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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Genesis.

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 We're in Genesis chapter 3 this morning, and if it's your first time joining us,

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 or your first time joining us in a while, we've been walking through the book of Genesis.

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 We've taken sort of a slow walk through the garden,

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 and now we're concluding Genesis chapter 3 this morning.

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 And this passage explains a lot about the brokenness in our world.

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 But even so, I hope you'll notice here that throughout this passage, with all of its judgment,

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 there are brilliant glimmers of hope and gospel promise here in Genesis chapter 3.

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 So our passage this morning is Genesis 3, verses 14 through the end of the chapter, verse 24.

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 And when you found it there in God's Word, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word.

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 Genesis 3, verses 14 through the end of the chapter,

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 To the woman, he said,

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 And to Adam, he said,

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 Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,

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 and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you,

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 you shall not eat of it.

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 Cursed is the ground because of you.

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 In pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

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 Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,

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 and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread,

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 till you return to the ground.

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 For out of it you were taken,

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 for you are dust,

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 and to dust you shall return.

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 The man called his wife's name Eve,

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 because she was the mother of all living.

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 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife

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 garments of skins and clothed them.

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 Then the Lord God said,

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 Behold,

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 The man has become like one of us,

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 and knowing good and evil.

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 Now,

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 lest he reach out his hand,

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 and take also of the tree of life,

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 and eat,

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 and live forever.

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 Therefore the Lord God sent him out

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 from the garden of Eden,

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 to work the ground from which he was taken.

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 He drove out the man,

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 and at the east of the garden of Eden,

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 he placed the cherubim

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 and a flaming sword

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 that turned every way

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 to guard the way

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 to the tree of life.

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 Lord,

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 we pray once more,

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 now again,

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 as we open up this passage.

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 God,

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 would you,

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 would you speak today

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 through the preaching of your word?

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 Would you convict us of sin

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 where there needs to be conviction?

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 And would you draw each of us

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 to further faith in Christ?

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Sometimes in a house with three boys,

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 and I'm not picking on them,

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 this is probably true of every family,

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 it's not unique to them,

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 I want to be clear,

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 I'm not trying to pick on them,

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 but sometimes in a house with three boys,

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 every now and then,

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 something goes wrong.

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 Somebody gets hurt,

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 something gets broken,

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 somebody takes something

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 that they shouldn't,

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 whatever the issue may be,

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 sin shows up,

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 and the parent steps in

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 and ultimately says,

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 what are you doing?

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 What's going on here?

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 And all at once,

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 all at the same time,

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 everybody starts explaining

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 what happened,

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 and each person usually explaining

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 what the other person did wrong,

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 and everybody's talking at once,

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 and there's this moment of confusion

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 and blame shifting

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 until eventually,

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 finally,

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 mom or dad says,

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 I've heard enough,

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 and the judgments

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 start to come down.

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 You go to your room,

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 you drop the toys,

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 you're not playing with those anymore,

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 you drop and give me 50 push-ups right now.

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 The judgments start to rain down.

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 This morning,

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 we're picking up here

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 in the middle of a chapter,

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 and if you remember from last week,

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 we left Adam and Eve

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 pointing their fingers at each other,

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 and at the serpent,

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 and even ultimately at God.

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 It's a very tense moment

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 here in the Garden of Eden.

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 They have sinned,

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 they are guilty,

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 they know that they're guilty,

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 they're blame shifting,

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 explaining what everybody else did wrong

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 besides themselves,

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 and now,

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 in our passage this morning,

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 God finally says,

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 I have heard enough,

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 and the judgments

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 start to come down.

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 This passage this morning

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 teaches us a very clear,

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 but a very unpopular truth,

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 and it's this.

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 Our sin earns God's judgment.

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 Our sin has earned God's judgment,

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 and yet at the very same time,

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 as we read through this passage,

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 hopefully what we'll see is that

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 this passage,

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 at the very same time,

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 gives us incredible hope.

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 Even in the midst of God

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 pronouncing judgment for sin,

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 there is the promise

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 and the hope of the gospel,

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 all the way back here

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 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 So let's look here

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 at our passage this morning,

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 and what we'll see

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 is five responses of God to sin.

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 Five responses here of God to sin.

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 First, here in verses 14 through 15,

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 response number one

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 is that God judges the serpent.

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 God judges the serpent.

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 Look there to verse 14 with me.

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 The Lord God said to the serpent,

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 because you have done this,

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 cursed are you above all livestock

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 and above all beasts of the field.

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 On your belly you shall go,

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 and dust you shall eat

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 all the days of your life.

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman,

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 between your offspring and her offspring.

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 He shall bruise your head,

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 and you shall bruise his heel.

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 Now we're gonna put our finger there

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 in the second half of that verse,

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 and we're gonna circle back to that at the end,

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 because that second half of that verse

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 is the gospel.

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 And that is the gospel promise,

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 and we're gonna come back to that towards the end.

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 One of the most significant verses

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 in the entire Bible.

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 But here for now,

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 let's just notice how God curses the serpent.

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 For one, he sentences him

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 to go on the ground, on his belly.

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 Dust you shall eat.

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 Go eat dust, he says to the snake.

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 Now I have no idea what the serpent looked like

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 before this curse, right?

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 There's speculation.

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 Some say maybe he had legs of some sort.

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 Maybe he stood up on his tail.

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 I have no idea.

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 That's not really the point here, is it?

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 The point is God's judgment on the snake.

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 And you notice he didn't engage with him like Eve did.

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 There's no conversation.

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 There's no back and forth.

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 The serpent doesn't even speak back to the Lord.

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 Once he speaks, it's quiet.

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 And God slams down the gavel.

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 And he says, because you have done this,

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 because you have led humanity

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 into this rebellion against the Lord,

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 you are now sentenced to go on your belly

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 and eat the dust.

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 You will be this lowly, slimy,

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 despised creature, this ugly thing.

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 Not only this, we see that

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 there is now a natural dislike

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 between the serpent and the woman.

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 The snake won't like her

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 and she won't like the snake.

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 Ladies, can I get an amen?

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 Right?

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 I know we live in the country

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 and some of y'all actually like snakes, right?

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 But you should know that's not natural.

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 That's not normal.

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 God has put enmity,

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 dislike,

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 division,

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 war,

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 tension,

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 hatred

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 between the woman

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 and the snake.

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 My wife is a very natural example of this.

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 Okay?

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 If we even see a snake in the yard,

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 I got to personally escort her to the car

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 for like the next two or three weeks.

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 That's just how it goes.

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 There's enmity there.

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 There's beef.

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 There's conflict.

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 But of course we know

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 it goes deeper than this, right?

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 Because the Lord,

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 he's not just speaking directly

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 to the snake, is he?

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 He's ultimately here

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 speaking a curse

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 on Satan himself.

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 Satan himself here

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 is judged in the garden.

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 God says that Satan himself

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 will be a low-down,

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 ugly,

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 despised,

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 cursed thing.

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 And there will be enmity,

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 conflict,

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 war,

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 hatred

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 between the offspring of Satan

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 and the offspring of the woman.

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 Of course we should

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 already be clued in here

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 that this isn't

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 physical offspring.

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 Satan has no physical offspring.

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 He's a fallen angel.

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 He can't bear physical children.

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 But he absolutely has

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 spiritual offspring.

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 In fact,

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 as we look forward

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 to the Gospel of John,

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 Jesus tells us

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 that some of the Pharisees,

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 he tells them directly

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 the reason that they don't receive

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 his word

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 is that they are

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 offspring of their father,

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 the devil.

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 Now how's that for an insult?

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 Right?

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 The reason you don't receive

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 my word,

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 Jesus says,

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 is because you are

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 the offspring of that snake

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 in the garden.

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 Here we see

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 this is a pronouncement

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 of a spiritual conflict,

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 a spiritual battle

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 that we'll see

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 throughout the rest

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 of Scripture.

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 A spiritual battle

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 between the offspring of Satan

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 and the offspring

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 of the woman

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 who we know ultimately

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 is Christ Jesus

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 and all who belong to him.

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 So response number one,

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 God judges the serpent.

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 But then we see,

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 second,

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 response number two,

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 God judges the woman.

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 Here in verse 16.

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 Look there to verse 16 with me.

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 And her judgment

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 is twofold here.

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 On the one hand,

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 childbearing will now

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 be incredibly painful.

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 Verse 16.

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 To the woman,

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 he said,

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 I will surely multiply

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 your pain

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 and childbearing.

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 In pain,

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 you shall bring forth children.

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 And again,

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 every woman in the room

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 who's ever birthed a child

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 can say amen.

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 Right?

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 A childbirth is pain.

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 I've seen this firsthand

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 with three different children

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 brought into the world.

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 It looks hard.

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 They call it labor

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 for a reason.

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 It is painful

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 for the woman

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 to bring forth children.

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 Of course,

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 there's advancements

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 in medicine

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 and every woman's

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 experience is different.

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 But as a general statement,

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 now on this side

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 of the fall,

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 childbearing is painful.

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 But we should know,

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 again,

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 this pain goes beyond

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 just the physical act

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 of birthing a child,

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 doesn't it?

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 there is pain

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 and difficulty

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 with the entire experience

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 of bearing children.

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 Now,

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 don't misunderstand me.

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 Children are an incredible blessing

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 from the Lord.

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 Amen?

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 Now,

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 they are an incredible blessing

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 from the Lord.

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 But now,

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 because of sin,

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 there are all sorts of reasons

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 why this good thing

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 is incredibly difficult

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 and complicated

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 and even painful.

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 Now,

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 on this side of the fall,

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 because of sin,

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 now there are issues

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 of infertility.

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 Couples who desperately desire

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 to be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 but can't just seem

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 to make that work.

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 And now,

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 because of sin,

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 on this side of the fall,

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 sometimes that desire

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 to get married

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 and have children

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 for whatever reason

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 is frustrated

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 and a woman stays single

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 far longer

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 than she would ever want.

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 And now,

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 because of sin,

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 on this side of the fall,

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 sometimes children

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 bring grief

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 upon their parents.

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 I mean,

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 you talk about pain

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 and childbearing.

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 there's this experience

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 of grieving,

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 wayward children.

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 Disobedient children

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 bring grief

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 upon their parents.

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 All of this

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 is because of sin

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 in the world.

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 there's brokenness

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 in this area

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 of childbearing.

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 And I'd be willing

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 to bet

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 that every woman

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 who's born a child

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 has some experience

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 and can relate to this.

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 in some way.

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 And one of Eve's

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 primary tasks

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 in the garden

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 was to be,

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 as Adam names her here,

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 the mother of all living.

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 Fill the earth

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 and subdue it.

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 Fill the earth

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 with the image of God.

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 Be fruitful

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 and multiply.

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 But now,

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 that task

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 is made so much harder

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 by the presence

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 of sin

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 in the world.

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 The pain,

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 it doesn't just stop

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 at childbearing,

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 does it?

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 There's a whole

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 other aspect here.

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 The second part

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 of this judgment

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 on the woman

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 is that now,

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 because of sin,

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 her relationship

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 with her spouse

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 will be broken.

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 Eve was made,

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 remember,

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 to be Adam's helper

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 in the garden.

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 But now,

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 this is also

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 made difficult

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 by the presence

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 of sin.

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 God says here,

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 your desire

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 shall be

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 for your husband

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 and he shall

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 rule over you.

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 Now,

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 at first glance,

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 that sounds like

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 it's not so bad,

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 does it?

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 Your desire

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 shall be

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 for your husband.

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 We ought to

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 want our spouse

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 to desire us,

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 right?

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 Amen?

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 You can say yes,

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 that's okay.

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 We ought to want that,

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 but not like this.

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 If you look

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 just a few paragraphs

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 later,

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 it might be

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 on the next page

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 or just down

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 a few paragraphs

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 here in your Bible.

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 Genesis 4,

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 verse 7.

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 Genesis 4,

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 verse 7.

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 We see this exact

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 same combination

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 of words here

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 and it clues us

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 in to what's meant

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 back here in chapter 3.

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 Here in Genesis 4,

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 God is speaking

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 to Cain.

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 You remember this story?

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 Right before Cain

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 is about to commit

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 the very first murder

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 in human history.

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 What does God say

00:14:35.979 --> 00:14:36.459
 to Cain?

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 It's the exact

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 same language.

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 Listen to this.

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 Sin is crouching

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 at the door.

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 Its desire

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 is for you,

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 but you must

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 rule over it.

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 Of course,

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 we know what

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 happens next.

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 But here's the thing.

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 Sin doesn't

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.920
 desire you

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 in a good way.

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 Sin doesn't

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 want you

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 in a good way.

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 It doesn't want

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 to cuddle up

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 with you

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 and love you.

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 Sin wants

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 to overcome

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 you.

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 Sin wants

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 to destroy

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 you.

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 And God

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 is saying here,

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 you must

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 rule over it.

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 on this side

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.639
 of the fall,

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 the wife

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 will desire

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 to rule

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 over her husband.

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 a God-honoring

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 marriage

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 where the husband

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 loves and leads

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 well and the wife

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 respects and submits

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 well,

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 that is hard

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 to come by.

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 And now,

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 because of sin,

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 the wife,

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 she won't like

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 those old-fashioned

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 words like

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 submission

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 or helper.

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 She'll want

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 to overcome

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 her husband

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 and rule

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 over him

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 and that desire

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 on this side

00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.100
 of the fall

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 will often

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 be frustrated

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 by an authoritarian

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 husband who

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 will rule

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 over her.

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 We should know

00:15:58.780 --> 00:15:59.460
 again that

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 all of this

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 is a result

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 of sin.

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 And everywhere

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.360
 you see

00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.719
 broken marriages

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 and broken

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 families,

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.279
 broken households,

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 tensions

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 and power

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 struggles

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 and arguments

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 and fights,

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 all of this

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.740
 can be traced

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 back here

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 to the garden.

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 The result

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 of sin

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 in the world.

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 But ladies,

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 he's not just

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 singling you out.

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 And now,

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 third,

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 we see God's

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 judgment

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.120
 on the man.

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 Look there

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 to verses 17

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 through 19.

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 Here we see

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.620
 God's judgment

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 on the man.

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 He says

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 in verse 17,

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 because you

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 have listened

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 to the voice

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 of your wife.

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 Now stop there

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 just a minute.

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 I mean,

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 this is a test,

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 okay?

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 If you're sitting

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 next to your wife,

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 you better answer

00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.500
 this very carefully,

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 okay?

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 I'm going to ask

00:16:47.199 --> 00:16:47.719
 you a question.

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 Should you listen

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 to the voice

00:16:49.959 --> 00:16:50.519
 of your wife?

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 You can answer.

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 Yeah?

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 It's not a trick

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 question.

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 The answer is

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 yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 You should listen

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 to the voice

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:00.860
 of your wife.

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 I'll be the first

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 to tell you,

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 man.

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 I try.

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 I try to listen

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.119
 to the voice

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.819
 of my wife,

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 and she can tell you

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 depending on the day,

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 the week,

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 how good of a job

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 I'm doing.

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 Husbands ought

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.440
 to listen

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 to the voice

00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.000
 of their wives.

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 They have a good,

00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:16.079
 different perspective,

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 offer different gifting,

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 different wisdom.

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 It's a complimentary

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:21.059
 relationship.

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 Men ought to listen

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 to their wives.

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 Pastors ought

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 to listen

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.740
 to wise women

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 in their congregation.

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 Simply listening

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 isn't the issue

00:17:30.899 --> 00:17:31.220
 here,

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 is it?

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 The issue

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 is that

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 leader Adam,

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 head Adam,

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 leader Adam,

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 listened to the voice

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 of his wife

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 as she led him

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 into sin.

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 That's the issue.

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 The issue

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 is that Adam

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 allowed the voice

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 of his wife

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 to steer the ship,

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 and she steered

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 the whole thing

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 right into an iceberg.

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 This is God

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 addressing passive Adam.

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 Men,

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 husbands,

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 do not be passive Adam.

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 Take up your call

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 to love

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 and to lead your wife,

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 to love your wife

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 as Christ loved the church,

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 gave himself up for her.

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 Because you have listened

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 to the voice

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 of your wife

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 and have eaten

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 of the tree

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 of which I command you,

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 you shall not eat of it.

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 Cursed is the ground

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 because of you.

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 In pain

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 you shall eat of it

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 all the days

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 of your life.

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 Thorns and thistles

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 it shall bring forth

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 for you,

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 and you shall eat

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 the plants

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 of the field.

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 By the sweat

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 of your face

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 you shall eat bread

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 till you return

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 to the ground,

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 for out of it

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 you were taken,

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 for you are dust,

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 and to dust

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 you shall return.

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 Now,

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 because of sin,

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 Adam's task

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 to rule over the world

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 and to guard

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 and to keep the garden,

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 to rule

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 and subdue the earth,

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 now that task

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 is made

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 much more difficult.

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 Now because of sin

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 on this side

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 of the fall,

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 instead of only

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 bearing fruit,

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 now his work

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 bears thorns

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 and thistles.

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 In other words,

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 now because of sin

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 on this side

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 of the fall,

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 work is really,

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 really hard.

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 Amen?

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 Fellas,

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 I know you understand

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 what I'm saying.

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 Work is hard.

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 I hear some of y'all

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 talk about your work.

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 I get tired

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 just listening to you

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 talk about your work.

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 You get up early,

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 you grind yourself

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 to the bone

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 all day long,

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 you come back home,

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 you eat,

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 you sleep,

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 you go do it all

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 again the next day.

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 On this side

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 of the fall,

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 work is still good.

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 Work is still good

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 but it bears thorns

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 and thistles.

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 And these thorns

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 can take a lot

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 of different shapes,

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 can't they?

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 It can come in the form

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 of a job

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 you don't even like doing.

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 Do you know

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 you just have to do something

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 to make ends meet

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 so that you can eat

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 the bread of the ground?

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 It can come in the form

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 of labor

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 that just seems meaningless

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 or unfulfilling.

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 You don't even know

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 why you're doing

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 what you're doing.

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 You just know

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 you have to have a job.

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 You have to do something

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 with your life.

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 And maybe

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 you have a hard time

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 seeing how your work

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 fits in

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 with the grand plan

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 of God

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 for you

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 and the world

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 and you don't see

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 how your labor

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 means anything

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 ultimately

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.019
 with God

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 and His glory.

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 It could be

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.539
 your work environment,

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 your boss,

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.420
 your co-workers

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 can be thorns

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 in your side.

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.480
 Amen?

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 Right?

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 We've all experienced

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 this in our time

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 at work.

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 Whatever it may be

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 now on this side

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.759
 of the fall,

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 work is hard.

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 This is the result

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 of sin.

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 And I'll tell you

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 the worst job

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.560
 I ever had

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 was for one summer,

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 praise God,

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 just one summer.

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 I was a landscape architect

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 in Daytona Beach,

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 Florida

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 at a golf course.

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 And if you know

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 anything about me,

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 I do not do yard work.

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 I'm not skilled

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 in that way.

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 It was blazing hot.

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 There were gators

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 on just about

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 every single hole.

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 The course itself

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:03.240
 was going bankrupt.

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 So they didn't even

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.259
 have money

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 to provide

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 the right tools

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 and really ultimately

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.820
 they just didn't

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 even care.

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 Every time I showed up,

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 there's a new leak

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 on a new hole

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.580
 that I had to go fix

00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:14.960
 every single morning

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.660
 for a summer.

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 I'd clock in

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 and they would hand me

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:18.720
 a bucket,

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 a shovel,

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 and a clamp.

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 And they'd tell me

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.560
 go fix the hole.

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 Go fix the leak

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 on hole 13,

00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:26.500
 whatever it was.

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 The clamp was for the leak

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.700
 once I found it.

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.160
 But the problem was

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:31.059
 wherever you see water

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.360
 coming up out of the ground

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 isn't necessarily

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.299
 where the leak is.

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.500
 You know,

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.360
 water runs.

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.019
 The pipes were about

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.799
 five feet under the ground.

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.620
 That's what the shovel

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.220
 was for.

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:42.360
 And by the time I found

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.920
 where the water

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.680
 was coming from,

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.519
 they didn't even bother

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.660
 to turn off the water.

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.319
 That's what the bucket

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.839
 was for.

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.779
 Every day

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.860
 for an entire summer,

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.839
 I did meaningless,

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.779
 repetitive,

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.680
 frustrating,

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.740
 difficult work,

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.700
 and I felt it

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.500
 more than ever.

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:57.420
 Thorns and thistles.

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 Thorns and thistles.

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.920
 By the sweat

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.779
 of your brow.

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.640
 Adam's work here

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.940
 is made incredibly

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:07.259
 difficult.

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.180
 But church,

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.680
 that's not even

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:13.000
 the worst part,

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.539
 is it?

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.660
 Look there

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.559
 with me

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 verses 22-24.

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 The worst effect

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.379
 of all

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:22.039
 falls on both of them.

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:24.319
 Here in verses 22-24

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.240
 and here we see

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.819
 forth

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:27.259
 God's judgment

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.379
 on all

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.339
 people.

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.139
 Then the Lord God

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:32.480
 said,

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.119
 Behold,

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.659
 the man has become

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.619
 like one of us

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.419
 in knowing good

00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.839
 and evil.

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.480
 Now lest he

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.440
 reach out his hand

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.460
 and take also

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.379
 of the tree of life

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.740
 and eat

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.539
 and live forever.

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.779
 Therefore,

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.599
 the Lord God

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.720
 sent him out

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.940
 of the Garden of Eden

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.279
 to work the ground

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.200
 from which he was taken.

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.500
 He drove out the man

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.140
 and at the east

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.980
 of the Garden of Eden

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.160
 he placed the chair of him

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.180
 and the flaming sword

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.319
 that turned every way

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.160
 to guard the way

00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:00.620
 to the tree of life.

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.519
 Now,

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:06.100
 because of sin,

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.380
 on this side

00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.079
 of the fall,

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.180
 Adam and Eve

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.600
 and all mankind

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.600
 with them

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.900
 are now driven

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:17.160
 out of the Garden.

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:19.180
 They are now

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.320
 driven away

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.540
 from the presence

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:22.200
 of God.

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.620
 They are banished

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.920
 from the Garden of Eden

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.820
 with no way

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.560
 back in,

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.460
 no way back

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.120
 to purity,

00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:32.140
 no way back

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.860
 to innocence,

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.700
 no way back

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.480
 to God.

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.100
 And this angel

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.800
 stands there

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:37.120
 with a flaming sword

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.740
 to make certain

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:39.019
 there is no way

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.820
 they could possibly

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:40.360
 come back

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.440
 even if they tried.

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.660
 now that sin

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.460
 has entered in,

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.640
 childbearing

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.340
 is difficult,

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.600
 marriage is difficult,

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.920
 work is difficult,

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:51.299
 life is difficult,

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.460
 but we ought to recognize

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.340
 the worst part

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.200
 of all of it

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.000
 is that now

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.920
 on this side

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.519
 of the fall,

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.779
 our relationship

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.620
 with God

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.320
 is difficult.

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.860
 Not just difficult,

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.620
 but for sinners

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.360
 our relationship

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:04.920
 with God

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:06.039
 is impossible

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.859
 so long

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.539
 as sin

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:10.000
 remains.

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.779
 You know,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:13.240
 we are often

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.240
 so aware

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.220
 of all of these

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.779
 other effects

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.240
 of sin,

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.700
 aren't we?

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.700
 We all live

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.599
 on this side

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.319
 of the garden,

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.859
 we all live

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.339
 on this side

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.799
 of the fall,

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.599
 outside of the

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.259
 Garden of Eden,

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:25.099
 we know the effects

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:26.000
 of sin in the world

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.559
 firsthand.

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.500
 It's no secret

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.200
 that childbirth

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.740
 is painful,

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.859
 it's no secret

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:32.460
 that work is hard,

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.119
 that marriage

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.079
 is often hard,

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.059
 that we have

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.359
 tensions and difficulties

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.899
 and problems

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.799
 in every sphere

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.299
 of life,

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.119
 we realize

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.619
 that things

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.639
 aren't quite right

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.480
 and we complain

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.099
 about it,

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:45.599
 but this judgment

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:47.720
 is the worst

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.019
 of them all

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:51.159
 and so many people

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.159
 go through life

00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.960
 without giving it

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.559
 a single thought.

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.539
 We should realize

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.279
 that the worst

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.720
 possible effect

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.339
 of sin

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.700
 isn't our broken

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.440
 relationship

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.339
 with our spouse,

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:05.699
 it isn't our

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.859
 broken relationship

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.619
 with our children,

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.199
 it's not our

00:25:08.199 --> 00:25:09.139
 terrible jobs

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:09.919
 or poor health,

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.699
 it isn't even

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.959
 death itself.

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:14.019
 The worst effect

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.799
 of sin

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.919
 is that we

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:17.139
 are by nature

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.419
 banished from

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.939
 the presence

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.699
 of God

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.919
 and under

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.639
 His wrath.

00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.879
 We see it here

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.339
 in the garden,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.839
 don't we?

00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:27.079
 Sinful people

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.319
 cannot safely

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.220
 dwell in the

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.819
 presence of a

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.419
 holy God.

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.619
 We are separated

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.679
 from God

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.739
 because of

00:25:33.739 --> 00:25:34.699
 our sin.

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.059
 I told you

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.439
 this was an

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:37.359
 unpopular truth.

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:39.500
 This is

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.739
 hard pill

00:25:40.739 --> 00:25:41.199
 to swallow,

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:41.759
 isn't it?

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.779
 Sinners

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.719
 like me,

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.339
 like you,

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:47.099
 by nature

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:48.339
 and by choice

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.619
 are separated

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.039
 from a holy God,

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:52.219
 but we praise

00:25:52.219 --> 00:25:53.179
 God

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:54.639
 that because

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.119
 of His

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.319
 great mercy

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.139
 and grace

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.759
 to sinners

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.539
 like us,

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.399
 it doesn't

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.379
 have to be

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.120
 that way.

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.080
 Here,

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.720
 even in this

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.360
 passage filled

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.920
 with judgment,

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:06.360
 we get glimmers

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.380
 of hope,

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.960
 don't we?

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.000
 We're going to

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.660
 walk back through

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:10.760
 and see these

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:11.460
 glimmers of hope

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.100
 that maybe

00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.940
 somehow,

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:13.860
 someway,

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.780
 God is going

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:15.580
 to do something

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.480
 to make all

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.620
 of this right.

00:26:18.760 --> 00:26:19.620
 God is going

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.260
 to step in

00:26:20.260 --> 00:26:21.220
 and do something

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.120
 to fix what's

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.880
 been broken.

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.640
 God is going

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.520
 to do something

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:25.820
 to bring sinners

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.420
 like us

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.540
 back into

00:26:27.540 --> 00:26:28.500
 His presence

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.140
 and this

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.559
 was His

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:29.960
 plan

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.079
 all along.

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:32.819
 So,

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.240
 fifth,

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.619
 let's look

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.140
 back through

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.599
 and see

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:36.039
 God responds

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.619
 to sin

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.380
 with mercy

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.920
 and with hope.

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.220
 You know

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.700
 what mercy

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.079
 is.

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.640
 Mercy

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.400
 is God

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.519
 withholding

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.180
 what we

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.680
 deserve

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.400
 for our

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.740
 sin.

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.119
 That's what

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.799
 mercy is.

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.559
 He's holding

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.279
 back what we

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.180
 deserve in this

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.640
 passage.

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.000
 Again,

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.539
 although it's

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.259
 full of

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.640
 judgment,

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.140
 it is

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.920
 absolutely

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.940
 bursting

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.960
 with mercy.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.599
 Where do I

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.980
 see that?

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.440
 Look back

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.620
 at the text

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:58.960
 with me.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.319
 For one

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.620
 thing,

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.920
 Adam and

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.319
 Eve don't

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.059
 drop dead

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.519
 the minute

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.240
 they sin,

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.680
 do they?

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.039
 The wages

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.539
 of sin

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.960
 is what?

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.779
 It's death.

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.420
 What did

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.839
 God tell

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.039
 them?

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.339
 When you

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.279
 eat of the

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.660
 fruit of

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.079
 the tree,

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.660
 you will

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.880
 surely die

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.539
 and yet here

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.120
 we see

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.759
 they're

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.779
 alive.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.940
 Sinners,

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.819
 rebels with

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.779
 breath in

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.380
 their lungs,

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.039
 sinners who

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.079
 get to enjoy

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.579
 so many of

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.860
 the good

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.480
 gifts of

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.740
 God.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.140
 Even on

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.640
 this side

00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:27.920
 of the

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.180
 fall,

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.579
 there's a

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.180
 glimmer of

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.900
 hope here.

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.220
 Even in

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.460
 the way

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.160
 Adam names

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.660
 his wife,

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.519
 she's the

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.299
 mother of

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.980
 the living.

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.599
 There's a

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.099
 glimmer of

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.660
 hope here

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.120
 that even

00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.000
 though they're

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.759
 banished from

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.559
 the garden,

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.099
 even though

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.599
 they now

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:40.940
 live in

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.319
 the sin

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.579
 cursed

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.000
 world,

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.339
 even though

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.620
 they've

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.120
 blown it

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.360
 and they

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.759
 know they

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.200
 deserve

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.740
 judgment,

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.640
 yet God

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.700
 is merciful

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.339
 to sinners.

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.660
 I see his

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.120
 mercy there

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.400
 in verse

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.000
 22.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:54.920
 The Lord

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.859
 himself prevents

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.299
 Adam and

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.740
 Eve from

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.359
 eating of

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.759
 the tree

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.380
 of life.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.440
 God himself

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.160
 takes measures

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.539
 to make

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.559
 certain that

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.940
 Adam and

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.460
 Eve aren't

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.259
 stuck in

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.819
 this state

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:06.039
 of sin for

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.759
 the rest of

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.279
 eternity.

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.799
 There's a

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.880
 possibility here,

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.380
 even with

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.200
 death looming in

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.740
 the background,

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.299
 maybe God

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.819
 will make

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.839
 another way.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.720
 All over this

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.740
 passage, even in

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.779
 judgment, God is

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.720
 showing mercy

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.839
 to sinners.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.519
 Yes, we

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.180
 believe God

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.960
 is just.

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.759
 Yes, we

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.460
 believe God

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.019
 is full of

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.700
 wrath against

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:28.600
 sin, but we

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.819
 also believe God

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.420
 is merciful to

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.960
 sinners.

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.019
 He's slow to

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:36.279
 anger, abounding

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.640
 in steadfast love

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.900
 and faithfulness.

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.039
 He is patient

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:41.079
 towards sinners,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.900
 not willing that

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.079
 any should perish,

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.880
 but that all

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.620
 should reach

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.400
 repentance.

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.519
 If you are not

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:51.119
 a believer, you

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.879
 should recognize

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.779
 that you are

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.559
 absolutely swimming

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.779
 in an ocean of

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.139
 God's mercy, even

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.039
 this very minute.

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.539
 But please don't

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.519
 presume upon it.

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.980
 This judgment

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:05.660
 here is delayed.

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.480
 We don't know

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.519
 for how long, but

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.099
 the time of

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.940
 judgment will

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.480
 come.

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.960
 And this delay

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.180
 between our sin

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.920
 and His judgment,

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.759
 that delay is

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.660
 meant to call

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.000
 you to repentance.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.319
 repentance.

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.299
 He's not done,

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.819
 is He?

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.819
 Look there, look

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.359
 there, what else

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.019
 God does for

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.539
 sinners here.

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.299
 In the midst of

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.799
 judgment, verse 21,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.980
 we also, we see

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.599
 hints of atonement.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.799
 The Lord God

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.759
 made for Adam

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.460
 and his wife

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.440
 garments of

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.200
 skins and

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:35.380
 clothed them.

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:35.980
 You remember how

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.599
 they responded

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.240
 earlier in the

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.539
 chapter?

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.140
 When they sinned

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.799
 against the Lord

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.819
 and they realized

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.619
 they were naked,

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.279
 what did they do?

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.680
 They went

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.480
 grabbing for

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.420
 anything they

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.259
 could find to

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.359
 cover up their

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.740
 sin.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.799
 They grabbed some

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.639
 fig leaves and

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.200
 they sewed them

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.960
 together to try

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.759
 and cover up

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.399
 their shame.

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.259
 They tried to

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.879
 cover up their

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.579
 own sin and

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.180
 shame by their

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.220
 own feeble

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.859
 efforts.

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.099
 But here, God

00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.720
 says, that's not

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.319
 going to cut it.

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.899
 You can't cover up

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.799
 your own shame.

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.660
 You can't do

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.500
 anything to cover

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.460
 up your sin and

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.539
 hide your sin from

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.839
 me.

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.399
 You can't cover

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.660
 yourself, but I

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:13.500
 I can cover

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.840
 you.

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.640
 And how does

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.100
 he do it?

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:17.200
 He covers up

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.160
 their shame here

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:20.480
 by sacrifice.

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 Garments of

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.259
 skins.

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 And don't you

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.160
 see here an echo

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.940
 of the gospel?

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 It's as if God

00:30:30.300 --> 00:30:31.180
 is telling them

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:32.040
 and us, in

00:30:32.040 --> 00:30:33.220
 order for your

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.180
 sin to be

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.040
 covered, it's

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.860
 going to require

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:37.700
 sacrifice and I

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.740
 have to be the

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.740
 one to do it.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:42.279
 the same echo

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.940
 will continue

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.779
 through the

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.539
 sacrifice of

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.180
 bulls and

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.700
 goats in the

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.240
 temple and

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.319
 these sacrifices

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.220
 that cover the

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.420
 sins and remove

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.279
 the shame of the

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.359
 people temporarily

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.799
 until Christ

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:54.059
 Jesus, the

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.980
 lamb who was

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.000
 slain from

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.539
 before the

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.640
 foundation of

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.259
 the world,

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.779
 comes and

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.680
 gives his life

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.480
 as a perfect

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:04.079
 sacrifice to

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.940
 bear our shame

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.160
 and to atone

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.960
 for our sin.

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.660
 Do you see

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.240
 God's mercy

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.540
 in this

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:08.880
 passage?

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.220
 There's an

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.740
 even clearer

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.300
 picture of

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.720
 his mercy

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.279
 and his hope

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:13.540
 here.

00:31:14.540 --> 00:31:15.140
 Circle back

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.460
 with me to

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.100
 verse 15

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.600
 here as we

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:16.980
 close.

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.960
 Verse 15

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:21.580
 is as I

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.160
 said here

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.160
 we see the

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.680
 clearest display

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.940
 of God's

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.920
 mercy towards

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.100
 sinners in

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:29.019
 this promise

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.480
 of the gospel.

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.840
 Look at

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.440
 verse 15.

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.460
 I will put

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.440
 enmity between

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.480
 you and the

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.779
 woman,

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.420
 between your

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.500
 offspring and

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.839
 her offspring.

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.920
 He shall

00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:41.539
 bruise your

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.779
 head and

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.559
 you shall

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.859
 bruise his

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.359
 heel.

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.200
 This verse

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.759
 is the promise

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.319
 of the gospel.

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.339
 God promises

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.859
 that all of

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.720
 this pain

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.200
 that you and

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.940
 I feel on

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.119
 this side of

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:58.680
 the fall,

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.500
 out here,

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.039
 out of the

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.399
 garden,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.980
 all of the

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.920
 brokenness that

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.359
 you and I

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.960
 experience,

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.660
 all of the

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.320
 difficulties of

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:05.800
 life,

00:32:06.040 --> 00:32:07.360
 all of the

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.200
 tragedies and

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.100
 the griefs and

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:10.000
 the toil and

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.519
 the labor,

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.980
 all of it will

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.019
 be done away

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.180
 for good because

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.120
 I will send

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:16.400
 someone born of

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.340
 the woman who

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.420
 will crush the

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.420
 head of the

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.779
 serpent.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.380
 We rejoice

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.340
 that despite

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.279
 Satan's best

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.220
 efforts to keep

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.019
 this promise from

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.820
 coming to pass,

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.680
 God has done

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.220
 exactly what

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.240
 he promised.

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.779
 Jesus Christ

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:35.140
 is the

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.660
 promised

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.640
 offspring of

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.059
 the woman.

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.859
 Jesus Christ,

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:42.299
 the serpent

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.120
 struck his

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.660
 heel at the

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.099
 cross,

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:46.359
 but Jesus

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.240
 crushed the

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.980
 serpent's head

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.079
 by rising from

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.599
 the grave,

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.940
 never to die

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.579
 again,

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.940
 so that now

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.240
 sinners like you

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.900
 and I can be

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.920
 counted as sons

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.839
 and daughters of

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.180
 God by faith in

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.640
 him.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.460
 This promised

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.019
 seed of the

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.339
 woman,

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.839
 he wore a

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.279
 crown of

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:03.439
 thorns upon

00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:04.039
 his brow.

00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:06.819
 He bore

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.839
 our curse

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:10.519
 so that now

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.319
 he stands to

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.059
 say to

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.299
 banished sinners

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.139
 like us,

00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:15.359
 all that the

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.220
 Father gives

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.079
 to me will

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:18.019
 come to me

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.599
 and whoever

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.639
 comes to me

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:21.339
 I will never

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.939
 cast out.

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:25.819
 Friend,

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.439
 the bad news

00:33:26.439 --> 00:33:27.259
 is our sin

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.959
 has earned

00:33:27.959 --> 00:33:29.079
 God's judgment.

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.139
 But the

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.879
 good news of

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.519
 the gospel

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.559
 is that God

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.679
 is merciful

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.859
 to sinners.

00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:38.119
 His mercy

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:40.059
 and his love

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.399
 and his grace

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.099
 towards sinners

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.879
 like me and

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.579
 like you is

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.579
 seen and

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:46.000
 found only

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.779
 in the

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.740
 promised seed

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.460
 of the woman,

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.740
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.779
 Lord, we

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.960
 praise you for

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.720
 this promise of

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.220
 the gospel.

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.460
 We praise you

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.319
 that Christ has

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.159
 come, that he

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.940
 has crushed

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.380
 the head

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.980
 of the serpent.

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.620
 And Lord, we

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.160
 praise you that

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.720
 he will come

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.560
 again to finish

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.300
 what he started.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.500
 And Lord, we

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:08.059
 ask now as we

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.820
 engage in this

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.920
 spiritual battle

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.500
 as sons and

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.420
 daughters of God,

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:16.360
 Lord, we ask

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:17.139
 for your strength

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.800
 and we ask that

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.639
 we would walk

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.220
 in the victory

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.880
 that Christ has

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.400
 won for us

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.920
 at the cross.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.460
 We pray this

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.119
 in Jesus' name.

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.260
 Amen.

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.400
 Amen.

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.440
 Amen.

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.440


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