here 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:19.399 if you've got a Bible 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.819 in front of you 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.240 you'll see it's in 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.519 capital letters. 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:23.279 It's the covenant name 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:23.639 of God 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.679 later in the Old Testament 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.319 Yahweh. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.439 Not sure how much 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:27.120 the people then 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.759 would have understood 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.779 exactly what that meant. 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:31.100 But it is calling 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:31.940 on the God 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.840 who is personal 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.139 and the God 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:35.639 who is interested. 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:37.500 And there were some people 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.879 perhaps not many 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:40.100 who recognized 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:41.100 the importance 00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:42.360 of that. 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:43.680 And for us today 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.600 if we're Christians 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:46.259 we call on the name 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:47.420 of the Lord. 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.779 And we give thanks 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.899 for all the great things 00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.580 that are happening 00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:52.580 in his wonderful world. 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.940 But we should also 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.840 be on our knees 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:56.540 as we see around us 00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:57.560 that people are getting 00:14:57.560 --> 00:14:58.660 further and further 00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.600 away from God 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:02.120 and from his standards. 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.679 We are called 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.860 to call upon 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:05.799 the name 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.579 of the Lord. 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.500 So that's Genesis 4. 00:15:09.579 --> 00:15:10.120 What do we make 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.319 of Genesis 5 00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.120 which is even more 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:13.299 a long list 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:13.839 of names 00:15:13.839 --> 00:15:15.679 and of dates. 00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.100 Well genealogies 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.559 in the Bible 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.559 are quite important. 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:20.480 And this particular 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.279 genealogy 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:22.519 is the introduction 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.459 to a new section 00:15:23.459 --> 00:15:24.000 in Genesis 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.659 which runs 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.539 basically through 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:26.579 the account of Noah. 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:27.579 So we finish off 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:28.399 in chapter 4 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:29.199 essentially 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:30.399 the creation narrative 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.379 and we're now 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.000 coming on to 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:33.600 the Noah narrative. 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:35.100 And as a link 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:35.659 in that 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.980 the writer positions 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:37.919 where the two 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.600 sit together. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.399 So it takes us 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:40.059 from Adam 00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:41.720 down to Noah. 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:43.019 If we keep going 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.679 through the Bible 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:45.139 we can get that list 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.120 taken right down 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.519 and it ends up 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.399 with Jesus. 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:50.100 The key genealogy 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.539 in the Bible 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.559 starts with Adam 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.840 or starts actually 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.519 with God 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.740 if you read it 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:56.199 in Luke's Gospel 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:57.520 and it ends 00:15:57.520 --> 00:15:58.759 with Jesus. 00:15:58.940 --> 00:15:59.540 The writer is 00:15:59.540 --> 00:16:00.620 positioning here 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:02.120 where Adam 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.980 and Noah 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.180 sit together. 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.360 But I think 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:06.140 there's more to it 00:16:06.140 --> 00:16:07.140 than that. 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:08.460 Quite a lot of people 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.600 are into family history 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:10.440 I am myself 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.379 and it can be 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:12.560 quite fascinating. 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.320 Now when you do 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.360 family history 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.020 you have two things 00:16:17.020 --> 00:16:18.640 that you look at. 00:16:19.140 --> 00:16:20.060 One is 00:16:20.060 --> 00:16:21.500 you get a long list 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.160 of names 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.799 and of dates. 00:16:24.319 --> 00:16:24.899 So you go through 00:16:24.899 --> 00:16:25.559 your ancestors 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:26.120 you go through 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.959 the record office 00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:27.559 and the birth 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.000 and marriage 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.799 and death certificates 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:29.639 and the censuses 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.639 and everything else 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.240 that's available 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.399 and you end up 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.319 with a big chart 00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.319 which has lots 00:16:34.319 --> 00:16:35.399 of names of people 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:37.339 and lots of ages 00:16:37.339 --> 00:16:38.899 or dates on it. 00:16:39.339 --> 00:16:40.100 And that in a sense 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.819 is the core 00:16:40.819 --> 00:16:41.860 of doing 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:43.519 your family tree. 00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.719 It is looking 00:16:44.719 --> 00:16:45.480 at the lives 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.559 of ordinary people 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:47.199 but actually 00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:48.100 just looking at 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.879 their names 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.980 and a small amount 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.159 of information 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.860 about them. 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.360 But when you do 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.159 family history 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.179 very often 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:55.939 you find someone 00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:56.259 you think 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.939 that person 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:58.240 looks interesting. 00:16:58.959 --> 00:16:59.860 Perhaps I can find 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.639 out a little bit 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.219 more about them. 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.939 Now in my family tree 00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.559 there's no one 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.980 who's particularly famous. 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.139 I don't think 00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:07.619 there's anyone 00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:08.359 you could Google 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.899 and find much 00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:10.940 information about them 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.159 before my grandfather. 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.339 Previous generations 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:15.220 largely forgotten. 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.240 But there are 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.079 interesting people. 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.899 There are some 00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:18.799 very strong women. 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.000 There are some 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.839 families which went 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.399 through really 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:23.160 difficult times. 00:17:23.800 --> 00:17:24.259 And there are 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.660 some people 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:24.940 who think 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.259 well it would be 00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.000 good to find 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.740 out a bit more 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.360 about them. 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.320 They look 00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.860 quite interesting. 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.580 And that's what 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.300 the writer does 00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:33.400 in this chapter. 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:35.019 There's a long 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.840 list of what I've 00:17:35.840 --> 00:17:36.740 called ordinary 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.400 lives. 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.600 And then he has 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.100 a couple of 00:17:39.100 --> 00:17:39.820 examples of what 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.440 we might call 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.840 extraordinary lives. 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:42.879 lives. 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.339 So I've called 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.819 this one 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.500 lives well lived. 00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.419 As I said 00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.740 there are 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.740 ordinary lives 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.799 and there are 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.879 extraordinary lives. 00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.199 Now you might 00:17:52.199 --> 00:17:53.220 look at Genesis 5 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.779 and say there are 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.659 no ordinary lives 00:17:54.659 --> 00:17:54.980 here. 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.299 Almost everyone 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.000 on this list 00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.559 lived to be 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.599 over 900 years 00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:58.779 old. 00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.359 That's kind of 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:00.379 not normal 00:18:00.379 --> 00:18:01.439 in our day. 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.099 So let's just 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.619 deal with that 00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.240 one quickly 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:04.359 before we look 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.179 in more detail 00:18:05.179 --> 00:18:06.679 at the genealogy. 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.619 There are a number 00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.359 of different views 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.039 about what 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.139 the ages here 00:18:10.139 --> 00:18:10.799 mean. 00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:11.879 Some people 00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.839 think it could 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.500 be dynasties 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.200 that are being 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:15.859 talked about. 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.559 So when it 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.519 talks about Adam 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.299 or it talks 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.180 about Methuselah 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.559 whoever, 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.740 it's not talking 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.079 about an 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.559 individual, 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:23.539 it's talking 00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:23.919 about a 00:18:23.919 --> 00:18:24.539 dynasty was 00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.639 started with 00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.779 that person. 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:27.740 And so having 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.539 dynasties for 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.759 900 odd years 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.700 isn't out of 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.279 the question. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.379 The problem 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:33.039 with that is 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.720 at least a 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.099 couple of 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.480 people on 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.059 this list 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.059 are definitely 00:18:36.059 --> 00:18:36.779 presented as 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.399 being real 00:18:37.399 --> 00:18:38.240 individuals. 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:38.720 They're not 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.500 just a dynasty, 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.579 they are real 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.460 people who 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.159 had real 00:18:42.159 --> 00:18:42.879 lives. 00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.419 So that is 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.599 slightly difficult. 00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.399 Second possibility 00:18:46.399 --> 00:18:47.019 is it says 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.519 years. 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.500 Actually does it 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:49.159 mean months 00:18:49.159 --> 00:18:50.079 or does it 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.579 mean something 00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:50.980 different? 00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.460 So is the 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.079 time period 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.679 the same 00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.759 as ours? 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.319 Again quite 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.599 difficult because 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.279 if you look at 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.960 the ages of 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.419 the people 00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:59.220 when they had 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:00.319 children and 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.740 when they 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.299 died, 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.220 if they had 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.019 kind of normal 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:03.799 lifespans we 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.740 think of today, 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.579 there were things 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:06.119 like they became 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.740 a father when 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.240 they were seven 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.579 years old and 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.359 that really 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.599 doesn't work. 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.279 There's 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.079 genealogy a few 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.859 chapters on where 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.579 it says people 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.439 had children 00:19:14.439 --> 00:19:14.819 that kind of 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:15.299 what we think 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.839 were normal 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.379 ages like 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.159 30 and so 00:19:17.159 --> 00:19:17.959 on but not 00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:18.599 in this one 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.219 and I think 00:19:20.219 --> 00:19:21.279 it is difficult 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:22.059 to think that 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.879 it could just 00:19:22.879 --> 00:19:23.359 be months 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.979 rather than 00:19:23.979 --> 00:19:24.459 years. 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.859 So could it 00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.479 be really 00:19:26.479 --> 00:19:27.219 people living 00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:27.979 for that 00:19:27.979 --> 00:19:28.379 long? 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.139 Well maybe 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.639 it could. 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.279 We are pre-flood 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.479 and we are in 00:19:32.479 --> 00:19:32.939 a different 00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:34.539 environment from 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.159 what we have 00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:35.619 now. 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.740 Perhaps some 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.500 remnant of the 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.400 tree of life 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:38.880 that Adam 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.279 and Eve 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.960 had originally 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:40.440 eaten from 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:40.799 before they 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.099 were thrown 00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.480 out of the 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.940 garden of 00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.200 Eden. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.940 Perhaps that 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.259 was still 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.119 affecting things. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:44.940 Maybe they 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.900 had a very 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.519 long life. 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.400 That has its 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.200 own difficulties. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:48.920 Why would 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.180 you wait 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.660 hundreds of 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.099 years before 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:50.319 you had 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:50.680 your first 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.000 child? 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:51.539 Things like 00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:51.920 that. 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.920 But maybe 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.700 it's the 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.980 best explanation. 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.539 I don't 00:19:55.539 --> 00:19:55.819 know. 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.680 I'll leave 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.519 that to 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.880 you. 00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.660 But actually 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.460 although the 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.059 writer undoubtedly 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.680 means us to 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.279 notice the 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.599 ages, 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.799 they're not 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.319 the key 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.279 point of 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.059 this passage. 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.799 The key 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.180 thing in 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.799 this chapter 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.759 is that 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.240 people were 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.720 born, 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.879 they had 00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.359 children, 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.460 and they 00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.859 died. 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.779 They were 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.180 born, 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:15.899 they had 00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.339 children, 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.139 they died 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.839 generation 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:19.460 after generation. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.160 That is 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:21.940 ordinary 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:23.059 life. 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:23.819 You're 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.259 born, 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:24.819 you may 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.299 not have 00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:25.759 family, 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.660 and you 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.000 die. 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.660 That for 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.619 virtually every 00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.160 human who 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.660 has ever 00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.099 lived, 00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:32.200 that is the 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.359 pattern of 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:33.660 life. 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:34.160 That is the 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.579 pattern of 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.460 our lives 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.439 unless the 00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:36.839 Lord should 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.099 return before 00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:39.240 we die. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.319 And the 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.899 writer is 00:20:40.899 --> 00:20:41.379 saying to 00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:41.699 us, 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:43.099 this is the 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.659 curse that 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.019 came on 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.379 Adam, 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.379 the death 00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.799 that came 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.099 through 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.460 Adam, 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.240 this is 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:48.139 it in 00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:49.079 practice. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.339 People were 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.859 born, 00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.220 they lived, 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.779 they perhaps 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.419 had families, 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.639 and then they 00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.159 died, 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.059 and they 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.179 were gone. 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.339 They had 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.319 ordinary 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.659 lives. 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.740 And then 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:01.899 in the 00:21:01.899 --> 00:21:02.179 middle of 00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:02.460 that, 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.259 there are 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.660 a couple 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.000 of 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.879 extraordinary 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.579 lives. 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.400 Now we 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.819 have at the 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.160 beginning, 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.839 Seth, I'm 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.119 not going to 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.440 talk in 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.960 any detail 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.619 about Seth, 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.640 notice Seth 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:11.920 in the 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.400 likeness of 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.700 Adam, 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.180 Adam in 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.619 the likeness 00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.220 of God. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:14.879 Does that 00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.359 mean Seth 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.619 in the 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.079 likeness of 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.279 God? 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.619 To some 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:16.980 extent, 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.400 yes, 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.119 but also 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:19.279 affected by 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.900 the fall. 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:20.879 But the 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.099 two are 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.299 really 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.960 interesting, 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:24.279 Enoch 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.759 and Noah. 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.039 And these 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.299 are the 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.879 two men in 00:21:27.879 --> 00:21:28.180 the Old 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.240 Testament where 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.359 it says they 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:31.579 walked with 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:33.099 God or 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.539 they walked 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.379 faithfully 00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:36.039 with God. 00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.359 Noah, that 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.279 is mentioned 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.759 in chapter 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.299 six. 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.240 Enoch is 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.960 before us 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.819 in this 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.559 chapter. 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:43.679 And these 00:21:43.679 --> 00:21:44.119 are held 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.819 up to us 00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.819 as examples 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.939 of people 00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.500 who were 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.339 different. 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.619 They weren't 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.639 just ordinary, 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.779 lived, had 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.019 family, died. 00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.039 They were 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.579 people in 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.279 their lives 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.159 lived 00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.799 differently 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.460 and behaved 00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.460 differently. 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.860 And so 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.180 at the 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.319 end, they 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.799 were treated 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.980 differently. 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.779 Enoch, it 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.579 says, never 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.000 died. 00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:08.039 God took 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.299 him. 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.980 Noah was 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.200 saved from 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.079 the flood. 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.299 And both 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.680 of them, when 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.140 we come to 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.460 the New 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.600 Testament, are 00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.000 seen as 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.700 important 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.500 characters. 00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.019 Particularly in 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.660 Hebrews chapter 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.779 11, we have 00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.700 that great list 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.380 of men of 00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:21.759 faith. 00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.759 Then prominent 00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.480 among them 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.579 are Enoch 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:26.180 and Noah. 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.580 and a 00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.900 reminder in 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.580 that chapter 00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.720 that these 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.400 were men 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.039 who trusted 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.779 in God 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.500 and who 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:34.180 sought to 00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.580 live their 00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.840 lives for 00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.720 God. 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.560 Enoch, the 00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.340 shortest lived 00:22:39.340 --> 00:22:39.779 of all the 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.180 people in 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.799 this chapter, 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.700 but only 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.460 because God 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.060 took him. 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.200 Noah, the 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.680 one who 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.640 out-survived 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.039 all the 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.500 others, he 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.759 was the 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.220 only one 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.480 in the 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.259 list who 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.779 came through 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.259 the flood. 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:49.940 Methuselah, 00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:51.140 just passing 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:52.000 aside, Methuselah 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.580 died in the 00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:52.980 year of the 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.460 flood, if you 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.299 count up the 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.700 number of 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.000 years. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.940 Noah was 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.259 the only 00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.039 one who 00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.819 came through 00:22:57.819 --> 00:22:58.900 the flood. 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.680 And Noah 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.539 is presented, 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:01.799 and we're 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.059 going to look 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.339 at Noah 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.599 over the 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:02.940 next couple 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.140 of weeks 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.440 in more 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:04.579 detail, he 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.180 is presented 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.720 by his 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.779 father as 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.480 someone, he 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.920 says, who 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.440 will comfort 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.900 us in 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:10.140 labour and 00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.960 painful toil 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.259 of our 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.359 hands caused 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.779 by the 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.599 ground God 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.099 has cursed. 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.380 Now you 00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.759 wouldn't think 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.299 of Noah and 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.339 comfort necessarily 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:18.900 together. 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.119 Noah was the 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.640 preacher of 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:20.940 doom. 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.160 He was the 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.079 one who 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.779 alone with 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.359 his family 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.419 was saved 00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:26.059 when the 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:27.000 world was 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.559 destroyed. 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.199 But if we 00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:28.779 jump forward 00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.299 to Genesis 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.179 chapter 8, 00:23:30.479 --> 00:23:30.879 in Genesis 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.759 chapter 8, 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.759 God does 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.299 give us that 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.000 comfort through 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.899 Noah as 00:23:34.899 --> 00:23:35.339 he sends 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.139 Noah out 00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:37.119 to manage 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.740 the earth 00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.559 and as he 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.639 promises there 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.519 will never be 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.199 another flood. 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.740 But what do we 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.839 make of Enoch 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.579 and Noah? 00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.519 They are important 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.279 characters in 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.039 their own right, 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:50.220 but a lot 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.559 of their 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.839 significance is 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.259 that they 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.159 point forward 00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.299 to Jesus. 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.460 There are 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.920 people in 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.359 the Old 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.480 Testament who 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.139 displayed the 00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.720 kind of 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.460 characteristics 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.379 that we 00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.980 look for 00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.920 from Jesus 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:03.299 in the 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:04.619 New Testament. 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.740 Enoch 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:08.240 walked with 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.700 God. 00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.220 And Jesus 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.779 walked with 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.240 God. 00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.619 In his life 00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.159 on earth, 00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.700 he was 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.240 completely 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.119 obedient to 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.619 God his 00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.099 father, 00:24:17.739 --> 00:24:18.599 and he 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.319 was dependent 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.539 on God 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.839 his father. 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.579 And he 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.939 had that 00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.379 intimate 00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.099 relationship, 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.519 but he 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.899 knew his 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.379 father's 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:26.199 will and 00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:26.539 was able 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.039 to pass 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.579 it on to 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.559 others and 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.119 to live 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.239 a perfect 00:24:30.239 --> 00:24:31.059 life. 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:31.979 Jesus 00:24:31.979 --> 00:24:32.979 walked 00:24:32.979 --> 00:24:34.279 with God. 00:24:34.979 --> 00:24:35.239 I know 00:24:35.239 --> 00:24:35.679 in the Old 00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.699 Testament it 00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.500 is a picture 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.919 of Jesus 00:24:37.919 --> 00:24:38.559 as one 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.079 who is 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.979 able to 00:24:39.979 --> 00:24:40.279 save. 00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.519 He is 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.979 saved by 00:24:40.979 --> 00:24:41.439 God, 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.939 but a 00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.479 picture of 00:24:42.479 --> 00:24:43.039 God's 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.919 salvation. 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.599 As God 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:45.879 in his 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.240 mercy 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.659 spares 00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:46.879 this 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.199 small 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.740 family 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.740 and takes 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:48.899 them 00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.079 through 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.279 the 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.619 flood 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.179 and 00:24:50.179 --> 00:24:50.480 brings 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.679 them 00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:50.959 out 00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.399 the 00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:51.639 other 00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.159 side. 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.000 And 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.279 knowing 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.819 that 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.579 gives us 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.059 a picture 00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.699 of what 00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.179 happens 00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.740 with 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.119 Jesus. 00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.439 Those who 00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:58.819 are willing 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.500 to believe 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.079 the message 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.639 that Jesus 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.659 brings us, 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.399 those who 00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.719 are willing 00:25:02.719 --> 00:25:03.059 to put 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.639 their trust 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.179 in him, 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.259 are saved 00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.719 from their 00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:06.699 sin and 00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.480 from all 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.399 the filth 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.859 that is in 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.359 our lives, 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.699 the things 00:25:09.699 --> 00:25:09.959 we were 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.500 talking about 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.000 earlier, 00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.839 through the 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.259 death of 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.639 the Lord 00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.019 Jesus, 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.879 we are 00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.299 able to 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.779 be brought 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.619 into a 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.180 relationship 00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.500 with God. 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.319 So Enoch 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.279 and Noah 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.220 pictures 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.539 of Jesus. 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.319 But what 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.599 does it 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.440 mean to 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.859 walk 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.920 with God? 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.160 Let me 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.139 just bring 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.019 you three 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.240 verses from 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.619 the New 00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.859 Testament that 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.420 I think 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.240 will help 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.240 us with 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.680 that. 00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.819 Hebrews 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.519 chapter 11 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.819 is the 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.420 passage about 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.000 Enoch, 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.339 and it 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.220 says that 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.120 faith means 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.120 you believe 00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.640 that God 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:45.079 exists and 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.440 that he 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.480 rewards those 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.680 who earnestly 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.799 seek him. 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.180 So the 00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.539 first thing 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.920 of walking 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.500 with God, 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.880 what we 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.400 learn from 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.819 Enoch, 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.460 is we 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.900 need to 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.720 seek God, 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.420 we need 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.880 to look 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.240 to do 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.920 his will, 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.819 we need 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.380 to have 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.319 a faith 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.160 in him. 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.539 We need 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.380 to know 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.700 God and 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.140 to know 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.160 him in 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.900 our lives. 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.500 The Old 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.000 Testament book 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.579 of Micah, 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.519 it says, 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.119 what does 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.779 the Lord 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.640 require of 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.980 you? 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.240 To act 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:15.579 justly and 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.059 to love 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.559 mercy and 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.279 to walk 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.140 humbly 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.240 with your 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.720 God. 00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.240 Very significant 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.940 word there, 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.799 humbly. 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.480 If we walk 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.000 with God, 00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.599 we need to 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.660 recognize how 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:28.680 great he is 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.579 and how 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:31.019 insignificant by 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.480 comparison we 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.839 are. 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.940 As we see 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.440 our great 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.059 God, that 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.420 should be 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.920 something that 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.700 humbles us 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.700 and helps us 00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.620 to understand 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:40.240 how much 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.960 greater he 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.720 is than 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.080 we could 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.660 ever think 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.279 or imagine 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.640 and by 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.960 comparison how 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:47.319 insignificant we 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.100 are but 00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.720 still in our 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.700 insignificance 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:51.059 loved by 00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.539 God. 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.880 And then 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.319 the Apostle 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.559 John, in 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.039 his first 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.120 letter, he 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.319 says, if we 00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.000 walk in the 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.920 light as he, 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.580 that is Jesus, 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.120 is in the 00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:01.539 light, God 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.019 is in the 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.319 light, we 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.759 have fellowship 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.080 with one 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:04.140 another and 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.779 the blood of 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.519 Jesus, his 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.920 son, purifies 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.880 us from 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:09.060 all sin. 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.060 So walking 00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:11.000 means walking 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.080 in the 00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.440 light. 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.680 It means 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.340 trying to 00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.820 do the 00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.300 things that 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:15.920 are right 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.620 and to 00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.380 recognize what 00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.120 God's pattern 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.039 for life is 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.960 and not to 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.440 walk in the 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.400 darkness, ignoring 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.039 God as all 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.580 these people in 00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.500 Genesis 4 seem 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.120 to have done, 00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.060 but to walk 00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:26.140 with him and 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.759 to seek to 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.820 be obedient 00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.980 to him. 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.100 Faith, 00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.600 humility, 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.039 light. 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.879 these are 00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:34.379 things that 00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.559 should 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.139 characterize 00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.420 our walk 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.619 with God. 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.059 So, who 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.420 do you 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.519 think you 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.839 are? 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.539 I hope 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.899 from what 00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.379 we've seen 00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:47.279 that for 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.779 most of 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.639 us, we 00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.000 are going 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.879 to be, in 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.519 this world's 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.619 terms, pretty 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.779 insignificant. 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.220 I might 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.680 think my 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.079 life is 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.859 important just 00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:57.019 now, give 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.460 it a hundred 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.619 years, and 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.059 I'll be doing 00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.779 well if anyone 00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.220 remembers me as 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.460 more than a 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.779 name. 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.160 In this 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:05.220 world, all 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.600 of us 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:07.180 ultimately are 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.759 fairly 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:09.039 insignificant, 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.980 and we 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.579 will be, 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.140 whether we 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.620 like it or 00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.460 not, we 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:13.860 will be 00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.279 largely 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.860 forgotten 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:16.200 very soon 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.940 after our 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.400 death. 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.600 And yet 00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.079 the Bible 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.620 would tell 00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.460 us that 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.000 although that 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.900 is absolutely 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.180 true, we 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.880 also have a 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.380 wonderful 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:28.019 status before 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.539 God. 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.660 Who do you 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.100 think you 00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.240 are? 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.680 Who do I 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.120 think I 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.480 am? 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.480 I am a 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.759 child of 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.620 God. 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.000 I'm a 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.220 sinner. 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.180 I don't 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.579 deserve 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.940 anything, but 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.559 because of 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:41.420 God's grace, I 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.059 have this 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.180 wonderful status 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.500 of being his 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.680 child, and 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.319 because of my 00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.839 faith in 00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.920 Jesus, being 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.579 able to look 00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.740 forward and 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.299 to know that 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.500 one day I'll 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.120 go to be 00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.779 with him 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.759 forever. 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.480 And when you 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.240 think of that, 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.259 what happens 00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.200 in this world, 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.059 and what people 00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.860 might think of 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.379 me when I'm 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.639 gone, actually 00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.419 doesn't matter 00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:03.599 that much. 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.859 What matters 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.219 is the 00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:06.179 relationship I 00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.740 have with 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.779 God and 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.419 the confidence 00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.099 I can have 00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.659 in him, 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.459 knowing that 00:29:10.459 --> 00:29:11.259 I matter to 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.099 him, and 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.819 if my trust 00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.539 is in him, 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.359 in the 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.000 Lord Jesus, 00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.059 then my 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.219 future is 00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.719 secure. 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.639 And I'm 00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.139 not looking 00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.779 at 70, 00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.559 80, 00:29:20.979 --> 00:29:21.500 90, 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.500 maybe even 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.399 100 years 00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:24.379 in this 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.759 world. 00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.799 I'm looking 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.099 at an 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.240 eternity spent 00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.099 with Jesus 00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:29.579 and enjoying 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.740 his presence 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:32.059 and understanding 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.180 more of his 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.440 greatness and 00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.000 the wonderful 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.799 world he's 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.740 made and 00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.339 the wonderful 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.079 grace that 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.859 he has shown 00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.759 in dying 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.940 for me on 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.740 that cross 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.559 and giving 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.400 me my 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.079 relationship 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.480 with God. 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.039 So we should 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.640 go away this 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.900 morning perhaps 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.799 reflecting on 00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.140 the world 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.740 round about 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.099 us, on 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.480 the great 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.299 advances that 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:53.620 are being 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.559 made, but 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.839 also the 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.859 issues that 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.399 we see 00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.819 everywhere we 00:29:58.819 --> 00:30:00.279 look, reflecting 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.959 perhaps on 00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.699 our own 00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:02.720 sinfulness, our 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:04.259 own failure, our 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:06.179 own insignificance. 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.659 But knowing 00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.459 that in God's 00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.419 sight we're 00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:11.039 important, we 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.480 matter, and 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.220 he wants all 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.039 of us to 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.659 have a real 00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.720 relationship with 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.779 him as we 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.419 walk with 00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:18.480 him, as we 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.339 call on him, 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.379 as we know 00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.559 him as our 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.000 father. 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.439 If you're not 00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.039 in that position 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.599 yet, I'd 00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.019 urge you to 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.599 think about 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.500 your relationship 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.099 with God, the 00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.980 things that 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.859 really matter 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:30.139 in life. 00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.279 And if you 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.720 are, let's 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.940 go out, let's 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.579 pray for our 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.759 world, let's 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.519 walk the way 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.279 that Jesus 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.579 walked, let's 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.500 be God's 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.519 people in 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.920 our generation, 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.720 not just 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.960 ordinary lives, 00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.059 but extraordinary 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.440 lives, because 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.039 they're lived 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.019 for God. 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:47.879 Let's pray 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.279 together. 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.400 Father, we 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.779 thank you for 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.240 your word. 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.440 We thank you 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.420 for this rather 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.619 obscure passage, 00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.579 which nevertheless 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.500 has so much 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.559 to teach us. 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.519 We thank you 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.019 that you are a 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.479 great God, and 00:31:00.479 --> 00:31:01.319 when we see all 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.059 that man is 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.219 able to achieve 00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:04.299 now, we 00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.079 should recognize 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:06.479 that all he is 00:31:06.479 --> 00:31:07.259 doing is 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.159 thinking your 00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:09.299 thoughts after 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:11.099 you, uncovering, 00:31:11.219 --> 00:31:12.079 unraveling some 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.099 of the marvelous 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.699 intricacies of 00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.459 your creation. 00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:17.439 But we do 00:31:17.439 --> 00:31:19.159 grieve for the 00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:20.159 world around us. 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.959 We grieve for the 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.000 sin, for the 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.740 devaluing of 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.900 marriage, for 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.600 the way that 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:26.460 pride affects 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.259 all of our 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.440 lives, for the 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.220 conflict that 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.740 there is, for 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.539 the things that 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.420 are done that 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.960 are wrong. 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.299 Help us to be 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.900 in prayer to 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.640 you about 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.039 them. 00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.100 But help us 00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:37.240 above all, each 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.940 of us, to make 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.740 sure that we are 00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.240 in a living 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:40.279 relationship with 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.360 you and with 00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:42.079 the Lord Jesus, 00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.500 and that in our 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.940 lives we seek to 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.340 walk with God 00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.420 so that we 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.140 become not 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.360 ordinary lives, 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.679 but extraordinary 00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.879 lives as 00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.899 children of God 00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.959 shining as 00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:55.459 lights in our 00:31:55.459 --> 00:31:55.839 world. 00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.659 We give you 00:31:56.659 --> 00:31:57.240 thanks and we 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.759 commit ourselves 00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.859 to you in the 00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.299 name of the 00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.779 Lord Jesus. 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.939 Amen.