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 We are recording.

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 So last week, so last week we did the beginning of Genesis.

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 We got all the way to creation and did not finish what I could have said about creation.

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 So it's, there's so much, so much.

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 I could have done five weeks on Genesis for sure,

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 because I have an outline here that does not finish Genesis by any stretch.

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 So I'm okay with that, because what I hope to do here is point us in a direction of a way to read Genesis

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 and the other books of really the whole Bible, but especially the Old Testament, the foundational truths.

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 That's what I'm trying to pull out is some foundational big ideas.

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 And I can't pull them all out, because there are a lot of them.

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 But what I hope to do is sort of model a way of looking at Scripture to help us think that way.

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 So I'm a person who thinks details and events and this narrative portion, you know, this, the story of Noah and the flood.

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 You know, and I think about that pretty contained.

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 Like I do think about, well, what does it show us about Christ?

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 What is it?

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 What is it?

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 How does it point to Christ?

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 How does it?

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 You know, I think about some of those things.

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 But what are the big ideas that undergird all of what we believe?

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 And without which our neighbors, who increasingly don't have this foundation, our neighbors are thinking really differently from the way we are.

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 I forget if I said this last week, but I have an aunt who's, she's in her 80s.

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 She's very much a child of the 60s and the sexual revolution and all of this.

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 Very bright, very interesting, very curious, really a wonderful, warm person.

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 But we've had conversations, and I've realized we are on a different planet.

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 Like the way she thinks about God is not as a personal God at all.

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 Like that's sort of where I start.

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 I've been a Christian for a long time, so this is what's in my head.

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 And even as a child in a non-Christian home, the idea was that God was a personal God that you could like pray to.

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 There was not a real faith in that God, but that's what I was taught as a child to the extent I was taught anything.

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 But so anyway, the world has changed.

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 And so that's what I want to look at.

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 So it's okay with me if we don't hit everything because, you know, you can go back and read Genesis and begin thinking about, for instance, we're not going to get to Abraham for Pete 6.

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 You know, the outline goes through Noah, and I may mention some other things a little bit about Babel and Abraham.

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 But, you know, there are things all the way through.

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 So as you read, not just Genesis, but whatever you're reading, I just want to encourage you to say, so what?

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 Like, okay, this happened.

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 So what?

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 What does this tell us about who we are, who God is, how the world works, the givens that God has built into creation because he is the creator?

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 So this week we're going to start with the fall, which is another, you know, big one.

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 So the account is in Genesis 3.

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 And I'm not going to read the whole thing.

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 But let me just read some of it.

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 So in Genesis 3, it begins,

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 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman,

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 Did God actually say, You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 And the woman said to the serpent,

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 We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

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 But God said,

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 You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden.

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 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 But the serpent said to the woman,

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 You shall not surely die.

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 For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened.

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 And you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

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 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,

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 and that it was a delight to the eyes,

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 and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,

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 she took of its fruit and ate.

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 And she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.

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 Then the eyes of both were opened,

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 and they knew that they were naked.

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 And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

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 And if you are familiar with this story,

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 which I gather many of you are,

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 we see how this eventually works out.

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 And this disobedience is a big deal.

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 So I want to first talk about,

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 what did we learn about sin in this passage?

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 This is the beginning of sin, right?

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 And I want to look at Eve and what's going on in her head, right?

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 We don't know exactly,

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 but we know that Eve knows the command not to eat of the fruit.

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 It seems pretty clear.

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 She kind of expands on it by saying,

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 neither shall you touch it,

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 which we have no record of God actually saying.

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 So she's allowed a little more law to get in there.

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 But she knows she's not supposed to eat of the tree.

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 That's clear.

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 But she listens to the serpent.

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 She gives him an audience.

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 Might have been wiser not to engage

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 once she realized he was going to call God into question,

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 which is what he does.

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 He talks in these sort of half-truths, right?

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 He said, you will not surely die.

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 Now, that's an outright lie.

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 They don't die immediately,

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 and the death that they die

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 is a bigger death than just a physical death.

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 As we recognize it,

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 it results in much more

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 than just their physical death,

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 which does come.

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 So that's a lie,

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 the serpent says.

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 And then he says,

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 for God knows that when you eat of it,

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 your eyes will be opened,

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 and you will be like God,

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 knowing good and evil.

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 So then she looks at the tree.

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 Oh, it looks really good.

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 Like, that looks good.

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 And it sounds like,

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 I mean, the serpent is saying,

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 God doesn't really have your best interests at heart.

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 God's really holding out on you.

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 Well, I wonder if that's true.

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 So she's weighing these things.

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 And even in weighing those things

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 and wondering if what God says is true,

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 she's put herself in the place of judge

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 over what is right and wrong, right?

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 So she listens to the serpent.

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 She's listened to God.

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 And she's like, okay,

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 what do I choose?

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 And that what do I choose

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 is her expressing her autonomy

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 and her,

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 I get to decide, right?

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 And deciding what is good

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 and what is evil

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 apart from what God has said.

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 So the essence of sin,

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 as we see it here

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 and we see it throughout scripture,

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 this is just a broad,

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 there are many ways to talk about sin,

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 but it's autonomy.

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 It's autonomy that I can decide,

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 I can decide good and evil.

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 I can be the judge

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 over what is right and wrong,

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 what's right for me,

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 what's going to be better for me,

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 what's more desirable,

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 what do I want?

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 And it's not that we don't have

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 choices and options under God.

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 We absolutely do.

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 But the rational approach, right,

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 is to trust that God,

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 who created the world,

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 he actually knows better than I do

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 what is right and what is wrong,

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 what is good and what is evil,

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 what is going to be better for me.

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 And she thinks the fruit

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 is going to be better.

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 And she chooses that.

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 So she takes over the role

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 of God in her life, right?

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 She has decided the law for her.

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 And we do this every time we sin, right?

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 We weigh the options.

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 Sometimes that happens really fast, right?

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 We're not always deliberating

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 over whether we're going to

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 snap at our spouse, right?

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 We don't give it a lot of thought always,

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 which is the problem.

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 But every time we choose

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 to disobey God,

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 we're taking on that position of

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 I get to decide what's right

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 and what's wrong.

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 And this is what I'm going to do

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 because it seems better to me.

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 So that's really the essence of sin.

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 And as it enters the world,

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 and if we look around now,

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 and this has been true throughout history

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 since the fall,

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 which affected all of us,

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 which resulted in an inability

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 to always choose the good,

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 which Eve had.

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 She had an ability

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 to say no to the serpent.

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 And Christ restores that to us, right?

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 When he chooses us

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 and gives us grace

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 and he puts his spirit in us,

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 we are able to say no to sin.

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 We will never do it perfectly.

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 But that faculty of choosing the good

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 is restored to us.

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 But throughout history,

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 apart from Christ,

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 we see autonomy is like the thing.

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 And it becomes more and more evident

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 as you proceed through history.

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 So people in ancient days

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 didn't have a lot of choices.

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 They still could sin or not.

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 But autonomy wasn't all,

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 that wasn't all their world.

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 But in many ways,

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 it is all our world in the West.

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 Autonomy is the expectation

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 everywhere we look in our culture.

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 And it's not rational

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 any more than it was for Eve, right?

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 If God created the earth,

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 which again,

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 that's a big if for most of,

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 you know, most,

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 many of our neighbors,

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 if God created the world,

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 he probably knows better than I do.

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 Remember,

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 we talked about the

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 creator-creature distinction

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 and how God is outside creation

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 and we are inside it.

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 So our perspective,

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 we only have,

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 if we ignore God,

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 we can only judge by what's around us.

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 And that's not gonna,

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 that doesn't provide enough information.

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 But God,

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 God offers it.

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 So our society assumes

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 that autonomy and choice

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 are necessarily,

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 and of themselves,

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 both possible

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 and the ultimate good.

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 Right?

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 If you look around,

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 what,

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 what do we think of

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 when we think of freedom?

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 We think the ability to do

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 pursuit of happiness,

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 to pursue these goods

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 in our lives?

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 Sorry.

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 The biblical view

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 is that

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 autonomy,

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 and this is a quotation,

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 autonomy,

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 understood in the sense

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 of being independent

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 from God

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 in our judgments

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 and evaluations,

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 is metaphysically impossible

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 and relationally destructive.

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 So we really cannot be

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 independent of God

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 because we are created beings.

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 We are finite.

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 We're subject to God.

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 He created us.

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 He can,

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 he sustains us.

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 He gives us breath.

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 We are not independent.

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 We cannot exist independently,

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 whether we acknowledge it or not.

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 And as I said,

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 after the fall,

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 we have the added corruption

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 of what sin does

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 to our minds

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 and our wills

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 and the way it turns us

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 into ourselves.

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 The result

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 of this autonomy,

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 of this sin,

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 rejecting God

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 and pretending we are God,

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 is alienation.

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 And you can see

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 all kinds of alienation

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 throughout

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 as then God

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 unveils

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 the curses

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 and the results

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 of their sin

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 in the rest of chapter 3.

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 We're alienated from God.

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 We're alienated

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 from one another.

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 You see the immediate

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 blame game

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 that goes on

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 between Adam and Eve

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 and the serpent.

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 We're alienated

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 from our bodies.

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 Like they're suddenly

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 super uncomfortable

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 that they're naked

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 and they need to

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 cover it.

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 They're shamed.

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 We're alienated

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 from the rest of creation.

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 All of creation

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 is affected

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 by our sin

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 and the fall.

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 All of creation

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 has been unsettled

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 and is corrupt.

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 Not necessarily,

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 thoroughly,

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 none of these,

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 like this corruption,

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 none of it is so much

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 that God's good creation

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 isn't evident

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 and that there aren't

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 good things in creation

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 or that our being created

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 in the image of God

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 doesn't go away.

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 We are still created

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 in the image of God

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 but we're warped

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 and twisted

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 and the creation,

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 too,

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 is likewise

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 warped and twisted.

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 It's not what it should be.

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 So that idea

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 of what is now

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 is neither what it always was

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 nor what it was meant to be.

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 So God created it.

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 Remember last week,

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 God created it good

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 and he said,

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 this is good.

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 And then the fall

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 and it's not good.

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 But that implies,

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 you know,

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 what it says is that

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 there was a really good time.

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 It was created good.

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 Eden was real

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 and beautiful

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 and a place of abundance

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 and blessing.

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 Something happened

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 and we know it as

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 sin entered the world

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 and now the world

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 is not so good.

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 We see goodness,

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 but we also see evil.

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 We see cruelty.

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 There's murder

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 within the first few chapters

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 of Genesis.

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 The world is not

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 as it should be.

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 And I think,

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 I think we all,

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 Christian and non-Christian alike,

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 sense that.

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 Like, this isn't,

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 we're not really supposed to be,

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 you know,

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 embroiled in war

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 and embroiled in

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 fierce arguments

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 with one another

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 and hating each other

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 and we know racism is not,

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 that's not ideal

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 and we know,

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 so, you know,

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 even apart from Christ,

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 we recognize that

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 this is not,

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 this is not what it should be.

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 But where do we get that sense?

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 Like, why,

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 why do we think that?

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 And it's only because

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 it once was

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 as it should be.

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 And that echo

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 of Eden,

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 you know,

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 sort of,

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 it,

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 it,

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 it affects our hearts.

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 It affects even non-Christians

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 who don't believe

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 in Eden

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 and don't believe

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 in a fall.

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 so for,

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 for many non-Christians,

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 history is,

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 it's just always

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 what we know now.

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 That's all it was

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 and that's all

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 it's ever going to be.

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 So,

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 that's a really

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 different viewpoint

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 from,

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 from what the Bible

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 lays out for us,

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 which is,

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 first,

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 that there was a beginning,

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 as we talked about

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 last week,

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 there was a beginning

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 to history,

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 which implies an end.

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 it began good

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 and full of blessing

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 and abundance

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 and love

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 and sweetness,

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 but something happened.

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 So now what we have

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 is not what it was meant to be,

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 is not what it was,

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 and

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 we don't see this,

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 well,

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 we see it,

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 we see it,

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 the very beginnings of it

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 in Genesis 3, 15,

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 there will be something different.

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 Something different is coming.

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 if we think about

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 the world,

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 if the world was always

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 riddled with sin,

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 cruelty,

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 hardship,

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 death-dealing,

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 tornadoes,

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 and all the rest,

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 we can opt

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 for

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 despair,

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 like this is what it is,

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 man,

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 life is rough,

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 and this is what we got,

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 and

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 let's make the best of it,

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 or not,

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 or let's give up,

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 or whatever,

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 you know,

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 there's

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 many philosophies

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 that are within that,

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 and that,

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 you know,

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 nihilism,

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 or existentialism,

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 these all

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 result from that view

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 that this is what it is,

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 and this is what it's going to be,

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 or

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 in many periods of history,

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 and many,

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 you know,

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 people throughout history

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 have taken a more utopian view,

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 like,

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 we can make it better.

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 we can,

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 as people evolve,

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 and get smarter,

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 and our technology improves,

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 and

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 we learn to love one another,

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 we can make it

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 what it should be,

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 right?

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 But that's not true either,

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 because of the way we're bound in sin,

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 and we're not,

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 we're not God.

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 Only God,

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 who is outside of creation,

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 can change the trajectory.

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 history.

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 We have had

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 millennia

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 to do that,

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 and we have never done it,

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 right?

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 And I don't feel like anyone

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 can look around the world today

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 and say,

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 we're almost there,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 we're not saying that.

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 There was a period in history

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 before World War I,

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 there were a lot of people

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 who said,

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.420
 we're almost there,

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 look at us,

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 look at what we're doing,

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 look at the technologies

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 we're developing,

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 and

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 we're gonna,

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 you know,

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 we're gonna apply science

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 and reason,

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 and we're gonna make

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 the world beautiful.

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 And then World War I came,

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 and this

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 utter,

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.279
 senseless carnage

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.619
 of World War I

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 disillusioned a lot of people,

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 and it was followed

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 not that long

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 after

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 by

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 the Depression

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 and World War II,

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 and like,

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 where's the hope?

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 Like,

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 that does not look good.

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 These,

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 these two

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 cataclysmic

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 conflicts

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 in the,

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.120
 in the 20th century,

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 in the first half

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.759
 of the 20th century,

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 took the wind

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.040
 out of the sails

00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:52.779
 of a lot of

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.120
 utopians.

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 But there's still

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.160
 that temptation.

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 We desire to,

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.720
 to see it get better.

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 We look at,

00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:00.480
 oh,

00:20:00.540 --> 00:20:01.940
 maybe AI will save us.

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.160
 You know,

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 maybe,

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.759
 you know,

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 maybe that will,

00:20:06.300 --> 00:20:07.259
 maybe that's the key,

00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:07.920
 you know,

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.380
 to making the world

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.080
 a better place

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:11.079
 and loving each other

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 and,

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 and ending war

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 and violence

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 and all of this.

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 The other dimension,

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 which I briefly mentioned,

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 the Bible adds,

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 so,

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 the narrative tells us

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 that something happened

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 that destroyed something good

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 or that marred something good,

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 and something's going to happen.

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 So,

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 in Genesis 3,

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.480
 chapter 15,

00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.620
 the Lord is speaking

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.460
 to the serpent,

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 and he curses him,

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 and in verse 15,

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 he says,

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 I will put enmity

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.779
 between you

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 and the woman

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:53.460
 and between your offspring

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 and her offspring.

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 He shall bruise your head

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 and you shall bruise his heel.

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 Which would you rather have bruised,

00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:02.440
 your head or your heel?

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.539
 Who's going to win this battle?

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 We know.

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.039
 We know.

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 There's,

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.000
 like,

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.460
 we know.

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.980
 We know for real.

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 But this is a promise

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:14.720
 embedded right here

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.859
 at the very beginning,

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 right here

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.059
 in whatever it is,

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 hours after the first sin.

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 God makes a promise

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.899
 that,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.319
 serpent,

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:27.659
 you are not going to survive this.

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 But,

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.980
 the,

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.139
 by humanity,

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.720
 the offspring of the woman

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:35.279
 will survive

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 and will triumph

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.220
 over you.

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.220
 So,

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.980
 this promise

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.079
 way back here

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.559
 in Genesis

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.960
 is the first

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:46.139
 of many subsequent promises,

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.920
 as we know,

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:49.259
 of an ultimate victory

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:51.039
 and

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.579
 something different,

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:55.460
 not more of the same.

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:01.140
 Promises of a future

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.420
 and a hope

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:04.019
 abound throughout the Bible.

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.420
 I think we know this.

00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:06.640
 But,

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.259
 at first,

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.279
 they seem to be

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.220
 in the near future.

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:12.400
 there are short,

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.220
 what seem to be

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.319
 short-term promises.

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.660
 Even the promise

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.279
 to Abraham

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.839
 will be fulfilled

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.160
 over generations.

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:21.440
 But it seems

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.579
 kind of localized.

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:24.140
 It seems specific

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.059
 to Abraham

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 and his offspring,

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 his children.

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 And it is

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 in many ways.

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.960
 But it's also

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.000
 pointing forward

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.640
 to what we know

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:35.799
 as the coming of Christ,

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.940
 the redemption

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.740
 from sin

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:40.299
 and eventually

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.220
 the new heavens

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.019
 and the new earth

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:43.820
 where righteousness dwells.

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 That will be,

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.360
 that's coming.

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.700
 That's coming.

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.799
 Now,

00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:49.720
 we don't have to

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.799
 bring it about.

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.660
 The utopian

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.940
 wants to,

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.460
 you know,

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.539
 apply

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.680
 reason

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.440
 and science

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:57.000
 and

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.340
 technology

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 and all this

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 to bring it about.

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 And

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:03.420
 it's not wrong

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.259
 to apply reason

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.840
 and science

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.620
 and technology

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.740
 to improve

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:08.059
 people's lives.

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:09.339
 That's a good thing.

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.480
 But to hope

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.240
 that that is going

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.120
 to be the answer

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:14.400
 is foolishness.

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.240
 It's not going

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.960
 to be the answer.

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.220
 God is going

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.740
 to bring about

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.519
 the new heavens

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.519
 and the new earth.

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.920
 And he planned it

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.000
 way back here.

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.880
 He actually planned it

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.240
 before the foundation

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.859
 of the earth.

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:28.740
 Right?

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:30.000
 But here's the first hint

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.120
 and it's right after

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.559
 the fall.

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:36.259
 the plan of God

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.799
 for redemption

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.720
 is first promised

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.919
 immediately after the fall

00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:39.919
 but the promises

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.639
 multiply

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:42.159
 and widen

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.960
 in application

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:44.059
 up to and through

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.639
 the incarnation

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.359
 of Christ.

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.659
 And in the New Testament

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.339
 we have promises

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.000
 of a new heaven

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.679
 and a new earth

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:50.119
 where righteousness dwells.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.240
 The Bible

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.879
 gives us

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.779
 perspective

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:57.139
 on the world

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.839
 we live in

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:59.220
 that the world

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.559
 doesn't naturally have.

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.259
 Right?

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.639
 We have the perspective

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:06.779
 in the narrative

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.459
 of scripture

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:09.240
 laid down in Genesis

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:11.699
 that what God created

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:12.419
 was good

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.740
 was very good.

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:16.199
 And something happened.

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.659
 Humanity

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.720
 brought sin

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.500
 into the world

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.319
 with the help

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.879
 of the serpent.

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.559
 And

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:24.319
 that messed

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.980
 everything up.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:27.200
 but

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.120
 there's a promise

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.500
 here

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.079
 that points

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.700
 to a future

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.980
 where everything

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.660
 will not still

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.660
 be messed up.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.779
 Everything messed up

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.579
 will be cleaned up.

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.240
 That's the promise

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.000
 of scripture.

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.279
 So as we talk

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.880
 with our neighbors

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.880
 I think we need

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.380
 to remember

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.180
 that the reality

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.839
 of the fall

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:45.240
 is really good news

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.380
 in a broken world.

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.099
 This is good news.

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.980
 It means

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.259
 this is not

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.180
 how it was meant to be.

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.740
 This is not

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.599
 how it should be.

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.279
 This is not

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.940
 this is not

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.980
 part of the design.

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.740
 We're not stuck

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.299
 with this

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.019
 necessarily.

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.619
 Right?

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.059
 It's

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.700
 something happened.

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.299
 So how do we

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.799
 get back

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.539
 to Eden

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.480
 or how do we

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.359
 as the Bible

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.859
 tells us

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.779
 move forward

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.339
 into something

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.099
 even better

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.660
 than Eden?

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.440
 But often

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.740
 you know

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.160
 our

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:17.160
 we talk about

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.539
 the fall

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.220
 in the church

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.440
 but out there

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.779
 they're not

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.160
 talking about

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.539
 the fall.

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.160
 Like they're

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.200
 recognizing evil

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:23.660
 and awfulness

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.759
 and all of that

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.720
 but they don't

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.340
 realize

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.240
 they don't really

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.059
 stay conscious

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.860
 of if they

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:30.039
 have it in their

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.700
 heads at all.

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.279
 It wasn't always

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.759
 like this

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.400
 and it will not

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.500
 always be like this.

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.380
 So this is

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.220
 this is hope.

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.160
 This is our hope

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:38.380
 as believers.

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.640
 This is the hope

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.420
 of the scripture

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.460
 way back here

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.000
 in Genesis.

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:44.519
 God has something

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.360
 better in mind

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.100
 than even Eden

00:25:46.100 --> 00:25:46.680
 and the sin

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.460
 of Adam and Eve

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.080
 and the sins

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.840
 of so many

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.779
 throughout millennia

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.200
 will not thwart

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.100
 God's plan.

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.240
 God is going

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.920
 to bring about

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.640
 something really

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.100
 good.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.440
 The fall

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.920
 points us

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.380
 to hope

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.100
 and it is a

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.720
 belief more

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.420
 and more foreign

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.400
 to our neighbors.

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.740
 Evil is not

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.180
 original

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.460
 and it will

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.120
 not last.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.019
 So that's

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.539
 good news.

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.340
 Right?

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.460
 That's good news.

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.180
 And as we

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.420
 talk to

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.480
 people around

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.860
 us

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.080
 who don't

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.119
 have this

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.819
 foundation

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.220
 and who

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.740
 don't see

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.819
 like just

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.379
 the idea

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.939
 is like

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.480
 will someone

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.199
 sinned back

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.659
 there in a

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.000
 garden

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.220
 and what

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.019
 I suffer

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.419
 for it

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:28.699
 like what

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:29.199
 the heck

00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.819
 you know

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.139
 there's all

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.579
 kinds of

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.259
 like it

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.799
 doesn't make

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.119
 sense

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.439
 and it

00:26:32.439 --> 00:26:32.779
 doesn't

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.199
 sound like

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:33.679
 good news

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:34.399
 right?

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.039
 But if we

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.399
 put it in

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.019
 the context

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.740
 of God's

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.359
 big story

00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:39.379
 it's really

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:39.919
 good news

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.259
 that there

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.740
 was a fall.

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.639
 Now

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.539
 obviously

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.339
 there are

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.960
 ways in

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.220
 which it's

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.579
 not good

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.779
 news

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.339
 but

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.319
 essentially

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.339
 that's what

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.639
 it is

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:49.940
 and it

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.279
 points

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.799
 just like

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.420
 the beginning

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.440
 of the

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.740
 world

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.420
 and creation

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.899
 in the

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.200
 beginning

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.519
 God

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.960
 created

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.480
 the heavens

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.779
 and the

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.059
 earth

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.099
 points to

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.659
 an end

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:59.079
 when the

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.639
 history as

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.019
 we know

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.460
 it will

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.879
 come to

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.359
 an end

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.839
 so does

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.460
 the fall

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:05.259
 and in

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.799
 the way

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.139
 it's

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.559
 presented

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.480
 in Genesis

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.159
 chapter 3

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.859
 point us

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.220
 to

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.460
 something

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.879
 different

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.480
 that's

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.720
 going to

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.359
 be way

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.019
 way better.

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.159
 So any

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.099
 questions or

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.599
 comments on

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:16.859
 that?

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:26.019
 I've read

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:29.139
 how the

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.859
 perception

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:31.359
 that most

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.979
 people seem

00:27:31.979 --> 00:27:32.479
 to have

00:27:32.479 --> 00:27:32.859
 about

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.679
 there's so

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.179
 much that's

00:27:34.179 --> 00:27:34.779
 good about

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.539
 the world

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.519
 and that

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.419
 there's so

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.959
 much that's

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:38.659
 bad about

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.159
 the world

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.379
 can

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:42.339
 provide

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:44.959
 an opening

00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:45.799
 to the

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.240
 gospel

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.220
 as you

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.939
 just pointed

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.279
 out.

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:52.419
 There is

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:52.859
 this

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.359
 tension

00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.859
 or

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.000
 paradox

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.000
 as we

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.500
 look around

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.879
 this

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.959
 and

00:27:58.959 --> 00:28:00.319
 well

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:02.359
 might I

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.819
 share with

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.079
 you

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.679
 what the

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.059
 biblical

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.079
 perspective

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.519
 is or

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.039
 what Jesus'

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.939
 perspective

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.720
 is on

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:10.100
 why do

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.460
 we have

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:10.680
 that?

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.380
 Yep.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:11.860
 Yep.

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.400
 Or like

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.920
 why do we

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.380
 have these

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.039
 good things?

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.640
 Why are

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.360
 these absolutely

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.960
 wonderful

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:18.420
 things built

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:18.819
 into our

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.240
 creation?

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.720
 Not just

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.259
 the physical

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.100
 wonders

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.940
 which are

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.019
 stunning and

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.600
 amazing

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:26.899
 but love

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.679
 between a

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.079
 husband and

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.559
 a wife.

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.740
 The joy

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.159
 of raising

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:31.619
 children,

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.599
 the joy

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:33.839
 of

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:36.339
 a good

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.000
 conversation,

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.939
 the joy

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.639
 of hanging

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.959
 out with

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:40.019
 friends and

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.379
 laughing.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.759
 All these

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.219
 joys,

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:42.919
 they're only

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.459
 there because

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:44.659
 God put

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.039
 them there,

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.500
 right?

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.599
 And

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:48.399
 why would

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:49.579
 that evolve

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.980
 out of

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.299
 sort of

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.579
 nothing?

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.159
 Why would

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.519
 that just

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.179
 come about

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.240
 any more

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.660
 than why

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.060
 would there

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.360
 be so

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.779
 much evil?

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:57.060
 Like apart

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.539
 from the

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.980
 story of

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.279
 scripture,

00:28:59.320 --> 00:28:59.920
 the story

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.240
 the Bible

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.560
 tells,

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.259
 we don't

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.860
 have reasons

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.400
 for any

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.720
 of this

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.000
 stuff.

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.440
 So,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.019
 yeah,

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.340
 thanks.

00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:06.700
 Yeah?

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:08.200
 It just

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.700
 seems like

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.420
 in the world

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.460
 people that

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.980
 really don't

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.720
 really know

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.820
 about the

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.299
 Bible and

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.920
 God stuff,

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.200
 they think

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.539
 it's like

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.180
 a fantasy

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:18.060
 type God

00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.400
 or a

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.680
 kind of

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.060
 storytelling

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:20.320
 thing,

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.100
 but if

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.399
 you look

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:22.759
 at,

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:25.099
 if you

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.339
 read the

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.379
 Bible and

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.679
 you look

00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.000
 at what

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.419
 story is

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:27.799
 the Bible,

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.699
 you realize

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.839
 how much

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:31.099
 God really

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.439
 feels in

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:31.879
 reality.

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.819
 Yeah.

00:29:33.219 --> 00:29:33.599
 Yeah.

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.319
 Yeah,

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.980
 it's a great

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.299
 point.

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.359
 Yep.

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.039
 Yep.

00:29:42.219 --> 00:29:42.699
 All right,

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.159
 so let's

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.659
 move on.

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.259
 We're going

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.619
 to look at

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.619
 Noah and

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:47.980
 the flood.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.579
 And again,

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:49.939
 I'm not going

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.299
 to read the

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.819
 whole story.

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.059
 I'm going

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.359
 to assume

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.639
 some of

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:51.879
 that's

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.220
 in your

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.119
 heads,

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.439
 but I

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:54.740
 want to

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.099
 read

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.500
 Genesis

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.379
 chapter 6

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.879
 verses 5

00:29:58.879 --> 00:30:00.000
 through 7.

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.139
 The Lord

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.599
 saw that

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.279
 the wickedness

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.659
 of man

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.279
 was great

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.619
 in the

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:04.879
 earth,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.519
 and that

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.039
 every

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.679
 intention

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.399
 of the

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.720
 thoughts

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.000
 of his

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.339
 heart

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:09.619
 was only

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.480
 evil

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.359
 continually.

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.059
 And the

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.259
 Lord

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.819
 regretted

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.059
 that he

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.399
 had made

00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:14.819
 man on

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.179
 the earth

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.460
 and it

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.839
 grieved

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.179
 him to

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:16.659
 his heart.

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.279
 So the

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.439
 Lord

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.659
 said,

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.000
 I will

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.560
 blot out

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.259
 man whom

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.580
 I have

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.000
 created

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.600
 from the

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.000
 face of

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.440
 the land,

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.500
 man and

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.320
 animals and

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.140
 creeping things

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.060
 and birds

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.340
 of the

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.680
 heavens,

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.259
 for I'm

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.900
 sorry that

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.160
 I have

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.660
 made them.

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:30.140
 But Noah

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.460
 found favor

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.220
 in the

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.100
 eyes of

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.480
 the Lord.

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.040
 So,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.500
 let's

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.700
 see.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:47.000
 so that's

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.980
 how this

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.319
 account

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.740
 begins,

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.039
 right?

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.279
 God

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.580
 looks at

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:49.980
 the earth

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.960
 and wow,

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.460
 it is

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:51.940
 really a

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.240
 mess,

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.740
 right?

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.360
 I mean,

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.779
 he doesn't

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.140
 pull any

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.480
 punches,

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:57.380
 like every

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.340
 intention of

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.720
 the thoughts

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.980
 of his

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.680
 heart was

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:02.180
 only evil

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.160
 continually.

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.380
 And it

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.980
 just like,

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.319
 yeah,

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.600
 I mean,

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.580
 it's a,

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:11.220
 it's a

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.639
 jarring

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.240
 indictment

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.839
 of what

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.220
 humanity

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.939
 has become,

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.299
 right?

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:17.259
 But then

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.539
 this,

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.899
 this striking

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:21.419
 verse 8

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:21.759
 there,

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.859
 Noah found

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.379
 favor in

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.699
 the eyes

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:23.939
 of the

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.159
 Lord.

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.579
 Now,

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.819
 what is

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.279
 that about?

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.279
 Was Noah

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.759
 such a

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.240
 good guy

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.899
 that God

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.539
 just couldn't

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.960
 resist?

00:31:30.159 --> 00:31:30.559
 Well,

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.079
 I gotta save

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.419
 him because

00:31:31.419 --> 00:31:31.879
 he's really

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.199
 good.

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.099
 He's the

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.500
 one who's

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.119
 really righteous

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.559
 and all the

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.960
 rest are

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.579
 losers,

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.059
 right?

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:39.480
 But if

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.159
 you read

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.519
 it in the

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.500
 context of

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.419
 the account

00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:44.399
 and all

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.039
 of scripture,

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.039
 we recognize

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.919
 that's not

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.519
 how God

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.759
 ever works.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.319
 He never

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.759
 looks at

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.220
 someone and

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.659
 says,

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.599
 you're who I

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.179
 need because

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.700
 you are

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.519
 really good

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.740
 or you're,

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.559
 you have,

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.279
 you have

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.659
 what we

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.339
 need here,

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.779
 you need

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.119
 to be the

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.399
 leader,

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.399
 right?

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.099
 That's not

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.659
 how he goes

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.819
 about choosing

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:06.119
 anyone in

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.419
 scripture.

00:32:07.239 --> 00:32:07.719
 So why

00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:08.039
 would that

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.439
 be true

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.559
 here with

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.839
 Noah?

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.579
 Noah found

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.159
 favor in

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.500
 the eyes

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.779
 of the

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.019
 Lord,

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.779
 and when

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.199
 we read

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.959
 verse 9,

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.379
 the very

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:16.939
 next verse,

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.339
 these are

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.979
 the generations

00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.539
 of Noah.

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.739
 Noah was

00:32:19.739 --> 00:32:20.199
 a righteous

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.739
 man,

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.619
 blameless

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.239
 in his

00:32:22.239 --> 00:32:22.899
 generation.

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.500
 Noah walked

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.359
 with God.

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:27.219
 So first,

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.379
 we have

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.459
 this

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:33.119
 word that

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.319
 says,

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.179
 God

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:36.820
 looked on

00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.240
 Noah with

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.580
 favor,

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:37.840
 right?

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.240
 It's basically

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.460
 what he

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.580
 said,

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.620
 or grace

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.200
 is another

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.820
 way to

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.100
 look at

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.440
 that word

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.880
 favor,

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.340
 right?

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.460
 Noah found

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.779
 favor or

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.120
 grace in

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.560
 the eyes

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:46.880
 of the

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.140
 Lord,

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:48.080
 and only

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:49.180
 then do

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.740
 we hear

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.400
 that Noah

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.720
 was a

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:50.980
 righteous

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.360
 man.

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.680
 God

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:56.039
 chooses

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.799
 unrighteous

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.259
 people,

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.259
 because that's

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.960
 all he's

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.420
 got to

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.920
 choose from,

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.440
 right?

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.039
 We're all

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.720
 unrighteous

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:04.000
 in this

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.880
 generation

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.980
 of Noah's

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.660
 generation,

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.000
 all the

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.360
 thoughts

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:10.039
 and intentions

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.460
 of their

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.839
 hearts

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.860
 were only

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.539
 evil

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.339
 continually.

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.160
 God

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.500
 chooses

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.860
 Noah.

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.579
 Well,

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:18.819
 why?

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.279
 Well,

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.900
 we don't

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.220
 know.

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.880
 That's hidden

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.420
 in the mind

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.860
 of God.

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.319
 But I think

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.680
 we can be

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.299
 pretty confident

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.819
 that it wasn't

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.380
 because Noah

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.900
 was such a

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.259
 good guy,

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.319
 because that's

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.819
 never the way

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.220
 it works

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.880
 in Scripture.

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:31.200
 God chooses

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.579
 sinners.

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.779
 He chooses

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:34.960
 people who

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.500
 are fallen

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.539
 and broken

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.559
 and sinful,

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.240
 who are

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.839
 rebellious.

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:42.359
 This is who

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.759
 he chooses.

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.779
 And then

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.619
 what happens

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.859
 is,

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.720
 the pattern

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.179
 of Scripture,

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:49.159
 the chosen

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.740
 person,

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.500
 right,

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.079
 in this case

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.359
 Noah,

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.019
 responds to

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.379
 God,

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.000
 enabled by

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.460
 God to

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.139
 respond,

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.960
 responds in

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.000
 faith and

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.639
 obedience.

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:03.039
 God

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.220
 so,

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:05.039
 right here

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.619
 in the story

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.099
 of Noah,

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.579
 we have

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:09.319
 the reminder

00:34:09.319 --> 00:34:09.960
 or the,

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:10.460
 like,

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.799
 it's one

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.299
 of the first

00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:13.099
 accounts where

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.719
 we see

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.759
 God's grace.

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:14.960
 Now,

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.400
 we've seen

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.500
 it in Adam

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.840
 and Eve

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.460
 for sure.

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.019
 He could

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.259
 have just

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.659
 wiped them

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.059
 out and

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.880
 just stopped

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.340
 right there,

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.279
 but God

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:23.819
 did not,

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.119
 and he

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.719
 continues

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.619
 his intention

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.679
 for the

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.659
 earth and

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.299
 his creation.

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.660
 and here

00:34:30.660 --> 00:34:30.980
 in Noah,

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:31.440
 we see it

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.780
 again.

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.860
 Noah found

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.620
 favor or

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:33.900
 grace.

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.440
 Noah was

00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.920
 righteous,

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.580
 but the

00:34:35.580 --> 00:34:36.039
 order is

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.460
 important.

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.140
 The pattern

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.640
 throughout the

00:34:37.640 --> 00:34:38.060
 Bible is

00:34:38.060 --> 00:34:38.380
 that God

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.620
 chooses a

00:34:39.620 --> 00:34:40.380
 person and

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.000
 that person

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.539
 trusts and

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.160
 obeys God

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.880
 in consequence,

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.980
 not the

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.320
 other way

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.700
 around.

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.300
 God's

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.880
 dealings with

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.120
 Noah

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:48.260
 reverse the

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:49.140
 performance

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.900
 leads to

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.560
 reward,

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.480
 dynamic,

00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.920
 to one of

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.260
 blessing leads

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:55.300
 to response.

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:57.039
 God does

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.680
 not wait

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:59.380
 until Noah

00:34:59.380 --> 00:35:00.080
 comes up to

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.940
 scratch before

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.640
 blessing him,

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.680
 nor does he

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.380
 wait until

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.920
 Noah has

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.320
 built the

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.500
 boat before

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.300
 declaring him

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.780
 righteous.

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.680
 That's the

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.880
 big obedience

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.720
 that we see

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.539
 in Noah.

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.600
 He does

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:12.920
 what God

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.400
 tells him to

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.720
 do,

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.800
 and we see

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.160
 that,

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.120
 but that's

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:18.960
 after he's

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.700
 found favor

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.760
 in God's

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.039
 eyes.

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.160
 God's

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.560
 blessing

00:35:23.560 --> 00:35:24.100
 comes

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.860
 unbidden

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:26.099
 gratuitously.

00:35:26.339 --> 00:35:26.599
 We talked

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:28.039
 about

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:32.579
 how creation

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.199
 itself is

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.799
 gratuitous,

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.259
 that it

00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.880
 doesn't need

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.380
 to happen,

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.940
 that it

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.759
 comes as

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.159
 a gift

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.639
 and as

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.079
 a blessing.

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.059
 And here

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.599
 this blessing

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:42.099
 on Noah

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.079
 comes the

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.579
 same way.

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.599
 It comes

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.920
 out of the

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.259
 love of

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.659
 God's

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.259
 heart and

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:49.119
 not God

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.980
 responding to

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.940
 something good

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.400
 in Noah.

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:55.980
 God's

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.279
 blessing

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.500
 comes,

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.860
 I said

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.019
 that,

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.219
 okay.

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.900
 It

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.659
 transforms

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.079
 Noah's

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:00.339
 action from

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:01.239
 performance

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.519
 orchestrated to

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.099
 win God's

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.440
 favor,

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.500
 which is how

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.819
 the world

00:36:05.819 --> 00:36:06.259
 works,

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.719
 right?

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.739
 We perform

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.839
 and we

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.239
 expect a

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.659
 reward.

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.940
 He transforms

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.940
 that into a

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.839
 grateful response

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.319
 to God's

00:36:15.319 --> 00:36:16.279
 loving initiative.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.460
 initiative.

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:18.560
 A number of

00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:19.019
 these quotes

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.600
 here come

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:21.720
 from the

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:23.600
 book Biblical

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:23.980
 Critical

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.760
 Thinking by

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:26.260
 Christopher Watkin

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.200
 and that was a

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.600
 quote from

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:27.940
 Watkin.

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:30.400
 And I am

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.940
 going to put

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.340
 together a

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.040
 little bibliography

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.640
 so you have

00:36:32.640 --> 00:36:33.900
 these titles.

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.640
 So this is

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:36.440
 utterly foreign

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.040
 to the fallen

00:36:38.040 --> 00:36:38.800
 world, from

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.600
 pagan religions

00:36:39.600 --> 00:36:41.180
 to sophisticated

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:42.100
 stock traders

00:36:42.100 --> 00:36:42.760
 outside the

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.700
 kingdom, and

00:36:43.700 --> 00:36:44.280
 we who are

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:45.440
 believers as

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.000
 well need

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.079
 regular reminders

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.519
 of this

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:47.880
 pattern.

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:49.059
 So strongly

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.480
 does our

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.139
 culture and

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.559
 our sin

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:51.380
 push against

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.659
 it.

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.500
 God doesn't

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.200
 reward us

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:55.119
 because we

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:55.800
 perform well.

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.360
 God has

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.539
 grace, he

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.340
 chooses us,

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.880
 and he

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:02.220
 enables us to

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.800
 respond in

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.260
 faith and

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.720
 obedience.

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.220
 And that's

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:08.320
 the pattern

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:09.059
 that we see.

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.460
 And, you

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.780
 know, on

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.679
 this side of

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:13.659
 Christ's death

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.440
 and resurrection

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:15.119
 and we have

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.440
 the New

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:18.039
 Testament that's

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.599
 a lot clearer

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.199
 to us.

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:22.159
 But still,

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:22.739
 don't we all

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.420
 need reminders

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.920
 of this?

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.099
 Like, I mean,

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.579
 I need it

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.079
 every day.

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.699
 I need to

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.639
 remember that

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:29.559
 I'm not

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.420
 my good,

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.179
 whatever it

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.519
 is.

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.779
 First, it's

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.460
 enabled only

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.259
 by God and

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.880
 not by me.

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.259
 And second,

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.859
 it doesn't

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.359
 make God

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:38.880
 love me

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.099
 more.

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:44.500
 God doesn't

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.819
 love me

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.480
 more than

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.880
 he did

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.279
 when I

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.519
 was

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.059
 screwing

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.319
 everything

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.619
 up.

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.000
 Right?

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.559
 And the

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.319
 reality is I

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.839
 continue to

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.279
 screw everything

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:53.079
 up as I

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.839
 even do

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.199
 some good

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.480
 things.

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:54.739
 Right?

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.440
 But it's

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.059
 all grace.

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.019
 It's all

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.239
 grace.

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.940
 The world

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.759
 is perform

00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:02.159
 in order to

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.659
 gain the

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.000
 prize.

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.940
 This is what

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.279
 we do.

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.040
 Do what

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:05.320
 you have

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.780
 to do

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:06.380
 to get

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.940
 what you

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.460
 want.

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.940
 And we

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.440
 know this

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.800
 is how

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.260
 the world

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:10.760
 works.

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:11.360
 Right?

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.400
 You go

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.840
 to work.

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.380
 You expect

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.080
 to be paid.

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.660
 You do

00:38:15.660 --> 00:38:16.019
 well.

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.440
 You expect

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.720
 to be

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.140
 promoted.

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.080
 Get a

00:38:18.080 --> 00:38:18.500
 raise.

00:38:19.580 --> 00:38:19.980
 This is

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.340
 how it

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.740
 works.

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.620
 This is

00:38:25.620 --> 00:38:25.880
 another

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.820
 quotation

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.720
 from

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.660
 Watkin.

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.519
 It says,

00:38:29.600 --> 00:38:30.060
 Grace is

00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:30.460
 not an

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.040
 outworking

00:38:31.040 --> 00:38:31.740
 of Noah's

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.320
 character,

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.340
 family

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.000
 situation,

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.659
 or culture.

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.619
 Such an

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.159
 event of

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.719
 grace is

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.460
 possible in

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.880
 the biblical

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.739
 world because

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:40.280
 God radically

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.320
 transcends the

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.039
 created order

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:43.139
 and is not

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.119
 contained or

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.019
 constrained by

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.599
 its logical

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.239
 or natural

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.900
 possibilities.

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.000
 We do

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.599
 not live

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.019
 in a

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.440
 closed

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.119
 system,

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.219
 but in

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.780
 a creation

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.059
 whose

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.820
 creator is

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.820
 living and

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.360
 active.

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.480
 And again,

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.800
 that goes

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.300
 back to the

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.940
 foundation of

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.360
 creation.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.539
 He is

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.860
 outside

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.380
 creation,

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.559
 and he

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.280
 created it.

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.380
 And he

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:07.420
 is both

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:08.599
 transcendent,

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:10.039
 like outside

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.660
 and above,

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:12.460
 and imminent.

00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:13.039
 He's

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.980
 active within

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.980
 his creation.

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.180
 So that's

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.500
 where we

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.840
 see,

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.200
 that's where

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:20.720
 grace comes

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.240
 in, right?

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:21.840
 Because he

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.519
 cares, because

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.280
 he loves us.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.280
 He created

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.220
 out of love

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.340
 and for

00:39:26.340 --> 00:39:26.780
 blessing.

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.460
 And he

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.180
 continues to

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.700
 do that,

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.340
 to pour

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.760
 that out

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.120
 on us,

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:31.740
 even though

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.380
 we don't

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:32.920
 deserve it.

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.420
 We've shown

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.440
 that over

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.820
 and over

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.180
 again.

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.200
 Another thing

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.480
 to think

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:38.880
 about with

00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:39.340
 the flood

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.800
 is that

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:41.160
 God saves

00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:42.800
 us from

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.280
 himself.

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.700
 The waters

00:39:46.700 --> 00:39:47.140
 that drowned

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:47.820
 the human race

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.560
 were also the

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.060
 waters that

00:39:49.060 --> 00:39:49.540
 floated the

00:39:49.540 --> 00:39:50.840
 ark and

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.460
 saved Noah

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.860
 and his

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.260
 family.

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.460
 We have the

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:54.080
 judgment of

00:39:54.080 --> 00:39:54.860
 God against

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.660
 evil, the

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.639
 righteous and

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.599
 good judgment

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.139
 of God

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.819
 against the

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.699
 evil rebellion

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.059
 of the

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.379
 world.

00:40:02.399 --> 00:40:03.139
 And then

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.420
 we have

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.559
 him choosing

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:06.099
 Noah and

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.940
 saving Noah

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.399
 and his

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:09.579
 family right

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.059
 from out of

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:10.940
 the midst of

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.619
 that judgment.

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.139
 And as we

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.539
 look through

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:14.059
 scripture, we

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:15.239
 see this over

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.119
 and over again,

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.819
 right?

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:18.460
 And we see

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.879
 it most

00:40:18.879 --> 00:40:19.980
 poignantly, of

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.359
 course, on

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:20.839
 the cross.

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:24.679
 Jesus takes

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:25.339
 the judgment

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.880
 that we

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:26.280
 deserve.

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.400
 God pours

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.800
 out his

00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:29.280
 judgment on

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:29.920
 this man,

00:40:30.720 --> 00:40:31.320
 Christ Jesus,

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:33.660
 and he

00:40:33.660 --> 00:40:34.100
 takes the

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:35.220
 judgment from

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:36.860
 us and

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.600
 saves us

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.340
 out of it.

00:40:39.120 --> 00:40:39.280
 Right?

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.340
 We deserved

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.140
 the judgment

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:42.200
 that Jesus

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:43.000
 took for us.

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.780
 God rescues

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.300
 us from

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:48.160
 his own

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.579
 judgment.

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.519
 God rescues

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.519
 us from

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.519
 God.

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.840
 And in

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.239
 the world,

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:53.960
 we'll find

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:56.579
 judgment and

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:56.980
 grace,

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.779
 judgment and

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:59.259
 love, or

00:40:59.259 --> 00:41:00.480
 whatever, as

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:02.099
 antithetical.

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.059
 Like, they

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.340
 don't go

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:03.699
 together.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.779
 But in

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.319
 scripture, we

00:41:05.319 --> 00:41:05.779
 see them

00:41:05.779 --> 00:41:06.679
 knit together

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:08.480
 in the heart

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.880
 of God.

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.819
 He is both

00:41:09.819 --> 00:41:11.019
 infinitely just

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.840
 and will

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.500
 punish sin,

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:14.719
 and he is

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.400
 infinitely

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:17.119
 merciful, and

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.619
 he opens

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.800
 salvation to

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.219
 all.

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:20.539
 He invites

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:22.000
 every person

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:23.380
 to come to

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.460
 him and

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:25.460
 trust and be

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.860
 saved.

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.860
 God rescues

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.940
 the heart.

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.480
 He offers

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.160
 the heart

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:31.059
 to us.

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.900
 Judgment and

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.680
 grace flow

00:41:39.680 --> 00:41:40.460
 from the same

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.480
 source, not

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.160
 from a good

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.860
 God fighting

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.800
 against a bad

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.200
 God.

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:44.900
 You'll see

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.599
 that in

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.340
 religions

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:47.500
 throughout

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.000
 history.

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.800
 Noah is

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.320
 saved not

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.760
 because he

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.420
 flees from

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.760
 God's

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.780
 anger, but

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:54.579
 because in

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.120
 the midst of

00:41:55.120 --> 00:41:55.680
 that anger,

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.460
 he trusts

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:57.000
 God's

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.319
 word.

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.319
 It is

00:42:00.319 --> 00:42:00.799
 God whom

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.419
 we fear

00:42:01.419 --> 00:42:02.739
 because of

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.219
 his just

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:03.879
 wrath against

00:42:03.879 --> 00:42:04.619
 sin, our

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:09.679
 sin, but

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:10.099
 it is in

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.539
 God that we

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.480
 hope in

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:12.019
 the promise

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.379
 of his

00:42:12.379 --> 00:42:12.759
 grace.

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.239
 So

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:15.859
 judgment and

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.359
 mercy are

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:17.940
 not contrary,

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.480
 and God is

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.199
 not one

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:20.940
 sometimes and

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:21.419
 the other

00:42:21.419 --> 00:42:22.019
 sometimes.

00:42:22.319 --> 00:42:23.139
 He's always

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.739
 all of it.

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:25.739
 God is

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:25.739


00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.339
 and that's

00:42:26.339 --> 00:42:28.479
 challenging

00:42:28.479 --> 00:42:29.019
 for us to

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.500
 put together,

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:29.719
 right?

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.319
 And that's

00:42:31.319 --> 00:42:32.279
 true in

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.679
 the world.

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.939
 Again, in

00:42:37.939 --> 00:42:38.559
 Genesis, we

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:38.839
 have the

00:42:38.839 --> 00:42:39.839
 beginnings of

00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:40.819
 themes, these

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:42.459
 big ideas that

00:42:42.459 --> 00:42:43.479
 run through

00:42:43.479 --> 00:42:43.899
 Scripture.

00:42:44.379 --> 00:42:44.699
 And the

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.239
 gospel of

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.899
 Jesus makes

00:42:45.899 --> 00:42:46.679
 no sense.

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.679
 things that

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.079
 are

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.679
 not

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:48.239
 and if our

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:49.139
 neighbors, our

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:49.839
 co-workers, our

00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.799
 family members do

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.440
 not have the

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:51.799
 biblical

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:53.319
 undergirding laid

00:42:53.319 --> 00:42:53.940
 in the earliest

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.719
 chapters of the

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.460
 Bible, and many

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.519
 will not, we

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.379
 need to be mindful

00:42:57.379 --> 00:42:58.839
 of that, or our

00:42:58.839 --> 00:42:59.599
 communication will

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.000
 have no

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.639
 resonance.

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:05.139
 many, many

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:07.500
 years ago, there

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.619
 was some kind of

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.839
 evangelism campaign

00:43:09.839 --> 00:43:12.199
 that was promoted

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:13.039
 in the church I

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.659
 was in as a

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.059
 teenager.

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:17.460
 And I'm trying

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.039
 to remember, there

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:18.699
 was this key

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.460
 word, like this

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.259
 key phrase, and

00:43:20.259 --> 00:43:20.579
 you were supposed

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:20.960
 to go around

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.420
 asking your

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.519
 friends, you

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:24.379
 know, something

00:43:24.379 --> 00:43:27.039
 like, I

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:28.299
 shouldn't have

00:43:28.299 --> 00:43:28.739
 even started

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.139
 because I can't

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.440
 remember the

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:29.659
 phrase.

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:31.079
 But it had to

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:31.460
 do with God

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:32.239
 saving, right?

00:43:33.799 --> 00:43:34.980
 And again, my

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:36.739
 aunt, the same

00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:39.279
 aunt, she was

00:43:39.279 --> 00:43:40.339
 like, from

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:40.619
 what?

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.659
 Like, it was not

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.379
 evident that there

00:43:43.379 --> 00:43:44.099
 was anything to be

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:45.400
 saved from, and

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.039
 this is in the

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:47.179
 70s, right?

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:49.460
 And that was, and

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:50.179
 I'm not saying it

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.719
 was new in the

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:51.980
 70s either, but

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:54.279
 here's this woman

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:55.159
 of the world,

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.460
 who's like, well,

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:58.679
 what are you

00:43:58.679 --> 00:43:59.239
 talking about God

00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.599
 saves?

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.839
 Like, who

00:44:00.839 --> 00:44:01.599
 needs it, right?

00:44:04.799 --> 00:44:06.500
 So without the

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.219
 undergirding that

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:09.239
 we have, even in

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.159
 just these, you

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:11.099
 know, first 10

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:12.279
 chapters of

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:13.440
 Genesis, without

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:14.139
 that, the gospel

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:14.960
 makes no sense.

00:44:15.259 --> 00:44:16.239
 And we need to

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.059
 remember that our

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:17.960
 neighbors don't

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.019
 necessarily have

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:20.599
 that undergirding,

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:22.719
 whether they've

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.659
 heard the stories

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.539
 or not, right?

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.219
 I mean, and many

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:26.019
 people will have

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:27.320
 heard about the

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:27.980
 flood, they will

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.539
 have heard about,

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:32.159
 but they will not

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:33.579
 have, apart from

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:34.259
 God's grace,

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:36.719
 extracted from it

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:37.779
 what the Bible is

00:44:37.779 --> 00:44:38.519
 teaching us, what

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:39.519
 Moses wants us to

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.259
 understand.

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:43.019
 That is the

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:44.400
 foundation for all

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.599
 that we believe.

00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:51.400
 So I'm not going

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:52.319
 to go into the

00:44:52.319 --> 00:44:53.000
 rest of it, we're

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:53.599
 going to close

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:55.420
 soon, unlike

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.319
 last week, I'm

00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:57.059
 sorry I really

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.559
 ran over.

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.739
 As we move

00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:01.279
 forward in the

00:45:01.279 --> 00:45:02.039
 scriptures, we have

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:03.159
 Babel and the

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:04.579
 tower, in which,

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.339
 if you remember,

00:45:06.639 --> 00:45:07.719
 people want to,

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:08.719
 they decide to

00:45:08.719 --> 00:45:10.059
 build a tower to

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:11.039
 heaven, to reach

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.559
 into the heavens,

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.599
 to make a name

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:13.360
 for themselves.

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:14.920
 How familiar is

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:16.039
 that to us in

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:16.639
 this culture?

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.199
 We want to make

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:19.900
 a name for

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:21.259
 ourselves, when

00:45:21.259 --> 00:45:23.579
 in fact, God

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.539
 who created us

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:25.460
 has a name for

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.719
 us.

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.699
 He has an

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.719
 identity for us,

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:29.139
 and we just need

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.819
 to walk into

00:45:29.819 --> 00:45:30.159
 that.

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:31.480
 We don't need to

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.440
 make a name for

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:33.860
 ourselves, right?

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.679
 And that comes

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:35.839
 out of a sinful

00:45:35.839 --> 00:45:37.000
 pride and

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.519
 autonomy.

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.920
 Like, I'm going

00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:39.420
 to do it myself,

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.119
 I'm going to

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.759
 build this ladder

00:45:40.759 --> 00:45:41.500
 up to heaven, or

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.579
 this tower, or

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.319
 whatever it was.

00:45:44.739 --> 00:45:46.579
 So, all kinds

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.079
 of things to

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:48.059
 pull out of

00:45:48.059 --> 00:45:49.860
 that, and how

00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:50.159
 does our

00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:50.880
 language, like,

00:45:51.319 --> 00:45:52.079
 we didn't talk

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:53.659
 about in

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:54.619
 creation how

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:56.840
 God spoke, and

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.460
 it was.

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.599
 What are the

00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.380
 implications of

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.639
 that?

00:45:59.759 --> 00:46:00.279
 That was, you

00:46:00.279 --> 00:46:00.759
 know, this is

00:46:00.759 --> 00:46:01.139
 some of the

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.659
 things that I

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:02.099
 just didn't

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:03.159
 unpack, because

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.500
 we don't have

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:05.199
 time, but God

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.739
 is a speaking

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.139
 God.

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.579
 What does that

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:08.239
 mean for us?

00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.539
 How do we see

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:10.860
 that in our

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:12.119
 culture, maybe

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:12.699
 being lost

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:13.259
 track of?

00:46:13.819 --> 00:46:14.259
 What's the

00:46:14.259 --> 00:46:14.839
 primacy of

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:16.619
 language supposed

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:16.940
 to be?

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.259
 What is it

00:46:17.259 --> 00:46:17.799
 supposed to be?

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:19.839
 Okay, so here

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.440
 in Babel we

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:20.920
 get language

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:21.639
 again, right?

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:22.359
 He confuses

00:46:22.359 --> 00:46:23.019
 their language.

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.179
 We come to

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:26.000
 the promise to

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.799
 Abraham, it

00:46:26.799 --> 00:46:27.339
 sets up the

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:28.079
 whole rest of

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:30.019
 the narrative

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:31.619
 about Israel,

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:33.440
 and this is the

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.159
 beginnings of

00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:34.880
 God's plan, not

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:35.299
 really the

00:46:35.299 --> 00:46:36.000
 beginnings, but

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:36.980
 this is a

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:39.440
 fresh moment

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:40.539
 in the

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:41.280
 ancient world

00:46:41.280 --> 00:46:43.000
 where God

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.699
 calls Abraham

00:46:43.699 --> 00:46:44.739
 and he's

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:46.800
 going to give

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:48.280
 Abraham all

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:48.860
 his descendants

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:49.340
 who are going

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:49.699
 to be a

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.639
 people of

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:50.980
 God.

00:46:53.780 --> 00:46:56.940
 So the story

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:58.360
 narrows to

00:46:58.360 --> 00:46:59.119
 Abraham and

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.679
 his offspring.

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.739
 The remaining

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.340
 chapters of

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:02.139
 Genesis unpack

00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:02.980
 the establishment

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.679
 of the people

00:47:03.679 --> 00:47:04.179
 of Israel

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:05.079
 through whom

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.559
 God will

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:06.119
 carry out

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.799
 his plan

00:47:06.799 --> 00:47:07.839
 of redemption.

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.299
 Over and over

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:11.099
 we see sinners

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:12.379
 who fail and

00:47:12.379 --> 00:47:12.859
 a God who

00:47:12.859 --> 00:47:13.719
 triumphs despite

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:14.259
 their sin.

00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:15.159
 We see this

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:15.960
 throughout Genesis.

00:47:16.419 --> 00:47:17.059
 Obviously we see

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.440
 it through the

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:18.119
 rest of Scripture,

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:19.779
 but we see

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:21.319
 again that the

00:47:21.319 --> 00:47:21.899
 people God

00:47:21.899 --> 00:47:23.419
 chooses are not

00:47:23.419 --> 00:47:25.379
 necessarily good.

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.159
 They're not good

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:26.960
 people, right?

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:30.319
 Abraham, like,

00:47:30.799 --> 00:47:31.460
 throws his wife

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:32.139
 under the bus a

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.659
 couple times

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:33.599
 because he wants

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:34.079
 to protect

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:34.679
 himself.

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:37.339
 And we see

00:47:37.339 --> 00:47:38.099
 the failures

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:39.339
 of his

00:47:39.339 --> 00:47:40.239
 descendants as

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.519
 well.

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.299
 And yet God

00:47:42.299 --> 00:47:43.019
 continues his

00:47:43.019 --> 00:47:43.360
 plan.

00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:44.860
 We see God's

00:47:44.860 --> 00:47:45.619
 providence at

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:46.099
 work to

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.819
 maintain that

00:47:46.819 --> 00:47:47.360
 line of

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:48.179
 faithful Israel

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:50.179
 despite barren

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:51.219
 women, kidnapped

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:52.339
 sons, murderous

00:47:52.339 --> 00:47:52.739
 brothers.

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:54.460
 In Joseph in

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:55.440
 particular, Moses

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.440
 shows us God's

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:57.960
 providence as

00:47:57.960 --> 00:47:59.139
 over years he

00:47:59.139 --> 00:48:00.019
 protects and

00:48:00.019 --> 00:48:01.000
 prospers Joseph,

00:48:01.279 --> 00:48:01.839
 notwithstanding

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:02.820
 many serious

00:48:02.820 --> 00:48:04.300
 setbacks,

00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:05.660
 and he brings

00:48:05.660 --> 00:48:06.240
 his people to

00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:06.620
 Egypt.

00:48:08.920 --> 00:48:09.579
 What's that

00:48:09.579 --> 00:48:09.820
 about?

00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:10.980
 Well, so

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:12.440
 next week we're

00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:12.980
 going to look at

00:48:12.980 --> 00:48:16.300
 little bits of,

00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:16.980
 I'll just say it

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.320
 this way,

00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:17.900
 Exodus.

00:48:18.120 --> 00:48:18.500
 Okay, so we're

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:18.920
 going to look at

00:48:18.920 --> 00:48:20.380
 that, look at the

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:21.900
 Exodus from

00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:22.900
 Israel and try and

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:23.800
 see what does

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:24.519
 this add to our

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:26.160
 picture of how

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:26.940
 the world works,

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:27.719
 of who God

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:28.639
 is, who we

00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:28.920
 are.

00:48:29.839 --> 00:48:30.579
 So that's

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:32.239
 basically what

00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:32.619
 we're doing.

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:33.739
 But I just

00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.599
 encourage you as

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:35.199
 you read,

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:38.139
 particularly through

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.739
 the Pentateuch,

00:48:38.839 --> 00:48:40.139
 but all through

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:41.539
 Scripture, ask

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:42.059
 yourself, so

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:42.339
 what?

00:48:42.399 --> 00:48:43.000
 Why does it say

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.579
 this here?

00:48:44.259 --> 00:48:44.639
 Why does it

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.420
 refer back to,

00:48:47.299 --> 00:48:48.139
 you know,

00:48:48.199 --> 00:48:48.539
 there are

00:48:48.539 --> 00:48:49.739
 references that

00:48:49.739 --> 00:48:50.799
 refer back to

00:48:50.799 --> 00:48:51.279
 these earlier

00:48:51.279 --> 00:48:52.279
 chapters, right?

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:53.079
 Adam and Eve

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:54.239
 come up.

00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:55.099
 You know,

00:48:55.179 --> 00:48:56.039
 why is that

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:57.340
 here at this

00:48:57.340 --> 00:48:57.679
 moment?

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:59.239
 Just to think

00:48:59.239 --> 00:48:59.940
 about Scripture,

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:01.639
 not just reading

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:03.179
 the details and

00:49:03.179 --> 00:49:06.380
 getting the

00:49:06.380 --> 00:49:07.239
 story, which is

00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:08.039
 important, the

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:08.599
 details are

00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:09.619
 important and

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:10.219
 true and

00:49:10.219 --> 00:49:11.299
 valuable, but

00:49:11.299 --> 00:49:12.259
 also looking at

00:49:12.259 --> 00:49:13.639
 what is this

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:14.400
 telling me about

00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:14.719
 God?

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:15.179
 What is this

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:16.039
 telling me about

00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:16.480
 the world?

00:49:16.759 --> 00:49:18.019
 And how do my

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:18.699
 neighbors look at

00:49:18.699 --> 00:49:18.920
 this?

00:49:19.340 --> 00:49:19.779
 How do my

00:49:19.779 --> 00:49:20.239
 neighbors see

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:20.500
 this?

00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:22.279
 So,

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:24.059
 that's it.

00:49:24.259 --> 00:49:24.539
 So I'm

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:24.739
 going to

00:49:24.739 --> 00:49:26.400
 close, and

00:49:26.400 --> 00:49:26.900
 you're welcome

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.400
 to talk to me

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:27.880
 anytime if you

00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:28.099
 have any

00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:28.599
 questions or

00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:29.139
 comments or

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:30.360
 anything like

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:30.860
 that, but

00:49:30.860 --> 00:49:31.679
 let me close

00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:32.019
 in prayer.

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.840
 Father, as we

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:39.759
 look at what

00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:40.380
 happened in the

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:41.019
 Garden of Eden,

00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:43.799
 as we look at

00:49:43.799 --> 00:49:45.739
 the sin of the

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:46.440
 world around

00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:47.340
 Noah and his

00:49:47.340 --> 00:49:49.159
 family, we see

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:50.579
 your grace, we

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:51.059
 see your

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:52.299
 determination to

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:53.080
 bless and to

00:49:53.080 --> 00:49:54.800
 do good to

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:55.480
 the people you

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.039
 have created.

00:49:56.560 --> 00:49:57.460
 Even in the

00:49:57.460 --> 00:49:58.220
 midst of our

00:49:58.220 --> 00:49:59.180
 rebellion and

00:49:59.180 --> 00:50:00.440
 sin, when it

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:01.180
 looks like we

00:50:01.180 --> 00:50:01.920
 can't get any

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:04.260
 worse, you

00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:05.039
 choose a man

00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:07.300
 and make him

00:50:07.300 --> 00:50:09.420
 righteous, and

00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:10.380
 he carries on

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:12.340
 the human race.

00:50:13.220 --> 00:50:13.960
 And we see you

00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:15.519
 working out your

00:50:15.519 --> 00:50:16.000
 promises.

00:50:16.700 --> 00:50:17.440
 Throughout the

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.100
 book of Genesis

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:19.659
 and throughout

00:50:19.659 --> 00:50:21.699
 the scriptures, we

00:50:21.699 --> 00:50:23.699
 see your grace, and

00:50:23.699 --> 00:50:24.500
 oh God, how we

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:25.199
 need your grace.

00:50:25.819 --> 00:50:27.139
 Remind us that it

00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:27.559
 is not our

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:28.960
 performance that

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.639
 gains us the

00:50:29.639 --> 00:50:30.599
 reward of

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:31.400
 relationship with

00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:32.559
 you, but it is

00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:33.239
 your grace.

00:50:34.259 --> 00:50:35.759
 And help us, as

00:50:35.759 --> 00:50:36.759
 we reflect on

00:50:36.759 --> 00:50:37.759
 that, to then

00:50:37.759 --> 00:50:40.400
 walk out and

00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:41.900
 freely obey and

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.960
 trust the God who

00:50:42.960 --> 00:50:43.739
 created us, who

00:50:43.739 --> 00:50:44.519
 knows all things.

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:46.039
 In Jesus' name,

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.440
 Amen.