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 Okay, here we go.

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 Do you know when you're reading, how do you feel?

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 Let me just ask you, how do you feel when you hear that Genesis 3 account being read?

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 It's worth thinking about that, though, just reflecting on that.

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 How does that make you feel?

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 Because there's something about that account, it's just absurd, isn't it?

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 Why? Why did you do it?

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 And there's something about the way that the Bible speaks about sin

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 that confronts us with that unanswered why question.

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 We're left thinking, this makes no sense.

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 It's absurd.

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 It's anti-rational in every possible way.

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 And there's something about that in this account in Genesis 3.

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 It's hugely explanatory of so much of what we experience in this world, of course.

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 And that's why we're going to spend a little bit of time on it

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 and just unpack it a little bit further.

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 What we want to do is just talk a bit about the text

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 and some of the features of sin and what it is and what it does.

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 Look at the extent of it.

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 Think a little bit about why the extent of it,

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 and talking about that actually paradoxically is good news.

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 And then think a little bit about some of the cultural factors

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 in this cultural moment that take aspects of this sin,

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 this problem, and amplify it

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 so that we can begin to relate that to this moment that we're living in.

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 I mean, it doesn't take a genius.

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 Yes, these are just a bunch of photos of ugliness, really.

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 It really doesn't take much of a genius

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 to say that things are not the way that they're supposed to be.

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 How else do we talk about stuff that goes on in the world?

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 I think about Only a Stone's Throw from Here

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 was where I did one of my first ever funerals.

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 Preached at a funeral

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 for very dear friends of mine

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 whose daughter had been born at 26 weeks

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 and only lasted a matter of a couple of hours after birth.

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 What do you say in those circumstances?

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 Tough?

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 It's always been like this?

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 These things happen?

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 Because they do, right?

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 It has pretty much always been like this.

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 These things do happen.

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 Get over it.

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 I wouldn't recommend that as a preaching strategy

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 or a pastoral strategy in those kind of situations.

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 Really, the only thing I could say,

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 and it was taking that passage from Revelation 21,

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 was this is not the way it's supposed to be.

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 It wasn't meant to be like this.

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 It wasn't created to be like this,

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 as broken as this.

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 And therefore, the way that we feel about it,

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 the anger that we feel,

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 the indignation at the wrong,

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 the sorrow, the lamenting,

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 the howling grief,

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 is right and proper.

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 It's a proportionate, proper, right response

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 to things being broken.

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 And you know, that response that we have

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 makes no sense

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 if things have always just been this way.

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 This is one of the reasons that,

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 in fact, the problem of suffering

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 or the problem of evil

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 is much more of a problem for the atheist

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 than it is for the Christian.

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 Intellectually, it's really hard

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 to give an account

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 of why we should have a problem with it

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 if there is no absolute outside of ourselves,

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 if there is no way it's supposed to be.

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 Where on earth does that come from?

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 Otherwise, it's just,

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 has always been like this.

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 Suffering is nature,

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 red and tooth and claw,

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 so why should we have a problem with it?

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 We have a problem with it

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 because it's not the way it's supposed to be.

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 It's marred.

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 It's twisted out of shape.

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 It's, and this is to use Augustine's picture,

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 it is humankind curved in upon itself.

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 Think about that as a way of thinking

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 about what sin is,

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 just for a second or two.

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 I'm going to focus very much

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 on the concept here of autonomy.

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 Autonomy, a word that's used

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 frequently in our cultural context,

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 but autonomos, self-law.

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 You know, we decide ourselves.

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 We're in charge ourselves.

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 So the key concept I want us to get a hold of,

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 and it's almost certainly

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 where we're going to go tomorrow

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 in the morning,

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 is that at the heart of the way

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 that the Bible's seeing this,

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 is that if you like,

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 life is intended to have God himself

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 on the throne and ruling,

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 and us on his behalf

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 reflecting that good reign and rule

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 to those around about us.

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 And that this gets disordered

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 when we throw God off,

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 when we push him aside,

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 and when we push him aside

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 and take his place on that seat,

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 on that throne instead,

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 this autonomy, this,

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 as Augustine then said,

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 self-curved in upon self.

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 Instead of loving God and loving others,

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 we curve in instead.

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 That idea then of autonomy,

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 of this thrusting of God aside,

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 and the putting of ourselves in place,

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 is exactly what we're seeing

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 in this account in Genesis.

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 The temptation to the woman,

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 it starts with what?

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 Did God really say?

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 Question about his word.

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 How, by the way,

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 was Eve to know what God had said?

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 If you read through the,

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 we didn't read it this morning,

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 but if you read through Genesis 2,

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 you'll see Adam created first,

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 and God's mandate,

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 God's instructions to Adam

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 about where he's not to eat

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 are given before Eve is created

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 in that account in Genesis 2.

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 So how's she meant to know

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 what she can and can't eat?

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 Because Adam's meant to tell her, right?

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 And so if she gets it wrong,

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 at least in part,

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 we can ask whose fault is that?

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 And where is Adam, by the way,

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 when she's being tempted?

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 Did you notice that

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 as we read that?

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 It's right there with her.

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 Right there with her.

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 Like a big numpty saying nothing,

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 if you like.

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 It's fascinating.

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 But the temptation,

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 did God say a doubt

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 about God's goodness?

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 Is God really good?

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 Can you really trust him?

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 As one of the Puritan authors said,

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 that in every sin,

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 there is atheism.

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 In every sin,

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 there is a doubt about God

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 and his goodness.

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 And really, that's the case.

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 It's a question.

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 Is he good enough that I can trust?

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 But the temptation goes beyond that for Eve.

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 It goes beyond that to,

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 if you eat this,

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 you will be like God.

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 Fundamentally,

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 we see in Genesis 3

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 a rejection of creatureliness,

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 a rejection of our place in creation

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 as creatures under the Creator,

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 given a place and a task,

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 a mandate,

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 a glorious gift of life

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 as creatures.

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 And the temptation,

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 no, no, no,

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 you can be like God.

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 A rejection of creatureliness.

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 Now,

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 we might say,

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 given the creation account

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 that we've just read earlier on,

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 that when we reject creatureliness,

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 we shouldn't expect things to go well.

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 And indeed, they don't.

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 They really don't.

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 I wonder if there's been

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 a cultural moment

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 when creatureliness

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 has been more rejected

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 at a cultural,

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 at a societal level

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 than it is being right now.

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 You know,

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 when we have,

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 for example,

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 just to take

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 one controversial example,

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 primary school kids

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 being told

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 how you feel

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 about yourself inside,

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 that,

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 well,

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 you know yourself best,

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 that defines reality.

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 And whatever you feel about that,

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 that's true.

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 But there's a rejection

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 of the givenness

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 of creatureliness,

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 that there's things

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 we don't get to decide

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 because we're creatures,

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 not the creator.

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 So,

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 this account then

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 is hugely explanatory

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 of so much

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 of what we then see

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 in our life

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 and in our culture right now.

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 There is a rebellion

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 in Genesis 3.

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 It is rooted

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 in a doubt

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 of God's goodness.

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 If we don't believe

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 that God is good,

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 why on earth

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 would we want to obey Him?

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 Why would we want

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 to be in that position?

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 obedience that is just

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 sort of a white-knuckle

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 determination

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 to do it right

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 because I'm scared

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 of the consequences.

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 Augustine had something

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 fascinating to say

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 about that.

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 He said,

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 obedience to the law

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 that is rooted

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 in fear of punishment

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 is not obedience

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 at all,

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 he said,

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 because it's done

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 in a spirit

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 of servitude

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 instead of a spirit

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 of sonship.

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 You're doing it

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 like a slave

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 instead of a child.

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 And the reason

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 that's important

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 is the idea

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 we introduced

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 in the last session

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 that the human mandate

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 is to represent

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 the character of God.

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 When you see,

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 and this is

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 the mandate

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 then for the church,

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 the vocation

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 of the church

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 is then to present

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 to the world

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 who God is

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 and what He's like.

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 And if our obedience

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 is out of a spirit

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 of servitude,

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 of slavery,

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 we are saying

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 our master

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 is a slave driver

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 instead of saying

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 we are loved children

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 and our master

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 is the loving Father.

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 so that how we then

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 relate to Him,

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 whether we believe

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 His goodness

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 or not,

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 to be captured

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 by the goodness of God,

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 there is nothing

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 more important

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 we could say.

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 We see the curses,

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 the effects

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 of sin

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 in that account

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 that we read.

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 I want to say one thing

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 about one of the bits

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 of translation there

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 where it speaks

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 of the curse

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 on the woman.

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 Your desire will be

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 for your husband

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 and he will rule over you.

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 It's a fascinating

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 little bit there

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 because the Hebrew term

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 for your desire

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 for your husband

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 only occurs one other place

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 in the whole of the Hebrew Bible

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 and that's in Genesis 4

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 and it's about sin

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 crouching at the door

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 desiring to master you.

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 In other words,

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 I think,

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 I think,

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 maybe a better way

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 of that,

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 it's not,

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 in other words,

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 it's not a text

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 about sexual desire.

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 it's a text

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 about somehow

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 the relationships

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 between the sexes

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 being broken

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 and being competitive

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 where they're not

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 meant to be competitive.

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 I think that's

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 something of what's

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 going on there.

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 But everything

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 is spoiled.

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 Work is spoiled.

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 Labor is spoiled.

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 Everything

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 is frustrated

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 and the whole

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 of creation

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 is affected

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 by it.

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 we're designed

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 for that intimate

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 presence with God

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 doing meaningful work

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 and yet,

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 how does it feel

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 for most of us

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 most of the time?

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 We could say

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 that what happens

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 in that account

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 in Genesis 3

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 is a fourfold

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 disruption

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 of relationship.

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 And I'm just going

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 to put them all out there

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 so you can see them

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 all at once.

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 First of all,

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 and obviously,

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 there is a disruption

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 of relationship

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 with God himself.

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 I mean,

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 that's obvious

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 because the first thing

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 they do,

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 having wanted to know

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 as God knows,

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 and by the way,

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 just as a little aside,

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 a little sort of

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 philosophical aside,

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 we don't know

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 as God knows.

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 We know as creatures

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 to whom God reveals.

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 And that,

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 by the way,

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 is just huge implications

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 for how we think

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 about knowledge

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 and some of the ways

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 in which we've gone wrong

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 in society.

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 If anyone's talked

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 about that later,

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 delighted to do so.

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 But that relationship

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 with God

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 is broken,

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 is disrupted.

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 The first thing

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 they do is to hide

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 from God

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 in the garden

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 when he comes

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 to walk with them

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 in the garden.

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 But to hide

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 from God

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 and then

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 to hide

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 from each other,

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 to cover up,

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 because the end

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 of Genesis 2

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 says that the man

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 and the woman

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 were naked

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 and had no shame.

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 It's a beautiful picture.

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 Absolutely beautiful picture.

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 And, of course,

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 it's not just the idea

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 of physical nakedness.

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 It's the idea

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 of relationship

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 in which there is no shame.

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 Think about this

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 for a second

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 as a slight aside,

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 but I think it's important.

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 Where do you look

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 when you feel ashamed?

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 Where do your eyes go?

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 Down.

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 Right.

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 You look down.

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 Okay.

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 The Hebrew expression,

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 and this is fascinating,

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 and it relates

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 to the story

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 I told at the beginning.

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 My last conversation

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 with my father

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 just five days

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 before he died

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 in a plane crash.

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 It's another story.

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 I wrestled with him

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 to get him

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 to look me in the eye

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 so that I could bless him

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 and tell him

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 that I loved him

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 and I was proud of him.

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 And finally,

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 it's like,

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 look me in the eye.

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 It was a real wrestle

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 and my mother was

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 getting nervous

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 in the background.

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 Look me in the eye.

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 You need to hear this.

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 I am unreservedly proud of you.

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 And he looked me in the eye

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 and he accepted it.

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 Just after that,

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 I was preaching

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 through Malachi.

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 The Hebrew idiom

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 in Malachi

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 for God accepting us

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 is,

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 will God lift the face?

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 Think about that

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 just for a second.

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 But the answer

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 to shame

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 is a lifting

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 of the face.

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 Think about

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 the Aaronic blessing.

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 Lord,

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 that Yahweh

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 bless you

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 and keep you

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 and make his face

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 shine upon you.

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 This idea

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 of face-to-face

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 is an incredibly

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 rich biblical idea

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 and God's acceptance

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 of the shamed one

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 to lift the face

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 and to look

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 and to confer

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 blessing

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 and honor

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 and dignity.

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 And what happens here

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 is the eyes

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 go down

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 because they hide.

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 They hide from God

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 so relationship

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.300
 is disrupted

00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:36.860
 with him.

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 They hide from each other.

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 Relationship

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 is disrupted

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 with each other

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 and they lie

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 about it

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 so they're actually

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 introducing

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 a disintegration

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 in themselves.

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 They're actually,

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.720
 their relationship

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 with themselves

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.460
 at that point

00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.360
 when they're lying

00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:53.920
 about it

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 is also fractured.

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 And then we see

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 with the result

00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.340
 of the curses

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 that the relationship

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 with the whole of creation

00:16:00.180 --> 00:16:02.120
 is also adversely affected.

00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:04.120
 Fourfold disruption

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.879
 of relationship

00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:06.779
 that kind of explains

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:08.040
 pretty much everything

00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:09.060
 that we experience

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 day by day

00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.980
 in the frustration

00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.620
 of living.

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.399
 Broken relationship

00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.159
 with God,

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.320
 with self,

00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.600
 with others,

00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:19.420
 and with the creation itself.

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.940
 That's the effects

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.759
 of wanting

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.360
 to be like God.

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 Rejecting

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.139
 our creatureliness.

00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.700
 So that's Genesis 3.

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 That's the account of it.

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 And at the heart of it

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.740
 is this autonomy.

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 I will be like God.

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 I will be in charge.

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 I always think

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 about my daughter.

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 She's now 30.

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 Actually,

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 she's still like this.

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 It's not just

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 when she was little.

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 It would be,

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.879
 I do it myself.

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 I do it myself.

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 And then,

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:53.740
 you know,

00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:54.720
 10 minutes later,

00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:55.080
 whatever.

00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:56.639
 Dad,

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.480
 help.

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.500
 She's still at that

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.860
 at 30,

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.840
 which is slightly concerning.

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.320
 But anyway,

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:05.480
 autonomy.

00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.759
 I do it myself.

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.980
 I be at the center

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.559
 because I can't trust

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.640
 anybody else to do so.

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:12.299
 I need to be at the center

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.480
 to arrange my life,

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.720
 my circumstances,

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.460
 my relationships,

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.720
 everything around me.

00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.720
 It all exists

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.779
 to serve

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:22.240
 my comfort,

00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.399
 my security,

00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:24.579
 and my pleasure.

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:27.099
 That's the call

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.680
 of autonomy.

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.039
 And fundamentally,

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.839
 this is what I want us

00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.559
 to grasp,

00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:32.680
 is that that's a rejection

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.019
 of creatureliness.

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.240
 It's putting ourselves

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:38.099
 in the place

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:39.119
 of God himself

00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:39.940
 who's the one

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.839
 who guarantees

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.779
 to meet those needs

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.559
 for us.

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.579
 And when we reject

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.379
 that creatureliness,

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.859
 we shouldn't expect

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.680
 things to go well.

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:51.019
 Why is this good news?

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 Because it doesn't sound

00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.100
 very much like good news,

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:54.420
 does it?

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:56.440
 But the universality

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.360
 of it actually

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:58.320
 is good news.

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 I'm just going to skim

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.460
 through this

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.799
 next section.

00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:03.019
 But it's good news

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.740
 for this reason.

00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.740
 It is a universal

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.460
 diagnosis.

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.180
 And that means

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:10.000
 that there's nobody

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.580
 here

00:18:10.580 --> 00:18:11.860
 who is not

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:13.019
 infected by this.

00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:13.740
 This doesn't mean

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.560
 that all of us

00:18:14.560 --> 00:18:15.120
 are as bad

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.960
 as we could be,

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.380
 but it does mean

00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.380
 that every part

00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:19.380
 of every single

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.000
 one of us

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:21.000
 is infected

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.259
 by this same

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.180
 disease,

00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:24.319
 this same

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:25.680
 bent

00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.019
 towards autonomy,

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.259
 this same

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.700
 curving in on ourselves

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.940
 instead of loving God

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.680
 and loving others,

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:33.500
 trying to get

00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.480
 what we can

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.319
 from the world

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:36.900
 to make our lives

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:37.500
 work.

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.480
 This desperate

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.100
 attempt

00:18:40.100 --> 00:18:41.620
 to construct

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.200
 identity

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.940
 for ourselves,

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.539
 to answer those

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.180
 questions on our

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.799
 own terms.

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.680
 We're all

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.740
 infected by it.

00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:49.940
 And the thing

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.600
 about that is

00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.000
 that if we're

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.740
 all infected

00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.279
 by it,

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:52.960
 then one of the

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.740
 things this means

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.779
 is that there

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.480
 is nobody

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.320
 here who is

00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:57.000
 any worse

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 than anybody

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.100
 else.

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 Which means

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.940
 that if you're

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.759
 sitting feeling

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.980
 crushed by your

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.299
 sin,

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.980
 and you look

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.940
 around and you

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.600
 make that

00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:09.060
 cardinal error

00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:09.980
 of comparing

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.799
 how you feel

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.360
 outside,

00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:11.960
 inside,

00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:13.100
 to how others

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.219
 look outside,

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:15.559
 do you know

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.379
 that mistake

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:16.879
 that you can

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.179
 make?

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:17.779
 Well,

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.279
 they look like

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.980
 they're sorted

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.500
 and together

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.339
 and that life

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.799
 is fine,

00:19:20.939 --> 00:19:21.719
 but I know

00:19:21.719 --> 00:19:22.199
 how I feel

00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:22.799
 internally.

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.459
 It's a big

00:19:23.459 --> 00:19:24.119
 mistake we all

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:25.199
 make is comparing

00:19:25.199 --> 00:19:25.619
 those two,

00:19:25.719 --> 00:19:26.419
 but it's not

00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:27.199
 a fair comparison.

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.139
 But if you're

00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.859
 sitting and you're

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.139
 thinking,

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.439
 well,

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.059
 these people

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:32.119
 clearly don't

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.819
 sin the way

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.259
 that I do,

00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:33.879
 don't struggle

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.500
 the way I do,

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:36.099
 this is good news

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.719
 because it's saying,

00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:36.959
 no, no,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.179
 actually,

00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.240
 we're exactly

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.819
 the same.

00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:39.779
 The ground is

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.359
 level or we're

00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.899
 all in the same

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.159
 boat,

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.300
 whatever metaphor

00:19:42.300 --> 00:19:42.940
 you want to

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.580
 use there.

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 But if you're

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.720
 also sitting here

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:46.940
 and you're

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.100
 thinking,

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.279
 well,

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.680
 I'm pleased

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.220
 with yourself

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.000
 because you've

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.720
 done pretty well

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.259
 in life and

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.740
 you've sorted

00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:51.340
 things out,

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.960
 you've achieved

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:53.120
 and you're

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.400
 a jolly nice

00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:54.960
 person,

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.340
 well,

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.759
 there's news

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.600
 here that also

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:58.779
 levels the field

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.680
 for you because

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.460
 you're in exactly

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.080
 the same boat

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.580
 as everybody

00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:02.019
 else.

00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.180
 So the wonderful

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.860
 thing about this

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.700
 is it's actually

00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:07.960
 incredibly leveling,

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:10.360
 though none of

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.860
 us as sinful

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.360
 as we could

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:11.539
 be,

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:11.860
 we're all

00:20:11.860 --> 00:20:12.340
 infected.

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.420
 One of the

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:15.920
 things this

00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:16.600
 does then is

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:17.400
 to free us

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.840
 from our

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.200
 pride.

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:20.500
 There's nothing

00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.340
 to be proud

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:21.660
 of,

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.480
 we're all

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.059
 on the same

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.620
 level.

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.360
 One of the

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.680
 things that

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.140
 was said to

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.240
 me,

00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:25.960
 I remember

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.840
 it vividly,

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.980
 I was a

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.579
 medical student

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.160
 at the time,

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:29.720
 I was at

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.120
 the Christian

00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.420
 Medical

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.720
 College

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.220
 Conference

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.539
 in

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.819
 Creef

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.460
 and I

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.140
 was boasting

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:33.640
 to this

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:33.960
 Chinese

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.319
 medical

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.700
 student

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.079
 about my

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.319
 own commitment

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.839
 to God

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.259
 and how I

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.799
 was so much

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.339
 more committed

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.819
 than these

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.299
 other guys

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.599
 who didn't

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:41.919
 take it

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:42.339
 seriously

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.759
 as I

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:42.980
 did.

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.619
 And he

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.179
 said one

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:45.679
 thing to

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:45.859
 me,

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.059
 he said,

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:46.359
 Mark,

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:46.919
 the ground

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.659
 is level

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.139
 at the

00:20:48.139 --> 00:20:48.480
 foot of

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.079
 the cross,

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.720
 thereby

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.859
 chopping my

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.339
 legs from

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.779
 under me

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.379
 in a

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.960
 wonderfully

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.579
 merciful

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.240
 moment.

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.700
 The ground

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.139
 is level.

00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.359
 There's no

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.039
 one better,

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.759
 no one

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.299
 worse.

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.539
 No reason

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.200
 to feel

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.259
 better than

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.759
 your brother

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.240
 or sister,

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.480
 no reason

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.819
 to feel

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.200
 worse.

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:07.679
 than your

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:07.919
 brother

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.559
 and sister,

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.480
 but instead

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.859
 to be

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.500
 shoulder to

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.359
 shoulder with

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.399
 brothers and

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:12.799
 sisters,

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.700
 because we

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.339
 are all

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.899
 struggling with

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.200
 the same

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.579
 thing.

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.639
 That means

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.039
 then,

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.759
 and this is

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.259
 lovely,

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.339
 there is no

00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.299
 space for

00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:22.200
 self-righteousness.

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.159
 How can

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.819
 people who are

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.439
 so infected

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:25.859
 with this

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.619
 particular disease

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.339
 feel proud of

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.779
 the stuff that

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.179
 we've done,

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.339
 feel that we've

00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:29.899
 managed to

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:31.119
 arrange our

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.720
 lives in

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.399
 such a way

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:32.960
 as to

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.700
 establish our

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.220
 own

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:34.839
 righteousness?

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.819
 That too

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.700
 is an

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.220
 autonomous

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.079
 rejection of

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:39.619
 creatureliness.

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.859
 Have you

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.259
 ever thought

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.759
 about self-righteousness

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:44.019
 as a rejection

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.939
 of creatureliness?

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.259
 But it is.

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.220
 It's exactly

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.919
 what it is.

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.619
 This also

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.559
 frees us to

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.339
 face reality.

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.319
 We don't

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.019
 need to

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.119
 pretend that

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.559
 things are

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.119
 different to

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.460
 what they

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.759
 are.

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.480
 We don't

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:58.939
 need to

00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.599
 kid on that

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.220
 we're sorted

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.799
 and together.

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.700
 One of the

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.099
 things that

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.000
 has so

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.339
 blighted

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:05.079
 the church

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.500
 and especially

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.419
 in this land

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.659
 and I now

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.019
 live in the

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.440
 highlands

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.659
 and boy

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.759
 it's kind

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.159
 of off the

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:12.519
 scale that

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.839
 has been

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.359
 historically

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.819
 there

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.940
 is this

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.440
 kind of

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.259
 pretense

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.039
 that somehow

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.859
 maturity

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:20.480
 as a

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.740
 Christian

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.119
 looks like

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.480
 not having

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.059
 any troubles

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.440
 anymore,

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.819
 not having

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.559
 any struggles,

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.759
 being free

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.259
 from sin.

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.579
 You have

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:27.000
 this absurdity

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.079
 of a view

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.639
 of Christian

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.040
 leadership

00:22:29.040 --> 00:22:29.600
 that says

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.200
 something like

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.759
 let me tell

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.020
 you how

00:22:31.020 --> 00:22:31.380
 much you

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.980
 need Jesus

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.980
 whilst I

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.340
 show you

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.740
 how little

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.160
 I need

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.920
 him myself.

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.680
 A false

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.240
 view,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.940
 an utter

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.980
 lie

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.240
 that says

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.420
 I'm sorted

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.020
 and together

00:22:44.020 --> 00:22:44.460
 and I don't

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.860
 have any

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.340
 issues and

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.860
 troubles and

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.540
 struggles anymore.

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.340
 No,

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.740
 this doctrine

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.800
 is wonderfully

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.320
 leveling.

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.360
 It brings

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:52.960
 us all to

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.620
 the same

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:55.040
 place as

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.720
 brothers and

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.240
 sisters before

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.080
 the same

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.500
 God

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.480
 desperate

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:01.019
 and this

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.279
 is the

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.460
 thing,

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:01.900
 it makes

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.380
 us look

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.880
 outside

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.559
 ourselves.

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.819
 We can't

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.380
 fix this

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:05.920
 ourselves.

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.579
 It forces

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.119
 us, once

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.680
 we begin to

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.839
 understand this

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.819
 doctrine of

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.940
 sin rightly,

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.579
 it forces us

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.079
 to look

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.839
 outside of

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.480
 ourselves to

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.819
 the answer,

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.380
 to look to

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.960
 God to

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.240
 say,

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.299
 have mercy

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.880
 on me.

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.079
 Would you

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.960
 do something

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.799
 about this?

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.839
 And it

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.579
 frees us

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.519
 from any

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.279
 attempts to

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.720
 fix it

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.220
 ourselves.

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.400
 us.

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.240
 And that's

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.660
 good news.

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.259
 Really,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.819
 really briefly,

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.279
 just in

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.700
 passing,

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.960
 it's not

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.940
 just pretending

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.819
 about sin

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.319
 not being

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.880
 there that's

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.319
 a problem.

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.039
 We need

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.259
 to be

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.680
 willing to

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.200
 talk about

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.019
 it appropriately.

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.240
 It's also

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.140
 our naivety

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.900
 about it.

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.960
 I've just

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.700
 finished editing

00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.339
 a book on

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.120
 the misuse of

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.960
 power in the

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.279
 church,

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.500
 which is a

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.400
 pretty sobering

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.960
 subject.

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.779
 But there's

00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.200
 one whole

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.880
 chapter that a

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.279
 friend of mine

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.180
 wrote on

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.839
 evangelical

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.799
 naivety about

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.139
 sin.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.119
 We don't

00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.460
 think it

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.899
 can happen

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.200
 here.

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:56.919
 Do we

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:58.279
 really think

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.759
 that any

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.019
 of us is

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.099
 incapable of

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.879
 any particular

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.319
 sin?

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.500
 Being free

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.419
 to face it

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.940
 and talk

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.419
 about it,

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.899
 not be

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.559
 naive about

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:08.720
 it,

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.180
 because it's

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.799
 in being

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.419
 naive about

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:11.180
 it we allow

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.980
 really dark

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.440
 things and

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.279
 especially abuse

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.879
 to flourish.

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.099
 That's just a

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.759
 side note in

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.119
 passing.

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.419
 So we might

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:19.299
 say as we

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.799
 think about

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.059
 this,

00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:20.799
 who am I?

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.960
 This framework,

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.559
 remember that

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:23.180
 creation,

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.839
 fall,

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.500
 redemption,

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:24.980
 and new

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.500
 creation?

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.680
 We're kind

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.139
 of covering

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.819
 creation,

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.659
 fall,

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.460
 we've talked

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.960
 a bit about

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.720
 new creation,

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.720
 redemption,

00:24:31.919 --> 00:24:32.220
 we'll talk

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.579
 about more

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.019
 tomorrow,

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.559
 although it's

00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.419
 kind of woven

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.220
 through everything

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.700
 that we're

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.039
 saying.

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:37.240
 We're created

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.200
 image bearers,

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.079
 but also we're

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.079
 sinful rebels.

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:42.500
 The Bible's

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.680
 very clear on

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.119
 this one.

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.619
 And we'll

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.039
 talk more

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.680
 about the

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.639
 fact that we

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.919
 become children

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:51.160
 known intimately

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.700
 and part of

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.279
 an entity

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.300
 that has a

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:55.600
 purpose in

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.019
 the world.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.460
 Let me ask

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.060
 this then,

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:01.400
 as we think

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.940
 about this.

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.740
 When you're

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.820
 asking this

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.340
 question,

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.220
 just take

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.660
 these questions

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:06.960
 and we can

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.380
 maybe come

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.700
 back to

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:07.840
 them.

00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.620
 The serpent

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.480
 comes to Eve

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.100
 and tempts

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.539
 her with,

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.600
 did God

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.259
 really say?

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.259
 And whispers

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.960
 lies to her.

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.480
 The tempter

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.680
 is described

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.080
 in various

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.580
 other parts

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.039
 of scripture

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.879
 as the

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.119
 devil,

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.579
 which is

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:24.019
 an anglicization

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.720
 of the Greek

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.519
 diabolos,

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:25.939
 which means

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:27.019
 the slanderer.

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.980
 The slanderer,

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.299
 the one who

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.359
 tells lies to

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.179
 destroy or the

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.720
 accuser.

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:32.859
 It's just

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.559
 worth asking,

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.319
 what other

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.399
 voices do you

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.220
 listen to

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.339
 that answer

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.939
 the question,

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.699
 who am I?

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.480
 Who are you?

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.679
 What answers

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.579
 that voice in

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.019
 your head,

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.919
 that question

00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:45.599
 in your head?

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.879
 So what other

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.779
 voice is speaking

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.059
 there?

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.180
 You know,

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.859
 I've already

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.319
 shared a bit

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.700
 of my own

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.000
 story,

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.019
 so things

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.779
 like being

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.259
 told,

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:54.579
 yeah,

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:54.980
 you're an

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.440
 intelligent

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.920
 idiot,

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:56.940
 it's really

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.339
 helpful,

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.940
 stupid,

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.339
 you look in

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.619
 the mirror,

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.920
 the voices

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.200
 that are

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.899
 telling you,

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.440
 what are they

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.960
 saying about

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.119
 you?

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.660
 How does

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.039
 that make

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.740
 you feel?

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.519
 And there's

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.799
 a fourth

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.259
 question,

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.279
 what do

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.680
 you do

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.359
 with that?

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.619
 How do

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.000
 you answer

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.279
 the who

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.539
 am I

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.059
 question?

00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:17.419
 What pain

00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:17.759
 does it

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.219
 cause you

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:18.479
 and what

00:26:18.479 --> 00:26:18.659
 are you

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.159
 taking for

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.619
 the pain

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.219
 is a really

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:20.799
 great way

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.479
 of understanding

00:26:21.479 --> 00:26:21.939
 how we

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.979
 function as

00:26:22.979 --> 00:26:23.679
 human persons.

00:26:24.719 --> 00:26:25.199
 Let me

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.699
 say a few

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:26.539
 things as

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.619
 time,

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.479
 as we

00:26:28.479 --> 00:26:30.139
 hurtle in

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.719
 this train

00:26:30.719 --> 00:26:31.699
 towards the

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.579
 buffers at

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.079
 the end of

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.579
 the station.

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.319
 Autonomy

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.079
 and identity.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.759
 Let's just

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.399
 add in a few

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.259
 cultural factors.

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.619
 So I'm

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:41.000
 saying something

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.440
 that's a

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.259
 core idea.

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.519
 Autonomy

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.220
 is a

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.720
 problem.

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.700
 It's in

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.339
 fact the

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.119
 problem involved

00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.460
 in this

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.299
 rejection of

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.039
 creatureliness and

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.519
 we live in a

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.279
 cultural moment

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.339
 that takes

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.879
 that and

00:26:52.879 --> 00:26:54.119
 amplifies it

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.400
 to the

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.900
 nth degree,

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.359
 to a degree

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.319
 that's perhaps

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.859
 never been

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.900
 seen quite in

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.460
 the same way

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.039
 historically.

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.799
 This cultural

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.379
 moment that

00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.019
 speaks much

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:06.240
 about identity

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.960
 but defines

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.920
 identity in

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.519
 terms of

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:11.519
 internal state

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.340
 or feeling

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:14.100
 rather than

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.720
 something that

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.360
 is given to

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.779
 us, something

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.560
 that is chosen.

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.460
 Now there's a

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.060
 real danger

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:18.600
 actually for

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.220
 many Christians

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.200
 to talk about

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.220
 well yeah

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.420
 you've got your

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.140
 identity in that

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.800
 but I've got my

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.400
 identity in

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:24.880
 Christ.

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.539
 There's a

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.740
 similar problem

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.440
 because it's

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.480
 still placing

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.279
 you as the

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.660
 one who

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.259
 chooses,

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.720
 as the

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 autonomous

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:36.100
 chooser and

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.400
 I'm just

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.920
 choosing the

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.680
 best product

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.140
 out there

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.539
 off the

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.900
 shelf.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.920
 rather than

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.460
 an inferior

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:40.940
 one.

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.779
 No, and

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.259
 this is what

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.840
 we will come

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.380
 to tomorrow,

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.120
 Jesus' call

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.960
 to discipleship

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.840
 dethrones the

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.600
 autonomous self

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.500
 completely.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.759
 But the

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.539
 culture is

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.880
 encouraging that

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.320
 sort of

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:54.340
 autonomy, a

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.140
 rejection of

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.740
 creatureliness,

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.539
 you decide how

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.539
 you feel and

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.100
 on the basis

00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.940
 of that, that's

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.480
 reality.

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.720
 I don't think

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.539
 it's uncontroversial

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.200
 to say that's

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.660
 something that's

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.820
 being massively

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.900
 encouraged through

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.440
 our culture,

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.180
 through our

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.160
 education system.

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:10.200
 through many of

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.759
 our news and

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.660
 entertainment media

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.440
 as well.

00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:15.060
 Alongside that,

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.920
 there's this

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.300
 loss of

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:17.940
 absolutes.

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.220
 And I'm

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.860
 hesitant in

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.480
 saying this

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.440
 because although

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.960
 there is a

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.940
 kind of a

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.880
 denial that

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.519
 there's something

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.660
 out there that

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.980
 defines what is

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.720
 right and wrong

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.320
 for everybody

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.180
 regardless of how

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.000
 I feel about it,

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.620
 that there are

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.500
 such a thing as

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:34.019
 absolute moral

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.779
 rights and

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.160
 wrongs.

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:35.460
 wrongs.

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:37.279
 There is a

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.759
 rejection of

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:37.880
 that.

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.580
 If you want

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.200
 to really dig

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.580
 into this,

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.860
 C.S.

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.420
 Lewis and the

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.060
 Abolition of

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:42.180
 Man is one of

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.759
 his most

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.540
 important books

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.560
 written 80

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.460
 years ago and

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.940
 just incredibly

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.440
 prophetic in

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.480
 describing where

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.220
 we've got to

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.540
 culturally right

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:51.880
 now.

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.759
 But the loss of

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.380
 the idea that

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.960
 there's a right

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.680
 and a wrong

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.400
 out there that

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.040
 doesn't depend

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.440
 on how I

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.220
 feel, the

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.800
 ethics,

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.220
 therefore,

00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.180
 what I decide

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.060
 is right and

00:29:01.060 --> 00:29:01.380
 wrong,

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.240
 isn't just

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.160
 about how I

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.920
 feel about

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.299
 things.

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.059
 When I say

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.500
 something's

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.539
 wrong, I'm

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.420
 not just

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.980
 saying I

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.680
 don't like

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.019
 it.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.799
 I'm saying

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.180
 there is

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.160
 something wrong

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.920
 out there.

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.140
 Now, that

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:17.380
 loss of being

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.920
 able to say

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.859
 there's something

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.839
 absolutely wrong

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.920
 is a real

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:22.039
 problem in

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.039
 this rejection

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.940
 of creatureliness.

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.759
 The enthroning

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.539
 of ourselves is

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.059
 the ultimate

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.000
 arbiters of

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.839
 truth and

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.299
 right and

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.559
 wrong.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.980
 Now, I said

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.480
 I'm hesitant

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.140
 in saying it

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.220
 because nevertheless,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.559
 as created

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.279
 image bearers,

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.000
 we can never

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.740
 really fully

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.180
 escape the

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.779
 idea that

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.360
 there is an

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.240
 absolute out

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.480
 there.

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.660
 Otherwise, why

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:40.940
 would you

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.640
 cancel people?

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.559
 If it's just a

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:43.920
 matter of

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.079
 preference and

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.819
 how you feel,

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.059
 no, people

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:48.140
 actually really

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.420
 do still deep

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.059
 down believe

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.519
 there are some

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.000
 things that are

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.319
 wrong for

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.980
 everybody all

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.400
 the time.

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.160
 And when we're

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.779
 having conversations

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.259
 with them, we

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.779
 need to try and

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.519
 connect with that

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.160
 and recognize

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.400
 that.

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.299
 We're talking

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.660
 about an

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.220
 expressive

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.380
 individualistic

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.940
 culture.

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.579
 that the

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.480
 worst thing,

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.000
 the worst

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.740
 sin that can

00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.319
 be committed

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.860
 is to stop

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.500
 the individual

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.579
 from expressing

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.420
 how they feel.

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.960
 So there must

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.720
 be no law.

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.079
 There must be

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.240
 no restriction

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.740
 and no

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.400
 constraint.

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.039
 So in an

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.559
 expressive

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.559
 individualistic

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.460
 society,

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.660
 shaped by that,

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.500
 this is,

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.500
 for those who

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.360
 want to go into

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.799
 that more,

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:26.500
 it really is

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:28.079
 Nietzsche

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.000
 via Disney,

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.940
 if you like,

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:31.200
 is how we

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.740
 end up where

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.320
 we are.

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.500
 The idea

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:35.320
 that I have

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:36.000
 within me all

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.500
 the good that

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.980
 needs to be

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.600
 expressed and

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.380
 anyone stops

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.960
 that, that

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.440
 that's an

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:39.799
 evil.

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.640
 That's the

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.680
 evil in the

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.059
 world.

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.640
 And therefore,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.100
 a God who

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.580
 comes along

00:30:44.580 --> 00:30:45.380
 with commands,

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.220
 that's wicked.

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.480
 That's something

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.920
 we need to

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.380
 reject.

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:53.700
 And in that

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:54.980
 cultural context,

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.280
 education then

00:30:56.280 --> 00:30:57.140
 becomes,

00:30:57.540 --> 00:30:58.240
 instead of

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.780
 what education

00:30:59.780 --> 00:31:00.440
 has been

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.100
 historically

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.720
 through the

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.340
 centuries and

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.820
 millennia,

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:04.240
 education has

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.900
 been training

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.900
 people to

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.880
 love what is

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.760
 good and to

00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:09.700
 hate what is

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.520
 wicked and

00:31:10.520 --> 00:31:10.960
 evil.

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.020
 A training of

00:31:13.020 --> 00:31:13.740
 the desires

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.500
 and the

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.860
 loves.

00:31:16.280 --> 00:31:16.740
 And when we

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.560
 don't do that,

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.400
 what we end up

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:19.300
 with is

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:20.040
 education as

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.780
 propaganda

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:22.620
 instead of

00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.720
 formation and

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.120
 shaping.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.480
 These are just

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.960
 some of the

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.680
 aspects of our

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.400
 cultural moment.

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.360
 I suspect folks

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.960
 will want to

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.560
 talk a wee bit

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.100
 more about that

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.720
 in questions.

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:32.160
 I hope you do

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.120
 because I think

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.940
 this is where

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.060
 it really starts

00:31:35.060 --> 00:31:37.160
 to get gritty

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.400
 and real and

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.519
 very challenging

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.120
 because the

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.740
 question is,

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.940
 how do you

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.160
 relate to that

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:45.240
 in ways that

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.700
 are Jesus-like

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:48.960
 without resorting

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.640
 to just hating

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:49.940
 it?

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.160
 We're living in

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.519
 a moment,

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.900
 yeah, I

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.519
 believe in me.

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.539
 How's that

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.299
 turning out for

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.559
 us?

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.299
 It's an

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.380
 important question

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.799
 to ask in a

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.860
 culture that has

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:04.180
 enthroned autonomy

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.100
 more than any

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.819
 other culture

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.940
 ever at any

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.259
 point.

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:09.680
 Ironically,

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.140
 what we see

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.920
 is people who

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.480
 are infinitely

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:16.640
 manipulable by

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.920
 whoever has the

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.620
 levers of

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.700
 propaganda and

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.140
 information.

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.599
 It's a terrifying

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.220
 prospect.

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:23.980
 How is it

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.519
 turning out?

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.220
 It's not well.

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.200
 This generation

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.279
 of young folks,

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.319
 students, folks

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.880
 under the age of

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.620
 30, are, of all

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.180
 the generations

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.460
 that have ever

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.279
 been examined

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.960
 and measured,

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.240
 the most

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.200
 depressed, most

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.140
 anxious, most

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.200
 suicidal, most

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.720
 miserable, least

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.519
 well-educated,

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:41.940
 etc.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.980
 This isn't

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.880
 turning out well.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.720
 And just that

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.500
 question of how

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.319
 is this going?

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.319
 And will more

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.960
 of the same,

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.079
 but better,

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.200
 fix this?

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.339
 Silly slide.

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.579
 I'm going to,

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.360
 well, we're nearly

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.640
 at that.

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:56.900
 I'm going to

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:57.400
 finish with this.

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.440
 Will I?

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.779
 This is from

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.559
 100, oh,

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:04.460
 when's Sartre again?

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.480
 30s, 40s,

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.799
 somewhere in

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.120
 about there.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.000
 Anyway, it's a

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.460
 long time ago,

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.980
 but he's writing

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.240
 this.

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.620
 Whatever happens,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.220
 he says,

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.740
 and this is,

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.440
 I think,

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.059
 sums up this

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.480
 moment.

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.380
 Whatever happens,

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.079
 it's by my

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.579
 agency,

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.420
 everything must

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.759
 happen.

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.420
 I am autonomous,

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.019
 in other words.

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.200
 Even if he let

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.880
 himself be carried

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.539
 off like an old

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.279
 sack of coal,

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.599
 he would have

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.180
 chosen his own

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.680
 damnation.

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.400
 He was free,

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.380
 free in every

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.640
 way,

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.380
 free to behave

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.980
 like a fool

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.559
 or a machine,

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.799
 free to accept,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.599
 free to refuse,

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.720
 free to equivocate.

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.759
 He could do

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.359
 what he liked,

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.180
 no one had the

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.880
 right to advise

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.079
 him.

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.920
 There would be

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.519
 for him no

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.140
 good or evil

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.900
 unless he brought

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.599
 them into being.

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.000
 He was alone,

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.220
 enveloped in this

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.380
 monstrous silence,

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.359
 free and alone,

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.619
 without assistance,

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.079
 without excuse,

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.380
 condemned to

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:48.819
 decide,

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.700
 without support

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.579
 from any quarter,

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.039
 condemned forever

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.799
 to be free.

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.660
 That's how your

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:58.059
 average 15-year-old

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.279
 high school student

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.960
 in Scotland

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.200
 feels right now.

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.240
 My wife works

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.059
 in a mental

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.539
 health support

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.220
 charity and she

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.119
 hears the

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.220
 response to this

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.099
 all the time.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.739
 this is a

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.619
 catastrophe

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:13.119
 for everybody

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.039
 but especially

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.739
 for a generation

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.380
 that grows up

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.159
 believing this,

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.480
 rootless,

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.880
 foundationless,

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.920
 miserable,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.099
 anxious,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.639
 desperate for

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.039
 love,

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.239
 desperate for

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.739
 approval,

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.920
 desperate for

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.739
 real relationship

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.719
 because that's

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.139
 what they were

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.059
 created for

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.360
 and this is

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.819
 not the way

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.279
 it's supposed

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.739
 to be.

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.039
 Autonomy

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.719
 is not the

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.019
 answer.

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.780
 it's the

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.159
 problem.

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.940
 Let me just

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.880
 this really

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.619
 I mean

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.099
 there we go.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.679
 This applies

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.360
 to everything

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.000
 obviously

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.099
 and we can

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.639
 maybe tease

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.119
 some of this

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.519
 out a bit

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.980
 more in

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.820
 Q&A

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:51.159
 this afternoon.

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.659
 And a

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.380
 positive place

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.940
 to finish.

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.519
 The dethroning

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.800
 of the

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.500
 autonomous self

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.159
 then is good

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.280
 news and

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.099
 that's exactly

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.699
 what Jesus

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.340
 calls us

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.120
 to do.

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.039
 Let's pray.

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.240
 Father thank

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.440
 you.

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.220
 This is a

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:09.059
 sobering topic.

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:10.720
 It's deep,

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.579
 it's weighty

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.300
 and Lord we

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:13.200
 cry out to

00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.500
 you for a

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.300
 generation of

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.900
 young people

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.720
 who are being

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.660
 lied to,

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.039
 misled,

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:22.860
 in whom

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.700
 the image

00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.340
 of God

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.840
 is being

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.740
 defaced.

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.240
 And Lord

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:29.120
 we long

00:35:29.120 --> 00:35:29.660
 that the

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.380
 good news

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:30.760
 that you

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.200
 have shown

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.720
 to us

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.360
 we might

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:33.440
 shine outwards

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.120
 as light

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:35.280
 into this

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.780
 culture

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.180
 that men

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.640
 and women

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.360
 young men

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.820
 and women

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.900
 might be

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.460
 transformed

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:41.820
 by encountering

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.260
 the living

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.740
 God

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.400
 and might

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.960
 be set

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.539
 free

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.160
 from

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:47.220
 this

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.340
 corrosive

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.840
 autonomy.

00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.000
 Have mercy

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.559
 on us Lord.

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.340
 Would you

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.000
 please shine

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.579
 your light

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.380
 in each of

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.900
 our lives

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.400
 today

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.099
 right now

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.440
 on the

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.019
 areas in

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.579
 which we

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:58.960
 need to

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.340
 get off

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.059
 that throne?

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.500
 If we

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.100
 are proud

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.420
 Lord

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.760
 would you

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.420
 humble us?

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.220
 If we

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.700
 are crushed

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.079
 by the

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.400
 weight of

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:07.600
 sin

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:07.900
 would you

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.280
 let us

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.559
 know

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.980
 that we

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.300
 are

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.940
 side

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.620
 by side

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:11.900
 with

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.160
 brothers

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.820
 and sisters

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.420
 and that

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.680
 you

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.039
 in your

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.519
 mercy

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.780
 would

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.200
 save

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.380
 and

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.780
 forgive?

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.940
 Oh Lord

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.420
 please be

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.820
 with us

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:21.280
 as we

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.019
 eat

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.860
 together

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.200
 now

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.840
 and enjoy

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.320
 each other's

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.700
 company.

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:25.820
 Would you

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.460
 guide our

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.099
 conversations

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.659
 that they

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.320
 would be

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.599
 up

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.039
 building

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.679
 to us

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.139
 and pleasing

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.639
 to you.

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.639
 In Jesus'

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.019
 name.

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.340
 Amen.