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 Genesis chapter 2, and we're going to read from verse 4 down to verse 17.

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 Again, if you've missed any of the talks, you can catch up on them all on our church website.

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 They're all there for you.

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 Genesis chapter 2, starting in verse 4.

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 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord

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 God made the earth and the heavens.

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 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth, and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord

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 God had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no one to work the ground.

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 But streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

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 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils

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 the breath of life.

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 And the man became a living being.

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 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden.

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 And there he put the man he had formed.

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 The Lord God made all kinds of trees to grow out of the ground, trees that were pleading

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 to the eye and good for food.

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 In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good

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 and evil.

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 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden, and from there it was separated into four headwaters.

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 The name of the first was Pishon.

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 It winds through the entire land of the Havilah, where there is gold.

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 The gold of that land is good.

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 Aromatic resin and onks are there.

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 The name of the second river is the Gihon.

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 It winds through the entire land of Cush.

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 The name of the third river is the Tigris.

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 It runs along the east side of Asher.

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 And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to take care of it.

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 And the Lord God commanded the man, you are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but

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 you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it,

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 you will certainly die.

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 Well, keep your Bibles open and we'll pray.

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 Father, we're thankful for life today, for health and strength to be here,

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 giving us minds that can understand and comprehend.

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 And yet, Father, we long that our hearts would respond to you as we should, as you created us to be.

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 That as you speak, we would listen.

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 And as we listen, that we would delight in your ways.

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 Teach us today.

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 Breathe the breath of your Spirit upon us.

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 For your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I wonder if you noticed the change.

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 There's a significant difference between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2.

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 It's not a different creation, but it's creation from a different perspective.

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 Genesis 1 is all about the creation of the cosmos, the universe.

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 Whereas Genesis 2 is all about the creation of mankind.

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 Genesis 1 really informs us how God is separate and distinct from his creation.

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 Genesis 2 is all about how God is intimate with mankind.

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 We see this clearly when we compare and contrast chapter 1, verse 1 with chapter 2, verse 4.

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 So if you go back to chapter 1, verse 1,

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 we read this.

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 The first verse of the Bible,

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 Now, God, the word there for God, or if you're into Hebrew, Elohim, is a very general name.

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 And it would be used by all the different nations to refer to the God of Israel.

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 In the beginning, God.

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 Now, compare that with chapter 2, verse 4.

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 We get something very similar.

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 Chapter 2, verse 4.

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 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created.

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 When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

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 Lord, which appears there in capitals in our English Bibles,

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 and you'll see it all the way through the Old Testament,

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 simply means Yahweh.

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 This is God's personal name given to his people.

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 God's covenant name.

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 The one who's entered into a relationship with his people.

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 No longer is God just God of the nations.

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 But he's saying to them,

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 You can call me Yahweh.

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 You see, God is not just distinct and separate and great and big.

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 But he's intimate and involved with his people.

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 So as we move from Genesis 1 into Genesis 2,

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 we move from transcendency, the greatness and the bigness of God,

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 to the personal, the intimacy of God.

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 From God speaking creation into existence.

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 Where God is now speaking personally to his image bearers.

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 You can call me Yahweh.

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 So what do we learn about this personal encounter with Yahweh?

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 Well, here's the first.

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 First, the Lord God gives life to mankind.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth,

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 and no plant had yet sprung up,

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 for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth.

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 And there was no one to work the ground.

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 So we've got a picture here of a lifeless land.

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 There's nothing growing.

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 There's nothing producing.

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 But, verse 6,

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 streams come up from the earth

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 and water the whole surface of the ground.

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 Life begins to flourish.

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 Now this acts in some ways as a parable

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 for the life that God gives to mankind.

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 So look at verse 7.

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 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground.

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 But there's no life in that form, in that shape.

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 It's a lifeless form.

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 Something else must happen.

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 So, rest of verse 7,

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 God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,

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 and the man became a living being.

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 Just as the water flowed onto the land

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 and gave life to the earth,

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 so God's breath flows into man and gives him life.

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 But the life that God gives is so much more than just physical life.

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 Remember, this is pre-form.

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 So the life God gives is not just physical,

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 moving and walking,

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 but he's given him spiritual life.

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 Man is created to be a living being

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 who can communicate with God

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 and enjoy fellowship with God.

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 It's a life given by the breath of God,

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 or we might say by the spirit of God,

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 because again,

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 and I'm no Hebrew scholar,

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 but the scholars tell me that

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 the word for breath

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 is the same word for spirit.

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 You remember back in Genesis chapter 1 and verse 2,

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 we read there at the end

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 that the spirit of God,

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 or the breath of God,

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 was hovering over the waters.

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 The life-giving spirit

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 was hovering over the waters.

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 Now we read in chapter 2, verse 7,

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 that the Lord God breathed into his nostrils

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 literally the spirit of life.

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 This is what makes us different

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 from the creatures and the animals.

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 We have been given the spirit of life

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 so that we can know God.

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 Now this spiritual life

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 is an abundant life.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 Now the Lord God had planted a garden

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 in the east in Eden,

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 and there he put the man he had formed.

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 Eden, well it can mean delight,

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 but I think here the focus is on abundance.

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 Eden is about a land of abundance.

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 So literally the Lord God

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 has placed man in a garden of abundance.

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 Everything is provided.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 The Lord God made all kinds of trees

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 grow out of the ground,

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 trees that were pleasing to the eye

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 and good for food.

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 Everything is sustained in this garden.

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 Verse 10.

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 A river watering the garden

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 flowed from Eden.

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 In fact,

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 go back to the end of verse 9.

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 In the middle of the garden

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 were the tree of life

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 and the tree of the knowledge

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 of good and evil.

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 Later we're told that

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 they're not to eat from the tree

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 of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 but there's no such command saying,

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 don't eat from the tree of life.

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 They can eat its fruit and live.

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 Just as food nourishes our physical bodies,

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 so the life that God gives

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 is an abundant life.

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 It's no surprise then

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 that the psalmist would say

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 in Psalm 34,

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 taste and see that the Lord is good.

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 Blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

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 God is exceedingly good.

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 He gives spiritual life

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 that is abundant.

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 Second,

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 not only does he give life,

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 the Lord God dwells together with mankind.

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 So as we read through the text,

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 it becomes clear that God is not just

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 distant and removed,

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 but Yahweh, the personal God,

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 is present and involved.

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 He is with the first man and woman.

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 God's intention to be among his people is clear.

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 Look at verse 8.

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 The Lord God planted the garden

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 and there he put the man he had informed.

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 And then what unfolds is

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 God begins to speak to him with commands.

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 And this becomes explicitly clear

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 in chapter 3.

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 Just quickly have a look at chapter 3, verse 8.

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 Well, we have a wonderful picture

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 of God and man in relationship.

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 Then the man and his wife

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 heard the sound of the Lord God

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 as he was walking in the garden

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 in the cool of the day.

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 Yes, this is after the fall,

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 but we get the picture of what's going on.

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 The implication is that God was present

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 with them in the garden,

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 walking and talking

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 and enjoying the beauty of creation,

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 but above all,

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 enjoying fellowship with one another.

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 There's no hiding in Genesis 2.

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 There's no shame.

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 It's full and free.

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 This is God's good design,

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 his purpose for mankind,

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 that he would dwell amongst his people.

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 In fact,

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 God's design is that the whole earth

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 would be a dwelling place for God.

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 The whole earth is to be a dwelling place.

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 Look at what's happening here.

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 In Eden,

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 God plants a garden.

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 So there's a place called Eden

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 and in the place in Eden,

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 he plants a garden.

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 And it's right there

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 that we find mankind.

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 But again,

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 remember what we've learned so far

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 back in Genesis 1,

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 verse 28.

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 What did God say to them?

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 Be fruitful,

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 increase in number

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it.

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 You see,

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 it was never God's intention

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 that man would just stay

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 in the garden.

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 Man was to expand

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 the borders of Eden.

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 They were to multiply

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 and grow

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 and fill the whole earth.

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 In other words,

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 God's desire

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 was that the whole earth

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 would be his dwelling place

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 where he would dwell

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 with mankind.

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 Again,

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 I think the rivers

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 that are described here

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 in verses 10 down to 14

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 act almost like

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 as a parable

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 of what's going on.

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 So look at verse 10.

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 A river watering the garden

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 flowed from Eden

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 and from there

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 it was separated

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 into four headwaters,

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 four different rivers.

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 So try and get this picture

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 in your mind.

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 We've got a river

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 that starts in the garden of Eden

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 and then begins to flow out.

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 And this river

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 branches into four rivers,

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 each of which extend

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 into different directions.

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 They are nourishing the land

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 as they flow out.

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 This river is expanding,

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 isn't it?

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 And so God is saying

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 to mankind,

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 well,

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 this is what I want to view.

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 This is what we're to do.

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 I want you to

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 extend the borders

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 of the garden.

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 Here we are in the garden,

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 but we're to extend

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 the borders

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 out into Eden

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 and beyond Eden

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 Let the whole earth

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 be a dwelling place

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 for God.

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 This becomes clearer for us

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 down in verse 15.

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 The Lord God

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 took the man

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 and put him

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 in the garden of Eden

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 to work it

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 and to take care of it.

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 Now commentators

00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.120
 have pointed out

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.840
 that this task,

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 if you look carefully

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 at verse 15,

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 of working

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 and caring,

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 it's specific,

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 it's unique.

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 The only other time

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 it's repeated

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 in scripture

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 is when it's referring

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 to the priests

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 who were serving

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 at the temple.

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 Their job was to

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 work

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 and to care.

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 So what we're getting

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.540
 a picture here

00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:40.940
 is that this garden

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 is actually

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:44.520
 like a temple.

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 It's a dwelling place

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 for God.

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 And it's the place

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 where man

00:15:51.020 --> 00:15:51.780
 is to serve

00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:52.420
 and care.

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 But it's a temple

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 that's not to stay

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 as it is.

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 It's a temple

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 that's to grow

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 and expand

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 as mankind

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:01.540
 does his work

00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:02.120
 of serving

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.780
 and caring.

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 Because it's God's

00:16:04.700 --> 00:16:05.600
 longing and desire

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 that the whole

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 world

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.420
 would be

00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.380
 his dwelling place.

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 that the whole world

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 would become

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 a temple

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.460
 of his presence.

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.000
 God is to be

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.580
 known and experienced

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:19.659
 in every corner

00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.460
 of the earth.

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 So God

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 gives life,

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 he dwells

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 with his people

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 and God

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 demands

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.039
 obedience

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 from mankind.

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 Now Yahweh

00:16:35.779 --> 00:16:36.740
 may be present,

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.759
 the personal God

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.220
 is there

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 with his people

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 but there is

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 a distinction.

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 Yahweh

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 is the creator.

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 We are the created.

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 We are living

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 under God's rule.

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 He's the one

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 who speaks

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 and we listen.

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 So look at

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 verse 16.

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 And the Lord God

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 commanded

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 the man,

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 you are free

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 to eat

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 from any tree

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 in the garden.

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 no prohibition

00:17:06.719 --> 00:17:07.319
 on eating

00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.939
 the fruit

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 from the tree

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 of life.

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 You can do that.

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 But,

00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.319
 verse 17,

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 you must not

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 eat from the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 for when you

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 eat of it

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 you'll die.

00:17:20.439 --> 00:17:20.799
 You see,

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.399
 there is

00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:22.319
 such a thing

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 as morality.

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 People say

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 there isn't

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 but there is.

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 There is a good

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 and there is

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 an evil

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 and it's

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.500
 God who

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 declares

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:34.119
 what is right

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 and what is wrong.

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 It's not

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.000
 mankind

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:37.880
 who gets

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.619
 to decide.

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 We don't

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.920
 get to make

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.640
 up the rules

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 what is evil

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 and what is

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 good.

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 That's the

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.839
 distinction here

00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:48.220
 between Yahweh

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.819
 and mankind.

00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.920
 He speaks

00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.579
 we listen.

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.799
 God commands

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.579
 we obey.

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 This is

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.880
 God's world

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:56.400
 and he always

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 knows what is

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 best and what

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 is right for us.

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 He isn't

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 being mean

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.980
 and stingy

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.480
 by saying

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.000
 you can't

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.359
 eat from

00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:03.059
 this fruit

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:04.299
 because he's

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.480
 provided every

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 other tree

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.000
 for food.

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.259
 His law

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.700
 is good

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:11.500
 and he knows

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 that if we're

00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.879
 to eat of it

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 it's not going

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.279
 to be good

00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.539
 and following

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.220
 his law

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.099
 leads to an

00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.180
 abundant life.

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 This is good

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.519
 for you.

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.619
 You see,

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.420
 this tree

00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.240
 in the garden

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:25.240
 is to remind

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.279
 man who is

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:27.119
 in charge.

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.960
 Who's the

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.400
 boss?

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.579
 The tree

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.519
 reminds us

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.059
 that God

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.599
 demands

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.660
 undivided

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.240
 loyalty.

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.539
 You see,

00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.400
 with this tree

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.039
 comes a test

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:42.500
 of loyalty.

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:44.359
 Man is a

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.079
 living being

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:46.299
 capable of

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.079
 thinking and

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.799
 reasoning and

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.559
 showing love

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.720
 and the way

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.940
 mankind is to

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.779
 declare his

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.000
 love,

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.500
 the way he's

00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.039
 to show his

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.660
 love to God

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:55.259
 is by obeying

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:56.160
 his commands.

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.660
 God's

00:18:57.660 --> 00:19:00.600
 God's

00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:01.480
 God's

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.500
 God's

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:01.840
 God's

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.340
 God's

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:04.019
 God's

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.380
 God's

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:05.420
 God's

00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.300
 God's

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:07.340
 God's

00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:07.759
 word,

00:19:08.060 --> 00:19:08.779
 not eating

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.340
 the fruit

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:10.060
 was a sign

00:19:10.060 --> 00:19:10.740
 of submission.

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:11.500
 It's an

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:12.380
 expression of

00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:12.800
 love.

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.700
 It's saying

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.940
 I trust

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.160
 God

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.220
 that when

00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:17.779
 he says

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.440
 things

00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:19.779
 it's for

00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.480
 my best

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.880
 and all

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.360
 his ways

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:22.819
 are pure.

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.500
 Even when

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:23.839
 I don't

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.500
 understand

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.140
 everything,

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.000
 what he

00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:26.480
 says is

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.400
 always right

00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:27.920
 and good.

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.700
 However,

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.240
 if they're

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.720
 to go and

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.099
 eat the

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.339
 fruit,

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.640
 it's

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.039
 completely

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.319
 the

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.680
 opposite,

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.039
 isn't

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.279
 it?

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.220
 It's

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.339
 an

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.860
 expression

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.180
 of

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.740
 rejection.

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:37.380
 By

00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:37.720
 eating

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:37.960
 the

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.240
 fruit,

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:38.519
 they'll

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.660
 be

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:38.980
 saying

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.920
 I

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.559
 don't

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.019
 want

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.539
 God

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.980
 telling

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.259
 me

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.539
 what

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.759
 is

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.039
 good

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.220
 and

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.500
 evil.

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.279
 I

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.599
 will

00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.180
 decide

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.640
 what's

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:45.819
 good

00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:45.980
 and

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.299
 evil.

00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.259
 It's

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.680
 saying

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.880
 I

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:50.180
 want

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.360
 to

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:50.520
 be

00:19:50.520 --> 00:19:50.880
 like

00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.420
 God.

00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.320
 I

00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:52.780
 want

00:19:52.780 --> 00:19:53.140
 to

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:53.880
 rule

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.140
 the

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.500
 world.

00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.080
 I

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.460
 want

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.780
 to

00:19:55.780 --> 00:19:56.520
 fill

00:19:56.520 --> 00:19:56.780
 the

00:19:56.780 --> 00:19:57.060
 world

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.380
 with

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.820
 my

00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.640
 presence

00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:00.040
 and

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.320
 say

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:00.580
 what

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:00.760
 is

00:20:00.760 --> 00:20:01.100
 good.

00:20:01.760 --> 00:20:02.060
 I

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.400
 want

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.580
 to

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:02.720
 be

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.180
 boss.

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:06.100
 In

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.380
 fact,

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.780
 to eat

00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:07.220
 of it,

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.820
 end of

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.600
 verse 17,

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.740
 God

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.060
 says

00:20:11.060 --> 00:20:11.380
 you'll

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.740
 die.

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.000
 Not

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.280
 just

00:20:13.280 --> 00:20:13.760
 physical

00:20:13.760 --> 00:20:14.240
 death,

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.600
 but a

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.180
 spiritual

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.820
 death.

00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.040
 A

00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:19.360
 life

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.899
 without

00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:20.500
 God,

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.740
 without

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.299
 his

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.459
 dwelling

00:20:23.459 --> 00:20:24.339
 with

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.559
 his

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:24.979
 people,

00:20:25.159 --> 00:20:25.379
 without

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.039
 his

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.219
 presence.

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.479
 Instead

00:20:28.479 --> 00:20:28.859
 of an

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.419
 abundant

00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:30.039
 life,

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.679
 it would

00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.219
 be filled

00:20:31.219 --> 00:20:31.479
 with

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:31.979
 chaos

00:20:31.979 --> 00:20:32.199
 and

00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:32.719
 disorder.

00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:35.179
 So

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:35.379
 the

00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.679
 tree

00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.099
 was a

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.439
 way of

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:36.759
 showing

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.039
 your

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.659
 loyalty

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:37.939
 to

00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:38.219
 God,

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:38.699
 a

00:20:38.699 --> 00:20:38.959
 means

00:20:38.959 --> 00:20:39.139
 of

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.779
 declaring

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.819
 your

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.279
 loving

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.859
 obedience.

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.399
 Now

00:20:45.399 --> 00:20:45.719
 what a

00:20:45.719 --> 00:20:46.319
 wonderful

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.979
 picture we

00:20:46.979 --> 00:20:47.639
 have here

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:47.859
 in

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.240
 Genesis

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.659
 2.

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.079
 Isn't

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.379
 it an

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.039
 amazing

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.159
 picture?

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 Here we

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 have

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 mankind

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 living an

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 abundant

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.399
 spiritual

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 life,

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 enjoying

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.559
 the

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.119
 presence

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 of God,

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 enjoying

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.079
 his dwelling,

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 walking

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 amongst them,

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 talking with

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 them.

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 Here they

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 are to

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 extend the

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.839
 borders of

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 the garden

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 so that

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 the earth

00:21:12.479 --> 00:21:13.079
 is filled

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 with God's

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 presence.

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 How

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 wonderful

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.960
 that is.

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 Would

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:18.000
 you like

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.380
 to be

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.740
 there?

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 Is

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.019
 that

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.940
 something

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.420
 that kind

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:23.820
 of goes,

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.920
 yes,

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:25.680
 that's

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 where I'd

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.600
 like to

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 be?

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:29.860
 Would

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.059
 you?

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.820
 Maybe you're

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 wondering,

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 should I or

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 should I

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 not,

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 what's

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 coming

00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.279
 next?

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 Well,

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 I think

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 there's

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 something

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 better.

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 There's

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 something

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.259
 better than

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.680
 this.

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.519
 You see,

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:43.880
 this is

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.400
 much more

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.860
 than just

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.519
 a description

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.380
 of creation

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.220
 because we

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.420
 know,

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 and we'll

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.100
 get to it

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.560
 in a couple

00:21:48.560 --> 00:21:48.940
 of weeks,

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 we know

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:49.799
 what?

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 They just

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 had to

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 obey.

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 Don't

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 eat it.

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 And

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.840
 everything

00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:56.220
 would be

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.580
 all right.

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 But they

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 didn't.

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 Instead of

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 leaving an

00:22:01.420 --> 00:22:02.220
 aroma of

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.779
 the presence

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.400
 of God,

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.240
 mankind

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.880
 has left

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.420
 a trail

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.380
 of destruction

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:07.200
 behind them,

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.160
 a tornado

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.940
 of chaos,

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.620
 of broken

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.519
 relationships.

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.379
 Now,

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:15.719
 this is

00:22:15.719 --> 00:22:16.339
 much more

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.779
 than just

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.439
 a description

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:18.259
 of creation.

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.559
 This is

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.119
 a picture

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.179
 of the

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.799
 church.

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.919
 It's a

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.399
 picture of

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.939
 the church.

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.639
 You see,

00:22:25.739 --> 00:22:26.559
 creation is

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.000
 just a

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.179
 display model

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.119
 of the

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.759
 local church.

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.159
 What we're

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.699
 reading in

00:22:30.699 --> 00:22:31.459
 Genesis 2

00:22:31.459 --> 00:22:32.619
 is a

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 picture of

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:34.439
 you and

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:34.819
 me.

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.479
 Yes,

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.059
 it is.

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.359
 Here in

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.899
 the garden,

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.659
 we have a

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:41.179
 blueprint for

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.660
 what the

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:43.200
 church should

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.500
 be.

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.799
 And it's

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.220
 better.

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.560
 Let me

00:22:46.560 --> 00:22:47.100
 show you.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.640
 I hope you've

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:48.940
 got your

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.519
 Bibles ready.

00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:49.920
 We're going to

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.400
 look at a few

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.799
 things.

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.560
 First,

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.420
 God gives

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:54.000
 life by

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.620
 his Spirit.

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:55.560
 Let's

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:55.940
 remember,

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.940
 Genesis 2

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.600
 may be

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.160
 pre-fall,

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.660
 but we're

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.400
 reading this

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.600
 post-fall,

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.340
 aren't we?

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.380
 We've been

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:04.299
 given physical

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.799
 life,

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.779
 we're breathing,

00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:07.440
 but the

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.060
 Bible says

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:08.560
 we've been

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.660
 born spiritually

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.060
 dead.

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.460
 We're not

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.200
 born into

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.860
 a relationship

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.320
 with God.

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.960
 We don't

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.200
 enjoy intimacy

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.840
 with God.

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.820
 We need the

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.779
 Spirit to

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.100
 give us

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.540
 life.

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.800
 The prophet

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.860
 Ezekiel gives

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.720
 us a brilliant

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.400
 picture of

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.720
 this.

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.340
 God had

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:25.380
 promised Ezekiel

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.060
 a time when

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.660
 the Spirit

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.160
 was going

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 to come

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 who would

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.100
 be not

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.880
 just with,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:33.000
 but in

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.700
 the people.

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.460
 When the

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.060
 Spirit would

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.259
 give life.

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 I have a

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.299
 reference

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.680
 here.

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.900
 Ezekiel 36

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.819
 verses 26

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 to 27.

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 This is what

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.819
 God promised.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.220
 He says,

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 I will give

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:48.319
 you a new

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:50.240
 heart and

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.059
 put a new

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.900
 spirit in

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.420
 you and I

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.099
 will remove

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.619
 from you

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.140
 your heart

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.879
 of stone and

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:55.339
 give you a

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.700
 heart of

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.819
 flesh and I

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.480
 will put my

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.240
 spirit in

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.579
 you and

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.019
 move you

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.460
 to follow

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.460
 my decrees

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.640
 and be

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.299
 careful to

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.119
 keep my

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.279
 laws.

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.059
 And to

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.460
 help us

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.400
 see what

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.819
 God has

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.200
 promised.

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.119
 Ezekiel has

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.279
 another vision.

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.240
 We're going

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.720
 to look this

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.179
 up together.

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.599
 Go to

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.220
 Ezekiel

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:15.059
 chapter 37

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.480
 in your

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.839
 Bible.

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.259
 Ezekiel

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.419
 chapter 37.

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.539
 Isaiah,

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.299
 Jeremiah,

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.299
 Lamentations

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.519
 and then

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.179
 Ezekiel.

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.759
 You may

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.419
 remember this

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.839
 picture.

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.399
 The vision

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.779
 of the

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.299
 valley of

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.259
 dry bones.

00:24:47.659 --> 00:24:48.339
 And the

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.819
 picture we

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.279
 have in

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.279
 chapter 37

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.779
 is this

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.399
 valley which

00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:51.980
 is full

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.980
 of bones.

00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:55.039
 So it's

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.599
 lifeless,

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.460
 it's dead,

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.879
 it's a

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.960
 picture of

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.899
 the spiritual

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.659
 state of

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.259
 God's people.

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:00.700
 They are

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.419
 spiritually

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:02.099
 dead.

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.099
 Now listen

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.779
 to what God

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.480
 says to

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.480
 Ezekiel in

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.099
 verse 4.

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.460
 Then God

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:10.059
 said to me,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.039
 prophesy to

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.620
 these bones

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.259
 and say to

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.220
 them, dry

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.079
 bones, hear

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.720
 the word of

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.140
 the Lord.

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.360
 This is what

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.900
 the sovereign

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.980
 Lord says to

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.680
 these bones.

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.460
 I will make

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:23.039
 breath, and

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.640
 again the word

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.220
 here is

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:26.620
 spirit, I

00:25:26.620 --> 00:25:27.120
 will make

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.299
 breath enter

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.779
 you and you

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.880
 will come to

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.360
 life.

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.599
 I will

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.000
 attach

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.939
 tendons to

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.219
 you and

00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.819
 make flesh

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.339
 come upon

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.679
 you and

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.059
 cover you

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.439
 with skin.

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.319
 I will

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.439
 put breath

00:25:38.439 --> 00:25:39.439
 my spirit

00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:40.079
 in you and

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.859
 you will

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.299
 come to

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.059
 life, then

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.419
 you will

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.859
 know that

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.299
 I am the

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.619
 Lord.

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.199
 Verse 10,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.699
 so I

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.819
 prophesied as

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.459
 he commanded

00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:50.039
 me and

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.479
 breath

00:25:51.479 --> 00:25:52.399
 entered them

00:25:52.399 --> 00:25:52.719
 and they

00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.500
 came to

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.099
 life and

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.779
 stood up

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.079
 on their

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.959
 feet, a

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.719
 vast

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.740
 army.

00:25:57.740 --> 00:26:00.380
 It is a

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.160
 picture of

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.779
 a spirit

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.579
 filled

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.880
 people, a

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:06.059
 vast army,

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.120
 much greater

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.779
 than just

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.620
 Adam and

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.960
 Eve, but

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.500
 a vast

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.079
 army of

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.660
 a spirit

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.059
 filled

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.640
 people,

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.339
 filled with

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:14.859
 a spirit

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.640
 enabling them

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.339
 to do and

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.799
 to follow

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.599
 God's law.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.359
 You see,

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.940
 without the

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.440
 spirit of

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.079
 God, without

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.799
 his spirit,

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.220
 we are

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.680
 dead.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.839
 And we

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.220
 are now

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.720
 living in

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.319
 an age in

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.900
 a time when

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.500
 the spirit

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.619
 has come.

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.859
 The coming

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.420
 of Jesus

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.480
 means the

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.140
 spirit is

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.779
 here, because

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.559
 Jesus came

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.980
 to give

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.220
 spiritual life

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.039
 to all who

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.500
 are dead.

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.460
 Listen to

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.880
 the words,

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.460
 you can see

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.940
 them on the

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.559
 screen here.

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.940
 The words

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.440
 of Jesus

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.240
 in John

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:45.200
 chapter 6.

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.279
 Jesus says,

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.900
 the spirit

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.619
 gives life,

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.799
 the flesh

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.380
 counts for

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.680
 nothing.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.700
 The words

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.059
 I have

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:51.660
 spoken to

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.960
 you, they

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.759
 are full

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.299
 of the

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.299
 spirit and

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.839
 life.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.539
 You see,

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.539
 the words

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.720
 of God.

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.420
 The word

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.159
 about Jesus

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:01.740
 is life.

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:03.379
 And as we

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.019
 hear the

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.599
 word about

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.339
 Jesus, the

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.099
 spirit takes

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:06.559
 that word

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.599
 and applies

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.159
 it to our

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.379
 life.

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.879
 It's like

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.619
 spiritual

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.299
 CPR.

00:27:10.399 --> 00:27:11.639
 The breath

00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.279
 of life,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.980
 the breath

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.420
 of God

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.279
 is breathed

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.759
 into us.

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.980
 Our spiritual

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.720
 dead bodies

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.599
 are transformed

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.799
 and we become

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.599
 spiritually alive.

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.699
 life.

00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.799
 Where once

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.559
 we had no

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.039
 love for

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.099
 God, we

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.759
 now love

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.079
 him and

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.839
 obey him.

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:31.879
 This is

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.399
 the fullness

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.039
 of life.

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.559
 This is

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.219
 true

00:27:35.219 --> 00:27:36.199
 abundant

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:37.259
 life.

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.299
 But not

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:40.819
 only does he

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.379
 give life

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.899
 by his

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.379
 spirit,

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.599
 God is

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.240
 with us

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.839
 by his

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.199
 spirit.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.880
 because when

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.380
 he gives

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.960
 us new

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:50.580
 life, he

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.180
 doesn't leave

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.539
 us in

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:53.000
 isolation, he

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.980
 joins us

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.580
 together with

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.220
 other believers

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.920
 so that he

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.100
 might dwell

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:58.480
 with us, not

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.160
 just amongst

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.340
 us, but in

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:00.880
 us.

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:02.860
 Just like the

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.740
 garden was to

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.940
 be a temple, a

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.620
 dwelling place

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.680
 for God, so

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.660
 the church is

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.279
 a temple,

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.100
 isn't it?

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.660
 Listen to what

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.620
 Paul says to

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.380
 the church in

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.039
 Ephesians.

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.259
 Jesus, in

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.779
 him, in

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.879
 Jesus, the

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.619
 whole building,

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.079
 so he's

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.720
 talking about

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.960
 the people

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.759
 as a

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.700
 building, in

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.039
 him the

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.759
 whole building

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.420
 is joined

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.119
 together and

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.759
 rises to

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.240
 become a

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.920
 holy temple

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.279
 in the

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.159
 Lord, and

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:28.659
 in him, you

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:32.920
 too, are

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.619
 being built

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.899
 together to

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.379
 become a

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:37.980
 dry throat,

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.500
 can somebody

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.079
 get me some

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.000
 water, please?

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:40.899
 Sorry.

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:47.659
 I'm going

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:48.000
 to have to

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.759
 stop, sorry.

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.619
 I need

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.279
 some breath.

00:28:54.279 --> 00:29:14.099
 Thank you,

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.359
 Ralph.

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.700
 Thank you,

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.480
 Ralph.

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:29.640
 That's

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:29.960
 better.

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.779
 So where

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.220
 were we?

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.519
 Let me just

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.200
 backtrack a

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.599
 little bit,

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:34.960
 shall I?

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.160
 So when God

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.579
 gives us

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.460
 spiritual life,

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.140
 he doesn't

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.759
 leave us in

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.700
 isolation, but

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:41.240
 he joins us

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.920
 together with

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.599
 other spirit-filled

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:44.880
 believers so

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.660
 that he might

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.400
 dwell with us,

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.519
 just like the

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.680
 garden in

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.360
 Genesis 2

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.980
 was a temple

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:51.160
 and to be a

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.740
 dwelling place

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.339
 for God, so

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.680
 the church is a

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.000
 temple.

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.960
 That's what we

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.519
 have here.

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.700
 In him, the

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.660
 whole building

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.339
 is joined

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.400
 together and

00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.200
 rises to

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.640
 become a

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.319
 holy temple

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.839
 in the Lord,

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.700
 and in him,

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.259
 you too are

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.839
 being built

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.380
 together to

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.799
 become a

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.400
 dwelling in

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.000
 which God

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.740
 lives by

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.680
 his spirit.

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.799
 Look at

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:10.980
 us.

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.660
 We are much

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.299
 bigger and

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.980
 greater than

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.799
 the garden of

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.059
 Eden.

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.299
 God, once

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.299
 again, dwelling

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.319
 with his

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.779
 people, speaking

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.599
 to us through

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.599
 his life-giving

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.639
 words so

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.399
 that we might

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.680
 enjoy fellowship

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.940
 with him.

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.180
 But there's

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.879
 something more.

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.159
 God doesn't

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.980
 just give us

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.460
 life.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.539
 He's with us

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.279
 by his spirit

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.799
 and he's at

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.859
 work by his

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.759
 spirit in the

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.220
 church.

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.519
 The church,

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.480
 this temple,

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.180
 is to also

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.059
 grow and

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.619
 expand.

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.639
 God's

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.619
 presence is

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:45.979
 to be

00:30:45.979 --> 00:30:46.339
 known

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.419
 everywhere.

00:30:48.679 --> 00:30:49.319
 Just as

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.939
 the borders

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.659
 in Eden

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.139
 were to

00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.839
 expand

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:53.019
 beyond them

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.479
 to the

00:30:53.479 --> 00:30:54.159
 ends of

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.679
 the earth,

00:30:54.939 --> 00:30:55.579
 that's what

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.039
 Adam and

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.519
 Eve were to

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:56.919
 do, but

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:58.439
 they failed.

00:31:00.479 --> 00:31:01.059
 And God

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.500
 has given

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.139
 his spirit

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.599
 to his

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.559
 church, and

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.199
 right now

00:31:04.199 --> 00:31:05.179
 all across

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.879
 the world

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.839
 there are

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.719
 little

00:31:07.719 --> 00:31:08.719
 garden

00:31:08.719 --> 00:31:09.699
 churches,

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.479
 we might

00:31:10.479 --> 00:31:10.899
 call them

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.460
 like that,

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.380
 where God

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.519
 is present

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.519
 in all

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.080
 the nations.

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.780
 Remember

00:31:16.780 --> 00:31:17.380
 what Jesus

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.980
 said to

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.700
 his disciples,

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.519
 you will

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:21.320
 receive power

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.700
 when the

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.320
 Holy Spirit

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.940
 comes on

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.800
 you, and

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.100
 you will

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.580
 be my

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.080
 witnesses

00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:26.960
 in Jerusalem,

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.680
 Judea and

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.560
 Samaria, and

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.140
 to the ends

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.620
 of the earth,

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.780
 just as they

00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:32.340
 were to move

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.920
 out of the

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.640
 garden to

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.259
 Eden, to

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.700
 the ends

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.000
 of the

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.400
 earth, so

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.400
 mankind is

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.040
 beginning to

00:31:39.040 --> 00:31:39.980
 fulfil all

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.539
 that God

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.980
 had set

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.420
 out to

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.640
 do.

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.180
 Can you

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.720
 see that

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.880
 life in

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.400
 the garden

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.180
 is just a

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.799
 picture of

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.400
 life in

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.059
 the church?

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.180
 A spirit

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:51.200
 filled people

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.039
 where God

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.039
 dwells amongst

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.400
 us by his

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.500
 spirit, never

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.599
 to leave us,

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.420
 but with us

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.180
 permanently,

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.599
 secured and

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.460
 sealed by the

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.920
 work of

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.380
 Christ.

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.680
 A people

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.779
 empowered by

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.620
 his spirit so

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.140
 that we can

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.920
 now love and

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.779
 obey God's

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.500
 words and do

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:09.900
 what is

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.259
 right, reaching

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.980
 out with the

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.680
 good news of

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.599
 Christ so

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.079
 that the

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.680
 earth is

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:16.680
 filled with

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.279
 the presence

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.880
 of God.

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.079
 That's what

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.700
 we're doing

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.220
 tomorrow when

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.660
 you spend

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.259
 time with

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.819
 your children

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.380
 at home,

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.119
 you are

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.519
 expanding the

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.339
 borders as

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.920
 you share

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.559
 the gospel

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.079
 with your

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.640
 children so

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.259
 the presence

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.819
 of God

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.279
 might be

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.819
 known and

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.559
 experienced

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.119
 everywhere.

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.279
 It's what

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.880
 happens as

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.680
 you disperse

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.339
 amongst your

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.819
 neighbourhood

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.299
 and go

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.980
 to work.

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.019
 That as

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.539
 you share

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.939
 the good

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:44.700
 news, it

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.599
 is expanding

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.299
 and growing

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.679
 and the

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.339
 presence of

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.819
 God is

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.619
 becoming known

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:48.980
 in your

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.839
 workplace and

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.139
 in your

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.599
 neighbourhood.

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.559
 It happens

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.579
 as you get

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.480
 involved in

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.879
 Sunday school

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.279
 and the

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.859
 rock and

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.200
 rooted.

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.500
 The presence

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.139
 of God

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:02.879
 expanding and

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.259
 growing.

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.279
 It's happening

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.819
 through the

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.419
 Cork-Carrie

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.899
 project.

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.560
 It's

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:06.860
 happening

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.400
 through our

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.880
 partners

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.600
 whether that's

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:09.440
 in Kashmir

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.200
 or in

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.800
 Kosovo

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.700
 to the

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.060
 ends of

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.600
 the earth.

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.780
 What we

00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.200
 see in

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.640
 Genesis

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:19.740
 is just a

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.180
 glorious

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.920
 picture of

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.460
 the church

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.920
 today.

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:25.740
 Let's

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.000
 pray.

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.100
 Amen.

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.160
 Amen.

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.220
 Amen.

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:28.160
 Amen.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.220
 Amen.

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:30.100
 Amen.

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.160
 Amen.

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.160
 Amen.

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:32.160
 Amen.

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.220
 Amen.

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.220
 Amen.

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.160
 Amen.

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.220
 Amen.

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.220
 Amen.

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.880
 Amen.

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.240
 Father,

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:38.680
 would you

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:40.420
 please fill

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.200
 us afresh

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.940
 with a

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.920
 vision for

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.100
 your church.

00:33:46.760 --> 00:33:47.700
 Thank you

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.480
 that we

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.800
 are a

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.500
 spirit-filled

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:50.960
 people,

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.960
 given new

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.820
 life,

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.220
 that we

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.760
 can know

00:33:53.760 --> 00:33:54.040
 you,

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.440
 we can

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.020
 talk to

00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:56.280
 you,

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.660
 that you

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.100
 will never

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.660
 ever leave

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.100
 us.

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.780
 Thank you,

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.100
 Father,

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.540
 that your

00:34:02.540 --> 00:34:03.360
 spirit is at

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.040
 work through

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.820
 us in our

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.340
 homes,

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:07.939
 in our neighborhoods at work

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:09.940
 wherever we are

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:12.019
 may we

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:14.460
 by your power and your help

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:17.119
 extend the borders

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:20.960
 so that the presence and the knowledge of Christ

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.759
 is known everywhere

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:26.279
 help us we ask

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:28.079
 in Jesus name

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.259
 Amen

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:35.820
 we're going to sing together

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:38.560
 Holy Spirit

00:34:38.560 --> 00:34:39.880
 living breath of God

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.640
 breathe new