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 I want you to turn to Genesis chapter 1.

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 Genesis chapter 1.

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 Last week we began talking about

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 these beginning passages of Scripture,

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 Genesis 1 through 11.

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 I believe they're foundational passages of the Bible.

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 Not only are they the first things you come to,

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 but they are also the base for understanding everything else

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 that happens after this.

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 Like a blueprint to a new construction.

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 I think of this as a blueprint that kind of lays the foundation

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 for everything else that you learn from Scripture.

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 Last week we looked at the first three days of creation

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 and we learned how it's really about God.

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 It's not so much about the earth,

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 although it describes how it was created.

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 Earth is often the focus of that,

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 but the reality is the focus is God and about Jesus.

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 He was there and we continue to see that in the text today.

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 We also found that it's about God's order

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 and today we'll flesh that out a little bit more,

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 but today we're going to focus on the second half

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 of the week of creation.

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 It's in Genesis chapter 1 beginning in verse 14.

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 And it says this,

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 And God said,

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 And God saw that it was good.

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 And there was evening and there was morning,

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 the fourth day.

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 And God said,

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 Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures

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 and let the birds fly above the earth

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 across the expanse of the heavens.

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 So God created the great sea creatures

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 and every living creature that moves

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 with which the water swarm according to their kinds

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 and every winged bird according to its kind.

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 And God saw that it was good.

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 And God blessed them, saying,

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 Be fruitful and multiply,

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 and fill the waters in the seas,

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 and let birds multiply on the earth.

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 And there was evening and there was morning,

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 the fifth day.

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 And God said,

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 Let the earth bring forth living creatures

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 according to their kinds,

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 livestock and creeping things,

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 and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.

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 And it was so.

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 God made the beasts of the earth

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 according to their kinds,

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 and the livestock according to their kinds,

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 and everything that creeps on the ground

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 according to its kinds.

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 And God saw that it was good.

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image and after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds of the heavens

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 and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth

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 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created him.

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 Male and female, he created them.

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 And God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 Be fruitful and multiply,

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 and fill the earth and subdue it,

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 and have dominion over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds of the heavens

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 and over every living thing that moves on the ground.

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 And God said,

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 Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed

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 that is on the face of all the earth,

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 and every tree with its seed and its fruit,

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 you shall have them for food.

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 And to every beast of the earth,

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 and to every bird of the heavens,

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 and to everything that creeps on the earth,

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 everything that has the breath of life,

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 I have given every green plant for food,

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 and it was so.

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 And God saw everything that he made,

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 and behold, it was very good,

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 and there was evening and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 I heard that an eloquent African-American pastor

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 put it this way,

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 God stepped from behind the curtain of nowhere

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 and stood on the platform of nothing

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 and spoke a universe into existence.

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 And I agree with all of that.

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 There's a lot to discuss here about creation,

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 but I want to focus our time this morning

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 on what the Bible clearly points out to us

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 in these passages as the most essential,

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 things that you don't miss.

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 Don't miss his order.

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 There's a phrase that's used again and again.

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 You may have heard it as I read it.

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 It is found in the creating of the fruit trees

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 and the vegetable-bearing plants

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 in verses 11 and 12.

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 It is found in the creating of the creatures

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 of the waters and of the air in verse 21.

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 It is found in the creating of the creatures of the land

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 in verse 24 and 25.

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 It is a repetitive phrase that is translated

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 according to its kind.

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 Now, the reputation of that phrase is huge.

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 I like the Hebrew language

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 because it is for simple-minded folks.

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 Not to learn it.

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 It's hard to learn,

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 but it repeats itself a lot.

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 It puts it out there pretty plain for you.

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 Kind of rudimentary if you can ever get the difference.

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 And what we've learned is our native language

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 and, man, what a drastic difference Hebrew is.

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 You start at the back of the book.

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 You read from right to left instead of left to right.

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 They don't have vowels, really.

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 They have points and those type things

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 that count as vowels.

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 You read a word kind of zigzag.

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 It's a nightmare and I'm glad I passed a class.

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 But the reputation of any kind of phrase like that,

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 the reiteration of it is huge.

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 And when it says according to its kind,

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 it points to God distinguishing what he made clearly.

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 We need not be confused.

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 We need not entertain those that try to confuse.

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 God is clear.

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 It does not say that God made the waters

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 and the waters produced an amoeba

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 that grew cells into a fish,

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 that turned into a tadpole,

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 that grew into a monkey,

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 that evolved into Homo Neanderthal,

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 then into Homo Erectus,

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 and then into Homo Sapien.

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 That's too many homos.

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 It brings order,

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 not chaos.

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 God made the seed.

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 God made the fruit.

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 God made the creator.

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 And then in his own image,

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 he made man.

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 Some believe in the Big Bang Theory.

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 It may surprise you,

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 I believe in Big Bang.

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 I do.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 I believe in several of them.

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 I believe God said sun

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 and bang,

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 the sun was created.

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 I believe he said plant

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 and bang,

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 the plant was created.

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 And I believe it went on and on.

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 It came out of nothing

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 when God spoke.

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 It didn't come out of nothing

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 until God spoke it out of nothing.

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 Because God brings order,

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 not chaos.

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 What God makes according to its kind,

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 let humankind not confuse.

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 God made a cat.

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 It's not a dog.

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 It can hang out with dogs.

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 It can act like dogs.

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 It can pretend to be a dog.

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 It can be raised by a pack of dogs.

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 It can identify as a dog.

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 But it's still a cat.

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 If a blueberry,

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 as it grows into a fruit,

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 somehow were to claim

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 that it was an apple,

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 it's not.

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 It's still a blueberry.

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 And if a guy tries to sell you

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 a bushel of apples,

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 but they look distinctively,

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 taste particularly,

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 like a bunch of grapes,

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 don't buy his apples.

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 Okay?

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 Just because that old boy

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 identifies his fruit

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 as something that it's not,

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 does not mean that it's so.

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 Are you with me?

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 You get what I'm saying?

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 Because God brings order.

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 The evil one brings chaos.

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 The evil one brings confusion.

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 The evil one stirs it up.

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 And part of the way

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 that he brings chaos

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 is he makes what makes us feel,

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 really, really feel

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 like a lie

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 is the truth.

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 We'll see that in the garden

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 in the coming days.

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 If you turn on your television

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 or you go to social media,

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 you'll see lies

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 that are disguised as truth.

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 For instance,

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 when a family holds hands

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 in a hayfield

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 or in the park

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 in their newest clothes,

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 and they are laughing

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 and frolicking

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 and hugging

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 and having such a splendid time,

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 they're not.

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 They're not.

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 You know why they're not?

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 Because that's picture day.

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 Laughter

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 I think somebody

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 can relate to that,

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 but anyway.

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 They're faking it.

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 They're faking it.

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 Not my family,

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 but everybody else's.

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 Okay?

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 They're faking it.

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 That is deception.

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 Deception.

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 But that's not the deception

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 that I speak of.

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 A great deception

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 of the evil one

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 in our day

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 is over gender,

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 and it is utter confusion,

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 and that is not of God.

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 God's design

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 and his rule

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 is not for us

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 to decide.

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 I'll tell you

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 another great deception

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 is that somehow

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 we can decide

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 based on our feelings

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 what is right

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 and what is wrong.

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 And that somehow

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 morals are based

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 on the trends

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 of the day,

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 and they're not.

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 Let me warn you.

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 History tells us

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 that there have been

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 other strong countries

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 destroyed

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 by the devil's deceptions,

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 and don't ever believe

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 we're immune to it

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 happening to us.

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 If you think

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 I've left my sermon,

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 I'm not,

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 because I'm speaking

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 of order

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 versus chaos.

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 And when we read

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 about creation,

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 we tend to become

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 preoccupied sometimes

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 with the science

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 of the origins

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 of the world.

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 But when I look

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 at Genesis 1,

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 what I see

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 the message of creation

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 is that things

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 are the way they are

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 because God

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 made them so.

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 And for us

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 to alter

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 from his guidance,

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 for us to alter

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 from his direction

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 and order,

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 is disobedience

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 that outside of Christ

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 leads to death.

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 Now what's interesting

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 about this is,

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 and we'll dig into this

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 in coming weeks,

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 but the word of God,

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 the word for God

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 in Genesis 1 and 2

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 is the word Elohim

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 in Hebrew.

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 The more personal God

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 of Yahweh,

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 or sometimes translated

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 Jehovah,

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 is found in Genesis 3

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 when we get into

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 the make of man

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 and woman

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 and his relationship

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 with man

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 and woman.

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 But here,

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 Elohim is used

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 in Genesis 1 and 2

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 46 times.

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 And that word for God

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 comes from a root word

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 for power or strength.

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 And so the message

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 again and again,

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 and notice he didn't say

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 he much,

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 it said God.

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 There's an emphasis there.

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 The message again and again

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 is that God

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 made everything.

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 heaven and earth

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 and all that encompasses them

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 and he made it all

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 from nothing.

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 He spoke

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 and it was.

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 Did not evolve

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 from an algae

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 to a plant

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 to a fish

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 to a person.

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 Man does not turn

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 into a woman

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 or a man

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 is not made

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 to mate with men.

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 God made each

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 according

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 to its kind.

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 Now I know

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 that in today's life

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 that's a shocker.

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 But that's still true.

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 No matter how

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 it may feel.

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 Each thing

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 is made

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 God made

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 was distinctive,

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 was designed,

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 and was specific.

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 There's a story

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 about Sir Isaac Newton

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 who had somebody

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 make him

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 a,

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 had a skillful mechanic,

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 make him

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 a miniature

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 mechanical replica

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 of the solar system.

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 He had a large ball

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 for the sun.

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 He had smaller ones

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 for the planets.

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 Each one of them

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 were fixed

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 on arms

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 that were varying lengths

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 from the sun

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 in proportion

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 to where

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 they're gauged to be

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 and they were all

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 geared by cogs

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 and wheels

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 to move

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 in harmony

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 with each other.

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 An elaborate

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 solar system.

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 Newton believed

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 that God

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 created the earth.

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 He was confused

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 on some other things

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 along his theology,

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 but he,

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 he had a friend

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 who was a brilliant

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 scientist

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 that was an unbeliever.

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 And Newton

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 was showing him

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 this model

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 and the scientist

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 looked at that model

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 and said,

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 how exquisite.

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 Who made this?

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 And Newton said,

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 nobody.

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 The other scientist

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 looked at him

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 and said,

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 evidently you didn't,

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 you didn't understand

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 my question.

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 I asked who made this?

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 And Newton looked at him

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 and said,

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 nobody made it.

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 It just assumed

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 this form.

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 And the scientist said,

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 you must think

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 I'm a fool.

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 Of course somebody made it

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 and he's a genius

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 and I'd like to know

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 who he is.

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 And Newton put his hand

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 on his shoulder

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 and said this,

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 this is but a puny

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 imitation

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 of a much larger system

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 whose laws you know

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 and I'm not able

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 to convince

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 and I'm not able

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 to convince you

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 that this toy

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 is without a design

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 and a maker.

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 Yet you profess

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 to believe

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 that the great original

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 from which I had

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 this design from

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 is without either

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 a designer

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 or a maker.

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 Now you tell me

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 by what sort of reasoning

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 do you reach

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 such an incongruous

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 conclusion?

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 They say the man

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 became a believer

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 after that conversation.

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 Be clear about something.

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 God thought it.

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 God willed it.

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 God spoke it.

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 And it was.

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 And it was good.

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 And it was orderly.

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 And it was right.

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 Don't miss God's order.

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 Second thing I don't want

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 you to miss

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 is this,

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 his image.

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 Day six.

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 Thank God

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 for day six.

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 It's got something

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 to do with us folks.

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 That's a pretty big day.

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 That was the day

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 that humanity

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 was created.

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 Verse 26 says

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 that man is made

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 in our image

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 in our likeness.

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 That's interesting,

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 isn't it?

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 Who's he talking to

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 when he says

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 our image

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 in our likeness?

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 Is he talking

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 to the angels?

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 No.

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 Because we're not

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 made like angels.

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 We're not made

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 in the image

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 of angels.

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 You know what?

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 In reality

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 if you look

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 at a biblical angel,

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 angels aren't

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 even made like angels.

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 Not the way

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 we think of angels.

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 When people

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 think of angels,

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 they think of

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 beautiful women

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 with wings

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 or they think

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 of naked babies

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 with wings.

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 But I want you

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 to look at

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 what the word

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 of God says.

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 Or just listen.

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 You can write this

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 down and check me out.

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 See if I'm right.

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 Isaiah chapter 6

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 speaks of the seraphim

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 which is a kind

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 of angel.

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 And it says

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 the seraphim

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 has six wings,

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 two to cover

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 his face,

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 two to cover

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 his feet,

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 and two to fly.

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 Genesis 19

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 speak of two angels

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 in Sodom

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 that came

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 to rescue Lot.

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 And it says

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 those angels

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 were warriors

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 that struck men

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 with blindness

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 and then warned

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 Sodom to get out

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 before the city

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 was destroyed.

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 And what about

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 the creatures

00:17:43.740 --> 00:17:44.319
 that are in

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.400
 Revelation 4?

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.019
 They're angels,

00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:46.700
 those around

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.400
 the throne of God.

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.600
 They have six wings

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 and they are full

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 of eyes,

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 it says.

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 There's eyes

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 in the front,

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 there's eyes

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 behind.

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 I had a teacher

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 one time

00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:59.120
 that had eyes

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.480
 in the back

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 of her head,

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:02.060
 but she was no angel,

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.940
 I can tell you that.

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.820
 In Revelation,

00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:08.360
 one looked like

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.860
 a lion,

00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:10.980
 one looked like

00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:11.600
 an ox,

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.660
 another looked like

00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.180
 a man,

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 another looked like

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.400
 an eagle.

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 I bet you don't

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 have those sitting

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.240
 on your mantle

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.620
 at home,

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:19.980
 do you?

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.240
 So angels

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.539
 are not the picture

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.400
 that we picture

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.940
 most of the time.

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 And we're not

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:28.940
 made in the angels'

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:29.360
 images.

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.480
 We're made

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.000
 in the image

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.620
 of God.

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.839
 And what you see

00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:36.140
 here is the evidence

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:37.000
 of the Trinity

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.640
 right here

00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:39.599
 in Genesis 1.

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 because in

00:18:40.679 --> 00:18:41.699
 Genesis 1-2,

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.419
 you see the Holy

00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.319
 Spirit hovering

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.299
 over the waters.

00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:47.859
 Passage I just

00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:48.279
 read,

00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:50.439
 God made us

00:18:50.439 --> 00:18:51.759
 in our image

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.639
 which speaks

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.240
 of the Trinity.

00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:55.179
 John 1-2-3

00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:56.199
 clarifies that

00:18:56.199 --> 00:18:57.399
 when it speaks

00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:58.139
 of Christ being

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:58.519
 in the midst

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.000
 of creation.

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 It says this,

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.559
 He was in the

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.359
 beginning with God,

00:19:01.419 --> 00:19:01.959
 all things were

00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.679
 made through Him

00:19:02.679 --> 00:19:03.339
 and without Him

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.099
 was not anything

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:05.199
 made that was

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.699
 made.

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.199
 That's Jesus

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.919
 they're talking about.

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.219
 And I want you

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.680
 listen to how

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.400
 the Apostle Paul

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.819
 says it in

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:11.140
 Colossians 1-15

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.860
 through 18

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:13.180
 and how he

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.880
 describes them.

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.140
 He says,

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:14.940
 He is the,

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.880
 speaking of Christ,

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.960
 He is the image

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.700
 of the invisible

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.120
 God,

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.759
 the firstborn

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.559
 of all creation

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:20.299
 for by Him

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:20.839
 all things

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.460
 were created

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.980
 in heaven

00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.640
 and on earth

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.860
 visible and

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.380
 invisible

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.400
 whether thrones

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.279
 or dominions

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.940
 or rulers

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.819
 or authorities

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.819
 all things

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.440
 were created

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.259
 through Him

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.980
 and for Him

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.140
 and He

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.059
 is before

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:35.000
 all things

00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:36.160
 and in Him

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:37.240
 all things

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.160
 hold together

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:38.800
 and He

00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:39.620
 is the head

00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.400
 of the body

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.019
 the church

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.040
 He is the beginning

00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:43.400
 the firstborn

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.180
 from the dead

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.380
 that in everything

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 He might

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 be preeminent.

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 Therefore the image

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 that we are made

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 in is the image

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 of God.

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 This is referred

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 to again

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 before the flood

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 in Genesis 5

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 it is referred

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 to again

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 with the murder

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 of Abel

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 in Genesis 9

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 James 3 verse 9

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 says we're made

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 in the likeness

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 of God

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 1 Corinthians 11

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 7 says

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 that we are made

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 in the image

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 of God

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 and I just want

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 you to listen

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 to Psalm 8

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 listen to Psalm 8

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 verse 3 through 5

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 it says this

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 when I look

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 at your heavens

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 the work of your fingers

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 the moon

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 and the stars

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 which you have

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 set in place

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 what is man

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 that you are mindful

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 of him

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 and the son of man

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 that you care

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 for him

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 yet you've made him

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 a little lower

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 than the heavenly beings

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 and crowned him

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 with glory

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 and honor

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 I believe

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 when you look

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 at creation

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 in Genesis chapter 1

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 you need to get

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 and not miss

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 his order

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 I believe you also

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 need to see

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 his image

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 but lastly

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 I think you need

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 to see our responsibility

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 we have a responsibility

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 of this

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 God blessed

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 man and woman

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 and said

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 in Genesis 1

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 verse 28

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 be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish

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 of the sea

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens

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 and over every living thing

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 that moves

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 on the earth

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 in other words

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 we are in charge

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 of the blessings

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 of this earth

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 and we are responsible

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 for these resources

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 that have been given

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 to us

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 he created

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 it with order

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 and he created

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 it good

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 and we need

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 to maintain

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 that order

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 and we need

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 to keep it good

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 but often

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 we don't get it right

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 it seems to me

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 that we make

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 one of two mistakes

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 one is

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 we don't care

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.500
 about what we have

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 we need to care

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.340
 about the earth

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 in which we live in

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 if we are draining

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 our resources

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 that we

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 won't have

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 for our children

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 or we are pulling

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 the waters

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 that they are to drink

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 or polluting

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 the waters

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 that they are to drink

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 or we are wasting

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 the commodities

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.759
 that have been

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 passed on to us

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 then we need

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.940
 to change our ways

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 and conserve

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 what we have

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 I do my part

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.279
 by going around

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.700
 my house

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.240
 and cutting off

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.700
 lights

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:10.900
 because I think

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 I am killing

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.799
 the ambiance

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.039
 but hey listen

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 I care about

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.500
 the planet

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 and the power bill

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 so

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:19.240
 if you have

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.839
 trash

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:21.039
 pick it up

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.620
 if you see

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.140
 trash

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.900
 pick it up

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.100
 they say

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:25.680
 on the trail

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.320
 don't leave

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.080
 a trace

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:29.420
 let me tell you

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.920
 what else

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.560
 it says

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.519
 because there's

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.440
 a second problem

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.440
 that we have

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:35.480
 some tend

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.080
 to worship

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:37.440
 nature

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:41.360
 scripture says

00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:42.080
 we have

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.000
 dominion

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.980
 over nature

00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:46.019
 we've been

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.540
 charged

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:47.640
 to subdue it

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.720
 and to be

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.320
 responsible

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.720
 with what we

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 have

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.679
 however

00:22:52.679 --> 00:22:53.939
 we're not

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:54.659
 to be more

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.240
 concerned

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.000
 about the

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.159
 poisonous

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:58.740
 dart frog

00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:00.960
 or the

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.480
 bow headed

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.919
 whale

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:03.980
 than we are

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.559
 the unborn

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.179
 children in

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.639
 America

00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:07.659
 than we are

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 the starving

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.980
 children in

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.579
 the tribes

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.240
 of Africa

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:12.599
 than we are

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.319
 hungry children

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.779
 in our own

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.220
 county

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:16.799
 or the elderly

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.619
 that are right

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.439
 here among us

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:21.120
 that may need

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.460
 a helping

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.940
 hand

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.720
 God

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.299
 chose to

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.960
 make us

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:29.019
 the crown

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.720
 of his

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.299
 creation

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:33.320
 and he gave

00:23:33.320 --> 00:23:33.700
 us the

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.360
 responsibility

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.279
 to manage

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.600
 it

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:37.019
 without wasting

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.340
 it

00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.920
 and without

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.680
 worshiping

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:39.900
 it

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:42.240
 I read

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.519
 from

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.380
 Psalm 8

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.920
 a bit ago

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.640
 let me read

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.140
 some more

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:47.279
 because in

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.779
 verse 6

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.200
 to 9

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.580
 it says

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:48.980
 this

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:50.700
 you have

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.480
 given him

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.039
 dominion

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.380
 over the

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.779
 works

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.180
 of your

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.680
 hands

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:55.039
 you have

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.480
 put all

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.039
 things under

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.440
 his feet

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.019
 all sheep

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.579
 and oxen

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.960
 and also

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.360
 the beasts

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.839
 of the field

00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.180
 the birds

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.900
 of the heavens

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.799
 and the fish

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.299
 of the sea

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.940
 whatever passes

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.660
 along the

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.140
 paths

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.880
 of the sea

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:07.480
 oh Lord

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.200
 our Lord

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:10.299
 how majestic

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.220
 is your name

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:13.000
 in all the

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.279
 earth

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.640
 we have

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.420
 dominion

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.599
 over what

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.079
 we've been

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:18.140
 entrusted with

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:19.220
 and the

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.620
 worship

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:21.160
 belongs to

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.540
 God

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.820
 who is

00:24:22.820 --> 00:24:23.300
 our ruler

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:24.720
 we're to

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.080
 rule over

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:25.560
 the earth

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:26.940
 he's to

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.400
 rule over

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.860
 us

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:29.420
 I like the

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.820
 way King

00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.560
 David put it

00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:30.960
 in Psalm

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.700
 145

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.080
 1

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:33.300
 I will

00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:34.100
 exalt you

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.640
 my God

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.180
 and King

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:36.740
 and I'll

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.240
 bless your

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.660
 name

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.820
 forever and

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.060
 ever

00:24:39.060 --> 00:24:40.340
 the hymn

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:40.620
 writer

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.440
 John W.

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:41.820
 Peterson

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.200
 put it

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.640
 this way

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.280
 it took

00:24:43.280 --> 00:24:43.800
 a miracle

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.279
 to put

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.879
 the stars

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.720
 in place

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.759
 it took

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.259
 a miracle

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.899
 to hang

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.480
 the world

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.299
 in space

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.859
 but when

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.339
 he saved

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.019
 my soul

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.619
 and cleansed

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.000
 and made

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.539
 me whole

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.799
 it took

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.319
 a miracle

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.779
 of love

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:59.680
 and grace

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.539
 I thank

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.960
 God

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:04.759
 that the

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.339
 God that

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.899
 spoke the

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.339
 world

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.119
 into order

00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:09.440
 still speaks

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.919
 today

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:13.100
 he still

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.880
 speaks

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:16.259
 he speaks

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.940
 to hearts

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:19.259
 not audibly

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.680
 louder than

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.000
 that

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.820
 beckoning

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.259
 us

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.440
 to come

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.900
 to him

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:26.600
 so my

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.380
 question is

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.640
 what's he

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.160
 saying to

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.740
 you today

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:33.340
 the God

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.900
 that spoke

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.440
 the world

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.440
 into existence

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:37.920
 speaks to

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.320
 us

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:41.220
 what's he

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.579
 saying to

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.000
 you today

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:44.279
 you may be

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.740
 here and

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.379
 maybe there's

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.960
 never been a

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.399
 time in your

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:47.099
 life when you

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.519
 surrender your

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.960
 life to the

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.460
 Lord Jesus

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.960
 I mean you

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.619
 realize that

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.139
 you've sinned

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.399
 and done

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:51.779
 wrong

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.879
 and scripture

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.539
 tells us that

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.200
 that separates

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.919
 you from God

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:56.179
 for all of

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.639
 eternity

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:58.500
 but that Christ

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.939
 came to

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.599
 live a sinless

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.159
 life

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:02.659
 to die on

00:26:02.659 --> 00:26:03.139
 an old rugged

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.740
 cross

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.659
 for our sins

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.899
 so that we

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 can have

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 forgiveness

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 forgiveness

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 and walk

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.879
 cleanly before

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.339
 the Lord

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.960
 when we

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 just agree

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.160
 with God

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 on the state

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 of our

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 circumstances

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 and the

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.279
 state of

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 our circumstances

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 without Christ

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 is that

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 we're lost

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 in our sin

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 for all of

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 eternity

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 if we'll

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 admit that

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 and ask the

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.740
 Lord Jesus

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 to forgive us

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 of our sins

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 to come into

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.200
 our life

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.759
 and save

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 us

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 scripture says

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 everyone who

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 calls upon

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 the name of

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 the Lord

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.599
 shall be

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 saved

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 Romans 10

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.039
 13

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 if you've

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 never given

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.740
 your heart

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.079
 and life

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.339
 to the

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.859
 Lord Jesus

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.379
 Christ

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.159
 what an

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 injustice

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.240
 it would

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 be

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 to have

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 that

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 opportunity

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.700
 that God

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.099
 has given

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.460
 you

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 and you

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 to waste

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.319
 your life

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 never surrendering

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.299
 your life

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.700
 to him

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.579
 and have

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.940
 eternity

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.379
 to pay

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 if you need

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.259
 to get

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.740
 saved

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.200
 today

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.240
 if you need

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.460
 to give

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.799
 your heart

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.119
 and life

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:55.559
 to Christ

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.899
 we're going

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.279
 to stand

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 and we're

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:56.899
 going to sing

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.299
 in just a

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.500
 moment

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.159
 but more

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.440
 important

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.680
 than that

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 I want

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 you to do

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 exactly

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 what God

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.339
 tells you

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 to do

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:02.279
 maybe you're

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.740
 here and you

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.160
 know you're

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.600
 a Christian

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.759
 but there's

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.319
 never been a

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 time when you

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 publicly

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.180
 acknowledge that

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.559
 you did it

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.019
 privately

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.140
 but you never

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.559
 let other

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.100
 people know

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.480
 that

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:12.299
 Jesus told

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.740
 us by

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.500
 example and

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.180
 by commission

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.600
 that we're

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:14.960
 to follow

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.420
 that up

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.940
 with a

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.259
 public

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.819
 baptism

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.920
 to let

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.539
 others know

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.100
 what Christ

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.420
 has done

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.660
 in our

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:19.960
 life

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.080
 if you've

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.380
 got a

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.759
 private

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.160
 decision

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.440
 for the

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.559
 Lord

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.920
 but you've

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.080
 never

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.460
 made that

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.799
 public

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.100
 will you

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.400
 come

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.920
 I encourage

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.120
 you to

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.279
 come

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.640
 I'd love

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.140
 to guide

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.460
 you in

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.120
 that process

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.120
 we'll lead

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.500
 you through

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.019
 as slowly

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.619
 as we need

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.039
 to for that

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.460
 process

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.839
 but let's

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.420
 begin that

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 today

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.019
 maybe you're

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.639
 here and God's

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.200
 drawing you to

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.639
 be a part of

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.299
 this church

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.059
 maybe it's

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.400
 your first

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.019
 time here

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.039
 maybe you've

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.319
 been here

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:41.799
 a long

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.319
 time

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.759
 maybe some

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.960
 of us

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.359
 even think

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:44.779
 you're part

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.220
 of us

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.039
 but you've

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.339
 never

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.920
 committed

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.599
 yourself

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.900
 to be a

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.220
 part of

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.559
 God's

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.980
 family

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.700
 you've

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:50.879
 never

00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.319
 made that

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.740
 official

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.119
 I encourage

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.680
 you today

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.000
 you come

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.400
 we'd love

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.839
 to guide

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.180
 you in

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.859
 that process

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.500
 or maybe

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.859
 there's

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.279
 something

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.920
 else

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.680
 I will

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.039
 never

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.400
 stand

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.660
 before

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:01.940
 you

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.560
 and pretend

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.480
 that I

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.860
 know what

00:28:03.860 --> 00:28:04.200
 God's

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.480
 laid on

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.980
 your heart

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.720
 I don't

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.160
 know that

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.400
 but I

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.740
 know God

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.539
 still speaks

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.820
 and I

00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.060
 know he

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.480
 speaks to

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.019
 hearts

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:12.100
 and I

00:28:12.100 --> 00:28:12.380
 know that

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.720
 if he's

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.519
 telling you

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.440
 what you

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.820
 need to

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.140
 do

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.920
 that you'll

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.420
 never be

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.960
 happy until

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.340
 you do

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.560
 it

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.600
 a life

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:18.759
 of

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.480
 disobedience

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.900
 will never

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.400
 be happy

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.039
 when God's

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.340
 made you

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.660
 to be in

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.840
 right

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.259
 relationship

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.640
 with him

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.800
 and so

00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.220
 you obey

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.600
 God

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.180
 this is the

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.560
 time to

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:25.940
 do it

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.320
 and so

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.920
 I encourage

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.720
 you as

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.180
 we stand

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.620
 and sing

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.039
 you obey

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.380
 God

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.940
 Lord Jesus

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.400
 I love

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.620
 you and

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.039
 thank you

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.880
 for your

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.180
 word

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.480
 for the

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.779
 clarity

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.180
 of it

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.579
 help us

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.900
 to live

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.420
 in response

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.740
 to it

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.200
 dear God

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.519
 to condition

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.360
 our lives

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.980
 in such a way

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.339
 that we're

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.799
 in obedience

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.460
 to you

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.480
 even in the

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.860
 things that

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.240
 we don't

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.799
 understand

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.400
 lead us

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.980
 oh God

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.480
 I pray

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.500
 in Jesus

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.380
 precious name

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.079
 amen