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 Father, we ask that you would feed us with your word.

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 We ask, Father, that as we think about what you have taught through your word written,

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 that you will help us to be aware of the problems in our own hearts,

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 the command centers of who we are.

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 Father, may this time not be a time where we look and see the faults of others,

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 but may you search our hearts and may your Holy Spirit bring your word to the very command center of who we are

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 so that we will bear much fruit in our day-to-day lives to your glory.

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 Father, make us disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel, learning to live for your glory.

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

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 Please be seated.

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 So the story of Cain and Abel, I think a lot of people are a bit familiar with that story,

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 even those who don't come to church very often or don't have much of a Christian memory.

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 And for a lot of people, it's a good story.

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 It's a story, in fact, actually, in some ways, it's probably a perfect Canadian story,

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 at least how we sort of vaguely remember it, because it talks about how you shouldn't hurt people.

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 You shouldn't hurt people by killing them.

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 And it teaches us that we're really our brother's keeper.

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 So it teaches us that we're our brother's keeper, and we shouldn't hurt people.

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 And so, at least in the way that many of us remember the story,

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 it sounds like it's a really, really good story,

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 one that we wouldn't be very, very embarrassed to share with a non-Christian friend,

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 a seeking friend or neighbor, even a skeptical friend or neighbor.

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 We might say, this is like a perfect text, until you actually start to read it.

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 And when you actually start to read it, it would be sort of very funny, I guess.

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 Not funny in a good way.

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 I don't mean that.

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 It would just be very, maybe uncomfortable,

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 if we thought it would be a good story to share with our neighbor.

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 And then as we get into the story, we realize one moment,

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 this is actually very un-Canadian.

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 You know, when I talk to people in coffee shops and other places,

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 one of the standard things, in fact,

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 we're organizing an apologetics conference in November all around this theme,

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 in a world of 10,000 religions,

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 how on earth can Christians believe that Jesus is the only way?

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 How on earth can Christians believe Jesus is the only way in a world

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 where there's 10,000 religions?

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 And this is, it's not just that many,

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 most Canadians would say that you can't believe in Jesus

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 in a world with 10,000 different religions

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 because at the heart of most Canadian thought and belief,

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 whether you're an atheist or not,

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 you'd believe that basically everybody should be able to worship God,

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 however they define him or her or it,

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 in whatever way they choose.

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 You know, because it's a variation on the catechism of Canadian culture.

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 Like a catechism is something where a basic question is posed all the time

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 and an answer is given.

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 And if you read, if you watch movies,

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 if you watch sitcoms,

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 if you listen to the news,

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 if you read the newspapers,

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 you know, the basic type of catechism is what's really important.

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 Well, what's really important

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 is that you have to be true to yourself.

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 Like, you need to be authentic,

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 and to be authentic,

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 you need to be true to yourself.

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 And, you know,

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 if there's some problems going on in your relationship,

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 if your job,

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 what's one of the most important tasks

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 that a Canadian can do?

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 Not only to be true to yourself,

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 but you have to take steps to be happy on your terms.

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 You know,

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 not that oppressive dad

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 or your oppressive mom

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 or your oppressive, you know,

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 partner or husband or wife

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 or oppressive kids.

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 Like, you have to be happy on your terms.

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 And movie and show,

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 time after time,

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 pose that type of dilemma or tension,

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 and it's resolved by people being true to themselves

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 and making,

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 taking the steps to be happy on their terms.

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 And then usually part of the tension

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 is some type of pushback or conflict around that,

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 and that brings us to the third part of a catechism

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 of Canadian culture.

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 And the third part of the catechism in Canadian culture

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 is that no one can tell you

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 what is right or wrong for you.

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 No one can tell you that.

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 And then it's just a natural aspect

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 of this Canadian catechism to say,

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 and nobody can tell you

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 that you've got to worship God some way

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 or do a particular thing for God.

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 That's up to you.

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 You figure that out yourself.

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 You be true to yourself.

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 And that's how Canadians think.

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 And I know it makes it,

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 we cry at this idea.

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 You know,

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 Canadians would cry at the idea

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 that there's a right or wrong way

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 to do something like approaching to God.

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 And so, you see,

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 here's the problem.

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 We think,

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 okay, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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 Cain and Abel,

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 that's a really, really good text

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 because you know what it's all about?

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 I am my brother's keeper

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 and don't hurt people.

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 Like that's,

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 you know,

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 like it's sort of soft,

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 you know,

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 being Canadian,

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 caring for others,

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 don't hurt people.

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 But actually,

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 what is at the heart of the story

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 is that two people come to worship God

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 and God says one person does it right

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 and the other one does it wrong.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 for Canadians,

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 our heart starts to get a little bit

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 beating faster

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 and maybe we get a little bit nervous

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 about this apparently Canadian story.

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 But I want to suggest to you

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 that actually this story

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 that seems to go against

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 what Canadians want

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 is actually really what Canadians want

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 and what we really want

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 and what we really need.

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 So let's get the Bibles out

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 and let's look at the story.

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 And the story's found

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 in the book of Genesis,

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 very, very first book in the Bible.

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 Chapter 4,

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 it begins at verse 1.

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 It begins at verse 1.

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 Genesis 4, chapter 1,

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 and here's how it goes.

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 Now,

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 and you don't necessarily know that in English,

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 although it's sort of implied in English,

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 what the word Hebrew is telling us

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 is that this is going to be another story

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 as part of a set of stories.

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 And what's just happened

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 is that Adam and Eve

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 have introduced evil into the world

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 and as a result of Adam and Eve

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 introducing evil into God's good creation,

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 they're now at odds with each other,

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 at odds with creation,

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 at odds with the creator,

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 and the story has just come to the point

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 where God has expelled them,

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 pushed them out of the Garden of Eden,

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 and the cherubim is there

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 to stop Adam and Eve

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 and their descendants,

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 that's you and me,

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 from going to eat of the Tree of Life.

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 So that's what's just happened.

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 Now,

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 Adam knew

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 Eve,

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 his wife,

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 and if you're not familiar

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 with how the Bible speaks

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 in the Old Testament

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 and also in the New,

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 but mainly in the Old,

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 when it uses the word

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 no in this matter,

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 it's a

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 polite way of referring

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 to sexual relations.

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 And just as a bit of an aside,

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 whenever the Bible,

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 the Old Testament,

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 uses the word

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 sexual relations

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 for animals,

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 it doesn't use this word,

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 only uses it

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 when human beings

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 are having sexual relations,

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 but that's a whole other

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 sermon topic.

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 Now,

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 Adam knew his wife,

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 knew Eve,

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 his wife,

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 and she conceived

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 and bore Cain,

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 saying,

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 I have gotten a man

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 with the help of the Lord.

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 The English here

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 has a little bit

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 of a glimpse of this.

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 It's,

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 I have gotten a man.

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 Yeah,

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 God helped a bit.

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 In some ways,

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 it's not,

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 you see,

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 one of the things

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 that this story is showing

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 is how evil

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 has come into the world

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 and now evil

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 is becoming more prevalent.

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 Its hold

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 and its touch

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 is becoming

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 more extensive.

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 So,

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 once again,

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 I have gotten a man

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 with the help of the Lord

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 and again she bore

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 his brother Abel.

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 Now,

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 Abel was a keeper

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 of sheep

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 and Cain,

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 a worker of the ground.

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 He was a gardener.

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 In the course of time,

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 Cain brought to the Lord

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 an offering

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 of the fruit of the ground

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 and Abel

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 also brought

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 of the firstborn

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 of his flock

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 and of their fat portions

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 and the Lord

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 had regard

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 excuse me,

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 or accepted

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 or was pleased

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 with Abel

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 and his offering

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 but for Cain

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 and his offering,

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 God had no regard

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 or he didn't accept it

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 or it wasn't viewed

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 as valid.

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 So,

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 Cain

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 was very angry

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 and his face fell

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 and in the original,

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 very angry

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 is a very good sense.

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 I mean,

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 it really,

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 if you wanted to say,

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 put it actually,

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 capture the original language,

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 very would be bolded.

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 He was really angry.

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 Like,

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 this is rage

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 and so much rage

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 that his body language

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 betrayed

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 that he was

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 visibly,

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 visually,

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 really,

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 really angry.

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 So,

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 that's where the story is.

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 So,

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 what's going on?

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 So,

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 here's the first thing.

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 Why on earth,

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 in fact,

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 in some ways,

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 this story now

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 touches on some

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 of our very,

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 very,

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 very deep fears

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 as human beings.

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 that God just

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 picks favorites.

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 He's just up there

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 flipping a coin.

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 Okay,

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 George is coming to me.

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 Heads,

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 I'm going to like him.

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 Tails,

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 I won't.

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 Oh,

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 it's heads.

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 Lucky for George.

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 You know?

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 Then the next person

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 comes along,

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 God's up there

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 flipping a coin.

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 Have you ever seen

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 the movie

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 No Country for Old Men?

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 One of the,

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 in the book,

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 it's a brilliant book,

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 by the way.

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 Dark book,

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 but very brilliant.

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 And one of the,

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 there's a serial killer

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 in there

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 and every time

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 he comes to people,

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 he flips a coin.

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 It's putting on

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 how the coin lands.

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 Whether or not

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 he'll kill them or not.

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 And is that what God's like?

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 Okay.

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 Oh,

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 I like Abel.

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 I don't like Cain.

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 Thumbs up for Abel,

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 thumb down for Cain.

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 Just completely willful.

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 It's actually one of our fears.

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 It's one of the great fears

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 of our culture.

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 It's in fact,

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 one of the reasons

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 why for many Canadians

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 the idea that we worship

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 in our own way

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 is so preferable

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 to the apparent

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 willfulness

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 and immorality

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 or amorality

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 of power.

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 So,

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 is that what's going on

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 in the story here?

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 Like,

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 is that what's going on?

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 Well,

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 no,

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 it's not what's going on.

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 Let's,

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 in fact,

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 put the first point up.

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 This is really,

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 really key.

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 It's going to be,

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 in fact,

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 a surprise

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 because many people

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 think that

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 the Christian faith

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 is just all about externals,

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 learning the Apostles' Creed,

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 learning how to go to church,

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 you know,

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 learning how to give money,

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 learning how to read the Bible,

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 that it's not a religion

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 of the heart,

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 that it's not a religion

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 of something central

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 and deep to us.

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 In fact,

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 it's one of the reasons

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 why in our Canadian catechism,

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 like,

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 you have to be true to yourself,

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 you have to be authentic.

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 There's a sense

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 that it should be deep

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 and internal

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 and that one of the problems

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 with Christianity

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 is just all external.

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 Yet,

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 the key to understanding

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 this story

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 is this first point.

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 We see people act.

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 the Lord sees

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 what is really

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 and truly desired

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 when we act.

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 That's what he sees

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 and that's what matters to him.

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 How we act matters

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 but what we're desiring

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 when we act,

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 that's the key.

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 And so,

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 just look at the text.

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 You can see some hints

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 about this in the text.

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 Like,

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 first of all,

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 the word offering

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 and the word offering here

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 and it's a really important sense.

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 it could also be translated

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 as homage

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 or homage.

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 I don't know if I'm pronouncing it correctly

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 because it's a word

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 that's hardly used

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 in English anymore.

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 And in homage,

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 what is,

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 you come

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 and you give a bit of a token

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 to acknowledge

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 to one,

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 well,

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 you pay homage

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 to a king

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 or to the queen

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 or to God

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 is you're acknowledging

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 that the other person

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 is greater

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 than you

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 and that you owe them

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 your loyalty

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 and you owe them

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 your trust

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 and you owe them

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 your obedience.

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 And that's the word there

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 for offering.

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 Like,

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 in a Christian church,

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 just so you're wondering,

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 I mean,

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 I didn't say it today,

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 but if you're a guest here today

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 or even if you've been

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 coming here for a while

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 and you haven't given your life

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 to Jesus

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 to trust him as your Savior and Lord,

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 we actually would like it

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 if you don't put any money

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 in the plate.

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 Have as much coffee

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 as you want

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 and we'd love to give to you.

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 We don't really want you

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 to give to us

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 because really the offering

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 is supposed to be

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 an act of homage.

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 It's laid at the foot of the cross.

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 We're acknowledging

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 that Jesus is greater than us,

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 that he's worthy

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 to be praised,

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 that he is our manager,

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 that he is our Savior,

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 that he deserves

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 our loyalty

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 and our obedience

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 and our trust

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 and our faith

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 and that's what's supposed

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 to be going on

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 in our hearts.

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 So that's the word offering.

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 Cain and Abel both come

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 and are supposedly

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 bringing an offering.

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 But then,

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 and this is a little bit harder

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 to see in the English,

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 it's very obvious

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 in the original language.

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 It's as if,

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 okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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 we're going to go.

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 Cain and Abel are going

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 and Cain says,

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 oh yeah, yeah,

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 I guess I got to bring something.

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 Oh yeah, here's a stock.

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 You know,

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 I'll take a piece of corn,

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 turnip,

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 a carrot

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 and a yam

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 and then you go to God.

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 Okay, there you go.

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 Whoa, okay, there you go.

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 But Abel

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 gives

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 of the very,

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 very,

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 very first of his flock.

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 Why is that very important?

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 Because he's giving it

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 to God first.

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 He's not saying,

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 okay,

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 after,

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 after I make sure

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 that I'm well fed

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 and,

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 and all my needs are met,

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 if I have anything left over,

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 I'll,

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 I'll give you something.

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 No, no,

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 Abel gives

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 of the very beginning

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 before he knows

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 if there's going

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 to be any more.

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 And,

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 and this is harder

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 for us to realize

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 in our culture,

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 but he gives them something

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 which is fat and plump.

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 In other words,

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 something that he set aside

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 to make it nice and

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 fat and juicy.

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 taught,

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 there's a few people here

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 in the congregation

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 who go hunting

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 and if you,

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 you,

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 you hunt wild animals,

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 they're leaner.

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 Uh,

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 they,

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 you know,

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 because they have to run

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 and stay away from predators

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 and stuff like that.

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 So this is something

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 cared for,

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 which is going

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 to be really tasty.

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 And the most tasty

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 thing he has,

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 the most precious thing

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 he has,

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 that's what he gives

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 to God.

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 And the other thing

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 in the story

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 is the anger.

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 So you see both

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 the gift,

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 what it's supposed

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 to be,

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 but it's just a few

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 things thrown together

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 as opposed to Abel

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 and then the,

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.799
 the response,

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 which is anger,

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 shows that what's

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 going on

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 in Cain's heart.

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 In fact,

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 if you could put up

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 the next,

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 next point,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 What we see here,

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 and it's going to be

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 a little bit hard,

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 I could have used

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 the word sin,

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 but this is a,

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 a,

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 a better sort of

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 general point.

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 The desire to be God

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 can be nurtured

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 and hidden

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 in spirituality

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 and religion.

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 One of the things

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 that we,

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.100
 that Canadians

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 don't understand,

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 the Canadian Christians

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 don't often understand

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 is that the Bible

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 from cover to cover

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 is a constant

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 critique of religion

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 and a constant

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:38.360
 critique of spirituality

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 and a constant

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 critique of

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 spiritual,

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 not religious.

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 It is a thorough

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 critique of it.

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 And so here we see

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 that this is apparently

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 an act of worship.

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 One moment,

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 aren't Christians all

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 in favor of

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 worshiping God?

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 Well,

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.040
 we see here

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 from this text,

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 it's not just a matter

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 of going through

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 being spiritual

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 or worshiping God

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 in whatever way

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 you just seem,

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 no, no,

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 the Bible says

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 that there's,

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 in fact,

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 what's going on

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.939
 with Cain,

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 what's being revealed

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 in Cain

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 is his low view

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.139
 of God

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 and his high view

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 of himself.

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 You know,

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 it's just like

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 God's just like,

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 it's just like

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 another day in the office.

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 It's just sort of like

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 when we walk around

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 the street

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 and we don't necessarily,

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 you know,

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 bow to every person

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 we see.

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 We're just one people,

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 I'm a person,

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 I'm around other people

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 and we just sort of

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 go about our business

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 and it's easy

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 for us to view God

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 as just,

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 well,

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 you know,

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 and he's another being

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 and he has his thing

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 to do

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 and I have my thing

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 to do

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 and,

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 oh yeah,

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 you know,

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 well maybe he's a little

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 bit more important

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 so I should offer him

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 a few things

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 or maybe give me

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 a little bit of comfort

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 and a little bit of peace

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 so I can get something

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 for myself

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 or whatever it is

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 but this text shows

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 that God's not

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 that high

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 and important

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 for Cain.

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 In fact,

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 you see,

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 what's the thing

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 that's going to be developed

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 throughout the entire Bible

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 is that all sin,

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 whether it's lust,

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 whether it's envy,

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 whether it's gluttony,

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 whether it's sloth,

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 whether it's anger,

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 that all sin

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 is ultimately

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 one component

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 of all sin

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 is my desire

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 or your desire

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 or a culture's desire

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 or a state's desire

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 to be God.

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 And so we see here

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 that the desire

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 to be God

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 can be nurtured

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 and hidden

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 in spirituality

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 and religion

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 because Cain's worship

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 hid

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 his basic desire

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 to be God.

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 See,

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 now when we get to this

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 we can see that

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 in some ways

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 this is a bit of a,

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 a bit of a,

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 there's going to be

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 a little bit of a tension

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 for the average Canadian

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 because for the average Canadian

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 on the one hand

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 just like every other human being

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 we desire to be God

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 in our different ways

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 but the other time

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 one of the things

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 that we really hate

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 is arrogance

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 and pride.

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 I mean,

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 part of the irony

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 is that many religions

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 and spiritualities

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 put the desire

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 to be more God-like

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 at the very center

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 of what they do

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 actually.

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 And,

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 and,

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 and those who

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 follow Jesus

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 and they're supposed

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 to read the Bible

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 we shouldn't do that

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 but we know

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 that that goes on.

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 And it's a very powerful thing.

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 In fact,

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 if you could put up

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 the next thing,

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 Andrew,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 The more I desire

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 to be God

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 and that's what's going on here

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 with,

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 with Cain's anger.

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 The more I desire

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 to be God

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 and the more

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 that desire

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 meets the real world

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 the angrier I get.

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 The more I desire

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 to be God

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 and the more

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 that desire

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 meets the real world

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 the angrier I get.

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 Why do I put

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 meets the real world?

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 Because you're not God.

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 You had a beginning,

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 you had an end,

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 you will have an end.

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 You know,

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 one of the things

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 with road rage,

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 one of the things

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 that people

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 who get really angry

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 when they drive,

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 I speak of something

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 that I love

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 from personal experience,

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 not just others

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 but myself.

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 You want to be like God.

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 Get all these

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 slow drivers

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 out of the way.

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 I got somewhere

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 to go.

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 I got somewhere

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 to go.

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 I got somewhere

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 to go.

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 And how dare

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 you get in my way?

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 And so,

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 what this text

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 is showing us

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 with very,

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 very powerful

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 imagery

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 is the more

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 that I have

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 a desire to be God,

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 whether I acknowledge it

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 or am aware of it

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 or not,

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 and yet,

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 that desire to be God,

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 I mean,

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 it's one hand

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 if it's just

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 being my family

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 and I can abuse

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 my family

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 or I can abuse

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 my wife

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 or if you're a woman

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 and you abuse

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 your husband,

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 maybe you can get

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 away with it.

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 Maybe you can get

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 away with it

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 with your co-workers

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 or you can start

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 your own company.

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 You can be one

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 of those people.

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 I know a person

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 and I don't know

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 if it would go on anymore.

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 This is just a few years

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 ago in the civil service

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 and one of their co-workers

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 hadn't come to work

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 for I think

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 it was three years.

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 Hadn't come to work

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 in three years,

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 kept getting paid,

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 but nobody,

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 everybody was afraid

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 of her,

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 including the bosses

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 of confronting her.

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 It was just better

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 to let her stay at home

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 and get paid.

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 So, you know,

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 maybe we can get

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 away with it

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 to a certain extent,

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 but at some point in time

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 we meet the real world

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 and when we meet

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 the real world

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 and our desire

00:20:24.699 --> 00:20:25.480
 to be like God,

00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.220
 whether acknowledged

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.059
 or unacknowledged,

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 meets the real world,

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 anger often comes with it

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 and that's what this story

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 is showing

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 in a very,

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 very powerful,

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 powerful way.

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 So,

00:20:39.780 --> 00:20:40.759
 some of you

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 might be wondering,

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.000
 George,

00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:44.120
 should you say here,

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:46.100
 the more I desire

00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:46.759
 to be God

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.200
 and the more

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.560
 that desire meets

00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:49.660
 the real world,

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.280
 the angrier

00:20:50.280 --> 00:20:51.640
 I get at God

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 or should it say

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 that like,

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:53.680
 you know,

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.300
 in Cain and Abel,

00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.000
 the angrier

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 I get at just things

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 or the angrier

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 I get at other people

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 and what do you think?

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 And my answer is yes,

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 like all of the above.

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 Because in fact,

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 and you know,

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 it's understandable

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 in psychology,

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 which is,

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.720
 you know,

00:21:14.780 --> 00:21:15.620
 fundamentally secular

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 and there's lots of good wisdom

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 from psychology.

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 There really is.

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 A lot of good psychology

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.720
 is people

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:23.319
 just really being

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 very careful

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.000
 in their observation

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:26.299
 about how people work

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 and so we shouldn't say

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 that we shouldn't read it.

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 But one of the hidden things

00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:32.079
 for all people

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 and especially,

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 it's not talking about

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.859
 counseling,

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 but in fact,

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.200
 an anger at God,

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.639
 a rage against God

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:40.899
 is important

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.740
 to understand

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.339
 cultures

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 and societies

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 and people

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 and even ourselves.

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 Now,

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.380
 I have to be careful

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 of the time here.

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 So what's going to happen?

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:51.320
 Okay?

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 So here's how the story's going.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.460
 I haven't even got time

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.580
 by my brother's keeper yet.

00:21:55.780 --> 00:21:57.300
 And at first glance,

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 it looks like a very,

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.280
 very uncomfortable story

00:21:59.280 --> 00:22:00.000
 for Canadians.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.600
 God is looking

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.740
 at Cain's heart

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.960
 and Abel's heart.

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.519
 He's looked at what's happened.

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.880
 God says to Cain,

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:13.660
 this offering's not accepted.

00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.900
 Cain gets angry.

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:14.960
 Cain gets angry.

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:16.759
 What happens now?

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:18.320
 Just a little time out here

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.960
 in terms of reading

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.000
 the Bible for yourself.

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.920
 One of the things

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.640
 about reading the Bible

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:22.100
 for yourself

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:23.100
 when you're reading narratives

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:25.580
 is pause

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:27.280
 at the different

00:22:27.280 --> 00:22:28.800
 action points

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:30.400
 and ask yourself

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.960
 what are the possible responses?

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.519
 That's one of the ways

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.519
 you grow in reading

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.580
 narrative parts

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.140
 of the Bible.

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.060
 So you could say to yourself,

00:22:38.540 --> 00:22:38.780
 okay,

00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.580
 God is going to be

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.340
 like a Canadian

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.860
 and what do a lot of us

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.740
 Canadians do

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:44.019
 when we've offended somebody

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.680
 and made them mad?

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 We back off.

00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.220
 Oh, I'm sorry.

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.299
 I didn't really mean it that way.

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.660
 Is God going to be

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.580
 like very Canadian?

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.799
 Is God going to be

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.880
 like what we imagine?

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.440
 Doomed.

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.420
 You know,

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.500
 lightning bolt,

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.180
 throw it down

00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.700
 and fry Cain

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.279
 right there on the spot

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.160
 and move on.

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.740
 Like what's going to go on

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.200
 in the text?

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.660
 How's God going to respond?

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.880
 And how's Cain

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.539
 going to respond

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.700
 to God's response?

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.500
 Well, let's look.

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.600
 Verse 6.

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.600
 The Lord said to Cain,

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:18.400
 why are you angry?

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.299
 That's such a good question.

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.440
 Why are you angry?

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:29.100
 And why has your face fallen?

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.100
 And then,

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:32.039
 so he first,

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.920
 he asks a question

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 and then in the form

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.580
 of a question,

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:35.480
 he's really giving them

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.000
 a promise.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.259
 It's a bit of a rhetorical

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.600
 question to make a point

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:40.319
 and the point is a promise.

00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:41.139
 The first thing is like,

00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:41.779
 why are you angry?

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.139
 Okay, Cain,

00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:44.839
 like why are you angry?

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.000
 Like what,

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:48.599
 what is it that you value

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.599
 so much

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:51.079
 that my response

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:52.459
 has made you furious?

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.799
 And then the second thing

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.639
 is a promise.

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.619
 He says,

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:59.799
 if you do well,

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.500
 will you not be accepted?

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:02.639
 In other words,

00:24:02.919 --> 00:24:03.059
 Cain,

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.119
 I'm not saying you're

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.099
 damned forever,

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.699
 that you're

00:24:05.699 --> 00:24:06.779
 completely ruined.

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.200
 Like,

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.920
 I'm still here.

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.379
 I still love you.

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:11.899
 Like,

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.279
 this can be dealt with.

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.519
 This isn't the end

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.059
 of the world.

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.379
 And then the third thing

00:24:19.379 --> 00:24:19.799
 is that,

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.639
 is a warning.

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.740
 And if you do not

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.480
 do well,

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.700
 sin is crouching

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.539
 at the door.

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:29.740
 Its desire

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.859
 is for you,

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.399
 but you must rule

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.119
 over it.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.220
 Gives them a warning

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.620
 that sin

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.600
 is now pictured

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.039
 at,

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.279
 you know,

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.000
 just think one of those

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.720
 National Geographic specials,

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.019
 Planet Earth specials,

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.200
 and it's like

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.900
 a lion

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.000
 or a lioness

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.059
 that just outside

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.960
 of the sight

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.720
 of the gazelle

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:50.819
 and downwind,

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.600
 not upwind,

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.900
 and it stalks

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.480
 the gazelle

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.720
 and it's crouching

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.799
 to pounce

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.980
 to devour.

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.480
 And contrary for,

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.920
 it's a very,

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:01.079
 very powerful image.

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.440
 It's,

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.380
 on one hand,

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.240
 it's the desire

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.560
 for,

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.140
 but everything

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.860
 that it ultimately

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.640
 desires

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.760
 is something

00:25:06.760 --> 00:25:07.240
 which is going

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.300
 to be against you.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.060
 It's contrary

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.940
 to what is

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.900
 your true good,

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.360
 your true need,

00:25:12.780 --> 00:25:13.900
 your true hope,

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.600
 your true help.

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.280
 It's,

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.260
 this is very,

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.060
 very powerful image.

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.640
 And,

00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:21.040
 sorry,

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.520
 I should read

00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:22.000
 the next bit.

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.240
 So,

00:25:22.300 --> 00:25:23.400
 put up this first,

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.240
 this next point,

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.140
 Andrew.

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.760
 All I can do is,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.040
 you know,

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.639
 I thought,

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.519
 I thought long

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.119
 and hard about

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.420
 how to word this point

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.079
 and then I realized

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.799
 all I have to,

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.920
 what I really need to do

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:36.240
 is just make my next point

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.240
 that part of the verse

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:39.039
 because it's such

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.240
 a powerful image.

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.460
 Sin is crouching

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.980
 at the door,

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.839
 its desire

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.720
 is contrary

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.559
 to you,

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.759
 but you must

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.799
 rule over it.

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.200
 And,

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.599
 you know,

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.480
 here's the thing,

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.299
 I don't know how many

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.960
 of you have ever been

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.059
 afflicted with anger,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.639
 but if you have

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:56.639
 anger problems,

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.740
 here's one of the things

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.640
 that I know from my own

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.720
 experience with anger.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.339
 Anger is really comforting.

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.140
 Anger can really

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.299
 make me feel good.

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.579
 Anger can fill me

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.019
 with self-righteousness.

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.079
 Anger can,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:20.759
 anger can take away

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.000
 some of the discomfort

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:24.259
 and lack of satisfaction

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.620
 I feel with myself

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:28.139
 because it puts me

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:29.239
 on a high horse

00:26:29.239 --> 00:26:32.139
 and it can just

00:26:32.139 --> 00:26:33.079
 be really comforting.

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.859
 And, you know,

00:26:36.979 --> 00:26:37.759
 telling a lie

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.939
 can do the same thing

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:43.719
 and pride

00:26:43.719 --> 00:26:44.959
 can do the same thing

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:46.979
 and sexual knowing

00:26:46.979 --> 00:26:47.799
 outside of marriage

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.339
 or pornography

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.559
 can do the same thing.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.259
 And we can think

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.099
 it's very comforting

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.019
 and maybe even

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.660
 very helpful.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:57.579
 I know of a marriage

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.480
 counselor that

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.480
 when counseling

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.960
 couples,

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.700
 I mean,

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.859
 she actually tells them

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.759
 if you're having

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.599
 problems in your

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.460
 sexual relations

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.220
 to imagine

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.019
 being with another

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.539
 person

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:11.819
 as part of the therapy.

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.920
 And it can seem

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.039
 like it's very comforting,

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.960
 but the Bible here

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.420
 is far truer

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:20.059
 to the nature of evil.

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:23.480
 we think it comforts us,

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:25.579
 but it actually

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:27.359
 wants to master us

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.460
 and be contrary

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:31.059
 to what our true good is.

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.899
 Anger-driven people

00:27:32.899 --> 00:27:34.059
 have problems at work,

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.720
 they have problems

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.599
 in their relationship.

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:37.240
 Sexually driven people

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.839
 have problems

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.619
 with relationships,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.659
 problems at work,

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.059
 problems with themselves,

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.859
 inability to attach.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.940
 You can go on

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.519
 and on and on.

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.559
 It appears to comfort,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.179
 but I think

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:48.700
 that is far wiser.

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.059
 The Bible here

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.259
 is far wiser.

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.759
 It is deeply true.

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.799
 It might seem

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.379
 to comfort,

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.659
 but it's just crouching.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.980
 It wants to devour you.

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.639
 It wants to master you.

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.879
 It'll rule you.

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.319
 And it will rule you

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.819
 in a way

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.079
 which is not good

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.519
 for you.

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.379
 And so you need

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:09.980
 to rule it.

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.299
 And some of you

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.700
 might say,

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.000
 George,

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.799
 are you now saying

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.879
 that you're not saved

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.700
 by grace alone,

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.579
 through faith alone,

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.419
 in Christ alone,

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.980
 that you just have

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:19.079
 to have this willpower

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.279
 and all of this?

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.539
 No,

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.039
 because in the context here,

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.519
 this isn't telling me

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.339
 to rule things.

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.159
 I mean,

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.460
 what's the fundamental problem

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.299
 with this whole text?

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.859
 The whole problem

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.419
 with this text

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:29.200
 is Cain wants

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.980
 to be like God.

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.519
 God's advice now

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:31.980
 is to say,

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.799
 no, no, no, Cain,

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:34.579
 you've been trying

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.379
 to be like God,

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.500
 but not very effective.

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.519
 Really try to be like God.

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.240
 That's the solution.

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.680
 Really have God-like willpower.

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:44.320
 Really have God-like knowledge.

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:47.259
 Really have God-like control

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.420
 and people skills over.

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.360
 Really have,

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.779
 no,

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.740
 that's not what's going over it.

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.380
 Next point.

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.920
 For every human being,

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.120
 repentance is always an option.

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.240
 See,

00:28:59.320 --> 00:29:00.100
 that's what's going on

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.860
 here in the text,

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.140
 right?

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:04.700
 God says to Cain,

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.620
 a little bit of a,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.840
 like a moment here

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.259
 for a second.

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.279
 It's just like,

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.500
 you know,

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.259
 if I have problems,

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.840
 when I have problems

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.160
 with anger,

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.380
 it's like,

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.680
 George,

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.320
 why are you angry?

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.799
 Time out.

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.599
 Why are you angry?

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.439
 Like,

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.500
 what is it that you value

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.259
 so much

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:18.460
 that angers your response?

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:19.919
 Like,

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.439
 why is it that

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.720
 you're so upset?

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.139
 Like,

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:24.919
 what's going on,

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.339
 George?

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.919
 And then the promise.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.859
 I want to accept you.

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.480
 Like,

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.799
 I'm not turning my back on you.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.599
 My arms are open.

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:37.439
 I'm looking at you.

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.939
 I want you to come to me.

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.860
 I want to know you.

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.240
 I want you to know me.

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:44.120
 That's my heart.

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:47.279
 And then God gives this warning

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:50.019
 about sin.

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.779
 You see,

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.799
 the context

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:54.799
 that the text

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.880
 is inviting us to

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.779
 is for Cain

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:59.100
 to turn the direction

00:29:59.100 --> 00:30:00.820
 of his affections

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.400
 and his life

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.920
 and his plans

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.420
 and his hopes

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.120
 towards God.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.640
 Repentance.

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.460
 And he's saying to Cain,

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.700
 repentance is an option

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.279
 for you.

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.920
 And that's

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.640
 the beginning

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.279
 of a message

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.799
 that's going to go

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.519
 all the way through

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.259
 the Bible.

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.000
 That repentance

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.980
 is always an option.

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.960
 If you're here today,

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.640
 repentance

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.200
 is an option for you.

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:21.960
 In fact,

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.759
 it's the option

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.600
 that God wants you

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.200
 to choose.

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.039
 To repent.

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.860
 To turn to him.

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.400
 He won't turn you away.

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.620
 What is,

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.059
 you know,

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.080
 one of my favorite texts

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.759
 in the New Testament,

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.400
 come to me

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.299
 all who labor

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.539
 and are heavy laden.

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:38.279
 And I will give you rest.

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:40.180
 Take my yoke upon me,

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:40.879
 you,

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.619
 for I am gentle

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:44.440
 and humble of heart.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.440
 And you will find rest

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.339
 for your soul,

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:49.519
 for my yoke is easy

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.240
 and my burden is light.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:59.200
 So how,

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:02.799
 how does Cain respond

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:04.019
 to God

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.319
 asking him a question,

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.940
 giving him a promise

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.880
 and making a warning?

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.980
 Verse 8.

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.960
 Verse 8.

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.319
 And just before I read it,

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.160
 remember those of you

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:16.160
 who were here last week

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.400
 and over the last couple weeks,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.200
 one of the things I said

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.059
 which is so unique

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.319
 about the biblical account

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.240
 is that the Bible teaches

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.339
 that God made everything good.

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:26.399
 Human beings

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:28.279
 broke that created order

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:29.819
 by desiring to be God

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:31.299
 and by desiring to be God

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.480
 they broke their relationship

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.960
 with God,

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.700
 they brought evil

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.139
 into the world

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.419
 and it was a result

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.919
 of human evil and sin

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:39.079
 that death comes

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.759
 into the world.

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.339
 And that's what we just

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.279
 looked at before,

00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:42.899
 that death,

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:44.240
 God has said death

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.259
 will now be present.

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.839
 And it's very interesting

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.899
 that the first account

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.399
 of death

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:50.000
 is not of old age

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.839
 but of murder.

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.559
 Of murder.

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.059
 Of the murder

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.920
 of the innocent

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.619
 and trusting.

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.380
 Look at verse 8.

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.299
 Cain spoke to Abel,

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:03.759
 his brother.

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.539
 He doesn't speak to God,

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.579
 he speaks to Abel.

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.460
 Abel thinks,

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.380
 well, things are fine.

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.779
 And when they were

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.380
 in the field,

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.940
 Cain rose up against

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.859
 his brother Abel

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.500
 and killed him.

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:21.000
 could you put up

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.559
 the next point,

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.920
 please?

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.779
 Rage against God

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.640
 tempts one

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.779
 to kill the innocent

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.859
 and the inconvenient.

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:31.720
 This describes

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.059
 human history

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.220
 and our world today.

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.720
 ISIL

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.880
 is extremely devout

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:42.300
 and are filled

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.860
 with rage

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.520
 against God.

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.360
 And when we cannot

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:47.760
 kill the God

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:49.040
 that we are angry at,

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.680
 we very easily

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:52.140
 imagine killing

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.660
 human beings

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.400
 made in the image

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.860
 of God.

00:32:59.260 --> 00:32:59.580
 And I know

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:01.020
 Christians have

00:33:01.020 --> 00:33:01.580
 their own

00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.300
 sorry,

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.040
 despicable

00:33:04.040 --> 00:33:04.880
 history

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.700
 of using worship

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:10.020
 to mask a rage

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.740
 against God

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:12.359
 which takes

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.019
 itself out of

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.559
 you can't

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.379
 shoot God

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.900
 but you can

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.819
 shoot Jews.

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.839
 You can

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.639
 shoot gays.

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.960
 You can

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.079
 shoot the unborn.

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.500
 You can

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.379
 shoot blacks.

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.139
 You can

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.839
 shoot people

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.259
 who own

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.900
 property.

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.400
 You can

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.859
 shoot the

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.400
 educated.

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.000
 You can

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.480
 shoot the

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.059
 Dalits.

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.920
 Or you can

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.639
 strangle them.

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.039
 And this

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.980
 Bible passage

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.559
 here

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.700
 by its

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.240
 description

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.680
 of the

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:44.980
 rage

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.779
 against God

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.460
 that leads

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.859
 to the

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.180
 killing

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.539
 of the

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.859
 innocent

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.240
 and the

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.859
 inconvenient

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.519
 is

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.379
 unbelievably

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.779
 profoundly

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.720
 true

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.740
 of human

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.500
 experience

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.940
 of the

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.440
 newspapers

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.859
 today

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.139
 and of

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.359
 human

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.799
 history.

00:33:59.799 --> 00:33:59.819
 Thank you.

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.759
 Thank you.

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:07.819
 Thank you.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.980
 Thank you.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:11.440
 So how does God act?

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:13.139
 How does he act?

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.240
 Verse 9.

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:21.099
 Then the Lord said to Cain,

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.880
 Where is Abel your brother?

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:25.079
 Question, where is Abel?

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.599
 See, when I say repentance is always an option,

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.240
 Cain could say,

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:37.119
 God, I don't know what I've done.

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:39.420
 I killed him.

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.639
 I did it.

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.739
 Have mercy on me.

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:47.359
 You know, God, it began with just me being mad at you.

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:53.480
 And because you liked Abel,

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.139
 and so I was mad at him.

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:59.259
 And you warned me that sin could consume me and take me over,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.579
 and I didn't listen to you.

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:04.719
 Is there any way you could have mercy on me for what I have done?

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:07.399
 That's an option for Cain.

00:35:07.859 --> 00:35:08.799
 What does he say?

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.679
 So that verse 9,

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.899
 Then the Lord said to Cain,

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.939
 Where is Abel your brother?

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.319
 And Abel, Cain says to God,

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.419
 I do not know.

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.759
 Well, actually you do.

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:21.699
 You can go point to God right where he is in the field.

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.019
 And then,

00:35:24.419 --> 00:35:28.059
 this is not an encouragement for us to care to people.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:30.159
 Am I my brother's keeper?

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:36.679
 Is the statement of callous disregard of human beings and of God.

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.219
 Am I my brother's keeper?

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.539
 I don't know what Abel is.

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:44.199
 My God,

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:46.340
 that's your responsibility looking after stuff like that.

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.679
 I got things to do.

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.779
 I got my own plans.

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.119
 I'm not,

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:52.299
 I'm a brother's keeper.

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:52.440
 I got my own plans.

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.860
 So how's God going to respond?

00:35:58.060 --> 00:35:58.620
 Verse 10,

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.539
 And the Lord said,

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.960
 What have you done?

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:04.380
 The voice of your brother's blood

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:07.760
 is crying to me from the ground.

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.500
 This is one of these wonderful texts in the Bible.

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:10.880
 You know,

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.400
 those who,

00:36:13.080 --> 00:36:14.140
 for a variety of reasons,

00:36:14.320 --> 00:36:16.760
 have fallen in love with Hinduism or Buddhism

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:18.580
 or versions of it in Canada.

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.380
 You know,

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.980
 at the end of the day,

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:21.019
 one of the big problems,

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.300
 not that Hindus and Buddhists,

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:22.900
 they're very,

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.420
 many of them are extremely moral.

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.679
 They,

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.559
 they put you and me to shame.

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.679
 They really do.

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.119
 But at the very,

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:30.380
 very heart of their,

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.639
 of their belief system

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.940
 is this real inconsistency

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.820
 that God is beyond good and evil,

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.840
 that everything is ultimately one.

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.940
 And here's the thing about the Bible.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.579
 The Bible,

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:43.400
 it is very clear from beginning to end

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.500
 that God is,

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:46.039
 God believes in,

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.480
 in,

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:48.659
 in right and wrong and justice.

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:48.859
 Jesus.

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.920
 The voice of your brother's blood

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.359
 is crying to me from the ground.

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:58.839
 And now you are cursed from the ground.

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:00.359
 And those of you who are here last week,

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.879
 cursed in the Bible means

00:37:01.879 --> 00:37:04.199
 your relationship with the ground

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.699
 is going to become impotent,

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:07.839
 lacking in power.

00:37:08.839 --> 00:37:11.099
 The ground has opened its mouth

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.799
 to receive your brother's blood

00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:15.059
 from your hand.

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:17.659
 When you work the ground,

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:19.699
 it shall no longer yield

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:21.099
 to you its strength.

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.179
 You shall be a fugitive

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:25.059
 and a wanderer on the earth.

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.679
 Then verse 13,

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.719
 Cain said to the Lord,

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:30.099
 my punishment is greater

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:31.019
 than I can bear.

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.779
 Behold,

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.920
 you have driven me today

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.960
 away from the ground

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:36.000
 and from your face

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.860
 I shall be hidden.

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.099
 I shall be a fugitive

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.440
 and a wanderer on the earth.

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.699
 And whoever finds me

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.500
 will kill me.

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.860
 And we'll just pause.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:45.720
 Has Cain repented?

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.400
 You know what?

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.320
 To a Canadian,

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.640
 this sounds like repentance.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.900
 Andrew,

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.640
 next point.

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:54.460
 Self-pity is not repentance.

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.820
 Whining

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:58.380
 is not repentance.

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:02.320
 Just before I read the rest of this,

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.519
 it's really interesting

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:05.380
 if you can find a news account

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.840
 of what went on with UBC

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:08.360
 when they disinvited that,

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.840
 I think his name was Furlong,

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:13.579
 and then the Freedom of Information Act,

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:15.340
 the emails going back and forward

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:16.280
 between the university

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.940
 and his agent.

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.579
 That list,

00:38:20.720 --> 00:38:20.920
 in fact,

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.420
 that list,

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.680
 that's sort of,

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:27.100
 regretting getting caught

00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:28.039
 is not repentance.

00:38:28.660 --> 00:38:30.480
 Managing negative consequences

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.620
 is not repentance.

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:33.840
 Facing social exposure

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:35.340
 is not repentance.

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.880
 Making excuses

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.980
 is not repentance.

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.720
 Cain doesn't repent.

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:44.660
 He is filled with self-pity

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:45.579
 and whining

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:47.820
 at the consequence

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.740
 of his action.

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.720
 It's an attempt

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.840
 by Cain

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.800
 to make God

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.619
 feel guilty,

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:58.340
 not for him

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.900
 to acknowledge

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.619
 what he's done

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:01.679
 and to turn

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.239
 the direction

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.839
 of his life

00:39:02.839 --> 00:39:03.659
 towards God

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.839
 and ask God

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.779
 for mercy.

00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.819
 That's repentance.

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:10.099
 I have done wrong.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.659
 Have mercy.

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.920
 I want to be

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.980
 towards you

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.139
 to the ones

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.679
 that we've wronged.

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.460
 I want to be

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.359
 towards you

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:20.099
 and I want to be

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.819
 towards God.

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:22.440
 Have mercy on me.

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.420
 Is there any

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.500
 help or hope

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.059
 that

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:27.359
 you may have

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:27.619
 mercy

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.940
 because

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.759
 what I have

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.059
 done

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.819
 is wrong?

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.779
 And how does

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.599
 God respond?

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.799
 Verse 15.

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.799
 Then the Lord

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.519
 said to him,

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:44.199
 oh sorry,

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.859
 verse 14,

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.319
 Cain's continued,

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.639
 Behold,

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.199
 you have driven me

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.659
 today away

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.239
 from the ground

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.099
 and from your face

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.859
 I shall be hidden.

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.900
 I shall be a fugitive

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.519
 and a wanderer

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:51.900
 on the earth

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.779
 and whoever finds me

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:53.339
 will kill me.

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.480
 God's response,

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.159
 verse 15.

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.619
 Then the Lord

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.159
 said to him,

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.159
 not so.

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.779
 If anyone

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.900
 kills Cain,

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.799
 vengeance shall

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.779
 be taken on him

00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:02.699
 sevenfold.

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.099
 And the Lord

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.799
 put a mark

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.460
 on Cain,

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:06.079
 lest any

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.839
 who found him

00:40:06.839 --> 00:40:07.659
 should attack him.

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.639
 Then Cain

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.179
 went away

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.900
 from the presence

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.460
 of the Lord

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:12.159
 and settled

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.839
 in the land

00:40:12.839 --> 00:40:13.359
 of Nod,

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.099
 east of Eden.

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.739
 What's going on here?

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.900
 Like why is it

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.279
 that God

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:18.059
 puts the mark

00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.380
 on him

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.440
 and is the text

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.139
 contradictory

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:20.739
 that God

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.259
 said he's going

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:21.940
 to be a wanderer

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.299
 but he goes

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:22.960
 and he has a home?

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.639
 No.

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.239
 Next point,

00:40:24.380 --> 00:40:24.639
 please.

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:27.719
 This is the beginning

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:29.199
 of the understanding

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.139
 of a biblical thing.

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:30.960
 I don't talk about it

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.799
 as much as I should

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.779
 but it explains

00:40:32.779 --> 00:40:34.079
 a lot of what goes on

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.579
 in, you know,

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.500
 when I said about how,

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.159
 you know,

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.859
 a lot of Hindus

00:40:36.859 --> 00:40:37.460
 and Buddhists

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.779
 are far more moral

00:40:38.779 --> 00:40:40.079
 than you and me,

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.759
 like vastly more moral

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.359
 than you than me.

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.219
 They have a contradiction

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:43.900
 in their thought

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.900
 but they're far more moral.

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.579
 The reason is

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.480
 common grace.

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:53.880
 God offers real grace

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.880
 to Cain.

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:57.659
 Common grace for all

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.900
 and saving grace

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.940
 for all who ask

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.599
 with repentance

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.179
 and faith.

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:03.539
 What is one way

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:03.940
 to understand?

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:04.400
 In fact,

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.940
 in some ways

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.740
 this is a perfect

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.619
 little illustration

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:08.320
 of what common grace is.

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:10.099
 God's provision

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:11.240
 and protection

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.679
 without salvation.

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:16.119
 God's provision

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:17.739
 and protection

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:19.519
 without salvation.

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:23.599
 Cain is continued

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:24.819
 to be provided for.

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.460
 He's protected.

00:41:26.839 --> 00:41:27.719
 It's all in the hope

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:28.519
 that at some point

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:28.960
 in time

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:30.179
 that he will turn

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.159
 back to God.

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:34.159
 Saving grace

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:36.519
 is what only comes

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:37.179
 from Jesus.

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.859
 If you could put up

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:39.899
 the next point, please.

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.159
 Oh, sorry.

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.819
 I've sort of got my...

00:41:43.819 --> 00:41:44.500
 I should have...

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.319
 Go to the next one

00:41:45.319 --> 00:41:45.919
 and then we'll come back

00:41:45.919 --> 00:41:46.419
 to this one.

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:47.319
 There we go.

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:48.679
 You don't have to be...

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:48.819
 Anyway.

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.799
 Actually,

00:41:51.899 --> 00:41:52.339
 I'll sort of go back

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.960
 to the earlier one.

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:54.079
 Now, everybody's looked

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.940
 at these points now

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.619
 very carefully.

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:57.599
 There's no contradiction here.

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.359
 This is a very,

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.659
 very powerful image

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:01.239
 because the land of Nod

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.839
 is...

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.960
 Nod means wandering.

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:04.839
 Cain chose

00:42:04.839 --> 00:42:05.940
 wandering away

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.579
 from God

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.399
 to be his home.

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:13.460
 Where is Cain's home?

00:42:13.660 --> 00:42:14.240
 Wandering away

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.800
 from God.

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:17.539
 This is very human.

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:20.099
 Next point, please.

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.340
 Here's the salvation.

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.740
 I need to wrap it up.

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.880
 The shed blood of Abel

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:28.340
 cries out for justice.

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.260
 Isn't that what it does?

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.960
 God says to Cain,

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:32.720
 I hear the blood

00:42:32.720 --> 00:42:34.160
 of your brother Abel

00:42:34.160 --> 00:42:35.579
 crying out to me.

00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.519
 And Abel is innocent

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.860
 and what it's crying out

00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:39.639
 is God,

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:41.000
 have justice.

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:43.440
 And it's a good call.

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:47.159
 This is from Hebrews,

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.000
 by the way,

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:49.079
 this insight.

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.799
 Hebrews 12.

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.900
 It's in your going deeper

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:52.139
 if you want to check it out.

00:42:52.799 --> 00:42:54.099
 But the shed blood of Jesus

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:55.659
 cries out that mercy

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:57.599
 has triumphed over justice.

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.880
 It's a mixture of a quote

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.519
 from James

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.639
 and a quote from Hebrews.

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.420
 I'm not smart enough

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:03.139
 to think this up.

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:04.219
 I got it from the Bible.

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:08.440
 The shed blood of Jesus

00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:09.659
 cries out that mercy

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:11.179
 has triumphed over justice.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:13.219
 How has it triumphed over justice?

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:15.019
 It hasn't triumphed over justice

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:16.739
 by being unjust,

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:18.480
 by just saying,

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:18.759
 well,

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.679
 I'm just going to give

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:21.139
 these people a pass.

00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:23.960
 And that's injustice.

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.779
 But that on the cross,

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:28.480
 the innocent one,

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.199
 God's justice

00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:33.899
 falls on the innocent one

00:43:33.899 --> 00:43:35.599
 because the innocent one

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:37.599
 willingly says,

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:40.019
 I will take the place of George.

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.960
 By his wounds,

00:43:43.279 --> 00:43:44.819
 I am healed.

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:47.419
 By his stripes,

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.460
 I am delivered.

00:43:48.799 --> 00:43:51.359
 The punishment that brought me peace

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:53.279
 was laid upon him.

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:56.019
 In my place,

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:57.019
 condemned,

00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:58.739
 he stood.

00:43:58.739 --> 00:44:01.179
 And the blood of Jesus

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:02.859
 cries out that mercy

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:06.099
 has triumphed over justice.

00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:08.079
 Justice has done

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:09.539
 everything it should do

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:10.439
 to be just.

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:13.000
 And when all is over,

00:44:13.939 --> 00:44:14.819
 there is mercy.

00:44:19.819 --> 00:44:21.639
 Repentance is always an option.

00:44:22.299 --> 00:44:23.439
 Could you put up the final thing?

00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:25.699
 So those of you who

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:27.000
 weren't here,

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:28.259
 I'll stand, please.

00:44:28.640 --> 00:44:29.320
 Please stand.

00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:31.460
 Those of you,

00:44:31.540 --> 00:44:32.320
 you weren't here

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.060
 at the very beginning,

00:44:33.120 --> 00:44:33.820
 at the very beginning

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:34.640
 of the service

00:44:34.640 --> 00:44:35.880
 of morning prayer,

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.760
 I say a prayer

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.700
 after people have,

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:38.640
 we've all repented

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:39.500
 and I say a prayer.

00:44:40.060 --> 00:44:41.000
 And I'm going to have us

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.900
 all say it together

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:43.340
 as a closing prayer

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.540
 in response to this text.

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:45.320
 It's brilliant.

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:47.000
 It is absolutely brilliant.

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:49.100
 It is so profound.

00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:50.700
 And what I said

00:44:50.700 --> 00:44:51.020
 at the beginning

00:44:51.020 --> 00:44:51.620
 of the service,

00:44:51.740 --> 00:44:52.580
 which I'm going to have you

00:44:52.580 --> 00:44:53.160
 say in a moment,

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:53.760
 not right now,

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.160
 but I say,

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:55.020
 Almighty God,

00:44:55.100 --> 00:44:56.080
 the Father of our Lord

00:44:56.080 --> 00:44:56.880
 Jesus Christ,

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:58.140
 and what does this

00:44:58.140 --> 00:44:58.680
 explain here?

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:59.860
 But why does God say

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.300
 to Cain,

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.440
 you have a chance?

00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:02.800
 Why does God give Cain

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.800
 common grace?

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:04.320
 Why?

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:06.140
 Because God does not desire

00:45:06.140 --> 00:45:07.240
 the death of a sinner.

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.960
 Why does God give

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.519
 common grace?

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:11.059
 Because he does not desire

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.920
 the death of a sinner.

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:13.119
 What does he desire?

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:15.119
 But rather that he,

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:16.019
 that you and me,

00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:17.720
 may turn from his wickedness

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.119
 and live.

00:45:18.220 --> 00:45:18.800
 Next slide.

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:20.160
 The prayer continues.

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.699
 And so what has God given

00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:22.359
 to his ministers?

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:23.440
 And in Anglicanism,

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.319
 we're all ministers.

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:25.899
 We're all ministers.

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:27.239
 Ministers just means servants.

00:45:27.899 --> 00:45:28.599
 And what has he said?

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.440
 He's given power

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:30.319
 to those of us

00:45:30.319 --> 00:45:31.519
 who've trusted in Jesus

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:32.739
 as our Savior and Lord.

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:34.339
 He's trusted us

00:45:34.339 --> 00:45:35.519
 to give power,

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.399
 and he's told us

00:45:36.399 --> 00:45:37.139
 to do this,

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.899
 to declare and pronounce

00:45:38.899 --> 00:45:39.599
 to his people

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:40.539
 in all sort of the city

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.019
 of Ottawa

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:42.179
 and to the ends

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:42.679
 of the earth

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:44.219
 that being penitent,

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:45.619
 sorry,

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:47.299
 we,

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:48.279
 the absolution

00:45:48.279 --> 00:45:48.779
 or remission

00:45:48.779 --> 00:45:49.500
 of our sins

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.259
 is possible.

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:50.679
 Why?

00:45:50.839 --> 00:45:52.219
 Because God pardons

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.980
 and absolves

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.859
 all them

00:45:53.859 --> 00:45:55.199
 that truly repent

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:57.039
 and unfeignedly believe

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.759
 his holy gospel.

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:59.019
 What does unfeignedly mean?

00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:00.319
 The opposite of Cain.

00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:01.819
 It means without any pretense,

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.940
 no play acting,

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:04.139
 no pretend,

00:46:04.380 --> 00:46:04.839
 really.

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.179
 Next thing.

00:46:06.759 --> 00:46:07.859
 So how shall we respond?

00:46:08.219 --> 00:46:08.859
 Wherefore means

00:46:08.859 --> 00:46:10.000
 how should we respond?

00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:12.559
 Let us call out to him

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:13.960
 to grant us what?

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:15.159
 True repentance.

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.880
 To put an end

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.599
 to whining

00:46:17.599 --> 00:46:18.739
 and self-pity

00:46:18.739 --> 00:46:20.019
 and regretting

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.679
 that being caught.

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.900
 Call out to God

00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:23.179
 for true repentance.

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:24.259
 And what else?

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:26.000
 We need God's help.

00:46:26.759 --> 00:46:27.719
 Call out to God

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.819
 for true repentance

00:46:28.819 --> 00:46:29.960
 in his Holy Spirit.

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:30.440
 Why?

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:32.000
 That our time of worship

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.519
 right now

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.500
 will please him.

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:34.739
 That's what we're doing

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:35.359
 at our present.

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.679
 And that the rest

00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:37.339
 of our life

00:46:37.339 --> 00:46:39.019
 forever

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:41.199
 may be pure and holy.

00:46:41.839 --> 00:46:42.319
 Why?

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:43.659
 So at the very end

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:44.299
 we will come

00:46:44.299 --> 00:46:45.359
 to his eternal joy.

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:47.519
 Through who?

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:49.159
 Through the church?

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:49.880
 No.

00:46:50.259 --> 00:46:51.000
 Through baptism?

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.940
 No.

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:54.159
 Through being religious

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.859
 or spiritual?

00:46:55.279 --> 00:46:55.819
 No.

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:57.380
 Through Jesus Christ?

00:46:57.799 --> 00:46:58.219
 Yes.

00:46:59.880 --> 00:47:01.880
 This was written

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:03.339
 over 500 years ago.

00:47:05.819 --> 00:47:07.059
 For some of us

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:08.059
 we just need to pray

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:09.199
 this prayer all the time.

00:47:09.319 --> 00:47:10.139
 And if you have never

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:11.159
 given your life to Jesus

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:11.980
 may this prayer

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.799
 be your conversion.

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:13.500
 Could you go back

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.320
 to the beginning, Andrew?

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:15.059
 And I invite you

00:47:15.059 --> 00:47:15.900
 to pray it with me.

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:18.000
 Almighty God,

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:19.920
 the Father of our Lord

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.820
 Jesus Christ,

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:22.539
 who desires not

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.659
 the death of a sinner,

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:25.559
 but rather that he may

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:27.059
 turn from his wickedness

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:27.679
 and live,

00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:29.820
 and has given power

00:47:29.820 --> 00:47:30.760
 and commandment

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:31.599
 to his ministers

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.840
 to declare

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:33.800
 and pronounce

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:34.739
 to his people

00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:36.159
 being penitent

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:37.460
 the absolution

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.320
 and remission

00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:39.420
 of their sins.

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:40.800
 he pardons

00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:41.659
 and absolves

00:47:41.659 --> 00:47:42.400
 all them

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:43.639
 that truly repent

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:45.619
 and unfeignedly believe

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:46.860
 his holy gospel.

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.380
 Wherefore,

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:49.820
 let us beseech him

00:47:49.820 --> 00:47:50.639
 to grant us

00:47:50.639 --> 00:47:51.519
 true repentance

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:53.260
 and his Holy Spirit,

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.900
 that those things

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:56.000
 may please him

00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:56.700
 which we do

00:47:56.700 --> 00:47:57.579
 at this present,

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:58.980
 and that the rest

00:47:58.980 --> 00:48:00.320
 of our life hereafter

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 may be pure

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 and holy,

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 so that at the last

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 we may come

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 to his eternal joy.

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 Through Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.