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 Today's scripture passages are found in Genesis 6, 7, 8, and 9.

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 These verses are found in your bulletin.

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

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

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 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

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 So the Lord said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land,

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 man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.

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 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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 And God said to Noah, I have determined to make an end of all flesh,

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 for the earth is filled with violence through them.

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 Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.

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 Make rooms in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch.

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 For behold, I will bring out a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh,

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 in which is the breath of life under heaven.

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 Everything that is on the earth shall die.

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 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark,

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 you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

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 In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the second month,

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 on the 17th day of the month, on that day, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth,

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 and the windows of the heavens were opened, and rain fell upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights.

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 On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth,

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 and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark.

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 They and every beast according to its kind,

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 and all the livestock according to their kinds,

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 and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind,

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 and every bird according to its kind,

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 every winged creature.

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 They went into the ark with Noah,

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 two and two of all flesh,

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 in which there was the breath of life.

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 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh,

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 went in as God had commanded him,

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 and the Lord shut him in.

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 The flood continued 40 days on the earth.

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 The waters increased and bore up the ark,

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 and arose high above the earth.

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 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth,

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 and the ark floated on the face of the waters.

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 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth

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 that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.

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 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground,

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 man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens.

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 They were blotted out from the earth.

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 Only Noah was left,

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 and those who were with him in the ark.

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 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

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 In the 601st year,

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 in the first month,

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 the first day of the month,

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 the waters were dried from off the earth.

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 And Noah removed the covering of the ark,

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 and looked,

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 and behold,

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 the face of the ground was dry.

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 In the second month,

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 on the 27th day of the month,

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 the earth had dried out.

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 Then God said to Noah,

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 Go out from the ark,

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 you and your wife,

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 and your sons and your sons' wives with you.

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 Bring out with you every living thing

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 that is with you of all flesh,

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 birds and animals,

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 and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,

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 that they may swarm on the earth,

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 and be fruitful,

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 and multiply on the earth.

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 So Noah went out,

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 and his sons and his wife,

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 and his sons' wives with him.

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 Every beast,

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 every creeping thing,

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 and every bird,

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 everything that moves on the earth,

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 went out by families from the ark.

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 Then God said to Noah,

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 and to his sons with him,

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 I establish my covenant with you,

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 that never again shall all flesh

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 be cut off by the waters of the flood,

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 and never again shall there be a flood

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 to destroy the earth.

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 And God said,

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 This is the sign of the covenant

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 that I make between me and you,

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 and every living creature that is with you,

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 for all future generations.

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 I've set my bow in the cloud,

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 and it shall be a sign of the covenant

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 between me and the earth.

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 When I bring clouds over the earth,

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 and the bow is seen in the clouds,

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 I will remember my covenant

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 that is between me and you,

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 and every living creature of all flesh.

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 And the water shall never again

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 become a flood to destroy all flesh.

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 When the bow is in the clouds,

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 I will see it,

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 and remember the everlasting covenant

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 between God and every living creature

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 of all flesh that is on the earth.

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 God said to Noah,

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 This is the sign of the covenant

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 that I have established between me

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 and all flesh that is on the earth.

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 Good morning.

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 For those of you who don't know me,

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 my name is Eric Scott.

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 I'm the youth guy here at Watermark Church.

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 This past week,

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 we had a very special celebration.

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 It was Tobin's birthday.

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 And we as a staff decided to do a skit

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 to celebrate, not make fun of,

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 celebrate Tobin on his birthday.

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 And for some reason,

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 I can't think of why they chose me

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 to play Tobin in this skit.

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 And I had to dress up like Tobin.

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 I think I wore this exact outfit, actually.

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 And I had to say a number of lines

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 that Tobin always says.

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 One of those lines

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 that I've been thinking a lot about this week

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 is many Sundays he'll get up here

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 and he'll say,

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 Today's passage

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 is possibly the hardest passage

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 in the Bible to preach on.

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 And the first couple times

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 you hear him say that,

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 you're like,

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 Okay, this one must be a really tough one.

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 And then you hear him say it like five times

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 or eight times,

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 and you're like,

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 Where is the actual hardest passage

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 to preach on?

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 But as I thought about that line this week,

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 I realized the secret.

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 The secret is,

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 whatever passage you have to preach on this week

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 automatically is the hardest passage

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 in the Bible to preach on.

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 So today we're going to be looking at

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 the flood.

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 The past couple weeks

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 we've been going through the book of Genesis.

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 Tobin started us off two weeks ago

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 looking at creation.

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 And he said,

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 If you look at the Bible's story of creation,

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 it's different than every other

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 ancient creation narrative.

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 In all of the other ones,

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 there's creation out of chaos,

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 out of a conflict,

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 out of a lack.

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 But in the Bible,

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 you see God creating out of an overflow

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 of his goodness.

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 And because of this,

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 he makes the creation good.

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 He creates man in his own image

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 and gives him this worth

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 that you don't find

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 in any other creation narrative.

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 He creates man and woman

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 and makes them for community.

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 He places them in a garden together

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 and they're naked and unashamed,

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 the Bible tells us.

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 And Tobin pointed out

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 that that is not just a physical thing,

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 but also an emotional thing

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 where they were fully known

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 by each other.

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 They had no fears,

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 nothing to hide from each other.

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 And last week,

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 we had Michael Ramston come in

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 and he talked about the fall.

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 Adam and Eve,

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 they had one command from God

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 not to eat the fruit

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 from one tree.

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 They believed a lie

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 that that fruit would make them

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 just like God.

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 They ate the fruit.

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 sin entered the world.

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 And with that,

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 alienation came in.

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 And Michael went through

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 this comprehensive list

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 of the types of alienation

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 that entered the world

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 with sin.

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 There was internal,

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 psychological alienation

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 where we are not at peace

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 with ourselves anymore.

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 There's spiritual alienation

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 where we're separated

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 and cut off from God.

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 There's social alienation

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 where we are cut off

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 from fully being able

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 to interact with one another.

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 There's ecological alienation

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 where the world around us

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 is a broken place

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 and it is breaking down

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 and we have global warming.

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 There's vocational alienation

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 where the jobs

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 that we were created to do

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 don't satisfy us

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 and don't function

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 like they were created to.

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 And then there's

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 physical degradation

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 where our bodies break down

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 and eventually we die physically.

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 And Michael said

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 that this picture of death

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 that enters the world at sin

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 is the most comprehensive view

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 of death that you can ever find.

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 But that despite humanity's rebellion

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 against God,

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 despite the fact that we had failed

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 so terribly,

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 despite the fact that we had brought

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 this death on ourselves,

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 God did not simply hit a reset button

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 on creation to start over.

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 He decided that he was going

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 to rescue this creation.

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 And so today we're going to start

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 looking at the story

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 as it moves forward.

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 If you follow the story,

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 the first two chapters of the Bible,

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 Genesis chapter 1 and 2,

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 tell of creation.

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 Genesis 3 is Adam and Eve

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 eating the fruit.

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 In the next chapter,

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 Genesis 4,

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 Adam and Eve have two sons,

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 Cain and Abel.

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 And Cain murders Abel

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 in cold blood

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 because God accepted Abel's sacrifice

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 and not Cain's

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 and Cain was angry about it.

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 And then you get to Genesis chapter 6

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 where it says,

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 the thoughts and intentions

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 of man's hearts

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 were only evil continuously.

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 It's a sort of big, rapid jump.

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 Eat a fruit,

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 three chapters later,

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 the thoughts and intentions

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 of man's heart

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 are only evil continuously.

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 I think, for me at least,

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 when I look at that,

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 it's like,

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 what happened here?

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 Why did this escalate so quickly?

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 But the thing is

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 that it's actually

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 a very logical progression.

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 In the garden,

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 God created Adam and Eve

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 to have a relationship with him.

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 He created himself

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 as the center of their lives.

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 And then,

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 by eating the fruit,

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 by disobeying him,

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 they separated themselves from him

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 and cut themselves off

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 from this life.

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 Moving forward,

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 humanity is operating

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 in the sense of separation,

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 in the status of separation from God

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 and spiritual deadness.

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 And that,

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 as the human actions get worse,

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 it's not that humanity's condition

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 is actually becoming worse

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 and worse and worse,

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 it's just that they're showing

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 more and more symptoms

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 of their state

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 that's already inside themselves.

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 The fact is,

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 ever since Adam and Eve

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 eat the fruit,

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 humanity is dead,

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 separated from God,

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 alienated.

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 And the question's not

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 how did it escalate so quickly

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 in just three chapters

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 and a few generations

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 to,

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 from eating a fruit

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 to being only evil continually.

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 The question is,

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 how much grace did God

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 have to show

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 to restrain it

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 from just happening

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 instantly like that?

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 But we get to Genesis chapter 6.

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 The thoughts and intentions

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 of man's hearts

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 are only evil continuously.

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 It's a great,

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 happy way

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 to start out this passage,

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 right?

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 And we see God

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 looking in

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 at this situation

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 and he says

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 something has to be done

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 about this.

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 This cannot endure.

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 I'm going to wipe out

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 everything on the earth.

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 And he decides

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 to send a flood,

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 to destroy everything,

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 but out of this creation

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 he's going to save

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 one man

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 and his family.

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 He's going to save

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 a man named Noah.

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 He's going to save

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 a couple

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 of every type of animal

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 out there

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 so that they can

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 repopulate the earth

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 after this destruction

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 is complete.

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 Now as a kid

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 I was always

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 sort of taught

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 that God saved Noah

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 because Noah

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 was a good guy.

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 But if you look

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 at the Bible

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 that's not actually

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 what it tells us.

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 It tells us that

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 Noah found favor

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 in the eyes of the Lord.

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 Noah received grace.

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 Noah,

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 just like everyone else

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 in his day,

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 was a sinner.

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 Noah,

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 just like everyone else

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 in his day,

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 deserved death

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 for his sin.

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 And the one thing

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 that saved Noah

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 from being destroyed

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 in this flood

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 with the rest of creation

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 was grace.

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 And so

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 I think,

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 again,

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 I have a question

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 that I ask

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 when I look at this story.

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 why didn't God

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 save more people?

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 He sends a flood

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 on the earth,

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 he saves eight people.

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 Why not more?

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 But I think

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 that's the wrong question.

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 I think the question is

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 why would he save

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 any at all?

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 Why would he choose

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 to show grace?

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 Because it was

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 only by grace alone

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 and not

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 by their merit

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 that they

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 are chosen

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 to be saved

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 in this situation.

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 So God comes to Noah,

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 he says,

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 Noah,

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 I want you to build

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 an ark.

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 He says,

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 go for wood,

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 here are the dimensions

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 that you have to build,

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 build it,

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 fill it with animals,

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 and I'm going to send

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 a flood,

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 I'm just going to wipe

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 everything out,

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 you're going to be on there,

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 you're good to go.

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 And as God comes to Noah,

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 Noah obeys.

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 We see that repeatedly

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 in this passage.

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 God tells Noah

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 to do something,

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 Noah obeys.

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 Noah can't see

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 the full picture,

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 but every step of the way,

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 as God tells him

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 what to do next,

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 he does it.

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 And every step of the way,

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 as Noah obeys,

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 God shows himself

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 to be faithful.

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 God takes care of Noah,

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 God protects Noah

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 and his family.

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 And I think,

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 just as a side note,

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 Noah can be a great example

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 to us in this.

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 If you look at the story,

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 God comes to Noah,

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 gives him a command

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 to do something

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 which had never been done before,

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 in preparation for an event

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 that had never happened before.

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 If you look for any

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 human logical explanation

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 for why Noah

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 should have done this,

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 there was none.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that before Noah's time,

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 it had never rained before

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 on the earth.

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 Noah lived in a dry area.

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 And God says,

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 build a big boat.

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 And Noah's like,

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 okay.

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 He starts building.

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 There had never,

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 if Noah looked

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 for a logical reason

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 to build this boat,

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 to obey God,

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 he never would have found one

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 because it didn't exist

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 because the things

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 that God was saying

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 were going to happen

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 had never happened before.

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 And yet,

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 Noah trusted God's goodness.

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 Noah trusted God's faithfulness.

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 Noah obeyed.

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 Noah built the boat.

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 And God rescued him.

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 And I think a lot of times

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 in our lives,

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 we feel God calling us

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 to do something.

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 And we're like,

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 I need to find

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 a logical reason

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 why I should obey God.

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 But the thing is,

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 he's God.

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 And sometimes,

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 there's no logical,

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 reasonable explanation

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 for why we should do things

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 other than that

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 God said to do it.

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 And everyone else

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 will look at us

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 and say like,

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 that's weird,

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 what's he doing?

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 But if God tells us

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 to do it,

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 then God will be faithful

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 to protect us

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 and keep us safe

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 and take care of us

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 through that.

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 And so,

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 Noah obeys.

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 Noah builds the ark.

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 God protects him

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 and his family.

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 Noah loads the animals

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 onto the ark.

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 They get everything ready.

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 And then,

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 the doors of the ark close

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 and the rains come.

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 And if you look

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 at the story of the flood,

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 it's actually really interesting.

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 In many ways,

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 it's an undoing

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 and redoing of creation.

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 If you look at the story

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 of creation

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 in Genesis chapter 1,

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 you have,

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 it starts out with just,

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 there's darkness

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 over the face of everything

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 and there's water everywhere

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 and the spirit's hovering

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 over the water.

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 And then,

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 the days of creation come

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 and God makes light

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 and then God separates

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 the water below

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.899
 from the water above

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 and he brings chaos,

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 he shapes chaos

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 into order.

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 He makes land,

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 he makes plants

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 and trees,

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 he makes the sun,

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 moon,

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 and stars,

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 he makes birds

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 and fish

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 and animals on the ground,

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 he makes man

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 in his own image.

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 And as you look

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:38.439
 at the story of the flood,

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.779
 basically all of this

00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.600
 happens backwards.

00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:40.800
 birds.

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 So,

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.940
 day one,

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 the light was created.

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 In the flood,

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.240
 the clouds come in

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.300
 and cover up the light

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 and darkness is here

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:49.759
 once again.

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.800
 Day two of creation,

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 you've got the waters

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 below on the earth

00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:56.060
 separated from the waters

00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.480
 above,

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 but in the flood,

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 the rains come

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 and these waters

00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.360
 are once again combined.

00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.519
 Day three of creation,

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 you've got the land

00:17:03.540 --> 00:17:04.900
 coming up out of the water,

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.839
 but as the flood comes,

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.599
 it comes up

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 and it covers up

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.500
 all of the land.

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.959
 Day four of creation,

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 the sun, moon,

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.419
 and stars are created

00:17:13.419 --> 00:17:14.000
 and again,

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.639
 they're covered

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.559
 by the clouds

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 so that they can't

00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.039
 be seen temporarily.

00:17:17.659 --> 00:17:18.699
 Day five of creation,

00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.939
 the fish are created,

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 they can sort of

00:17:20.699 --> 00:17:21.339
 survive the flood,

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 I guess,

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 but the birds,

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 the birds are wiped out.

00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.740
 And then day six

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.259
 of creation,

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 the animals that go around

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 on the ground

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:29.319
 and man are created

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:30.000
 and again,

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 they are wiped out

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.959
 by the flood

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 so that by the end

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 of the 40 days,

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 we're back to the state

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:37.940
 where water is over

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:39.220
 the face of everything.

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 We're back

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.559
 to the very beginning

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.940
 of the creation story

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 where there's just

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:46.779
 darkness and water.

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 And it's at this point

00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:51.000
 that God begins

00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.159
 to restore

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:53.879
 this work of creation.

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 And interestingly,

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 he doesn't,

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 like Michael said

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 last week,

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 he doesn't just

00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.960
 hit a reset button,

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 he saves a remnant

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.659
 from the original creation

00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:02.859
 to come back

00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:03.619
 and repopulate

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.420
 this new creation.

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 creation.

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 But as we look

00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:06.600
 at the story,

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:08.860
 the clouds part

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.980
 and light comes in again

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:11.220
 in day one.

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 The waters below

00:18:14.060 --> 00:18:14.960
 and the waters above

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.880
 separate as the rain stops,

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.580
 mirroring day two

00:18:18.580 --> 00:18:19.140
 of creation.

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 As time goes by,

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.759
 the waters on the earth

00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:22.900
 lower and the land

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:24.039
 once again comes out

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.279
 and trees and plants

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.039
 begin to grow,

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.259
 mirroring day three

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.800
 of creation.

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 The sun, moon,

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 and stars,

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 they'd always been there,

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 but they become visible again,

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 mirroring day four

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 of creation.

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 The first animal

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 that Noah sends out

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 of the boat

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 is a raven,

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 a bird,

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 which was created

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 on day five

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 of creation.

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 And the second animal

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 he sends out,

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 the story tells us,

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 is a dove.

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 And then finally,

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 the ark lands

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 and they unload

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 and all of the animals

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 created on day six

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 leave the ark.

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 And the parallels

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 don't end there.

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 after the creation narrative,

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 God tells man

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 in Genesis 1

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 that he has been created

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 in God's image.

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 And in Genesis chapter 9,

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 after the people

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 get off the ark,

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 God reminds them

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 of the fact

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 that they have been created

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 in his image.

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 In Genesis chapter 1,

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 God gives man rule

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 over the earth.

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 In Genesis chapter 9,

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 God again tells them,

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 you are in charge

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 of these animals.

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 In Genesis,

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 the creation narrative,

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 God gives this command

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 to be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 and build the earth.

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 And in Genesis 9,

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 this command is repeated.

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 The parallels are amazing.

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 And there's one more parallel

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 that's there as a reminder

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 of the effects of sin

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 that remain after the flood.

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 Because in the creation story,

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 we see Adam and Eve

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 after the creation

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 has been completed.

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 They're in this garden.

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 Things are good

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 and they're naked

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 and they're unashamed.

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 And they're together.

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 And this nakedness

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 is a sign of trust,

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 of obedience,

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 of faith in God,

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 a perfect community.

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 But with Noah,

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 after the ark lands,

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 he goes and he plants

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 a garden of his own.

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 He plants a vineyard.

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 Out of this vineyard,

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 he makes some wine.

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 He drinks the wine

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 and gets drunk.

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 And he lays naked

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 naked in the tent

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 in his garden.

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 But unlike Adam and Eve,

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 whose nakedness in the garden

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 was a picture of faith

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 and obedience and trust,

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 Noah's nakedness in the garden

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 is a sign of sin and shame

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 that remains

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 from human rebellion against God.

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 His son walks in

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 and sees him

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 and Noah ends up cursing

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 his own son

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 because of this.

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 So we can see

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 that God takes

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 the creation

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 that had been there.

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 He wipes it out.

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 He brings back

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 man and the animals.

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 But the effects of sin

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 that God had been

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 working to wipe out

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 are not fully wiped out

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 in this creation.

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 Although he had wiped out

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 the sin around

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 Noah's family,

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 he had not wiped out

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.079
 the sin

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 within Noah

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 and his family.

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 And so as I looked

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.819
 at this story this week

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 and I thought,

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 how does this make

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.339
 a difference in my life?

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 I found a few different ways.

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 The first way

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 is that

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 all of my community

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 must be centered

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:26.199
 around God.

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 If you look at

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:29.179
 Genesis chapter 1,

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 God creates man and woman

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 and as he creates them

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 he puts himself

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 at the center

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 of their community.

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 He creates Adam

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 out of the dust

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 and the first thing

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 that Adam sees

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.119
 when he comes to life

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:40.000
 is God.

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 And he knows himself

00:21:42.879 --> 00:21:43.720
 as created

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 in God's image

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 in this relationship

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.600
 with God.

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 And when God decides

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.299
 to make a woman

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 he doesn't just say

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 oh, here's a woman Adam.

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 He puts Adam to sleep,

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 takes Adam's rib

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 and makes a woman

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 and the first thing

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.279
 that the woman sees

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.279
 when she comes to life

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.460
 is God

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 because her boy is asleep.

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 And she sees God

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 and she understands herself

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 in this relationship

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 with God

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 and it's only after

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 she's established

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 the fact

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 that she is in this

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.660
 relationship with God

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 first and foremost

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.740
 that God introduces

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.519
 Adam and Eve

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 to each other.

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 And as they go

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.660
 through life together

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 they understand

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.720
 that although

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.740
 this is good

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 although they are meant

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.039
 to be together

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 God is ultimately

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.420
 the one at the center

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 of it.

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 And with the fall

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 that understanding

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 is lost.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.420
 At the fall

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.759
 human community

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 in many ways

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.900
 replaces God

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.820
 in our lives.

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.080
 So that when you look

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:38.420
 at Genesis chapter 6

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.980
 as God's explaining

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.840
 why he's sending

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.279
 the flood

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.240
 it talks about

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.740
 how the sons of God

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.720
 saw that the daughters

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.539
 of man were attractive.

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 Many people think

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.519
 that this means

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:51.080
 that the guys

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.340
 who believed in God

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.620
 were going

00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.259
 and marrying

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.420
 any girl

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.140
 regardless of

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.880
 whether she believed

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.180
 in God

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.980
 or cared about God

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.360
 or whatever

00:22:58.360 --> 00:23:00.640
 and they were

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:02.060
 putting their desire

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:03.080
 to be loved

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.680
 and their desire

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.640
 to be with someone

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.360
 in a relationship

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.820
 before their desire

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.079
 to be in a relationship

00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.700
 with God.

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.919
 And this community

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.799
 that God created

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.259
 for good

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.119
 to point us back

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.679
 towards him

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.819
 instead becomes

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.159
 an idol

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.500
 that replaces him

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.059
 in these people's lives

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:19.139
 and that drives them

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.099
 away from God.

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.339
 And this is something

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:22.279
 that I see in my life

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.799
 all the time.

00:23:22.919 --> 00:23:23.720
 Like I love

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:25.559
 love being around people.

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.720
 Like I think

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.480
 I have a problem

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.500
 because I just

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.799
 like I get energized

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.899
 by being around people

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:32.519
 I enjoy being around people

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.720
 and when I'm by myself

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.319
 for too long

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.960
 I'm just like

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.079
 I want to scream

00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.679
 because I want to be

00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.199
 around people.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.439
 And I think

00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:39.939
 in many ways

00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.720
 this is a good thing

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:40.879
 right?

00:23:40.939 --> 00:23:41.539
 This is an echo

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.359
 of that need

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.879
 for community

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.759
 that God created

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.419
 within us.

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.519
 But in many ways

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.460
 this is also

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.299
 a product

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.519
 of my fallen state

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.299
 because when I reach

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.859
 this point

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:53.119
 I just want people

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.099
 around me so badly

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.939
 that I reach out

00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:57.019
 and I cling to people

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.859
 and rather than

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.419
 seeing them

00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:01.299
 as gifts

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.899
 from God

00:24:01.899 --> 00:24:02.480
 to help point me

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.980
 back to them

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.199
 I see them as tools

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.900
 to help fulfill

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.779
 my desire

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.360
 to be loved.

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.059
 Rather than

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.840
 using them

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.319
 to help me

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.019
 worship God

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.740
 I use them

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.279
 as idols

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.059
 that point me

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.720
 away from God.

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.920
 And in these times

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.860
 rather than

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.860
 engaging in true

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:19.279
 gospel community

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.279
 I look for people

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.059
 who I think

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:23.120
 will make me feel good.

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.559
 I look for people

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.660
 who I can be

00:24:25.660 --> 00:24:26.620
 comfortable around.

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.220
 And rather than

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.960
 using community

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.240
 for worship

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.059
 it drives me

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.700
 away from God.

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.579
 Rather than

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.159
 having God

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:35.619
 at the center

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.220
 of my community

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.079
 I put myself

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.980
 at the center

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.000
 of my community.

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.500
 And everyone there

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.399
 is there for me.

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.480
 At least in my mind.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.139
 And this story

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.819
 reminds me

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.879
 that God

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.440
 has to be

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.879
 at the center

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.599
 of my community.

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.559
 In this story

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.079
 when man

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.000
 puts himself

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.679
 at the center

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.440
 of his community

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.379
 rather than God

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:56.659
 God wipes him out

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:58.759
 and after the flood

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.359
 he again

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.500
 places himself

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.899
 at the center

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.759
 of human community

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.240
 by making

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.740
 a covenant

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.259
 with man.

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.019
 The first thing

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.579
 off the boat

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.660
 he makes a covenant

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:08.879
 reestablishing himself

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:10.039
 as the center

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.720
 of our community.

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.319
 And so in my life

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.559
 I need to

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.799
 put God

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.819
 at the center

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.160
 of all my community.

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.660
 The second thing

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.079
 that I saw

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.619
 from the story

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.099
 of the flood

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.900
 that I think

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.019
 really impacts my life

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.200
 is that I need

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.759
 to remember

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.299
 this one

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.539
 this one's gonna like

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:29.460
 make us

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.599
 cringe a little bit

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:30.879
 I think

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.480
 when we hear it.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.420
 but remember

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.140
 God's role

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:34.160
 as judge

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.099
 in the earth.

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 See I think

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.900
 we don't like

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.960
 to think about God

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.299
 in his role

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.860
 as a judge

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.900
 because it's uncomfortable

00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.880
 it's not fun

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.759
 it's not safe.

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.160
 And I think

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.220
 there are two main reasons

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.299
 why we don't like this.

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.440
 First off

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.559
 we want God

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.259
 to exist

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.259
 to make us happy.

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.259
 At least I do

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.779
 in my life.

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.940
 In my life

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.799
 I am the person

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.620
 that I spend

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.420
 the most time with.

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.340
 Everything that I do

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.279
 I think back to

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.799
 how will this impact me?

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.420
 When I look around

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.880
 at the world

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.320
 I think

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:10.840
 I want to be happy.

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.580
 I'm aware

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.480
 of how everything else

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:15.980
 in life impacts me.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.640
 And I want God

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.880
 to be just as concerned

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.000
 about making me happy

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.680
 as I am.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.680
 And I think

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.400
 that's probably

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.539
 a pretty universal thing.

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.759
 Am I the only one?

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:28.279
 I hear giggles

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.740
 so I think

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.559
 I'm not the only one.

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.559
 I think they're

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.160
 nervous giggles.

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.339
 I don't want to confess

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.319
 that that's actually me too.

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.819
 And so

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:37.379
 I want God

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.200
 to exist

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.519
 to make me happy.

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.819
 And if God is judge

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:42.799
 and if God's judgment

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.700
 can mean that he sends

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.059
 a flood

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.980
 that wipes people out

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.319
 that seems contrary

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:48.220
 to their happiness.

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.940
 Because part of happiness

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.799
 would seem to be

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.460
 being alive

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.559
 to enjoy that happiness.

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.480
 And so the fact

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.720
 that God is judge

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.660
 goes against

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.299
 my desire here

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:02.000
 for God to exist

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.099
 to make me happy.

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.640
 We think

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:07.099
 God's job

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.700
 is to give us

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.660
 good grades in school

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:11.460
 help us get the right job

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.400
 get the right promotion

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.720
 find the right spouse

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.879
 have the right kids

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.900
 have a great house

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.920
 and put us in a position

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.180
 where we can get

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.779
 everything else

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.420
 we need in life

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.960
 on our own.

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:23.740
 I think that

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.480
 a lot of times

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.100
 is the definition

00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.579
 of happy

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.400
 that we assign

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.059
 God to give us.

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.880
 But the thing is

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:33.340
 if you look at the Bible

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:35.420
 that's not

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.259
 God's role.

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.079
 That's not why

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.559
 God exists.

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.360
 It's actually not

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.220
 that God exists

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.079
 to make us happy

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.500
 but that we exist

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.319
 for God's sake.

00:27:43.600 --> 00:27:44.840
 Colossians chapter 1

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.539
 verse 16

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.200
 says

00:27:46.200 --> 00:28:01.519
 Now we fall into that list

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:03.000
 under visible things

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.340
 and things on earth.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.960
 So we're included

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.620
 in that list

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.140
 and it says

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.519
 that we have been created

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.620
 by God

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.440
 for God.

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.299
 We exist

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.259
 for God

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.100
 not Him

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:13.640
 existing

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.539
 for us.

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.200
 If we continue

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.859
 looking at the Bible

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:18.559
 Psalm 4610

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.940
 says

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.899
 Be still

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:21.180
 and know

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.899
 that I am God.

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:26.039
 I will be exalted

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.460
 among the nations.

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.379
 I will be exalted

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.319
 in the earth.

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.039
 The purpose

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.159
 of the earth existing

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:33.259
 is not for Eric Scott

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.819
 to be happy

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.319
 and comfortable.

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.899
 The purpose

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:37.059
 of the earth existing

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.079
 is for God

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.059
 to be glorified.

00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.379
 And again

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.599
 in Ephesians 2

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.839
 when it's talking

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.339
 in this wonderful passage

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.639
 about God's work

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.559
 of saving us

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.559
 when we were rebels

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.059
 and aliens against Him.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.459
 It says

00:28:51.459 --> 00:28:52.039
 that God's work

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.679
 of saving us

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.319
 was not so that

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.799
 He could show

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.339
 how wonderful

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.339
 and amazing we are

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.039
 but so that

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.319
 in the coming ages

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.939
 He might make known

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.819
 the riches

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.859
 of His mercy

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.619
 in kindness

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.579
 towards us

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.579
 in Christ Jesus.

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.639
 He saves us

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.679
 so He can show off

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.699
 how great and amazing

00:29:07.699 --> 00:29:08.599
 He is.

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:12.399
 we exist

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:14.139
 for the glory

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:15.199
 of God

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:17.419
 which means

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.059
 that God

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.719
 has the right

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.419
 to do with us

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.519
 what He pleases

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:23.519
 and if that includes

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.459
 judging us

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:25.259
 when we deserve it

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.279
 then He has

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.939
 the right

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.599
 to do that

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.559
 according to the Bible.

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:31.039
 Now the second reason

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.259
 that we don't like

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.379
 the idea of God

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.159
 being a judge

00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:35.319
 is that we don't

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.000
 actually think

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.799
 we're that bad.

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.579
 we look around

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.980
 ourselves

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.680
 and think

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:41.559
 Hitler

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.500
 he was a bad guy

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.980
 I'm not him

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.779
 I deserve another chance

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:48.700
 Stalin

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:50.299
 he was a bad guy

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.940
 I'm not that bad

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.039
 I haven't killed

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.839
 that many people

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.339
 yet

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:56.859
 I deserve another chance

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:58.659
 and as long

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.259
 as we look

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.299
 around ourselves

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.980
 at broken humanity

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.700
 we can always find

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.379
 someone worse

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.019
 than us

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.680
 to compare ourselves

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.120
 against

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:08.920
 so that we can say

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.000
 I think I deserve

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.779
 another chance

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:12.720
 and we think of God

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.440
 as operating on

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.120
 this same scale

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.920
 like we're a little

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.700
 better than someone else

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.600
 maybe he's a little

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.279
 better than us

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:18.340
 but that doesn't

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.019
 give him the right

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.680
 to judge us

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:19.940
 right?

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.620
 The problem is

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:22.279
 that's not how

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.960
 the scale works

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.720
 it's not that

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:26.200
 Hitler is here

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.039
 and we're here

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.860
 and God is here

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:29.240
 the problem is

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.120
 that God is totally

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.860
 different than us

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.960
 that he is perfect

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.700
 he is good

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.560
 and we are not

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:35.119
 that we as his

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.599
 creation

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.179
 owe him

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.819
 our allegiance

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.839
 and we instead

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:39.019
 have been rebels

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.720
 and traitors

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:42.299
 and turned against him

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:44.740
 and as a result

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.159
 of this

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.299
 it's not that

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.759
 we deserve to just

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.500
 be looked down on

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.759
 a little

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.359
 and be like

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.460
 sorry you're not

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.099
 as good as me

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:52.379
 but we deserve

00:30:52.379 --> 00:30:53.019
 death

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:55.519
 and so

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.339
 as we look

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.879
 at our state

00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:59.339
 we see

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.099
 that

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:01.500
 God has the right

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.200
 to judge us

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.940
 because we exist

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.579
 for his sake

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:05.180
 that we deserve

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.779
 to be judged

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.859
 because we're sinful

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.440
 and we are not

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.299
 up to his standard

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.539
 and that just

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.579
 doesn't make

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.519
 any good news

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.940
 does it?

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.500
 If we look at

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.000
 this problem

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.019
 of God being judged

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.339
 if we put ourselves

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.940
 in the story

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.420
 of the flood

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.680
 basically we see

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.639
 that we're drowning

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:21.579
 with everyone else

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.379
 and we deserve

00:31:22.379 --> 00:31:22.899
 to be drowning

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.720
 with everyone else

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:25.339
 which at least

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.839
 in my book

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.939
 is not good news

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:29.399
 but there is

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.019
 good news

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.099
 in this story

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:34.139
 see the flood

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:36.980
 was an act of love

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.399
 the flood

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.299
 was an act of love

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.460
 because God's

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.639
 greatest concern

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.559
 among us

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.779
 is setting his people

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.799
 apart for himself

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.059
 because he knows

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.759
 that the path

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.399
 to true life

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.559
 lies in a relationship

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.899
 with himself

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:54.740
 and that sin

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.480
 is a barrier

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.379
 to that relationship

00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:57.579
 so in the flood

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.579
 when God acts

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.740
 to wipe out

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.919
 sin

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:03.319
 he's tearing down

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.119
 the barriers

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.939
 that keep Noah

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.639
 and his family

00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.740
 from being able

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.899
 to experience

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.279
 this perfect relationship

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.059
 with him

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:13.079
 that God

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:14.099
 cares

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.419
 so much

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:16.899
 about his people

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:18.279
 being able to have

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.259
 this right relationship

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.819
 with himself

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.960
 that he would sacrifice

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.079
 everything

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:23.680
 including the rest

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.240
 of creation

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.140
 in order to accomplish it

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.299
 and tear down the barriers

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:28.420
 that keep it from happening

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:33.740
 and as we look

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.440
 at the story

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.000
 of the Bible

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.080
 there is one

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.980
 other place

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:39.100
 where we see

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:40.539
 the great extent

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.279
 to which God

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.779
 will go

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.580
 in order to tear down

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.960
 every barrier

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.240
 that keeps his people

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.180
 away from himself

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:50.500
 there's one other story

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.080
 in the Bible

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.980
 that shows

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:53.340
 the great extent

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:54.340
 to which God

00:32:54.340 --> 00:32:55.580
 hates sin

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.559
 the great extent

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.240
 to which God

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.339
 wants this sin

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.539
 torn away

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.220
 from creating

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.740
 a barrier

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.619
 between us

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:02.980
 and him

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.960
 and unlike

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.439
 the flood

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:06.799
 this other one event

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:08.099
 is absolutely

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:09.139
 successful

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.559
 in its work

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.079
 and that one other event

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.859
 that shows

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.819
 how great

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.599
 God's love is

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.000
 for us

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.519
 how much

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.159
 he desires

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:19.359
 to have this barrier

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.839
 of sin

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.740
 taken away

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.699
 from our relationship

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.240
 with him

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.819
 is the death

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.279
 of his son

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.819
 on the cross

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:28.299
 the cross

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.839
 is how

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.879
 God's role

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.460
 as judge

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.579
 can be good news

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.859
 to us

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.439
 because although

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.619
 we deserve

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.539
 his judgment

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.599
 although he has

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.879
 the right to judge us

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.799
 he steps in

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.460
 and he takes

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.039
 our place

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.720
 and takes

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.859
 his full wrath

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.799
 upon himself

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.859
 so that we don't

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:43.740
 have to bear it

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:46.799
 the cross

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.559
 is the place

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.159
 where God's justice

00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:51.179
 as one who is perfect

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.919
 and cannot be

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.339
 in the presence

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.819
 of sin

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:54.599
 and God's love

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.959
 as the one

00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.500
 who wants

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.179
 to rescue

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.740
 the sinners

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.319
 who have turned

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.919
 against him

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.959
 come together

00:33:59.959 --> 00:34:04.059
 and where once

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.959
 for all

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:07.480
 sin is defeated

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.500
 and destroyed

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:10.519
 and we

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.500
 who stand

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.759
 deserving of judgment

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:14.119
 can be set free

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.659
 without God

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.920
 having to give up

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.960
 his justice

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:21.220
 and I think

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:21.679
 as long

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.280
 as we

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:23.460
 try and downplay

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:23.840
 the role

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.260
 of God

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:24.900
 as judge

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:26.820
 we're going

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.240
 to create

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.679
 a lot

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.440
 of problems

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:30.539
 we're going

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.039
 to downplay

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.539
 the severity

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.139
 of our sin

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.659
 because

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.940
 if God's not

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.619
 actually going

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.179
 to judge it

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.840
 then I can

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.159
 do whatever

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.539
 I want

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:39.519
 we're going

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.079
 to downplay

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.860
 the importance

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.519
 of salvation

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:43.159
 because if

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.559
 Christianity

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.059
 is a life system

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.420
 that works

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.840
 for me

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.200
 and Buddhism

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.900
 works for someone

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.079
 else

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.579
 and atheism

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.200
 works for someone

00:34:49.200 --> 00:34:49.500
 else

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.019
 then they found

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.340
 what works

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.659
 for them

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.159
 no problem

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.860
 but if there

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.460
 is a God

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.420
 who is judge

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.820
 then it's not

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.260
 just about

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.720
 finding what

00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:57.220
 works for you

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.860
 it's about

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.860
 finding truth

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:01.099
 because the truth

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.880
 is if God

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:03.460
 exists as a judge

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.000
 like the Bible

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.840
 says that he does

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.559
 there's going

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.180
 to come a day

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.639
 of judgment

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:08.480
 and the only hope

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.639
 for us

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.639
 just like the only hope

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.099
 for Noah

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.539
 of being saved

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.420
 is grace

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:15.460
 and that grace

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.000
 is found

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.000
 through the cross

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:18.699
 and so if it is

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.559
 true that God

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.099
 is a judge

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.559
 as the Bible

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.400
 says that he is

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.599
 we must emphasize

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.619
 the importance

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.239
 of salvation

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:25.079
 in our lives

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.579
 and the lives

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.420
 of those around us

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.860
 because Christ's

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.699
 work on the cross

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.659
 is the only way

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.559
 to escape

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.199
 this judgment

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:34.059
 if we downplay

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.619
 God's role

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.119
 as judge

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.920
 we downplay

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.460
 God's love

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.019
 for us

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.519
 because if there's

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.980
 no judgment

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.819
 coming on us

00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:40.579
 what's the point

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.099
 of the cross

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.819
 what's God

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.319
 showing us

00:35:42.319 --> 00:35:42.920
 in the cross

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:44.639
 the thing

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:44.980
 that makes

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.400
 the cross

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.079
 so powerful

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.759
 is the fact

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.400
 that God

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.360
 is a righteous

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.699
 judge

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.279
 that God

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.900
 does have

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.279
 wrath

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:51.199
 coming against

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.519
 us

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.400
 for our sin

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.059
 and that he

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.679
 stepped in

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.539
 and he took

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.380
 our place

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:57.619
 that the judgment

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.259
 that we deserve

00:35:58.259 --> 00:35:59.259
 fell on him

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.199
 instead of us

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:03.000
 if we downplay

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.799
 God's role

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.599
 as judge

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:06.739
 we're going

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.460
 to rob others

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.539
 from the opportunity

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:10.340
 to hear about

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.300
 this great salvation

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:12.079
 because we're not

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.700
 going to be inspired

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.380
 to tell them

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.100
 about it

00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:15.660
 and so

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:17.000
 understanding

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.600
 that God

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:18.320
 is judge

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.900
 is hugely

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.559
 important

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.320
 in the story

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.800
 of the flood

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.640
 and the one

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.120
 other way

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:25.039
 that the story

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.559
 of the flood

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.660
 should impact

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:27.059
 my life

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.519
 is to give me

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.820
 hope

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:29.980
 because as we

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.320
 look at the

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.000
 Bible's story

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.620
 of the flood

00:36:31.620 --> 00:36:32.960
 and its effects

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.620
 God works

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.260
 this great

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.760
 catastrophe

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.500
 that wipes

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.720
 sinful humanity

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.319
 off the face

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:38.839
 of the planet

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.919
 but it does

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.819
 not ultimately

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.719
 succeed

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.779
 the sin

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.719
 around Noah's

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.339
 family is wiped

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:45.000
 out but the sin

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.859
 within Noah's

00:36:45.859 --> 00:36:46.679
 family remains

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:47.539
 and it carries

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.359
 through to today

00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:49.139
 so that each

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.639
 of us

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.980
 is sinful

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.679
 each of us

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.439
 rebels against

00:36:52.439 --> 00:36:52.699
 God

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.219
 each of us

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.239
 lives in this

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:55.000
 broken world

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:56.000
 each of us

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.139
 feels the effects

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.000
 of this broken

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.500
 world

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.379
 every day

00:36:59.379 --> 00:37:00.919
 the Bible

00:37:00.919 --> 00:37:01.439
 promises

00:37:01.439 --> 00:37:02.619
 us

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.439
 that a day

00:37:03.439 --> 00:37:04.019
 is coming

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:06.739
 when God's

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.159
 going to step

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.599
 in and he's

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.900
 going to make

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.340
 all things

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.599
 new

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:10.059
 that a day

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.440
 is coming

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.719
 when there

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.039
 will be a

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.539
 new heavens

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.019
 and a new

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.280
 earth

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:13.340
 and that God's

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.019
 people will

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:15.179
 live with him

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:16.440
 forever in this

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.900
 new earth

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.599
 and that it

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.340
 will be free

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.500
 from sin

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.280
 that what

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:21.239
 was accomplished

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:22.099
 in part in the

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.960
 flood will one

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.840
 day be accomplished

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.599
 in full

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.440
 that we can live

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.059
 in this place

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.960
 of perfect joy

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.980
 perfect peace

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:30.259
 perfect happiness

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:33.079
 with God

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.679
 forever

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:36.019
 and that the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.480
 accomplishment

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.299
 of this

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:38.379
 is made possible

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:39.480
 only through

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.480
 the cross

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.119
 and the death

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.599
 of his son

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:43.719
 so let's pray

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:47.099
 father we thank you

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:50.480
 for the fact

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.139
 that you

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.919
 love your people

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:55.000
 we thank you

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.559
 for the fact

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.299
 that you are

00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.059
 committed to do

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.679
 anything

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:59.139
 to tear down

00:37:59.139 --> 00:37:59.739
 the barriers

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:01.460
 that keep us

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.899
 from you

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:05.220
 we thank you

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:06.940
 for the cross

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.780
 for you

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.420
 stepping in

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.960
 and bearing

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.440
 the judgment

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.240
 that we deserve

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:13.539
 for dying

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.220
 in our place

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:15.500
 for taking

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.000
 the punishment

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.760
 for our sin

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:19.119
 for defeating

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.059
 its power

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.980
 once and for all

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:22.920
 we pray that

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.260
 as we go

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.780
 throughout this

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.099
 week

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:25.579
 that this

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.000
 reminder

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.960
 of your power

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:28.619
 of your justice

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.460
 and of your love

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.380
 will empower us

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:31.179
 to love our

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.440
 neighbors

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:33.300
 to share your

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.000
 good news

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.460
 with them

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:37.260
 and to walk

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.760
 in a way

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.720
 that is obedient

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.280
 to you

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:41.380
 and to live

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.940
 with hope

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.679
 of the day

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.119
 when you will

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.619
 step in

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.559
 and once for all

00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:45.820
 make all things

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.099
 new

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.360
 and that we will

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.940
 be able to live

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.639
 with you forever

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.480
 on this new earth

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.099
 in Jesus name

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.800
 amen

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:53.480
 you