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 Father, some of us here this morning need a miracle.

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 Some of us, Father, need several miracles.

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 And Father, we ask that you help us to believe that you hear our prayers,

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 that often you say no, sometimes you say not yet, but sometimes you say yes,

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 and that you can hear and answer our prayers.

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 For Father, we know that every one of us, whether we need a miracle today or not,

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 there will be times in our life where we do need you to act.

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 So, Father, we ask that you grant us a humble dependence upon you in prayer

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 and a humble dependence to trust your word, both your warnings and your promises.

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 Father, may your Holy Spirit do a mighty work within us this morning,

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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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 Amen.

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 So, this is sort of, I felt really bad after my sermon last week,

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 and I'm not saying that so you can all give me comfortable words afterwards.

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 I'm not saying that at all.

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 You know, guys like myself who get up and have to open the word,

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 and then, you know, there's different things you have to deal with afterwards.

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 And as I was preaching last week and as I finished, I didn't think I'd done a very good job.

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 And, you know, I think the points were good, but I think I had too many,

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 and I didn't quite make it clear why some of the points that I had to make

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 were actually really important points.

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 So, one of the things you can do for me every week is just pray.

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 There's an old saying that mist in the pulpit creates fog in the pews.

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 Mist in the pulpit creates fog in the pews.

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 So, if you could just pray not only for me, but for every one of your small groups for the Sunday school,

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 that we will be mist-free zones, and that God would do a mighty work beyond what we humanly are capable of.

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 That would be a great benefit for me and for others.

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 So, we're going to look, I'm going to go back and look at a few of those other things connected to the flood.

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 It's a very, very complicated, it's not a complicated story.

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 It's complicated for a lot of us nowadays, just to be honest.

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 It's complicated for a lot of people, and even as I'm going to speak about the flood again,

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 and we're going to talk about it again next week, because that's where we are, going through Genesis 1 to 11,

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 some of you are sitting back thinking to themselves,

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 is George going to show himself to be one of those kooky fundamentalists?

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 And others of you are going,

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 is George going to show himself to want to be one of those liberals who dances around the scriptures?

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 Well, before we get to that, you know, the flood story raises all sorts of other problems.

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 I'm going to get to that, as to whether the flood happened and how we're to hear this part of the Bible.

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 But, you know, there's another big part of this whole thing about the story.

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 In the story of the flood, God destroys all the animals, everything that has the breath of life.

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 So, is God crazy and bloodthirsty?

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 Is he crazy and bloodthirsty?

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 So, let's look.

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 We're going to go back to chapter 6, verse 1.

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 We're going to go through some of these things fairly quickly.

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 Just to try to bring into a context what the Bible is saying about the flood and why it's there in the Bible.

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 So, if you have your Bibles, go to chapter 6, verse 1.

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 And so, what's happened in the Bible?

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 God has created all things out of nothing.

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 Then there's sort of a, he teaches us different things through the first creation story.

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 The second creation story, we have the fall of Adam and Eve wanting to be like God.

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 We have Adam and we have Cain and Abel and murder.

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 We have the entrance of polygamy.

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 We have the genealogy.

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 And now we get to this.

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 And here's how it goes.

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 When man, meaning here the human race, began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

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 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive and they took as their wives any they chose.

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 Now, just pause here.

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 Somebody shared this with me that when he first read this, he just thought this is crazy.

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 Why on earth would God get mad at people for men for finding women attractive?

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 One of the things which is going on in the Bible here is that because there's some complexities in the Hebrew,

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 the translators here have chosen just to translate this part quite literally.

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 And in the rest of the Bible, generally speaking, when sons of God are mentioned,

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 it's referring to angels as a general rule in the Old Testament.

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 But what on earth is going on here?

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 Like, is God just saying, all you Christian men don't find women attractive?

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 And if you don't find women attractive, then you're going to please me because we're going to get right into everything being destroyed.

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 So what's going on here?

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 Well, what we have to do, the Bible actually usually interprets itself.

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 It's just really a matter of trying to read very carefully and also using your imagination and your curiosity, but to read carefully.

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 And so this whole little story here of the end of the world that was before the flood, the key verse is verse 5.

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 So you go down to verse 5, and it's a very, very striking verse.

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 It's a very important verse to meditate upon.

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 And here's what it says.

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

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 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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 So whatever we're going to think about when trying to understand the sons of God text, the Nephilim, all of the other things,

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 even the whole story of the flood, and even the story of the judgment,

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 this verse is what helps us to understand, oh, okay, we should interpret this earlier thing this way,

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 and these other things this way.

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 And just before we go anything further, there's a big problem we often have with the word the heart.

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 Because, well, actually, Andrew, could you show me the Care Bears picture, please?

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 I like to make sure I get the best of Latin scholarship and Greek scholarship to try to illustrate things.

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 So some of you of a certain generation and parents of kids of a certain generation, this is the Care Bears.

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 And, you know, one of the things when they have to deal with no heart is all their positive emotions flow out of their chest.

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 And because it's just all about emotions and positive emotions.

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 And so for a lot of Christians today, when we hear the word heart, we think of feelings.

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 So here's the thing.

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 If you could put up the next image.

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 Okay, that's a bit of a clue.

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 How many people recognize what this is a picture of?

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 Okay, this is a picture of the captain's seat in the Starship Enterprise.

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 This is the command center of everything that goes on.

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 So when you hear the word, or when you see the word heart in the Bible,

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 don't think of Care Bears.

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 Think of where Captain Kirk sits.

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 Because every human being has a command center.

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 Every human being has a command center.

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 And from the command center, the things that we believe to be true,

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 how the way our mind works, the emotions that we feel, our plans, our desires,

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 everything emerges from a command center.

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 They all go back to one command center.

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 And so generally speaking, in fact, I would say 99.9% of the time,

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 there's going to be little nuances, but it's always, whenever you see the word heart in the Bible,

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 think where does Captain Kirk sit?

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 And think of the fact that underneath who you are, at the very center of who you are,

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 you have a command center.

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 And then you can ask yourself, and see, one of the things about the Bible is the Bible is regularly asking us

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 to figure out who we are at that command center of our lives.

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 And what, at the command center of our lives, we're thinking, believing, planning, feeling, emoting.

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 So that's the thing.

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 So look at verse 5 again.

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 In light of this, the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth

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 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart,

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 everything that went on in the command center of his heart,

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 was only evil continually.

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 So that is how the world before the flood is described.

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 If you could put up the first point, Andrew,

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 some of you, if you've never read The Lord of the Rings,

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 you've never seen the movies, you won't understand this.

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 But what the Bible is describing in a very, very few deft strokes,

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 you know, have you seen some artists who can just use five lines that they just do like this?

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 And you can see a horse running or a bird flying or the face of a person that you recognize.

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 And that's what the Bible is doing in the Hebrew in these first things here.

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 They're just drawing a few lines.

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 But what it's trying to describe is something akin to Mordor.

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 The earth has become Mordor.

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 Mordor has won.

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 So mindful of that, let's look up again at verse 1 and 2, okay?

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 Look up again at verse 1 and 2.

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 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

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 these demons saw that the daughters of men were attractive and they took them as their wives,

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 any that they chose.

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 And then just sort of skip down to verse 4.

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 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days,

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 and also afterward when the sons of God came into the daughters of man

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 and they bore children to them.

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 They were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

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 that some great evil of demonic presence on the earth,

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 which is more, just think of Mordor.

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 Some great rupture had happened that human beings also desired.

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 And as you go back, and we're going to look at it in a moment when we read it,

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 it's a description, as it goes on,

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 of not only all of the thoughts are evil,

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 but that ruination is upon the earth,

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 and violence is upon the earth,

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 and that the only way that you can understand human beings

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 and what's going on in the creation order,

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 and even we're thrilling to animals,

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 is destruction and ruination and violence and evil and fell forces.

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 Mordor.

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 So, you see, right off the bat,

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 if you're wondering,

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 is God being really mean to destroy the earth?

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 If you understand that it's painting something like Mordor,

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 all of a sudden you realize,

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 maybe God isn't going to be mean.

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 But you know what?

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 This whole text is going to show time and time and time again God's mercy.

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 Look at verse 3 of chapter 6.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 My spirit shall not abide in man forever,

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 for he is flesh.

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 His day shall be 120 years.

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 Now, two things.

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 This isn't saying that God's Holy Spirit lives in every person.

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 In the creed, we said we believe in the Holy Spirit,

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 the Lord and giver of life.

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 In other words, the Bible is saying,

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 and this is one of the passages that would use to,

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 why that's in the creed,

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 human life has a Lord and a giver.

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 Life comes from God,

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 and God, not man, is Lord of life.

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 And this text here,

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 when it's saying,

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 then the Lord said,

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 My spirit shall not abide in man forever,

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 for he is flesh.

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 In other words,

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 my time for dealing with this generation is coming to an end.

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 And then it says,

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 His day shall be 120 years.

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 Spirit, it's a little bit unclear in the English,

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 but in the Hebrew,

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 in 120 years,

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 I will bring an end to Mordor.

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 Now that's actually pretty patient.

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 God is going to give that generation,

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 that time,

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 120 years to repent.

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 120 years to repent.

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 And as we're going to see in a moment,

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 what is it that God does

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 to help that generation know

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 that they need to repent?

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 He's going to have a guy

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 build a huge wooden structure

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 for 120 years.

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 And when they ask Noah,

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 Why are you building it?

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 As we're going to see in a moment,

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 he says,

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 Because God,

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 the true God,

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 is going to bring an end to this created order.

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 And this is the means of rescue.

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 For 120 years,

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 there's a task given to Noah,

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 and 120 years,

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 he speaks.

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 And as we'll see in that,

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 part of the speaking of Noah,

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 part of what God says to Noah,

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 is that a new covenant will be offered

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 to you and to your family,

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 to you and those in a sense

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 who follow you,

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 who heed you.

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 120 years.

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 So what we can see here

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 is that it's not the case

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 that God is mean.

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 In fact,

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 if you could put up the next point,

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 here's the thing,

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 which is how the Bible reveals

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 how we read,

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 how we really are working

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 at the level of our heart.

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 The next point.

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 You see,

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 it's very easy.

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 Every time we read about judgment

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 in the Bible,

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 our hearts,

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 which are in rebellion against God,

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 instantly jump

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 to a particular worry.

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 Why?

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 Because the gods

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 of our imagination

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 kill ordinary people.

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 But what does the Bible reveal

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 from beginning to end?

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 And especially in the cross,

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 the real God died

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 for ordinary people.

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 You see,

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 for us as Christians,

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 there's going to be things

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 of mercy here in the text.

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 That's always the thing.

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 Every time we read a text

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 of judgment

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 and instantly we think

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 that God is mean.

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 Instantly we think

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 that God is unjust.

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 Instantly we think

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 that God is capricious.

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 Instantly we think

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 that God is just going

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 to kill ordinary people

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 because that shows

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 where our heart still is.

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 But the Bible tells us

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 that the true God,

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 the real God,

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 died for ordinary people.

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 That even in justice,

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 there is always mercy.

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 So,

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 did this all happen?

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 Well, let's keep reading.

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 Verse 6.

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 And the Lord regretted

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 that he had made man

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 on the earth

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 and it grieved him

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 to his heart.

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 Just pause there.

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 What it's saying here,

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 the Bible doesn't say

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 that God doesn't feel emotions.

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 God does feel emotions

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 or whatever that would mean

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 in God.

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 The main thing is

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 that emotions never drive God

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 like they do you and me.

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 That's the big thing.

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 And what we see here

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 is God says,

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 I want to go

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 a different direction.

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 That's what regret

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 and I'm going to go

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 a different direction.

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 See, one of the things

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 the Bible is telling us

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 about the flood

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 is that in the flood,

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 God reverses creation

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 and then recreates

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 or resets creation.

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 And so right here,

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 we see that God says,

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 I want to go

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 a different direction.

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 This whole thing

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 has gone terribly wrong.

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 So the Lord said,

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 I will blot,

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 verse seven,

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 I will blot out man,

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 blot out man

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 whom I have created

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 from the face of the land,

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 man and animals

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 and creeping things

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 and birds of the heavens

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 for I am sorry

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 that I have made them.

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 But Noah found favor

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 in the eyes of the Lord.

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 In other words,

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 in Mordor,

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 only Noah

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 is not of Mordor.

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 only Noah.

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 So,

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 did the flood happen?

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 Is this a recounting

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 of what happens

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 in nature?

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 Or is it,

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 in fact,

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 something different?

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 Let's keep on reading.

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 These are the generations

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 of Noah.

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 Noah was a righteous man,

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 blameless in his generation.

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 By the way,

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 blameless here doesn't,

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 righteous means that God

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 has made him right

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 with himself.

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 God made Noah right

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 with himself.

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 And blameless doesn't mean

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 you don't do any sin.

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 Blameless means that Noah

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 had a tender conscience,

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 unlike Mordor,

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 and tried to keep

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 his relationship

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 fresh and real with God.

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 In other words,

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 he'd repent.

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 But first,

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 God makes him right,

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 and then Noah,

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 as being made right

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 with God,

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 keeps his relationship

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 fresh

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 and penitent

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 and going towards God.

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 Noah walked with God

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 and Noah had three sons,

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 Shem,

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 Ham,

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 and Japheth.

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 Now,

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 the earth was corrupt

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 in God's sight.

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 Remember I said

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 that there's more about

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 how the earth is like

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 Mordor after this.

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 Here it is.

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 The earth was corrupt

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 in God's sight

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 and the earth was filled

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 with violence.

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 And God saw the earth

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 and behold,

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 it was corrupt

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 for all flesh

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 had corrupted

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 their way on the earth.

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 And God said to Noah,

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 I have determined

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 to make an end

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 of all flesh

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 for the earth

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 is filled with violence

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 through them.

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 Behold,

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 I will destroy them

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 with the earth.

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 Notice that again.

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 I will destroy them

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 with the earth.

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 And there's something

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 really important here.

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 If you could put up

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 the next point,

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 Andrew,

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 that would be great.

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 One of the important things

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 here that God says

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 to Noah is,

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 and this is really important

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 because, you know,

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 we all know

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 when we live in a culture

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 and everybody in the culture

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 is saying that certain things

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 are right,

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 certain things are fine,

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 and we just know

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 that they're not right

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 and fine,

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 it's so important

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 to hear God's word

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 to remind us

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 that it's not right

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 to take innocent human life

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 or that there's a certain way

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 that God has designed sexuality

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 where there's a certain way

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 that human beings

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 should be treated.

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 How important was it

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 for Wilberforce

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 in the time

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 when he was fighting

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 for many, many decades

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 to abolish slavery,

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 to constantly be refreshed

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 by God's word,

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 that even though

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 the culture

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 and the economy

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 and the politics

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 said it was fine,

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 that God's word

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 kept reminding him

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 what normal

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 is deeply

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 and tragically evil.

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 See,

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 that can go on

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 in a society

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 that,

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 and that's what's saying here,

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 before the flood,

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 the normal

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 has become deeply

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 and tragically evil,

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 and so for God

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 to reveal to Noah

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 that it's all evil,

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 it's all wrong,

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 is very important

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 for Noah

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 to continue

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 to press on to God.

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 It's one of the reasons

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 why we need God's word

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:23.099
 to press on to him,

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 because there will always

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 be things in a culture

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 that the normal,

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 and it just seems normal,

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 and it just is a casual

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 commonplace,

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 whether it's the citizen

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 or the Globe and Mail,

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 or whether it's the blogs

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 that we like to read

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.460
 or the Disney movies

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 that we like to watch

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 that are normal,

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 and God's word

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.220
 has to keep coming

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.180
 into the normal

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:44.159
 to remind us

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 it might be normal,

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:45.899
 but it's evil.

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 That's not a contradiction.

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 It might be normal,

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 but it's evil.

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 It's wrong.

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 And that's one of the things

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.980
 that goes on here

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 in this text,

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 which is very,

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 very important.

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 And it's another thing,

00:19:57.899 --> 00:19:58.039
 you know,

00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.720
 look at this again

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.420
 in verse 13,

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.399
 and God said to Noah,

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.099
 I have determined

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.819
 to make an end

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.579
 of all flesh

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.500
 for the earth

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.720
 is filled with violence

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.059
 through them.

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.480
 Behold,

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.519
 I will destroy them

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.099
 with the earth.

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 And the language

00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.619
 of them having

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.659
 made things corrupt

00:20:10.659 --> 00:20:13.299
 and making things destroyed

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.359
 and of ruined,

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.740
 and the same word

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.199
 is here

00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:16.859
 of what God

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 is going to do.

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.079
 In a sense,

00:20:18.159 --> 00:20:18.619
 if you could put up

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.259
 the next point,

00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.740
 here's what God says.

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.460
 God says,

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.579
 you have wanted ruin,

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:24.319
 ruin you shall have.

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:26.579
 This is so important

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.259
 to understand

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.779
 about most

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.659
 of God's judgment.

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:30.779
 You know,

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:33.060
 most of God's judgment

00:20:33.060 --> 00:20:35.240
 is human beings' desire.

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.300
 What is it that's,

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.960
 in a sense,

00:20:37.040 --> 00:20:37.740
 what is hell?

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:41.019
 A lot of human beings say,

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.940
 God,

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.680
 it's my way

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.340
 or the highway

00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:46.380
 to God.

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.060
 God,

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:49.220
 it's my way

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.120
 or the highway.

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.400
 God,

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.360
 it's my way

00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.019
 or the highway.

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:56.059
 And at the end of the day,

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.039
 God says,

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:58.579
 you have consistently

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.980
 told me to leave,

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.420
 I will be gone.

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.180
 You will get

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.879
 what you want,

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.519
 but it's hell.

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:12.980
 And that's how

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.660
 God's judgment

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.359
 is going to work.

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.680
 Mordor is eating itself.

00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:18.500
 It's destroying itself.

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.500
 It's ruining itself.

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:22.119
 It is choosing

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:23.859
 demonic powers

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.640
 over God.

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.319
 It is choosing

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:26.119
 its own way

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:26.859
 over God.

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.640
 And God says,

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.440
 at the end of the day,

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.940
 I will give you

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.700
 what you desire.

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.700
 Ruin you will have.

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.279
 God is still sovereign.

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.859
 He does this.

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.880
 And in an unbelievably

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:42.019
 tragic way,

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.720
 he does what they desire,

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.779
 which brings,

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.660
 is also God's judgment.

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 I mean,

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.819
 what a profound thing.

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.740
 To meditate upon.

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:56.160
 What if God's judgment

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.420
 of me was to let me

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.500
 have what I want?

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:05.180
 You have wanted ruin.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.059
 Ruin you shall have.

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.900
 But notice here,

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.920
 notice here,

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.720
 that,

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:18.420
 he goes on to say

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.240
 something else.

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.940
 Verse 14,

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.600
 he says to Noah,

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.720
 make yourself

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.480
 an ark

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.480
 of gopher wood.

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:27.180
 Now just pause here.

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.700
 Do you want to know

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.660
 the one other place

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.560
 in the Old Testament

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:30.779
 where the word ark appears?

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.900
 It's not the ark

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.420
 of the covenant.

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.440
 The one other place

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.380
 in the Old Testament

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.600
 where that word appears,

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.779
 other than the flood story,

00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:41.500
 is when Moses' mother,

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.400
 because she doesn't

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.720
 want him to die,

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.460
 she puts him

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.880
 in a basket,

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.319
 and the word for basket

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:49.960
 is actually,

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.779
 she puts him

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.840
 in an ark.

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.840
 Only other place

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.519
 in the Old Testament

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.120
 that occurs.

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.720
 And then it says,

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.600
 so make yourself

00:22:58.600 --> 00:23:00.240
 an ark of gopher wood,

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.960
 make rooms

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.759
 in the ark.

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.500
 Do you know what the word

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.759
 in Hebrew literally is

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.400
 for rooms?

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.840
 Nests.

00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:11.379
 In the midst of death,

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:14.079
 you are to build nests.

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.779
 And then it says,

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.939
 make room in the ark

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.980
 and cover it inside

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.079
 and out with pitch.

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.199
 In classical Hebrew,

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.439
 not modern Hebrew,

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:26.599
 but in classical Hebrew,

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.720
 and remember,

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.019
 in classical Hebrew

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.980
 is what the Old Testament

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.539
 is written in,

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.220
 or the Tanakh,

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.139
 and for most people,

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.139
 they're hearing

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:35.679
 the Bible read,

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.539
 they're not reading it.

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:38.039
 So the word for pitch

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.920
 is the word for pitch,

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.980
 but when they hear it

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.079
 in classical Hebrew,

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.639
 the word pitch

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.819
 sounds identical

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:45.279
 to another Hebrew word,

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.599
 and the other Hebrew word

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.299
 is atonement.

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.279
 So for a Jewish person

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.519
 listening to this

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.319
 at the day

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:57.039
 in classical Hebrew,

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.339
 it says,

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.000
 make yourself

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.119
 an ark of gopher wood,

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.480
 and a Jewish person

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.740
 would say,

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.259
 ark.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.480
 Moses was saved

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.819
 from murder

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.720
 by the Egyptians

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.940
 in an ark.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.960
 Make nests

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.220
 in the ark

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.700
 and cover it

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:15.519
 inside and out

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.519
 with atonement.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.599
 Cover it inside

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.599
 and out

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:26.599
 with atonement.

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 So there's an option

00:24:30.419 --> 00:24:34.099
 between desiring ruin,

00:24:34.219 --> 00:24:35.240
 ruin you shall have.

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:37.099
 For 120 years,

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.339
 an ark is to be built,

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.919
 and the ark

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.859
 that is to be built

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:42.399
 is to have nests

00:24:42.399 --> 00:24:44.259
 to deliver from death

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.859
 and to be covered

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.519
 inside and out

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.279
 with atonement.

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.899
 Did it happen?

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.220
 So,

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.539
 one of the things,

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.259
 if you go back

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.000
 and listen to my

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.140
 first and third sermon,

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.779
 it's always good

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.640
 to listen to my sermons

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.440
 if you're having trouble

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.160
 falling asleep.

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.420
 You just put them on

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.600
 nice and low

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:05.779
 and soothing voice,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.319
 you know,

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.640
 just help you fall asleep.

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.380
 But if you go back

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.039
 and listen to the first

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.420
 and third,

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.000
 in particular,

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.860
 I talk a little bit

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:12.220
 about the doctrine

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.799
 of creation

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.900
 and how that is important

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.799
 to understand

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.620
 why the naturalistic

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.600
 understanding of evolution

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.079
 is wrong

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.799
 and how it helps us

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.240
 to think.

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:21.160
 And here,

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.559
 what I want to say

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.660
 is that the same thing,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.220
 if we want to try

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.759
 to understand

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.640
 whether this happened

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.120
 or not,

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.380
 what we need to do

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.180
 is think about

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:29.720
 New Testament teaching

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.660
 about what happens

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.140
 in miracles.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.720
 And I'm going to use

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.940
 one miracle in particular

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.480
 to help us

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.460
 to understand this.

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.299
 And Andrew,

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.920
 if you could put up

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.299
 the next point.

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.819
 Here's the big point.

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.660
 The flood.

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.599
 The big God

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.960
 does a big miracle

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:45.559
 which is believably

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.279
 historical.

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.660
 Oh no,

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:50.000
 George jumped the,

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.080
 ah,

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.940
 he's a crazy

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:55.680
 brain-dead fundamentalist.

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.759
 Not at all.

00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.140
 The flood.

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.240
 The big God

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.460
 does a big miracle

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.400
 which is believably

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.060
 historical.

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.120
 So,

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.800
 why do I say this?

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.140
 Okay,

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.420
 well,

00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.240
 here's the thing.

00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.960
 In John 9,

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.860
 let's think about

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.259
 a miracle

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.000
 in the New Testament.

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.759
 In John 9,

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.860
 there's a famous story

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.580
 in John 9

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.259
 where God,

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.240
 where Jesus,

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.620
 heals a man

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.740
 who is born blind.

00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:22.440
 Very,

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:22.720
 very,

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.019
 very,

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:24.180
 very wonderful story

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.960
 to read later on.

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.960
 Read it and meditate upon.

00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.560
 I'm not going to read it.

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.740
 Just,

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.660
 that's what happens.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.500
 He's born blind.

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.660
 Jesus says,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.420
 I'm going to heal you.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.500
 Jesus heals him.

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.460
 Just like that.

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.140
 Now,

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.300
 imagine for a second

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:35.320
 that what Jesus does,

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.320
 he doesn't do healing,

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.980
 but he does something

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.800
 like surgery.

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.759
 Maybe he's just like

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.080
 a very advanced surgeon.

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.580
 And if Jesus was like

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.840
 a very advanced surgeon,

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.720
 then,

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.220
 I don't know,

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.700
 he knocks,

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.140
 you know,

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.920
 he puts the man

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.340
 in a,

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:46.840
 you know,

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.640
 knocks him out.

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.320
 And with his,

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.259
 all of a sudden,

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.640
 I don't know,

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.560
 lasers that come out

00:26:50.560 --> 00:26:51.259
 of his fingers,

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.060
 he makes an incision

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:54.340
 and he's able to go back

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:56.300
 and he sees the stuff

00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:57.180
 that's getting in the way

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:58.180
 of the eye scene

00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:00.420
 and he uses his laser fingers

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:01.840
 to remove the parts

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.240
 that have to be taken away.

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.520
 And then he sees

00:27:04.520 --> 00:27:06.000
 that maybe the optic nerve

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.280
 hasn't been attached

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:08.580
 to the cornea,

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:08.980
 I think.

00:27:09.020 --> 00:27:09.440
 I hope I have

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.400
 the medical stuff right.

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.300
 And so,

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.640
 you know,

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:13.300
 he uses his ability

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:14.259
 to move things

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.040
 and he's able

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:16.340
 because he's a brilliant surgeon,

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.400
 he has laser fingers

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.460
 and he's doing surgery

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.640
 and he's able to go

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.560
 and he's zap,

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:20.880
 zap,

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:22.360
 zap and the cornea's,

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.780
 you know,

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:24.340
 fixed back up to the eyeball

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:26.500
 and then he sews everything up

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.780
 with,

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.120
 you know,

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.259
 whatever stitches

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.840
 or whatever

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:30.360
 and then the man has a,

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:30.520
 you know,

00:27:30.540 --> 00:27:32.080
 a scar maybe somewhere or other,

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.740
 maybe he doesn't

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.220
 because I don't know

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.780
 enough about it,

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.240
 but,

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.540
 you know,

00:27:34.540 --> 00:27:35.259
 he's done surgery

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.240
 and the guy can see.

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.560
 And then,

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.180
 you know,

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.960
 later on,

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.759
 we send,

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.480
 Jesus allows a time machine

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.640
 to go back in time

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.900
 and after the man

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.360
 who's been,

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.880
 you know,

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.480
 born blind

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.220
 that Jesus had done

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.940
 the surgery on

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.279
 where the scientists

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.400
 and physicians

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.940
 are allowed to do

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.200
 an autopsy on the man

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.539
 and they go back

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.620
 and they do the autopsy

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.120
 on the man

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.579
 and when they do

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.620
 the autopsy on the man

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:55.920
 they say,

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.200
 oh yeah,

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.420
 you know,

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.299
 this guy obviously

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.140
 has had surgery

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.140
 because when you do

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.759
 the autopsy

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.259
 you can see

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.640
 some of the stuff

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.299
 that wasn't good

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.960
 still there,

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.819
 you can see

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.880
 surgical scars

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.079
 and you say,

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.279
 yeah,

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:07.900
 somebody went

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.180
 and actually did surgery

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.900
 on this guy.

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.900
 Here's the big thing

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.519
 about understanding

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.000
 the flood.

00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:15.080
 Miracles are not surgery.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:20.120
 Miracles are not surgery.

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.360
 Here's,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.700
 if you could put this up

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.340
 the next point,

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.580
 this is something

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.100
 for you to try

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.960
 to meditate upon

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.840
 and try to understand

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.840
 miracles in general

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.600
 but this is this,

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.720
 in most miracles

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.380
 as the laws of nature

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.400
 flow on,

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.200
 cause and effect,

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.840
 cause and effect,

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.460
 cause and effect,

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.060
 cause and effect,

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.700
 cause and effect,

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:40.620
 cause and effect

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:41.400
 because that's the way

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.100
 that God designed

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.700
 the universe,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.299
 in most miracles

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.840
 God creates

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.960
 something new

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.259
 in his creation

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.519
 and or

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.580
 he removes something

00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.759
 out of his creation.

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.180
 Right?

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.819
 Because God creates,

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.660
 it's his creation,

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.799
 he made it,

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.759
 he sustains it

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.319
 and he made it

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.019
 all out of nothing.

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.640
 He didn't have

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.440
 to use materials.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.279
 He makes it all

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.259
 out of nothing.

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:07.819
 So in most miracles,

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.940
 so here's what happens

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.700
 then in the miracle,

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.900
 here's what I would say

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.720
 if we understand,

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.319
 and this comes from

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.279
 some philosophers

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.119
 and theologians

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.220
 who study all of the miracles

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.160
 and try to understand

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.879
 how they work

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.619
 and how it fits in

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.140
 with knowledge.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.279
 So if you go back

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.819
 and you think about

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.960
 the miracle of Jesus

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:23.299
 healing the man

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:24.220
 who's born blind,

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.980
 Jesus,

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.480
 because he is God,

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.200
 the son of God,

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.019
 the second person

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.559
 of the Trinity,

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.119
 as he reaches,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.599
 I can't remember

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.480
 if he reaches his hand

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.879
 out or not,

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.700
 but however he does,

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.220
 even if it's just

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.920
 a matter of speaking

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.299
 the word,

00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:37.400
 as he speaks the word,

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.059
 things within

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.440
 that man's eye

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.279
 which are stopping

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.819
 seeing,

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:42.880
 gone.

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.500
 Gone.

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.240
 God removes them

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.180
 from the creation.

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:50.759
 The parts of the body

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.900
 that need to be there

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:53.319
 for sight to happen,

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.140
 they're there.

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.140
 You see,

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.360
 the more we know

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.920
 about medicine

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.519
 and the more we know

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.160
 about science,

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.880
 no medicine

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.740
 and no science

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.800
 disproves miracles.

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.280
 Medicine and science

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:09.140
 increase the wow.

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:13.360
 Medicine and science

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:15.900
 increase the wow

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:18.100
 when God does miracles.

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.700
 Now here's the thing,

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.460
 if in a miracle,

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:24.220
 Jesus doesn't do surgery,

00:30:24.300 --> 00:30:24.960
 he does a miracle.

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.920
 The things which stop

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.380
 the sight,

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.180
 gone.

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.440
 the things that need

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.000
 to be there

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.140
 for the man to see,

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.000
 there.

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:34.299
 Scientists go back now

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.640
 after the man has died,

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.539
 they do an autopsy

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.320
 and what do they find?

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.279
 The scientists would say

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.759
 that this man

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.740
 was not born blind.

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:45.019
 Because unless God

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.060
 chose to leave

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:47.200
 some sign inside,

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.160
 like a little message,

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.140
 Jesus healed

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.920
 the man born blind.

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:52.000
 I'm just joking.

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:53.380
 Unless he does that

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.080
 inside,

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.100
 the autopsy will show

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.599
 that the man

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.500
 had never been blind.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.000
 Do you see the difference?

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.599
 So here's the thing,

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.859
 I think the big,

00:31:04.959 --> 00:31:06.319
 and I'm an apologist,

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.219
 as you can gather,

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.740
 I love apologetics

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.779
 and I am not trying

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.019
 to diss all of these

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.259
 very faithful Christians

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:14.139
 who study Genesis 6,

00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:14.859
 7, 8, and 9

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.419
 and try to look

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.659
 for geological proof

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:18.339
 and proof and myth.

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.319
 I'm not dissing them at all,

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:20.679
 but I think that most people

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.740
 have made a mistake

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:23.680
 because they think

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.319
 that God has to work

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.079
 with stuff,

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.500
 that it's a little bit

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.640
 like God using

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.819
 Ikea stuff.

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.660
 Like when I make

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.240
 a bookcase,

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.720
 I buy something from Ikea

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.599
 and I have to put it

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.140
 back together.

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.640
 And Christians keep

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:36.519
 slipping back

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.019
 into thinking

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.740
 that when God

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.380
 does things,

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.859
 it's like me

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.779
 working with Ikea.

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:42.620
 God doesn't need stuff.

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.140
 Speaks,

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.259
 it's gone.

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.539
 Speaks,

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.539
 it's there.

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:52.819
 So if we see

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.159
 that when Jesus heals

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:55.399
 the man born blind,

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.519
 there's no sign afterwards

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.599
 that a miracle

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.839
 has been done physically,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.240
 I would suggest

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:04.000
 that what goes on

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.740
 in this miracle,

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.059
 this text says

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.779
 that God is going

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.359
 to do this.

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.879
 And in fact,

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.359
 when you go through,

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.940
 we're going to skip

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.379
 through a bit of

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.619
 Genesis 7 and 8

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.159
 because it's already

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:12.440
 31 minutes into the sermon.

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.779
 We're going to skip

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.099
 through it.

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.879
 You can read it later on.

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.579
 You'll see constantly,

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.319
 I will do this,

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.039
 I will do this,

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.799
 I will do this,

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.599
 I sent this,

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.859
 this comes from heaven,

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.899
 I did this,

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.719
 I did this,

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.539
 I did this.

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.159
 The text,

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:26.599
 about 12 times,

00:32:26.699 --> 00:32:27.519
 says God's doing

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.679
 a really big miracle.

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.559
 Now,

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.659
 why is it that we believe

00:32:31.659 --> 00:32:32.459
 that Jesus healed

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.279
 the man born blind?

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.879
 It wouldn't be

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:34.519
 because you could

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.480
 go back in time,

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.759
 maybe find the body

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:39.119
 and do a test

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.839
 historically

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.779
 to see whether or not

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.419
 Jesus healed

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.039
 man born blind

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.019
 because a miracle

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.779
 means that there's

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:45.199
 no physical evidence

00:32:45.199 --> 00:32:45.659
 afterwards.

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.359
 How do we know?

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.919
 Testimony.

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.759
 Human testimony.

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.679
 Now,

00:32:51.719 --> 00:32:52.159
 not always

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:53.019
 in the resurrection

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.579
 of Jesus,

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.959
 which is the big miracle,

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.719
 it's the big

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:57.419
 battleground miracle

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:57.879
 and the big

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.919
 battleground miracle,

00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.119
 there is other types

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:01.039
 of things apart

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.139
 because of the nature

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.719
 of the miracle,

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.500
 apart merely from testimony,

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.819
 but the testimony

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.879
 is spectacularly important

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.619
 that can also

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.000
 help us to understand

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.839
 why it's reasonable

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.599
 to believe

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.399
 that Jesus predicted

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.439
 that he would die

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:15.259
 upon the cross,

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.919
 that he would rise

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.359
 upon the,

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.159
 from the dead

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:18.579
 and that on the third

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.859
 day,

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.939
 the grave was empty.

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:21.459
 He was risen from the dead.

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.939
 He had defeated death.

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.019
 Death no longer

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:25.519
 has any power over him

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.619
 and his death

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.740
 upon the cross

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.799
 and his resurrection

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.359
 was not for himself,

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.679
 but for you and me

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:33.079
 that on the cross,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:35.339
 my doom was laid on him

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.639
 and his destiny

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:38.179
 is offered to me

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:39.979
 if I receive it by faith

00:33:39.979 --> 00:33:41.079
 and if you receive it

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.699
 by faith.

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:46.259
 But for most miracles,

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.480
 the evidence we have

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.620
 is human testimony,

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.660
 which is what we have here.

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.700
 And if you even think about it,

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.380
 we're going to just look

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.980
 at something very,

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:56.700
 very, very briefly.

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:58.019
 I'm mindful of my time

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.920
 and I might not get

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.960
 through all of my points

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.440
 or just really have to

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.400
 gallop at the end,

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:03.140
 but this is a really,

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.019
 really big thing

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.759
 because you see,

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.680
 so many of us,

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.860
 rather than trying to just

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.199
 try to listen to the text

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.599
 and even just dwell upon

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.659
 the fact as I just did

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.699
 with verse 14.

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:15.519
 The ark is what Moses was in.

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.500
 The ark nests

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:20.440
 covered inside and out

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.579
 with atonement

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:24.799
 and the world like Mordor

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:25.900
 and rather than just trying

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:27.259
 to get our minds around that

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.539
 and be fed by it

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.539
 and to understand that,

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.759
 you know,

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.239
 you and I,

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.960
 we need miracles in our lives.

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.099
 That's why we pray.

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.579
 We'll pray that we will be

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.839
 a prayerful church

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:39.119
 that calls out to God

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.880
 for direction

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.599
 and doesn't try

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.340
 to figure out

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.460
 whether we should do things

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.920
 because we have the resources,

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.240
 although we have to be wise,

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:47.940
 but sometimes you only,

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.000
 Peter only was able

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.980
 to walk on the water

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.000
 when he got out of the boat

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.400
 and sometimes every church,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.220
 you got to be willing

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.700
 just to trust God's word

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.780
 and get out of the boat

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.300
 if you want to walk on the water.

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.539
 And this text says

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.480
 time and time again,

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:03.960
 there's a miracle.

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:05.000
 Even if you think about it,

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:07.039
 God destroys everything.

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.640
 He says you're going

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.500
 to blot out everything.

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.539
 I'm going to show you

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.820
 in a moment

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.699
 how it's a reversal

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.480
 and a recreation.

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.760
 And if you even think about it,

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.280
 God's,

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.719
 Noah shut up in the ark,

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.139
 even if he's looking out,

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.840
 when he's looking out,

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.400
 everything that God is doing

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.860
 to recreate the earth

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:22.099
 is done underneath the water.

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.940
 And the text even says

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.820
 the water doesn't come

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.320
 from the earth,

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.420
 it comes from God.

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.199
 That's what the text

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.760
 actually literally says.

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.400
 So in other words,

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.480
 if scientists go back

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.039
 and calculate

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.099
 that there's not enough water

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.639
 to do this,

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.860
 that's not a disproving of it

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.460
 because you say,

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.940
 one moment,

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.079
 we didn't say there was enough,

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:40.039
 we didn't say this was

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.820
 a natural thing.

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.820
 The Bible doesn't say

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.740
 this just happened.

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.800
 The Bible says

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.700
 that God does

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.940
 a really big miracle.

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.480
 That God does it.

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:54.300
 So taking the feeling

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.160
 that we have to know

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.980
 enough geology

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.800
 and biology

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.840
 and all that,

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.660
 you can let that aside.

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:01.360
 It's on the big strong shoulders

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.120
 of the God

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:02.579
 who's created

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.840
 all things out of nothing,

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:05.280
 who preserves

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.620
 and sustains all things,

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.600
 will bring all things

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.100
 to their end.

00:36:08.140 --> 00:36:10.220
 The God who does miracles

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:11.200
 in his creation.

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:13.260
 And if there's geology

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.640
 and myth

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.160
 and other stuff

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.559
 that helps

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.200
 and there are stuff

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.700
 in that

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.280
 that all helps

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.240
 to give little hints,

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:19.220
 but you can say this side,

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:20.680
 God is a God

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.960
 who does miracles.

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.840
 Brothers and sisters,

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:27.120
 if we are here today

00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:28.000
 and we need a miracle,

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:28.880
 I don't know if God

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.400
 is going to do

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.360
 that miracle for you

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.039
 or if the miracle

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.519
 is going to be

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.340
 how you endure.

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:35.079
 You know,

00:36:35.120 --> 00:36:35.980
 a friend of mine

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.760
 who died,

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:39.700
 what he would tell people

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.680
 is that as he prayed

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.220
 for healing,

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.660
 he believed one of three things.

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:43.300
 He believed God

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.039
 was going to heal him.

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.539
 That God would heal him

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.660
 slowly through medicine.

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.500
 God would heal him

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.880
 quickly through a miracle.

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:52.260
 Or God would heal him

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:53.559
 finally and perfectly,

00:36:53.740 --> 00:36:54.340
 eternally,

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.240
 when he died.

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.160
 And in Christ's arms,

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.840
 he appears before God

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.360
 for all eternity

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:03.240
 with a resurrection body.

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:05.720
 to live in the new creation,

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:07.480
 healed eternally.

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:09.519
 But we need miracles.

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.360
 So let's go back

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:14.120
 to the text.

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.740
 Let's go back

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.440
 to the text.

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.100
 Sorry,

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.640
 let's go back

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.460
 to verse 15.

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.340
 I'll look at my time.

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.579
 You know what

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.980
 we're going to do?

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.420
 We're just going to,

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.620
 you know,

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.780
 so I'm going to say one thing.

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.260
 You could put up

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.160
 the next point here,

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.440
 Andrew.

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.380
 I'm going to try

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.220
 to run through

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.300
 a few of these things.

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.079
 Oh, no,

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.360
 yeah,

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.960
 the next point.

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.420
 Here's the thing

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.900
 which I think

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.579
 the text shows.

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.139
 The flood,

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.860
 in the flood,

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.420
 God first reverses,

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.659
 then recreates

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:44.159
 his creation.

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.420
 So,

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.639
 if you go back

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.099
 and you look at,

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:49.039
 later on in your spare time,

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.179
 read chapter 7.

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.780
 And what you see

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.860
 at the end of chapter 7

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.320
 is that,

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.800
 you know,

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.320
 God says,

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.559
 Noah,

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.440
 I'm going to do this.

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.019
 Noah actually builds

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.500
 the ark.

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:59.259
 It describes how

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.739
 after 120 years,

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.380
 God says,

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.579
 Noah,

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.139
 it's going to come

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.820
 in seven days.

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.340
 You have time

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.840
 to get it in.

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.900
 God sends the animals.

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.380
 God shuts Noah

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:07.179
 into the ark.

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.059
 It's funny,

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.639
 if you go back,

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:08.860
 actually,

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:10.019
 let's look at verse 11.

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.259
 Yeah,

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:13.159
 verse 11 of chapter 7.

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.300
 In the 600th year

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.019
 of Noah's life

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.940
 in the second month

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.960
 and the 17th day

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.380
 of the month.

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.920
 Doesn't that sound

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.420
 like history?

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:19.900
 On that day,

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.820
 all the fountains

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.559
 of the great deep

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.679
 burst forth

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.219
 and the windows

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.860
 of the heavens

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.420
 were open

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:26.500
 and the rain

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.220
 fell on the earth

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.119
 40 days and 40 nights

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.280
 and often commentators,

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:29.880
 and I'm,

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.180
 you know,

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.980
 people can handle

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.700
 those different ways.

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.519
 If you actually

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.480
 take it very literally,

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.420
 what it just says

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.519
 is that Noah looks out

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:37.280
 and all of a sudden

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.039
 he can see this,

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:39.539
 the waters just rising

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.240
 but more importantly,

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.960
 he looks out

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.320
 and it's even,

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.300
 even in the rest

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:43.720
 of the text,

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:45.720
 it talks about celestial waters

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:47.480
 and God looks out.

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.240
 Maybe it's actually

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:48.820
 being literal

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:49.460
 rather than being

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.019
 something to be

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.639
 embarrassed about.

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.300
 Maybe when Noah

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:51.740
 looked out,

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.559
 he saw a hole

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.960
 and out of the hole

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.940
 water comes down.

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.880
 And in the rest

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.340
 of the text,

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:58.800
 when it says

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.320
 that the waters

00:38:59.320 --> 00:38:59.840
 subside,

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.639
 really it's actually

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.300
 literally saying

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.119
 the waters go

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:04.980
 because God

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.559
 creates things

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.099
 out of nothing

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.860
 and he takes

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.699
 things that exist

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:09.059
 and just makes

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.679
 them go away.

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.699
 And look at the,

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.980
 just to jump ahead,

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.579
 look at chapter 8,

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.159
 verse 1.

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:20.240
 This is the key verse

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.260
 in the whole story

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.860
 of the flood.

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:24.079
 God remembered Noah.

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.820
 Sorry,

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.980
 look at the verse

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.760
 just before that.

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.460
 And the waters

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.579
 prevailed on the earth

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.940
 150 days.

00:39:30.700 --> 00:39:32.059
 We now have a picture.

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:34.160
 There's only water

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:35.940
 and this one boat

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:37.400
 bobbing along

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.180
 on the surface.

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:43.099
 But God remembered

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:44.539
 Noah and all the beasts

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:45.559
 and all the livestock

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.340
 that were with him

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:46.880
 in the ark

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:48.280
 and God made a wind

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.599
 blow over the earth

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.159
 and the waters go,

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.759
 begin to go.

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.759
 And in the Bible,

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.639
 the word remembered,

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.599
 in the Old Testament,

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.500
 the word remembered

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.719
 is a very important word.

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.199
 It's not like

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:01.139
 we usually use it.

00:40:01.819 --> 00:40:02.000
 You know,

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.900
 Louise will say to me,

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.159
 George,

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:03.920
 did you remember

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:04.619
 to get that

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.839
 at Loblaws

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.619
 or at Costco?

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:07.159
 And I'll say,

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.860
 dang,

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.539
 I forgot.

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.199
 Or I remember

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.799
 because I'd forgotten

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.319
 and I remembered.

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:11.920
 That's not what it means

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:12.360
 in the Bible.

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.480
 In the Bible,

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.179
 when it talks

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:15.179
 of God remembering,

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.960
 it's always used

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.599
 that God,

00:40:17.740 --> 00:40:18.900
 who has made a promise

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:19.639
 to somebody,

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.099
 is now about

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.460
 to complete the promise.

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.599
 That's what it means.

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:27.199
 And here we have

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:29.059
 a little boat

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.760
 relative to a planet

00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:32.119
 on the water

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:35.220
 and the wind is blowing.

00:40:37.099 --> 00:40:37.599
 Now,

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.079
 what does that

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.980
 remind you of?

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.820
 Those of you

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:41.760
 who know your Bibles,

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.400
 Genesis chapter 1,

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:44.099
 verse 2,

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:46.500
 waters cover the earth.

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:49.300
 And the word

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.860
 for wind

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.280
 and the word

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:51.059
 for Holy Spirit

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.500
 in Hebrew

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.420
 is the same word.

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.980
 And in Genesis

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:55.260
 chapter 1, 2,

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.960
 before the first

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.860
 creation story

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.740
 and before the second

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:59.679
 creation story,

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.900
 there's only water

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:03.539
 in the Holy Spirit.

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.980
 God has reversed

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.599
 creation.

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:11.039
 And now he's

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.820
 going to recreate it.

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.860
 And if you go back

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.480
 later on

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.139
 and just take

00:41:15.139 --> 00:41:16.019
 the first creation

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.820
 and the second creation

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.360
 story,

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.619
 and the first

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.519
 and fourth days

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.880
 which refer to lights

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.739
 aren't present,

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.719
 but all of the other

00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.739
 things in the second,

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.380
 the third,

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.960
 the fifth,

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.539
 the sixth,

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.460
 the seventh day

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:27.360
 in the second creation

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.900
 story reappear

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:30.259
 in the next 19 verses.

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:34.259
 They all reappear.

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:38.480
 The rest of the text

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.340
 is going to describe

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:40.240
 how the world

00:41:40.240 --> 00:41:41.200
 is both similar

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.740
 and different

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.360
 than before,

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.020
 but God has

00:41:43.020 --> 00:41:44.220
 recreated the earth.

00:41:46.020 --> 00:41:46.800
 And there's going to be

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.460
 a new covenant.

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.540
 So it's 41 minutes.

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.080
 Let's just,

00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:52.000
 could you put up

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.560
 the next point?

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:53.640
 Let's just wrap this up.

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:54.900
 One of the things

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.520
 about the text,

00:41:55.600 --> 00:41:56.300
 if you go back

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:57.620
 and look,

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.160
 one of the things

00:41:58.160 --> 00:41:58.840
 in our heart,

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.920
 I was just sharing

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.400
 the gospel

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:01.120
 with somebody

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:02.779
 just about

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.960
 a week and a half ago.

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:05.359
 And one of the things

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:06.279
 I was trying to share

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:06.739
 with her

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.539
 is that religion

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.299
 and spirituality

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:09.339
 tells you

00:42:09.339 --> 00:42:10.279
 that if you do

00:42:10.279 --> 00:42:11.219
 enough rules,

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:12.420
 God will love you.

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:15.219
 And the gospel message

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:16.440
 is that you never

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:17.199
 do enough rules

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.159
 for God to love you,

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:19.179
 but what happens

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.819
 is that grace

00:42:20.819 --> 00:42:21.980
 comes first.

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:24.139
 And if you go back

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:25.259
 and look at this story,

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.079
 when it says

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.139
 that Noah is made

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.619
 righteous,

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.279
 God makes him

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:31.039
 right with himself.

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.900
 And God makes

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.359
 the promise

00:42:33.359 --> 00:42:34.199
 of deliverance.

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.480
 And after God

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.259
 makes the promise

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:37.699
 of deliverance,

00:42:37.839 --> 00:42:38.900
 then Noah obeys.

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:41.900
 You see,

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.819
 God's grace

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:45.759
 nurtures our obedience.

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:47.920
 Human obedience

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:50.699
 does not produce grace.

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.940
 And it's all the way

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.639
 through the story.

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:56.579
 Our fallen command centers

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.759
 want to keep trying

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.920
 to not see

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.500
 how the,

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.299
 in fact,

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:01.600
 this young woman

00:43:01.600 --> 00:43:03.039
 that I was witnessing to,

00:43:03.120 --> 00:43:03.539
 she brought up

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.340
 the Ten Commandments

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:04.640
 and I said,

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:05.240
 I'm so glad

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.680
 you brought up

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:06.380
 the Ten Commandments.

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.380
 Go back and read them.

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:10.460
 I am the God

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:11.860
 who has redeemed you.

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.539
 So,

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:15.480
 you shall have

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:16.100
 no other gods

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:16.760
 before me.

00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.560
 You shall not

00:43:17.560 --> 00:43:18.280
 make an idol.

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:21.080
 I am the God

00:43:21.080 --> 00:43:22.840
 who redeemed you.

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:26.140
 grace

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.200
 grace

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:27.539
 nurtures

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.380
 obedience.

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.420
 Obedience

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:31.400
 does not

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:32.320
 create grace.

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.920
 And as we all know,

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:35.620
 rule-based systems

00:43:35.620 --> 00:43:36.280
 of spirituality

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:37.039
 and religion

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.900
 are always

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:38.460
 ultimately

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.620
 self-justifying,

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:40.820
 self-righteousness,

00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:42.260
 and ultimately

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:43.940
 rooted in anxiety.

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:47.720
 But when we realize

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.300
 that,

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.599
 well,

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:48.820
 in fact,

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.159
 can you put up

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.740
 the next point?

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.159
 God keeps

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.659
 his warnings

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.440
 and his promises.

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.659
 That's just a freebie.

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.440
 I'm running out of time.

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:57.900
 Next one.

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 You can look it up

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.659
 on the web

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.200
 if you want to write

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.579
 these down.

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 It says,

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:02.039
 at best,

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.820
 we human beings

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:03.519
 want an ark,

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:05.760
 but God loves us truly.

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.240
 He provided

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:08.519
 Jesus Christ crucified.

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:08.900
 You see,

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.340
 a lot of us

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:09.880
 at the best,

00:44:10.240 --> 00:44:10.720
 most of us,

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.400
 what we want to just say

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.860
 to God is,

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:12.420
 it's my way

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.920
 or the highway,

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.340
 God.

00:44:13.480 --> 00:44:14.280
 It's my way

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:14.820
 or the highway.

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:17.960
 You can't tell me

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.500
 how to live.

00:44:18.700 --> 00:44:19.720
 You can't tell me

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:21.340
 how I should identify myself.

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.800
 You can't tell me.

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:23.680
 You can't tell me.

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.280
 It's my way

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.680
 or the highway.

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:25.760
 The best we have

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.860
 is when things go bad

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:27.360
 is we want to get

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:28.120
 into an ark.

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.680
 At the end of the ark,

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.280
 as we're going to see

00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:30.860
 next week,

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:32.059
 we come out of it

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:33.700
 delivered from judgment

00:44:33.700 --> 00:44:34.780
 but unchanged.

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.720
 God does something

00:44:36.720 --> 00:44:37.380
 so much better.

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:40.160
 He sends his son

00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:41.260
 to be the Lamb of God

00:44:41.260 --> 00:44:41.960
 who takes away

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:42.800
 the sin of the world.

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:44.660
 He comes to be

00:44:44.660 --> 00:44:45.280
 the one

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.600
 who will bear

00:44:46.600 --> 00:44:47.540
 our doom

00:44:47.540 --> 00:44:49.480
 and give us

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.360
 his destiny.

00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:52.040
 He is the one

00:44:52.040 --> 00:44:52.660
 who will pay

00:44:52.660 --> 00:44:53.440
 for everything

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.480
 that we have done wrong.

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.400
 He is the one

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:56.320
 who will clothe us

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.520
 with his righteousness

00:44:57.520 --> 00:45:00.140
 and his perfect obedience.

00:45:01.040 --> 00:45:01.940
 He is the one

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.960
 who does that

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.860
 for us

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:05.240
 in a new covenant.

00:45:06.100 --> 00:45:07.120
 God does something

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:07.600
 better

00:45:07.600 --> 00:45:08.820
 than an ark,

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.920
 a true

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.720
 and greater

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:11.240
 Noah.

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 Next point.

00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:16.380
 Oh yeah,

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:17.059
 please stand.

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.800
 Please stand.

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:27.119
 One of the things

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.900
 that I've been thinking about

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:29.059
 as I looked at this text

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.500
 is

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.700
 I'm not going to live

00:45:31.700 --> 00:45:32.900
 120 years.

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:33.940
 And who knows,

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.539
 maybe Jesus

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.920
 will return tomorrow

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:37.700
 and

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:39.780
 and then I don't

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.539
 have to worry about

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.500
 in the next

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.519
 120 years.

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.500
 But maybe

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.200
 he won't come

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:47.159
 for a long time

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:47.820
 and God

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:49.119
 sometimes asks us

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:50.180
 to do things

00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:51.559
 which will take

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:52.860
 120 years

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.579
 to complete.

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:58.000
 To pass the baton.

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:59.539
 and God

00:45:59.539 --> 00:46:00.579
 is calling us

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.519
 not out of

00:46:01.519 --> 00:46:02.619
 a fear of him

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:04.059
 because if we

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.960
 obey perfectly

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.679
 he'll finally

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:06.159
 love us

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.780
 but as we're

00:46:06.780 --> 00:46:07.579
 gripped by the

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:08.139
 gospel

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:09.519
 as we're

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.280
 gripped by the

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.820
 gospel

00:46:10.820 --> 00:46:12.000
 as the gospel

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.760
 is what is

00:46:12.760 --> 00:46:13.239
 sitting

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:14.460
 the person

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.440
 work of Jesus

00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:16.199
 is what is

00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:16.880
 sitting at the

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.780
 command center

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:18.719
 of our lives

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:20.119
 so that how

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:21.000
 we look at

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.280
 things,

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:22.199
 how we feel,

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:23.099
 how we think,

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:24.219
 how we plan,

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.420
 how we

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.619
 do everything,

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:27.779
 it's the command

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.219
 center,

00:46:28.339 --> 00:46:28.839
 at the very

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.839
 command center

00:46:29.839 --> 00:46:31.400
 is Jesus

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:32.239
 and what he

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:32.940
 does for us

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.839
 on the cross

00:46:33.839 --> 00:46:35.920
 and God's

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:37.219
 power that

00:46:37.219 --> 00:46:38.339
 makes us his

00:46:38.339 --> 00:46:39.139
 when we believe

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:40.119
 it and trust it.

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:42.380
 That one of the

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:43.719
 things as grace

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:45.000
 nurtures obedience

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:46.359
 is we

00:46:46.359 --> 00:46:47.719
 undertake things

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:48.460
 that might take

00:46:48.460 --> 00:46:49.679
 120 years

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:50.299
 to complete.

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:52.739
 A long obedience

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:53.380
 in the same

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:53.839
 direction.

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.219
 So I invite you

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:56.980
 to pray this

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.519
 with me.

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.239
 If you have

00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:58.719
 never given

00:46:58.719 --> 00:46:59.339
 your life to

00:46:59.339 --> 00:46:59.659
 Jesus,

00:47:00.279 --> 00:47:00.779
 this is a

00:47:00.779 --> 00:47:01.679
 conversion prayer.

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.659
 But a

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:03.500
 conversion prayer

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:04.000
 is the same

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.559
 prayer that we

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.239
 need to spend

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:05.899
 all of our

00:47:05.899 --> 00:47:06.819
 lives praying.

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:07.759
 Not that we

00:47:07.759 --> 00:47:08.219
 have to be

00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:08.899
 saved over

00:47:08.899 --> 00:47:09.379
 and over

00:47:09.379 --> 00:47:09.879
 and over

00:47:09.879 --> 00:47:10.319
 and over

00:47:10.319 --> 00:47:10.779
 again.

00:47:11.959 --> 00:47:12.819
 But every

00:47:12.819 --> 00:47:13.439
 human being

00:47:13.439 --> 00:47:14.019
 needs to be

00:47:14.019 --> 00:47:14.599
 gripped by the

00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:15.000
 gospel.

00:47:15.359 --> 00:47:16.219
 So I invite you

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:16.699
 to pray this

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:17.319
 out loud with

00:47:17.319 --> 00:47:17.579
 me.

00:47:18.259 --> 00:47:18.699
 Heavenly

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.219
 Father,

00:47:19.799 --> 00:47:20.619
 please pour

00:47:20.619 --> 00:47:21.079
 out the

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.879
 Holy Spirit

00:47:21.879 --> 00:47:22.679
 upon us

00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:23.779
 and make us

00:47:23.779 --> 00:47:24.719
 disciples of

00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:25.739
 Jesus gripped

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:26.159
 by the

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:26.639
 gospel,

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:27.839
 living a

00:47:27.839 --> 00:47:28.779
 long obedience

00:47:28.779 --> 00:47:29.539
 in the same

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.959
 direction as

00:47:30.959 --> 00:47:31.619
 we live for

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.219
 your glory.

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.279
 In Jesus'

00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:33.879
 name,

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:34.419
 Amen.

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.339
 Father,

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.959
 pour out your

00:47:35.959 --> 00:47:36.439
 Holy Spirit

00:47:36.439 --> 00:47:37.079
 upon us.

00:47:37.459 --> 00:47:37.839
 Make us

00:47:37.839 --> 00:47:38.259
 gripped by

00:47:38.259 --> 00:47:38.819
 the gospel

00:47:38.819 --> 00:47:40.259
 and use us

00:47:40.259 --> 00:47:41.059
 to make

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.879
 disciples of

00:47:41.879 --> 00:47:42.579
 Jesus gripped

00:47:42.579 --> 00:47:43.339
 by the gospel,

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:43.879
 living for

00:47:43.879 --> 00:47:44.359
 your glory.

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:44.759
 And we

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.359
 ask this in

00:47:45.359 --> 00:47:45.639
 Jesus'

00:47:45.919 --> 00:47:46.219
 name,

00:47:46.739 --> 00:47:47.000
 Amen.