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 Father, we know that the devil doesn't want us to think about this text.

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 And you know, Father, how we ourselves, our minds quickly flit away from texts like this.

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 How easy it is, Father, for us to not hear and not even to notice that we're not hearing.

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 So we ask, Father, that you would be very kind to us.

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 You are always kind and pour out your Holy Spirit with might and power and deep conviction.

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 And grip us with your word.

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 And as we are gripped by your word, grip us with the gospel.

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 And this we ask in Jesus's name. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So two weeks ago, part of the Bible text meant that we had to talk about abortion.

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 And transgender issues.

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 And last week, the Bible text meant that we had to talk about marriage, sexual knowing, and same-sex marriage.

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 Nothing controversial.

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 And this week, there's nothing big and controversial like that.

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 Except this is really, really a big passage of scripture.

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 I mean, why is there evil?

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 Why is there suffering and pain?

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 Why is it that God seems so hard to know?

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 Why is it that God seems like an abstraction and so distant?

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 And not only these things, but why is it that I do wrong things?

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 Why is it that often after a conversation or a meeting, I'm kicking myself because I was meaner or sharper or more angry or more cowardly than I desire to be?

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 Why is it that I do these things?

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 Why is it that I do these things?

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 These are really, really important human questions.

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 And the Bible text that we're going to look at today is the first step in coming to understand the answer to these things.

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 So it would be a great help to me if you got a Bible and you turned in them to Genesis chapter 3.

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 And if you're unfamiliar with the Bible, Genesis is the very first book in the Bible.

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 So it's probably like page 2 or 3 in your Bible.

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 But Genesis chapter 3.

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 And just before we start to read it again and look at it, I just want to share the older I get and the longer I think about these issues.

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 And I don't mean any disrespect to anybody else.

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 But the longer I think about these issues, there is nothing in the world in philosophy or spirituality or religion that is as wise as Genesis 1, 2, and 3.

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 When understood through the gospel.

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 I just, the more I think about these things, the more I think about how different groups try to understand the existence of good and evil and our longings.

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 I don't think Islam or Hinduism or Buddhism or secular thought comes even close to the wisdom of Genesis 1, 2, and 3.

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 This is just me sharing what I have discovered the more and more I think about it.

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 It is so wise and so true.

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 And if you get nothing else out of the sermon, if you spend the rest of the sermon thinking about your shopping list or what you're going to watch on Netflix tonight or whatever, I hope you don't.

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 But if all you get out of it is a desire to read the truth in Genesis 1, 2, and 3 and meditate upon it, then God has done a good work in your heart.

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 Now it's going to start in a very, very odd way.

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 In fact, it's going to start in a way that puts us off.

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 Look how it begins.

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 Genesis chapter 3, verse 1.

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

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 He said to the woman, did God actually say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 And as soon as I say that, some of you say, time out, George.

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 Okay, I thought you said this is a true story.

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 Talking snakes.

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 George, come on.

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 Like I thought you were making this case.

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 Like I've listened to some of your sermons and, you know, you're talking about creation and evolution.

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 You talked about Adam and Eve.

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 You talked about how they're real and how they're true and how they matter.

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 And now we come to talking serpents.

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 Like what's going on, George?

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 Well, that's a good question.

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 It's an honest question, isn't it?

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 Like a lot of us feel very uncomfortable about it.

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 So I just want to say a couple of things about this talking serpent thing.

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 The first thing is, and this is going to, I was really surprised when I discovered this.

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 But in the Middle Ages, a lot of Jewish commentators upon this, they believed, well, they actually believed in an early form of Narnia.

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 I mean, how many people have read the Narnia Chronicles or are familiar with the Narnia Chronicles?

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 If you're not familiar with the Narnia Chronicles, there's talking animals and there's animals that don't talk.

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 And believe it or not, a lot of Jewish commentators believe that in the Garden of Eden,

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 which wasn't the whole world, just a part of the world,

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 that in the Garden of Eden, all the animals talked.

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 And that outside the Garden of Eden, they didn't talk.

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 I think that's sort of cool, eh?

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 I'm not saying that's the answer to the text.

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 I just was really surprised that that was what some, like our Jewish friends for many centuries, some of them taught.

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 Listen, here's the main thing.

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 Sort of two main things about it.

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 First of all, I'm going to keep on assuming that Moses is the guy ultimately responsible.

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 I mean, ultimately, I believe it's God who caused it to be written, but at a human level, it is Moses.

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 If you don't agree with me, that's, you know, ultimately, nobody doesn't say who wrote the book, okay?

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 But tradition with Moses.

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 Okay?

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 Just remember this, right?

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 This is like, if you get, here's one of George's hermeneutical principles, okay?

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 Assume for a second Moses wasn't stupid.

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 Just assume.

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 Moses knew that snakes didn't talk.

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 I mean, that wasn't just something they figured out in 2017.

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 Like, if this text was written 1500 BC or 1300 BC or whenever it was written, they knew back then that snakes didn't talk.

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 So let's just assume for a second that they knew that.

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 In fact, it's actually a bit of an argument for the text because all the rest of the book of Genesis, as you read it,

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 it's describing, it's talking about in very historical and real terms, as if it's describing things that really happened.

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 I can just imagine almost Moses having a conversation with God.

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 Okay, well, God, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

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 You want me to put in a talking snake?

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 Like, are people going to lose the thread of this if I, you know?

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 And he had to trust to put in the talking snake.

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 But if you, here's the other thing, a more realistic thing.

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 If you go and you read in 2 Samuel, there's a very, very interesting pair of stories.

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 And in the first set of stories, it describes how David lusts after Bathsheba.

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 And then David, after he lusts after Bathsheba, he has an affair with her.

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 He makes her pregnant.

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 And then he conspires to make it look like her husband has made her pregnant, not him.

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 And when that plan doesn't work, he comes up with another conspiracy to have Bathsheba's husband murdered.

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 And that's successful.

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 And Uriah, Bathsheba's husband, dies.

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 And it's told, just in a straight narrative form, more detailed than I gave you, but it's told.

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 Then immediately after that, the whole story is retold in a second way.

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 Some of you who know the Bible know it, isn't it?

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 It's that Nathan comes and tells, who's a prophet, and tells David a story about a man who just had one little sheep.

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 And how this rich king came and killed the sheep.

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 And, you know, didn't use any of his own sheeps, but basically stole this one sheep of this poor person and killed it.

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 And David gets enraged and says, that man should die.

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 And then there's this famous line, Nathan says to the king, you are that man.

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 And it's very, very convicting.

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 This story here is a bit of both.

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 And one of the ways to understand the story is it's not saying that, by the way, that, I don't know, you know, Eve's walking around.

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 The snake says one thing.

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 She says something back.

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 He says something.

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 She says something.

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 He says something.

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 She says something.

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 And that takes you about, I don't know, like 15 seconds.

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 She eats the apple.

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 It's not an apple.

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 Eats the fruit.

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 Wham.

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 Who knows?

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 This interaction could have taken place over hours or weeks.

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 There's no sense of that.

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 It's on one hand like the story of Nathan confronting David with the story of the sheep.

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 To try to communicate the historical thing that David actually did to bring it home to him in a very, very powerful way.

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 And so in many ways, this story is more like that.

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 It's describing something that happened that's real.

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 But it's introducing symbolism and imagery and language that's compressed.

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 And let me tell you, I, every day this week, when I was reading this text and memorizing it, I would have to stop my preparation.

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 And I know this is saying more about me than it is about other people because my brain isn't very big.

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 But I would feel like my brain was going to explode because there's so much in this text.

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 And I would have to stop preparing because I would just have to say, God, there is so much.

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 I didn't say God in a swear word.

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 I mean, I'm actually talking to God.

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 And I said, Lord, there is so much.

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 I feel like my head is going to explode.

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 My heart is going to explode.

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 And God in his wisdom compresses whatever it is that really happens into this very short, in five verses, the interaction.

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 And in one verse, the fall and the beginning of death, sin and death and tragedy.

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 And then in a few verses, the beginning of a sense of how God graciously responds in simple language that you could read to a child and they would understand.

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 It's a brilliant piece of writing.

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 And it's more like, you are the man.

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 That's how it's written.

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 But it's describing something real.

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 The other thing by this, by the way, is this story is part of a big story in the Bible.

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 And the big story in the Bible is that God makes all things good.

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 Then evil arises in his created order.

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 And then God promises he's going to deal with it.

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 And then he deals with it in the person of his son.

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 Then we live in a time of the already not yet knowing that God is going to bring all things to a proper end.

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 And then comes the very end.

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 It's part of an overarching big story.

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 So the serpent, as illus, is brought into this.

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 And it's not really made clear who he is until you actually get to the book of Isaiah.

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 And you get to the book of Ezekiel.

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 And most of all, until you get to Jesus.

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 But you see the consequences of the act in a very powerful way very, very quickly.

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 So let's read verse 1 again now, okay?

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 Okay, hopefully, you know, you're with me.

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 The time out has come.

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 Okay, we have a talking serpent.

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 It's a very powerful image, isn't it?

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 Now, the serpent, verse 1, was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 Just, by the way, one of these things.

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 I didn't know this until I did my language research.

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 The word crafty in the original language sounds almost the same as naked in the original language.

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 So the previous story ends with the man and the woman being naked, but unashamed and embarrassed and unafraid.

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 And so this, the way this is written, the writer is saying, I'm telling you a brand new story, but in a very, very subtle way.

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 If you were listening to it in the original language and you hear the two words which are almost identical, but just slightly different, you see that the story is tying the two of them together.

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 And so now the serpent was more crafty or shrewd than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 This is really, really, really big.

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 If you could put the first point up, that would be great.

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 Evil is not equal to God's goodness.

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 And God did not create evil.

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 I mean, there's, you know, one of the problems with Hindu thought.

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 It's not that Hindu thought is immoral.

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 Hinduism teaches many, like, very common moral things that is just part of the common moral teaching and understanding of humanity.

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 But one of the problems with Hindu thought is how you ultimately accept that there is, in fact, a real difference between good and evil.

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 Because at the end of all things, there's just God.

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 There's just God.

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 And there's just oneness.

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 And it's actually sort of a challenge for Hinduism when you probe into it.

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 And if that's what the real reality is, that there's just one with no difference and no distinction, how do you make clear the distinction between good and evil?

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 And there's other schools of thought that make it look almost as if good and evil are equal.

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 And it's very easy for us to want to try to blame God for evil.

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 But when it says here that the beast of the field that the Lord God had made, what we're seeing here is that it's not that somehow or another, whoever the serpent is,

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 and it's not going to become clearer until you start to read Isaiah and you start to read Ezekiel and you start to read what Jesus has to say.

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 And then you start to read the apostles who've learned from Jesus.

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 And then you see in the book of Revelation and you see the carrying on of the images and you see the deepening of the teaching.

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 And it's not going to be very clear right now who it is and what exactly it is that the serpent is.

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 But what's going to be very, very clear is that the serpent isn't somehow equal to God.

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 And what's going to be seen here is that it isn't as if somehow there's this separate force of evil that's just the same as God that somehow invades God's good creation.

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 There is a type of invasion here.

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 But what the text is making clear is that all things that exist were made.

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 And what you're seeing here is that the beginning of evil and the beginning of sin comes from the very creatures that God had made.

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 That the serpent and the power behind the serpent were made by God and that they were originally made as good and that Adam and Eve are made and they're originally made as good.

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 And that it's in these good things that God has made that out of these good things evil and the breaking of creation is going to come out of the creatures.

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 And it's the beginning of a long type of reflection that you can have.

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 But the text by saying in these very, very simple words that the serpents made, and we already know that Adam and Eve are made,

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 then we're going to see that when this first act of evil and rebellion happens,

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 and the things which lead up to it, is it comes from the made things, not God.

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 And if it comes from made things, not God, then it's not equal to God's goodness.

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 God didn't create evil.

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 In fact, we're going to see that from the very entrance of evil into the created order,

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 that God is going to act with justice and opposition to evil, but also with great grace and mercy and compassion

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 without any compromise to his justice and his opposition to evil.

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 So read it again.

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 You know, at this rate, it's going to be 13 verses, 15 minutes.

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 You can do the math.

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 It's going to be a two-hour sermon.

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 No, we'll go a little bit quicker.

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 Read verse 1 again.

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 Now, what did God actually say?

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 So, if you're like me, most of us just can't instantly remember what God said,

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 but just look, it's probably on the same page, just look at chapter 2, verse 7.

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 If you look at chapter 2, verse 7 through 9, you get to see what God says.

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 And then in verses 15 and 16, look what it says.

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 So verse 7,

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 Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the bread of life,

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 and the man became a living creature.

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 It's a description of the creation of Adam, the second creation story, as it's called.

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 Verse 8,

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 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.

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 The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 also by implication in the midst of the garden.

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 And just go down to verse 15 and 16.

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 So by the way, just before you get further,

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 the Bible doesn't actually talk much about the tree of life until it gets to the New Testament.

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 It's sort of, it's mentioned very briefly at the end of Genesis 3.

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 We'll look at that in a couple of weeks.

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 But the, it doesn't touch much about it.

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 But in terms especially of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it's just a tree.

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 It's not a magical tree.

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 It's not a tree that has particular powers.

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 It's just a tree.

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 And that's going to be very, very important.

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 The thing about, the thing about the tree isn't that somehow the tree is magical or special,

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 that the fruit is somehow special in and of itself.

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 It's going to be an opportunity.

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 The tree is just an opportunity for God to give the human beings, Adam and Eve,

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 a simple command that they are to obey.

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 They don't have to learn the Westminster Catechism.

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 They don't have to learn the Heidelberg Catechism.

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 They don't have to memorize the whole book of Psalms.

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 They have one tree, one simple command.

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 And you can't have love without freedom.

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 And the way that they show that they love the Lord and that they're free

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 is to follow one simple command.

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 That's all it is.

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 Look at verse 15 and 16.

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 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

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 And the Lord commanded the man, saying,

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 You may surely eat of every tree of the garden.

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 Notice that?

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 You may surely eat of every tree of the garden.

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 And the implication is, listen,

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 you know, there's thousands, I don't know, hundreds of thousands of trees,

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 different type of fruit.

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 Adam, I love you.

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 I've provided for you.

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 The fruit is delicious.

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 Eat as much as you want, whenever you want,

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 as varied as you want.

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 Come on in.

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 Eat to your heart's content.

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 That's what it means by saying surely.

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 You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

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 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 you shall not eat.

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 One tree.

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 Thousands or hundreds of thousands of trees,

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 you can eat.

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 Eat as much as you want.

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 One tree, only one tree.

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 Don't eat of it.

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 And what does it say?

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 For in the day that you eat of it,

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 you shall surely die.

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 So let's go back to what the serpent says to Eve.

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 He says to the woman,

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 the second part of verse one,

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 Did God actually say,

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 You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 Notice that?

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 By the way,

00:20:49.860 --> 00:20:51.940
 so much temptation in our life,

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 and so much problem comes by,

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 that's a very simple thing.

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 Did God actually say?

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 You know, like,

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 when we're having,

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 when I'm having discussions,

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 you know,

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 around maybe issues around,

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 you know,

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 it's easy when you're having conversations

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 with people around slavery being evil,

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 because Christians and our secular society,

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 we all agree that slavery is evil, right?

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 And there's,

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 you know,

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 it's very easy to have a conversation around,

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 I don't know,

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 like political oppression,

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 or torture,

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 or,

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 you know,

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 profound economic injustice.

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 Like,

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 it's very easy to have conversations with our friends,

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 because what our culture says,

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 and what the Bible says,

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 we're saying the same type of thing.

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 But when you get to things where our culture differs from the Bible,

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 and then you get talking to Christians,

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 or people just trying to figure out the Christian faith,

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 who are trying to get around it,

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 like it almost always comes up,

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 did God actually say?

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 Like,

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 did God actually say?

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 Isn't that just like a bit of a cultural thing

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 that you don't have to follow anymore?

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 Like,

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 isn't that just a narrative device?

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 Like,

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 isn't that just like a bit of a mythological thing?

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 Did God actually say?

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 Like,

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 this is as new

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 as the most recent class

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 in theology or spirituality.

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 And it's as new

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 and as current

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 as our most recent conversation.

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 Did God actually say?

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 And notice,

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 he gets it all wrong.

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 He basically wants to say to Eve,

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 did God actually say,

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 you can't eat any of these trees?

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 Like,

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 whoa,

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 what a weird God.

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 Like,

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 you're pretty in the midst of all these trees.

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 God's weird,

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 isn't he?

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 You know,

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 the other thing that he does here,

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 which is harder to know,

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 I didn't know this until I looked at

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 and did my language studies.

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 Notice in verse,

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 the first part of verse one,

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 it says,

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 Lord God.

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 And in the second part,

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 it just says God.

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 You know why that's significant?

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 That Lord and God put together.

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 God is in a sense,

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 the general word

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 that if they had been talking

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 abstractly about God

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 to Egyptians

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 or to Hittites

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 or Assyrians,

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 they could use this general word for God.

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 That's the word God.

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 But Lord

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 is a relationship word.

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 it's a little bit like,

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 you know,

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 every one of my children

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 at some point in time,

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 they,

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 when they were very young,

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 at a certain age,

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 all of them would start calling me George.

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 And I would have a conversation with them.

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 I would say,

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 there's seven billion people on the planet

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 who can call me George.

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 There's only,

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 let's say,

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 with my last kid,

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 there's only nine people

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 in the entire planet

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 of seven billion

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 who can call me dad.

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 dad.

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 And you're one of them.

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 So call me dad.

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 And Lord

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 is more like dad.

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 It's a relationship word.

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 It's an intimate word.

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 But notice what the serpent does.

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 He uses the abstract word,

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 the distant word,

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 the generic word,

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 rather than the personal word for God.

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 You know,

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 this is so true of me.

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 One of my problems

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.639
 in my Christian life

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 is I start to think

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 more and more

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 that God's an abstraction.

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 abstraction.

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 It's one of the ways

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 that I make God more distant

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 when he becomes

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 an abstraction to me,

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.519
 a generality to me,

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 an argument to me.

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:08.299
 And we see that right here.

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 The serpent says,

00:24:09.920 --> 00:24:10.680
 abstraction,

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.200
 not dad,

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 not the personal name,

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.779
 but the abstraction.

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 And notice how Eve responds.

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.740
 See,

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.599
 and this is all the way

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.039
 through the story.

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 So how does Eve

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.160
 going to respond?

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.759
 First of all,

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:22.480
 if you read Genesis 2,

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.640
 Eve should actually say,

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:25.940
 you know,

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:28.319
 you're not talking true of God

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.539
 and part of my job

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.920
 is to protect this garden

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 so that only true

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.519
 and honorable things of God

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:33.859
 are said,

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.759
 so you need to leave.

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 That's what she actually

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.619
 should have said.

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.359
 But what does she say instead?

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.779
 Verse 2,

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.420
 and the woman said

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.980
 to the serpent,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.579
 we may eat of the fruit

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.339
 of the trees

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.319
 in the garden.

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 And by the way,

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.859
 she admits the word surely.

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.480
 She's saying,

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:51.839
 yeah,

00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.139
 yeah,

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.419
 yeah,

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.639
 yeah.

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.539
 God sort of lets us

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.579
 to have the odd bite

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.019
 of a grape or an apple.

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.980
 Like she's left out

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.759
 his provision,

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.299
 like his throwing open

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.059
 his arms and say,

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:02.639
 eat to your heart's content.

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.319
 She doesn't say

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.839
 to the serpent,

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:05.679
 he said,

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:07.599
 I can eat of every tree

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.119
 in the garden

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 except one

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.220
 to my heart's content.

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 Instead,

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.319
 she says,

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:12.960
 yeah,

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 I'm allowed to eat

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.379
 the odd bit of fruit.

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.000
 You know,

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.000
 isn't that so true

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.519
 of your life?

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 I'm just speaking here

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.919
 to Christians.

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 You know,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.559
 isn't that so true

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.659
 that it's so easy

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.799
 for me to start,

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.659
 for you and me

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:28.879
 to start forgetting

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.259
 how good God is?

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 Like,

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 I remember,

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:34.139
 this is quite a few years ago,

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 I was really,

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.839
 really down

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.919
 about how much money

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.759
 I had.

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.179
 Okay?

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.559
 And then it was

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.279
 one of those times

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.439
 as if God spoke to me

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:42.819
 and said,

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.339
 George,

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.799
 have you ever missed a meal?

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 Have you ever had a night

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:49.399
 where,

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.919
 you know,

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.599
 apart from times

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.379
 you might voluntarily

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.980
 have gone out

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.940
 to sleep under the stairs,

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.700
 have you ever had a night

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.980
 that you haven't had clothes

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.599
 or roof over your head

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.759
 or no food?

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 And I said to God,

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.059
 so to speak,

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.759
 that's never happened

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.659
 to me once, God.

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 And it was as if

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.940
 he said back to me,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.079
 he said,

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:08.079
 what are you complaining about?

00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.019
 Like,

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.700
 rather than me

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.659
 waking up every day

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.059
 and thinking,

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.319
 God,

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.919
 there's another day

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.619
 where I breathe,

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.259
 and thank you

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.859
 that my mind,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.740
 it's not the best mind

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.059
 in the world,

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:19.079
 but it still works.

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.779
 And thank you

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.980
 that I had a good night's sleep

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.559
 and thank you

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.159
 that I can live

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.960
 in a safe city

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.539
 and thank you

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.240
 that there's food

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.899
 for me waiting

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.960
 to eat in a few moments

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.519
 and thank you

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.759
 for the,

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.139
 rather than counting

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.799
 my blessings,

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.319
 so many times

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.819
 in my life

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.299
 I don't count

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.960
 my blessings

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.839
 but start to think

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.240
 that somehow

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:36.740
 God is cheap.

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.599
 You know,

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.980
 that's what she does

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.579
 right here.

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.859
 Say it again,

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.399
 and the woman said

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.819
 to the servant,

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.819
 we may eat of the fruit

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.319
 of the trees

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.919
 in the garden,

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:46.119
 but God,

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.659
 and she uses

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.539
 the abstract word,

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.599
 not the personal word,

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.099
 said,

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.939
 you shall not eat

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.359
 of the fruit

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.799
 of the tree

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.579
 that is in the midst

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.200
 of the garden,

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.659
 neither shall you

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.539
 touch it,

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.839
 lest you die.

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.720
 She added something

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.539
 to God's word.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.599
 By the way,

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:00.619
 by the way,

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.559
 right here you see

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.059
 the heart

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.920
 of all religion

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.740
 and spirituality.

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.220
 You know,

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.539
 if you're here

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.379
 and you're a Jewish person,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.359
 I don't want to offend you,

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.079
 but the Bible

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.480
 actually doesn't say

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.960
 that you can't eat

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:15.700
 meat and dairy

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.099
 in the same meal.

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:20.139
 Actually doesn't say that.

00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:21.980
 It just says

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.680
 you can't take

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.140
 the calf

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:27.099
 and kill the calf

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.720
 and cook it

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:29.339
 in its mom's milk.

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.039
 What does religion do?

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:32.120
 It wants to add to it.

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.759
 And that's what religion

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.000
 and spirituality does.

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.500
 You see,

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.240
 on one hand,

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.279
 it makes God

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.360
 more harsh,

00:27:40.360 --> 00:27:42.200
 and the other hand,

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.319
 it makes him seem

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:45.299
 like he's distant,

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.620
 and the other hand,

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.720
 it wants to add

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.559
 to God's word

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.599
 to add rules on it

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:51.039
 because God isn't smart enough

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.240
 to add enough rules,

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.619
 so our church

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:56.099
 has to make up God.

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.799
 You screwed up, God.

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.480
 Like,

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.079
 you should have said

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:00.039
 more no's.

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.879
 So because you forgot

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.059
 because you screwed up,

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.679
 we're going to add

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:04.639
 the no's you missed

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:07.539
 because we're like God.

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.000
 One moment,

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.759
 that's the fall.

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.839
 That's Genesis 3.

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:12.059
 That's sin.

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.139
 Let's just hope

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.119
 we don't remember that

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.159
 because we can't read

00:28:17.159 --> 00:28:17.699
 Genesis 3

00:28:17.699 --> 00:28:18.059
 because there's

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.919
 a talking serpent.

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:21.500
 And we're really

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.119
 sophisticated

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.119
 and smart

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.719
 and wise

00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:24.559
 and cultured

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.139
 and all that

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:25.819
 type of stuff.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.139
 And it forgets

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.319
 lest you surely die.

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.579
 Like,

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.779
 she's messed everything up.

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.399
 Verse 4,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.480
 but the serpent said

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.980
 to the woman,

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:35.240
 you will not surely die.

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.139
 In other words,

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.959
 God's wrong.

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.699
 You're not going to die.

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.359
 And then he says,

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.459
 for God knows

00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.799
 that when you eat of it,

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.240
 your eyes will be opened,

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.419
 and you will be like God,

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.939
 knowing good and evil.

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.259
 You know,

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.699
 basically,

00:28:57.959 --> 00:29:00.599
 it's just this blatant thing,

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:02.079
 God's wrong.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.259
 Don't trust me.

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.119
 I mean,

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.480
 in other words,

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.519
 don't trust God.

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.279
 Trust me.

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.379
 I'm smarter than God.

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.919
 I know better.

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.539
 You know,

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:15.500
 you know,

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.880
 this might sound like

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.500
 it's something that

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.800
 when it's put so blatantly,

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:20.000
 nobody believes it.

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.660
 But let me tell you,

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.700
 when I was in university,

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:24.300
 like 100 million years ago,

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.560
 just after they invented

00:29:25.560 --> 00:29:27.000
 the fire and the wheel,

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.060
 if you went to university,

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:31.300
 there were constant,

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.560
 constant things

00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:34.060
 about Marxism

00:29:34.060 --> 00:29:34.800
 and Christianity

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.700
 because Christianity

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.440
 wasn't good enough

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.320
 in and of itself.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:39.159
 we had to learn from Marx

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:40.000
 or you had to have

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.559
 different things

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.359
 about science

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.079
 and Christianity

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.819
 because guys like B.F. Skinner,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.579
 they have to correct the things

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.480
 because God's word

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.639
 isn't adequate enough.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.419
 And now you might have to be

00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:51.099
 a feminist and a Christian

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.460
 or queer and a Christian

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:54.859
 or postmodern and a Christian.

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:57.619
 And we don't actually go

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.579
 from this text

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.200
 to realize

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.799
 that what they're saying here

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:02.700
 is that I need to listen

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:04.819
 to a French guy

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:06.039
 or I need to listen

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.059
 to Germaine Greer

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.299
 or I need to listen to Marx

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.439
 and I need to listen to Jesus

00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:11.200
 because the fact of the matter

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.919
 is that it's the,

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.279
 you know, Jesus,

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:17.539
 I ultimately trust the Bible.

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.519
 There's several reasons for it,

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.200
 but at the end of the day,

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.579
 I trust it because I believe

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:23.000
 that Jesus really rose

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.639
 from the dead.

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:27.619
 And he trusted the Bible

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.599
 and he told me

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.399
 to trust the Bible

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:31.359
 and you know what?

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:33.379
 If he can rise from the dead,

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.560
 he tells everybody

00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:35.100
 he's going to die,

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.920
 he's going to rise from the dead,

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.920
 he rises from the dead

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:40.120
 and vindicates who he is

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:44.180
 and Marx didn't do that.

00:30:44.260 --> 00:30:45.100
 Nobody else did that.

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.160
 I'm going to trust Jesus.

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.460
 I'm going to trust Jesus.

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:51.340
 So here in verse 4,

00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.480
 the serpent just says,

00:30:52.780 --> 00:30:53.780
 this is what I say.

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.660
 I say something different

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.840
 than God, believe me.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.200
 Verse 5,

00:30:58.260 --> 00:30:58.940
 for God knows

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.760
 that when you eat of it,

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.920
 your eyes will be opened

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.480
 and you will be like God.

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:05.519
 You will be like God.

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.580
 You will be like God.

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.620
 You will be like God,

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.480
 knowing good and evil.

00:31:10.100 --> 00:31:11.120
 In verse 6,

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.100
 so the woman,

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.860
 when the woman saw

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:15.700
 that the tree was good for food,

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.500
 that it was a delight to the eyes

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:20.580
 and that it looked like

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.420
 the type of tree

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:23.180
 that would make you wise.

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:25.060
 And here the word for wise

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:27.539
 means give you practical power.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:29.180
 That's what it means.

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.460
 Practical power.

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.700
 That's what I want.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.500
 I want effective power.

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.940
 You know,

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.879
 that's what I want.

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.240
 Not just,

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.099
 oh, you know,

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.399
 these are some really good ideas

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.940
 or some insights.

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.859
 I want power.

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.279
 Practical power.

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.960
 Because I want to be like God.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.379
 She took the fruit

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:51.460
 and ate.

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:53.319
 And she also gave some

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.899
 to her husband

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.579
 who was with her.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.000
 And he ate.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.019
 And he ate.

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.579
 Could you put up

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.059
 the next point,

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:00.740
 Adam?

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:02.039
 I mean, Andrew?

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.960
 In Adam's fall,

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.079
 even though it mentions

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.940
 Eve primarily,

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:10.019
 it's interesting

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.240
 that the Bible primarily

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.180
 puts the obligation

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.339
 for the fall on Adam.

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.019
 That's a whole other sermon

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.200
 as to why that is.

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.759
 Part of it,

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.319
 I think,

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.259
 is actually is that

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.700
 while Eve was

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:22.720
 getting confused

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.440
 by the serpent,

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.500
 Adam just did it.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.220
 He just did it.

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:30.100
 I'm going to do it.

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.380
 There's other reasons,

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.839
 but it's a whole other sermon.

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:38.039
 But if I'm going to help you

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.700
 read the Bible,

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:40.200
 I have to put it this way.

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.440
 If I put it another way,

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.940
 I'm actually not helping you

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.559
 read the Bible.

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.380
 And at the end of the day,

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.259
 I want you to be able

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.819
 to read the Bible

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.500
 for yourself.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:50.480
 In Adam's fall,

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.960
 I did not become evil.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.559
 I was in a conversation

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.299
 with somebody

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.400
 a couple of weeks ago,

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:59.119
 and he said to me,

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.400
 you know,

00:32:59.619 --> 00:32:59.920
 George,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.200
 I think people are evil.

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.400
 Like,

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.220
 are you evil?

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.319
 I'm evil too.

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.799
 I think people are evil.

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.900
 Isn't that what

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.680
 the Bible teaches?

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.279
 And I said,

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.759
 that's not what

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.519
 the Bible teaches.

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.599
 That's not what this text

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.400
 is going to teach us.

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:14.160
 In Adam's fall,

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.400
 I did not become evil.

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.300
 I became bent and broken

00:33:17.300 --> 00:33:19.360
 from my highest heights

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:21.280
 to my deepest depths

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:23.500
 with nothing left untouched.

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.960
 You see,

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:28.060
 human beings still have heights.

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.780
 Listen to Bach.

00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:32.800
 What a creative genius.

00:33:34.540 --> 00:33:36.280
 Read Pascal's Ponses.

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:39.300
 Read some really

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:40.280
 excellent literature.

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.600
 Look at the paintings

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.820
 of Michelangelo

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.519
 or

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:48.159
 Van Gogh

00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.480
 or

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:50.299
 just

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.679
 human beings

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.419
 have heights.

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.759
 And we also have depths.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.639
 Both depths

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.359
 in a bad sense,

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.819
 but depths

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.619
 in a good sense.

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.899
 Why is it

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:01.019
 that I can be married

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.919
 to the same woman

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.339
 for

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:04.460
 almost 36 years

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.519
 and there's still

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.099
 more to know?

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:09.980
 Human beings

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.639
 have depths.

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.920
 And what the Bible says

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.000
 is that we don't become evil,

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.139
 we don't lose our heights,

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.299
 we don't lose our depths,

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:17.379
 but that there's nothing

00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:18.619
 in me that hasn't

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.379
 in some way

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:20.559
 be touched by the fall,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.519
 that in some way

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.059
 is bent.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.319
 And it's not sort of

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:24.179
 bent in such a way

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.759
 that I can still use it perfectly,

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.779
 it's bent in such a way

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.440
 that it's broken.

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.819
 If you put up the next way

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.819
 to put the same type

00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.639
 of idea, please.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.739
 Each and every human being

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.779
 is bent and broken

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:37.179
 by an ongoing desire

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:38.019
 to be God.

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:40.139
 I thought about

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.980
 putting a God,

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.460
 but I thought,

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.880
 no, no, no,

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.119
 you know,

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.900
 I'm going to leave it

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.579
 like that because,

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:43.759
 you know,

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.199
 some of us

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:45.099
 just want to be God.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.300
 Some of us

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.380
 are sure to content

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.599
 to share Godness

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.480
 with our wife

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.960
 or something

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.780
 or our best buddy.

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.699
 There can be two gods,

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.300
 you know?

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.340
 Some of us want

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:55.059
 to have our party,

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.699
 like the Nazis

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.519
 were quite happy

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.619
 to have the German people

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.440
 be the gods

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.759
 and everybody else not,

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.619
 you know?

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:02.980
 But

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:04.900
 every human being

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.960
 is bent and broken

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.220
 by an ongoing desire

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.900
 to be God.

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.460
 So for each

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.240
 and every person,

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.199
 only the true

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.199
 and living God

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.980
 can rescue

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.659
 and help them.

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.619
 That's what's going

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.619
 to become so obvious

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.360
 in the text.

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.579
 By the way,

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.539
 the Jewish people

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.639
 don't believe in the fall

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.880
 as a general rule.

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.699
 It's something that

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:26.800
 developed later

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.460
 in Judaism

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.360
 and especially

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.260
 with Christianity,

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.940
 it became to full flowers.

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.019
 It became clear

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.539
 and clear.

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.280
 I mean,

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.699
 some Jews believe it,

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.900
 but it's not necessarily

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.519
 a characteristic

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.400
 of Jewish thought.

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.900
 But what this text

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.519
 is saying is

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.280
 if in fact

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.240
 every human being,

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.000
 it's not just talking

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.400
 about something

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.260
 that Adam did,

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.660
 but that I also have

00:35:45.660 --> 00:35:47.019
 this ongoing desire

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.660
 to be God

00:35:47.660 --> 00:35:49.099
 that I need to die to.

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.099
 And if I have

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.360
 this ongoing desire

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.160
 to be God,

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.280
 even after I have

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.420
 been saved,

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.320
 I have an ongoing

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:57.559
 desire to be God.

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.119
 And if not only

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.940
 I have an ongoing

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.960
 desire to be God,

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.900
 but I'm also bent

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.400
 and broken,

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.980
 then I can never

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.039
 leave my bentness

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.880
 or my brokenness

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.460
 or my desire

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.019
 to be God

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.300
 to fix myself,

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.599
 it brings me

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.159
 to the point

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.820
 of realizing

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:12.039
 that unless God

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.900
 does something,

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.079
 I am doomed.

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.259
 Only God

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.199
 can do something.

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.420
 Only God,

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.779
 and only if he has

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:20.039
 mercy and power,

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.820
 he needs to do something

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.079
 because I cannot

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.300
 do it myself.

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.539
 And we see it

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.900
 right here

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.639
 in the story,

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:30.000
 how God

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:31.000
 begins almost

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.539
 immediately,

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.500
 it's very,

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.219
 very interesting.

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.820
 How is God

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.599
 going to respond

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.139
 to this?

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.179
 And some of you

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.639
 might be saying,

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:39.780
 well,

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.079
 it's really,

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.920
 really mean of God

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.639
 to sort of cause

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.380
 all of this human

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.699
 beings,

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:42.920
 like,

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.400
 why did he go

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.820
 ahead and say,

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:44.380
 okay,

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.780
 Adam,

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.360
 Eve,

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.019
 you did this,

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.820
 wham,

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.300
 I'm going to

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.820
 bang you with

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.420
 my hammer,

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:48.860
 and I'm going to

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.340
 bang you with

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.780
 my hammer,

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.340
 so now you're

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:51.179
 bent and broken,

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.079
 and it's all

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.579
 because God

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.300
 is mean.

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.980
 If he had just

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.599
 been a little bit

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.280
 more patient,

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.239
 not banged me

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.940
 with his hammer,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.960
 then I wouldn't

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.820
 be bent and broken,

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.480
 and I wouldn't need

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.340
 mean,

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.260
 and maybe he's

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.079
 a little bit angry.

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.639
 There was a few

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.039
 years ago,

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.599
 a guy who used

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.099
 to come to the

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.360
 church,

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.780
 I get an email

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.320
 on a Monday

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.719
 morning,

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.559
 he just called

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:10.079
 me like 20

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.559
 names,

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.480
 all bad,

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.639
 and a whole

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.460
 pile of anger.

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.079
 I said to my

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.360
 wife,

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.440
 this must be

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.840
 one of those

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:18.079
 emails where

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:19.260
 he was really

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.619
 mad,

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.380
 he fired off

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.900
 the email,

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.900
 and he should

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.239
 have waited,

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:22.960
 because I looked

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.659
 at it on Monday,

00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:24.340
 but he sent it

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.159
 right after church.

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.199
 So I talked to

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.619
 him a little few

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.119
 days later,

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.659
 and I began

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.179
 trying to be

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.039
 gracious by saying,

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.659
 you know,

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.239
 I almost said

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.679
 the guy's name,

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.059
 we'll call him

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.339
 Bob.

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:32.920
 You know,

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.119
 Bob,

00:37:33.259 --> 00:37:34.839
 that's probably

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.179
 one of those

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.779
 emails where

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.699
 you think about

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:36.879
 it,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.639
 and afterwards

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.139
 you realize

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.599
 you shouldn't

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:38.980
 send it.

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.940
 And he said

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.199
 to me,

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:40.719
 no,

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.319
 I did think

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:41.799
 about it for

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.019
 a while,

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.619
 I'm in every

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.859
 word,

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.199
 I'm not

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.579
 taking a

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.159
 word back.

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.579
 I thought,

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:44.899
 whoa,

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.399
 this is going

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:45.659
 to be an

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.000
 interesting

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.799
 conversation.

00:37:48.879 --> 00:37:49.480
 But that's

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.899
 not what went

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.399
 on here in the

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:50.779
 text.

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.819
 Look at what

00:37:51.819 --> 00:37:52.319
 happens with

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:52.539
 God,

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.879
 look at

00:37:52.879 --> 00:37:53.480
 verse 7.

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:56.159
 God doesn't

00:37:56.159 --> 00:38:09.940
 do anything to

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.139
 them.

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:12.579
 They broke

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:12.960
 and bent

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.719
 themselves.

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:19.739
 the words

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.359
 of judgment

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:20.939
 from God

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.179
 are going

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.459
 to come

00:38:21.459 --> 00:38:21.739
 in when

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:22.059
 we look

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.379
 at this

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:22.939
 text in a

00:38:22.939 --> 00:38:23.279
 couple of

00:38:23.279 --> 00:38:23.799
 weeks after

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.199
 Easter,

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:25.079
 verse 14.

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:25.759
 He does

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.519
 nothing in

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.919
 judgment.

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.219
 Adam and

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:29.699
 Eve broke

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.059
 and bent

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.819
 themselves

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.819
 by their

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.199
 act.

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.379
 Like,

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:35.759
 this is

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.159
 very,

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.939
 this is

00:38:36.939 --> 00:38:37.939
 very powerful.

00:38:38.899 --> 00:38:39.480
 And what

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:39.719
 you're going

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.239
 to see,

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.699
 you're going

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.039
 to see,

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.399
 it's going

00:38:42.399 --> 00:38:42.719
 to get

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.699
 unraveled.

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:43.939
 You're going

00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.219
 to start

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.779
 seeing the

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.419
 human life

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:46.759
 unraveling in

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.219
 the rest of

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.819
 the story.

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.099
 And then in

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.919
 Genesis 4,

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.339
 which we're

00:38:50.339 --> 00:38:50.679
 going to look

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:50.959
 like in

00:38:50.959 --> 00:38:51.579
 four weeks,

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.179
 you see then

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.619
 all of a

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.439
 sudden murder

00:38:53.439 --> 00:38:54.239
 enters in.

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.319
 You see that

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:56.579
 sin grows and

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.159
 spreads.

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.339
 And then you're

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:58.759
 going to see

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.659
 that polygamy

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.859
 enters in and

00:39:00.859 --> 00:39:02.139
 more murder and

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.939
 proud claims

00:39:02.939 --> 00:39:03.759
 against God.

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.819
 And it just

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.439
 starts with this

00:39:05.439 --> 00:39:06.239
 one little thing

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.679
 that at the

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.319
 end of chapter

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:07.859
 two,

00:39:08.779 --> 00:39:09.980
 Adam and

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.659
 Eve are what

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.559
 we ultimately

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.719
 truly in a

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:13.119
 heart of

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.679
 hearts just

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.460
 long for,

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.839
 that we

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.239
 could just

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.039
 be open,

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.879
 that we

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.259
 could be

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:18.019
 transparent,

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.079
 that we

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.419
 could just

00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:19.919
 be open

00:39:19.919 --> 00:39:20.619
 and transparent

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.500
 with ourselves,

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.079
 we could be

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.579
 open and

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.339
 transparent with

00:39:23.339 --> 00:39:23.579
 others,

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.119
 we could be

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.659
 open and

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.480
 transparent with

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.899
 God,

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:27.239
 and that there

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:27.659
 wouldn't be

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.299
 anything within

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.179
 us of shame

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.980
 or of guilt

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:31.179
 or of deception

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.779
 or of masks

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:35.119
 or of keeping

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.819
 people at a

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.339
 distance,

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.399
 that we would

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.319
 just be right

00:39:38.319 --> 00:39:38.919
 from the depths

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.440
 of our being

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.159
 to our heights,

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.579
 that there would

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.059
 just be an

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.799
 openness and a

00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:43.080
 transparency before

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:43.780
 each of us,

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.960
 but all of a

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.300
 sudden,

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.280
 when they take

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.700
 this,

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.160
 I am naked.

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.460
 I am naked

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:54.019
 because the fact

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.840
 of the matter is,

00:39:55.120 --> 00:39:55.740
 if I want to

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.519
 actually become and

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.200
 think that I'm

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:58.240
 equal to God,

00:39:59.580 --> 00:40:00.900
 I don't know,

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:02.440
 I'm pretty puny,

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:07.159
 and I want to

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.679
 be, all of a

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.139
 sudden, I'm

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.420
 naked.

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.480
 And it's not

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:14.900
 like they don't

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.880
 respond by saying,

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:16.639
 I need God's

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.420
 mercy, oh,

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.019
 Lord God,

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.300
 I've just called

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:21.320
 you God, but oh,

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.460
 Lord, what have I

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.840
 done?

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:24.079
 I need your mercy,

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.599
 help me, I've

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.559
 broken myself,

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:28.079
 but they want to

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.440
 hang on to that

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.440
 desire to be God,

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.820
 and if you

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.480
 desire to be

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.720
 God and you

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.220
 are made of

00:40:33.220 --> 00:40:35.220
 dust, then your

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:36.679
 very existence

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.980
 witnesses against

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.840
 you and you

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:40.700
 feel naked.

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.760
 God still sees

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.619
 them perfectly

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.300
 and clearly.

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.519
 His sight has

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.480
 not been affected

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.619
 by their act,

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.059
 but they cannot

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:50.420
 bear his sight.

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.320
 And Adam wants

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.980
 to be God and

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.980
 so does Eve want

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.960
 to be God and

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.960
 they cannot bear

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.000
 each other's sight

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.119
 and nakedness is

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:59.019
 now a problem and

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.659
 God has done

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.059
 nothing.

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.639
 They've broken

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.240
 themselves.

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:04.019
 And look how God

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.820
 reacts in verse

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.079
 eight.

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.000
 Does he want to

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.840
 say, does he

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.920
 say, whoa, the

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.800
 thunderbolt goes

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.019
 down, whoa, I'm

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:10.639
 going to grab you

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.900
 and shake you, I'm

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.260
 going to do

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:12.720
 something because

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.440
 I'm so mad at

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:13.579
 you.

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.179
 But what is his

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.800
 words are the

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.720
 first words to

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.340
 fallen human

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.900
 beings?

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.740
 It's in verse

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.039
 eight.

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.260
 And they heard

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:21.179
 the sound of the

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:22.139
 Lord God walking

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.059
 in the cool of the

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.320
 day.

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.159
 By the way, the

00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:24.740
 cool of the day

00:41:24.740 --> 00:41:25.519
 really means the

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.320
 breeze of the day.

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:28.280
 It means he's

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:28.800
 come with the

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.440
 Holy Spirit.

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:32.420
 And he's walking

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.420
 with the Holy Spirit

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.700
 moving in the trees,

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.059
 moving in the faces,

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.039
 moving where they're

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.460
 hiding.

00:41:38.720 --> 00:41:40.139
 He comes to them

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:42.900
 and the man and

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.639
 his wife hid

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.619
 themselves from the

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.299
 presence of the

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:45.460
 Lord.

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:45.779
 And the word

00:41:45.779 --> 00:41:46.619
 presence can also

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.119
 mean the word

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.619
 face.

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.339
 They don't want to

00:41:49.339 --> 00:41:50.099
 see his face.

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:52.219
 They hide from his

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.619
 face.

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.659
 I hide from the

00:41:55.659 --> 00:41:56.379
 face of God.

00:41:58.259 --> 00:41:59.139
 I have a deep

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.619
 addiction.

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:01.099
 On one hand, I

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:02.420
 long for the day

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.239
 when I can look at

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:04.199
 the face of God

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:06.699
 and stand before

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.579
 him naked and

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:09.019
 unashamed, clothed

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.599
 in the righteousness

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.279
 of Christ.

00:42:10.399 --> 00:42:11.659
 At the same time, I

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.399
 have a deep

00:42:12.399 --> 00:42:13.859
 addictive fear of

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:15.179
 the face of God

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:16.559
 and being naked

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.359
 before him.

00:42:18.399 --> 00:42:19.399
 And my life as a

00:42:19.399 --> 00:42:20.239
 Christian is caught

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:21.319
 in the dynamics of

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:22.960
 these two desires

00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:23.839
 and longings.

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:25.179
 And the work of

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:26.919
 grace is to both

00:42:26.919 --> 00:42:28.119
 fan in a flame

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:29.099
 within us a longing

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.960
 and a yearning for

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.839
 that day when we

00:42:30.839 --> 00:42:31.699
 can stand before

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.879
 God face to face

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.579
 unashamed.

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:35.280
 And the same work

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:36.280
 of grace and power

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:37.079
 of the Holy Spirit

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.860
 and power of the

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:39.460
 word of God is to

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.980
 call me day by day

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:42.480
 to die to my

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.900
 desires and my

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:45.240
 addictions to hide

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.099
 from the face of

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.440
 God.

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.160
 Read verse 8

00:42:50.160 --> 00:42:50.460
 again.

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.160
 And they heard the

00:42:51.160 --> 00:42:51.780
 sound of the Lord

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.640
 God walking in the

00:42:52.640 --> 00:42:53.380
 garden in the cool

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.860
 of the day.

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.519
 And the man and

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.180
 his wife hid

00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:56.160
 themselves from the

00:42:56.160 --> 00:42:56.860
 presence of the

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.880
 Lord God, the face

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.500
 of the Lord God

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.420
 among the trees of

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.900
 the garden.

00:43:00.680 --> 00:43:01.480
 But the Lord God

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:02.840
 called out to

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.579
 the man and said,

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.680
 where are you?

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.300
 Where are you?

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:07.820
 Could you put up

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:08.360
 the next point,

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.700
 please?

00:43:09.640 --> 00:43:10.500
 This is really,

00:43:10.740 --> 00:43:11.280
 really important.

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.840
 It's a matter of

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:13.300
 tone.

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.780
 In grace and mercy,

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:17.160
 the Lord God came

00:43:17.160 --> 00:43:18.260
 to draw Adam and

00:43:18.260 --> 00:43:19.380
 Eve out of hiding.

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:22.100
 He did not come to

00:43:22.100 --> 00:43:23.120
 drive them deeper

00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:23.960
 into hiding.

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.019
 Even the hardest

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.140
 parts of God's

00:43:27.140 --> 00:43:27.519
 word.

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:31.099
 God said, is God

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:32.860
 the shepherd of

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.360
 our souls calling

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:35.259
 to his lost

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:37.780
 sheep to come

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.099
 home?

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:41.739
 He never said,

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.800
 even his hardest

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:45.619
 teaching is a

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:47.259
 call to know

00:43:47.259 --> 00:43:48.179
 who we are before

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:49.440
 God in our heart

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:51.099
 of hearts and to

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:51.940
 come to him and

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.739
 to stop hiding.

00:43:52.739 --> 00:43:55.139
 This is the

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.839
 shepherd looking

00:43:55.839 --> 00:43:56.519
 for his lost

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.759
 sheep.

00:43:56.899 --> 00:43:57.939
 This is the woman

00:43:57.939 --> 00:43:58.919
 in the parables of

00:43:58.919 --> 00:43:59.779
 Jesus looking for

00:43:59.779 --> 00:44:00.719
 her lost coin.

00:44:04.899 --> 00:44:05.899
 Where are you?

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:10.059
 And the man said,

00:44:10.299 --> 00:44:11.539
 I heard the sound

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.019
 of you in the

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:13.539
 garden and I was

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:15.899
 afraid because I

00:44:15.899 --> 00:44:17.739
 was naked and I

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.519
 hid myself.

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.779
 He doesn't come

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.459
 out of the trees.

00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:21.980
 He doesn't come

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.340
 to God.

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:23.159
 He stays hidden.

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.400
 But he calls

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.900
 back.

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:26.800
 He's now afraid

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.199
 of God.

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:28.220
 Not a holy fear,

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:28.740
 but he's just

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.420
 afraid of God.

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:29.840
 His rival.

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:31.000
 How can I be a

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.720
 rival to the

00:44:31.720 --> 00:44:33.139
 one who holds

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:35.360
 this unbelievably

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:37.320
 vast galaxy in

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.800
 existence?

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:39.940
 How can I be the

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:41.159
 rival to that?

00:44:41.820 --> 00:44:42.619
 To him?

00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:46.019
 And God then

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.740
 says, doesn't say,

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.240
 oh, you're so

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.699
 stupid.

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.599
 I hate you.

00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:49.280
 I want to break

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:49.400
 you.

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:49.860
 I want to beat

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.119
 you up.

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.659
 No, what has

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.299
 God said?

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.599
 Another question.

00:44:53.139 --> 00:44:53.900
 Who told you

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:54.299
 that you were

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:54.619
 naked?

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.779
 Have you eaten

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.539
 of the tree of

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.339
 which I commanded

00:44:58.339 --> 00:44:59.119
 you not to eat?

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.960
 The man said,

00:45:01.460 --> 00:45:02.119
 now note this.

00:45:03.339 --> 00:45:03.920
 The man doesn't

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:07.299
 say, God, can I,

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.539
 I really need

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.920
 your help.

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.699
 Can I come, can

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.299
 I come out of

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:10.639
 hiding?

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:12.400
 Can you fix me?

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:17.359
 Lord, it is

00:45:17.359 --> 00:45:19.179
 just, it is just

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:19.980
 so sad.

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:21.059
 I just did it.

00:45:21.279 --> 00:45:21.980
 I just did it

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.440
 because I wanted

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:23.139
 to be God

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.839
 and I know it's

00:45:23.839 --> 00:45:24.199
 wrong.

00:45:24.919 --> 00:45:25.419
 But what does

00:45:25.419 --> 00:45:26.019
 the man say?

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.559
 The woman whom

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.319
 you gave me,

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:30.059
 this is your

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.379
 fault.

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:31.940
 It's the woman's

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:33.019
 fault and it's

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.699
 your fault.

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:36.099
 If it wasn't for

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.639
 you and it wasn't

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.239
 for her,

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:38.719
 everything would

00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:39.219
 be fine.

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:42.339
 you see the

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:43.179
 breakdown of

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:43.779
 relationships,

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:44.839
 the fear,

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.980
 the accusation

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.579
 now against

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.119
 God, the

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.699
 blasphemy

00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:48.559
 against God,

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.859
 the slander,

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.779
 the accusation

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:51.579
 against God,

00:45:52.879 --> 00:45:54.139
 the accusation

00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:54.719
 against the

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:55.019
 woman,

00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:57.179
 the fall

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:57.819
 grows.

00:45:59.239 --> 00:45:59.819
 Look at

00:45:59.819 --> 00:46:00.199
 verse 10

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:00.559
 again.

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.559
 Verse 11,

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.179
 who told you

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.439
 that you were

00:46:02.439 --> 00:46:02.679
 naked?

00:46:02.819 --> 00:46:03.199
 Have you eaten

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.639
 of the tree

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:04.079
 of which I

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.519
 commanded you

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.039
 not to eat?

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.579
 The man said,

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.239
 the woman whom

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:06.980
 you gave to

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:07.879
 be with me,

00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:08.980
 she gave me

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.539
 the fruit and

00:46:09.539 --> 00:46:10.019
 I ate.

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.320
 Then the

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:11.820
 Lord God,

00:46:12.240 --> 00:46:13.079
 notice here that

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.700
 when God

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:15.160
 reappears back

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:15.920
 to Lord God,

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:17.260
 even his name,

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.519
 all the way

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.059
 through his

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.720
 speaking to

00:46:19.720 --> 00:46:19.900
 them,

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.860
 his name,

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.400
 he hasn't

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:22.039
 changed his

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.380
 name.

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:22.800
 He's the

00:46:22.800 --> 00:46:23.260
 God who

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:23.860
 desires to

00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:24.099
 be in

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.660
 relationship

00:46:24.660 --> 00:46:25.360
 with them.

00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:26.860
 Verse 13,

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.220
 then the

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:27.680
 Lord God

00:46:27.680 --> 00:46:28.140
 said to the

00:46:28.140 --> 00:46:28.320
 woman,

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:28.940
 what is this

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.220
 that you

00:46:29.220 --> 00:46:29.740
 have done?

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.500
 And the

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:32.160
 woman doesn't

00:46:32.160 --> 00:46:32.480
 say,

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:32.940
 oh,

00:46:33.140 --> 00:46:34.119
 Lord,

00:46:34.240 --> 00:46:34.840
 please help

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.119
 me.

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:36.500
 Please,

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:37.440
 please help

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:37.700
 me.

00:46:37.880 --> 00:46:38.320
 What does

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:38.800
 she say?

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:40.019
 The serpent

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:41.400
 deceived me.

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:42.400
 It's the

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:42.880
 serpent's

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:43.200
 fault.

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.000
 And I

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.240
 ate.

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.320
 Boy,

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:47.519
 you know,

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.059
 doesn't this

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:48.780
 describe our

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:49.280
 life and our

00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:50.180
 existence today,

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.960
 the beginning

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.760
 and how it

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:51.960
 is?

00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:52.480
 You know how

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:53.039
 hard it is to

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.360
 make an

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:53.720
 apology?

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.559
 Most of us

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.880
 don't make

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:55.280
 apologies,

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:55.660
 we make

00:46:55.660 --> 00:46:56.260
 excuses,

00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:58.519
 where we

00:46:58.519 --> 00:46:59.019
 try to

00:46:59.019 --> 00:47:00.180
 bowl our

00:47:00.180 --> 00:47:00.740
 way out of

00:47:00.740 --> 00:47:01.180
 things.

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:02.059
 It's so

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.579
 true.

00:47:03.660 --> 00:47:03.960
 So here,

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.180
 just,

00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:04.380
 oh,

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:04.980
 I've gone

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:05.260
 way,

00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:05.700
 here,

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:06.119
 just in

00:47:06.119 --> 00:47:06.420
 closing,

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:06.760
 can you put

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:06.940
 up the

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.460
 last point?

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:10.420
 Only Jesus

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:11.019
 Christ,

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:13.059
 only Jesus

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.559
 Christ

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:15.260
 turns take

00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:15.660
 and eat

00:47:15.660 --> 00:47:17.200
 from a

00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:17.840
 reminder of

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.180
 sin,

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:18.599
 shame,

00:47:18.660 --> 00:47:19.119
 and death

00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:20.019
 to a

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.539
 reminder of

00:47:20.539 --> 00:47:20.960
 salvation,

00:47:21.200 --> 00:47:21.380
 grace,

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:21.820
 and eternal

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:22.200
 life.

00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:22.760
 Look at

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:23.240
 verse 6

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:23.559
 again.

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:25.059
 How does it

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.579
 describe what

00:47:25.579 --> 00:47:25.900
 the woman

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.200
 did?

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:27.759
 the verbs?

00:47:27.759 --> 00:47:29.239
 She took,

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.439
 she takes

00:47:30.439 --> 00:47:31.139
 the fruit,

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.460
 she eats,

00:47:32.939 --> 00:47:33.439
 and she

00:47:33.439 --> 00:47:33.960
 gives,

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.599
 and he

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.039
 eats,

00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:37.399
 and evil

00:47:37.399 --> 00:47:37.899
 enters the

00:47:37.899 --> 00:47:38.219
 world.

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:39.619
 Turn to

00:47:39.619 --> 00:47:39.899
 Matthew

00:47:39.899 --> 00:47:41.019
 chapter 26.

00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:43.679
 And in

00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:43.960
 Matthew

00:47:43.960 --> 00:47:45.139
 chapter 26,

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:46.319
 verses 26

00:47:46.319 --> 00:47:47.099
 to 29,

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:48.059
 look how

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.980
 Jesus speaks

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:50.059
 when he

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.819
 institutes the

00:47:50.819 --> 00:47:51.219
 Lord's

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:51.480
 Supper,

00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:52.480
 Holy Communion.

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:53.880
 And in

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.199
 here,

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:54.800
 what Jesus

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:55.460
 is doing

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:56.480
 is Jesus

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:57.159
 knows that

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.519
 he's about

00:47:57.519 --> 00:47:58.019
 to die on

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.639
 the cross,

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:00.039
 that his

00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:00.599
 death upon

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:01.300
 the cross

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:02.420
 is the

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:03.519
 long-foretold

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.360
 promise that

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:04.900
 God has

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.460
 made that

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.300
 he was

00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:06.780
 going to

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:07.420
 make things

00:48:07.420 --> 00:48:08.639
 right himself.

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:09.859
 And so,

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:11.019
 his son

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.500
 is going

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:12.119
 to die

00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:12.739
 upon the

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:13.279
 cross,

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.739
 and his

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:15.400
 death upon

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:16.039
 the cross

00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:16.440
 is going

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:16.879
 to be the

00:48:16.879 --> 00:48:17.539
 means by

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:18.099
 which we

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.440
 can be

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.079
 made right

00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:19.759
 with God

00:48:19.759 --> 00:48:20.159
 if we

00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:20.759
 receive it

00:48:20.759 --> 00:48:21.420
 by faith.

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:23.159
 And he's

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:23.940
 instituting

00:48:23.940 --> 00:48:24.579
 the Lord's

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:25.119
 Supper so

00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:25.500
 that we

00:48:25.500 --> 00:48:26.199
 remember

00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:27.639
 what Jesus

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:28.339
 did for us

00:48:28.339 --> 00:48:28.619
 on the

00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:28.960
 cross,

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.519
 that every

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.099
 time we

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:30.480
 celebrate

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:30.900
 communion,

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.420
 on one

00:48:31.420 --> 00:48:31.759
 hand,

00:48:31.799 --> 00:48:32.319
 it is like

00:48:32.319 --> 00:48:32.859
 Americans

00:48:32.859 --> 00:48:33.519
 doing the

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.059
 Pledge of

00:48:34.059 --> 00:48:34.839
 Allegiance.

00:48:35.359 --> 00:48:35.799
 When we

00:48:35.799 --> 00:48:36.219
 receive

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:36.659
 communion,

00:48:36.839 --> 00:48:37.279
 it is us

00:48:37.279 --> 00:48:38.000
 making our

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:38.659
 pledge of

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:39.360
 allegiance to

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:39.679
 the one

00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:40.000
 who has

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.760
 redeemed us.

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:41.659
 When we

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.519
 receive the

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:42.860
 Lord's

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.059
 Supper,

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.440
 we are

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:44.380
 reminding

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:45.480
 ourselves

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:45.900
 that we

00:48:45.900 --> 00:48:46.360
 need a

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:46.780
 Savior,

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:47.539
 that only

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.400
 God can

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.980
 have mercy

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.400
 on us

00:48:49.400 --> 00:48:50.219
 and rescue

00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:50.639
 us and

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.059
 start to

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.800
 restore us.

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:52.460
 And it

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:53.500
 is renewing

00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:55.340
 our covenant

00:48:55.340 --> 00:48:56.239
 with Almighty

00:48:56.239 --> 00:48:56.719
 God and

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:57.260
 remembering what

00:48:57.260 --> 00:48:57.760
 Jesus has

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.199
 done for us

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.440
 on the

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:58.739
 cross.

00:48:59.159 --> 00:48:59.579
 And just

00:48:59.579 --> 00:49:00.300
 as Eve,

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:00.679
 in this

00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:01.079
 story,

00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:01.820
 she takes

00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:02.239
 and she

00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:02.579
 eats,

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.699
 so Jesus,

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.480
 when he's

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:05.199
 about to

00:49:05.199 --> 00:49:06.360
 institute this

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.159
 new covenant

00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:07.659
 meal,

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.639
 that people

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:09.300
 will understand

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:09.840
 after his

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.179
 death and

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:10.820
 his resurrection

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.539
 what it is

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:11.940
 that he has

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:12.519
 done for them

00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:13.139
 on the cross,

00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:13.519
 that they are

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:14.019
 to receive

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.739
 by faith,

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.440
 that is for

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:15.920
 the worst

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.440
 sinner or

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:16.840
 the person

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:17.199
 who hardly

00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:17.760
 thinks they've

00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:18.260
 saved at all,

00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:18.880
 that every

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.559
 single human

00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:20.000
 who puts

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:20.519
 their faith

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:20.960
 and trust

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.460
 in Jesus,

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.260
 he will

00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:22.860
 turn no

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:23.280
 one away,

00:49:23.380 --> 00:49:23.619
 he will

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:24.260
 accept you

00:49:24.260 --> 00:49:24.599
 as his

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:24.960
 child,

00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:25.559
 he will

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.019
 make you

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:26.440
 his child

00:49:26.440 --> 00:49:27.059
 by adoption

00:49:27.059 --> 00:49:27.460
 and grace,

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:27.760
 he will

00:49:27.760 --> 00:49:28.340
 clothe you

00:49:28.340 --> 00:49:28.639
 with the

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:29.000
 righteousness

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.699
 of Christ,

00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.280
 he will

00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:30.960
 begin to

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.699
 restore you

00:49:31.699 --> 00:49:31.980
 and to

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.420
 heal you

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:32.699
 and to

00:49:32.699 --> 00:49:33.039
 fit you

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:33.320
 for the

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:33.679
 new heaven

00:49:33.679 --> 00:49:33.919
 and the

00:49:33.919 --> 00:49:34.239
 new earth

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:34.719
 that we

00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:35.519
 receive by

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:36.500
 faith and

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:37.480
 this meal

00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:38.359
 reminds us

00:49:38.359 --> 00:49:38.679
 and how

00:49:38.679 --> 00:49:39.139
 does Jesus

00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:39.960
 describe it?

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:41.759
 Now as

00:49:41.759 --> 00:49:42.000
 they were

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.299
 eating,

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.000
 Jesus took

00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:43.359
 bread and

00:49:43.359 --> 00:49:44.039
 after blessing

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.219
 it,

00:49:44.299 --> 00:49:44.739
 broke it

00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.239
 and gave

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:45.599
 it to the

00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:46.259
 disciples and

00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:46.460
 said,

00:49:46.639 --> 00:49:47.019
 take,

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:47.940
 eat,

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:49.199
 this is my

00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:49.559
 body.

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:51.359
 And he

00:49:51.359 --> 00:49:51.759
 took a

00:49:51.759 --> 00:49:52.139
 cup and

00:49:52.139 --> 00:49:52.339
 when he

00:49:52.339 --> 00:49:52.639
 had given

00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:53.019
 thanks,

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:53.419
 he gave

00:49:53.419 --> 00:49:53.619
 it to

00:49:53.619 --> 00:49:54.119
 them saying,

00:49:54.279 --> 00:49:54.960
 drink it

00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:55.539
 of it,

00:49:55.619 --> 00:49:56.119
 all of you,

00:49:56.219 --> 00:49:56.639
 for this

00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:57.059
 is my

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.619
 blood of

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.000
 the new

00:49:58.000 --> 00:49:58.379
 covenant,

00:49:58.899 --> 00:49:59.559
 which is

00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.039
 poured out

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:00.500
 for many

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.360
 for the

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.719
 forgiveness

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.500
 of sins.

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.559
 Only

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.480
 Jesus Christ

00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:06.400
 turns take

00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:06.980
 and eat

00:50:06.980 --> 00:50:08.920
 from a

00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:09.659
 reminder of

00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:10.099
 sin,

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:10.840
 shame,

00:50:11.039 --> 00:50:11.519
 and death

00:50:11.519 --> 00:50:13.440
 and turns

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:14.019
 it into a

00:50:14.019 --> 00:50:15.260
 reminder when

00:50:15.260 --> 00:50:15.880
 we receive it

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.460
 by faith,

00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:17.139
 him by

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:17.639
 faith,

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:19.179
 of salvation,

00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:19.699
 grace,

00:50:19.800 --> 00:50:20.159
 and eternal

00:50:20.159 --> 00:50:20.519
 life.

00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:21.519
 Please stand.

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:26.059
 I'm going

00:50:26.059 --> 00:50:26.699
 to invite you

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:27.400
 to join

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:27.840
 with me in

00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:28.320
 a prayer.

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:28.760
 If you

00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:29.079
 could put

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:29.380
 it up.

00:50:30.500 --> 00:50:32.219
 I think

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:32.460
 it's going

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:32.900
 to take

00:50:32.900 --> 00:50:36.360
 two slides.

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:37.860
 If the

00:50:37.860 --> 00:50:38.179
 Lord has

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:39.099
 pressed upon

00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:39.659
 your heart,

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:40.119
 your need

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:40.500
 for a

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:40.800
 Savior,

00:50:41.460 --> 00:50:41.920
 for some

00:50:41.920 --> 00:50:42.260
 of you,

00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:43.000
 maybe this

00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:43.239
 is going

00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.559
 to be a

00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:44.019
 conversion

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:44.719
 prayer because

00:50:44.719 --> 00:50:45.400
 it ends,

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.340
 it begins

00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:47.059
 with confession

00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.480
 but it

00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:47.940
 ends with

00:50:47.940 --> 00:50:48.440
 acknowledging

00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:49.099
 who Jesus

00:50:49.099 --> 00:50:50.159
 is and

00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:51.239
 you're asking

00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:51.699
 him,

00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:52.920
 Jesus,

00:50:53.079 --> 00:50:53.760
 to be his

00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:54.219
 disciple.

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:54.639
 But for

00:50:54.639 --> 00:50:55.280
 all of us,

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:55.920
 we need,

00:50:56.619 --> 00:50:57.300
 this is just,

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:58.739
 this scripture

00:50:58.739 --> 00:50:59.300
 text,

00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:00.360
 it's just a

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:00.700
 way of

00:51:00.700 --> 00:51:01.780
 praying the

00:51:01.780 --> 00:51:02.460
 reality of

00:51:02.460 --> 00:51:03.079
 this text

00:51:03.079 --> 00:51:03.800
 and our

00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:04.579
 recommitment

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:05.680
 to Jesus

00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:06.519
 as Savior

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:07.099
 and Lord

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:08.340
 because I

00:51:08.340 --> 00:51:08.740
 have this

00:51:08.740 --> 00:51:11.019
 ongoing desire

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:11.960
 to be God

00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:13.220
 and I need

00:51:13.220 --> 00:51:14.120
 to regularly

00:51:14.120 --> 00:51:14.960
 come to

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.420
 Jesus,

00:51:15.620 --> 00:51:16.220
 thankful that

00:51:16.220 --> 00:51:16.700
 he has done

00:51:16.700 --> 00:51:17.440
 everything I

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:18.019
 need to do

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.519
 to make me

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:18.920
 right with

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:21.140
 God and I

00:51:21.140 --> 00:51:22.440
 need to continue

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:23.180
 to deal with

00:51:23.180 --> 00:51:23.840
 that part of

00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:24.400
 me that's

00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:25.460
 just not

00:51:25.460 --> 00:51:26.920
 right so

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.320
 that I can

00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:27.960
 be more like

00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:28.340
 Jesus.

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:29.659
 In a few

00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:30.119
 minutes we're

00:51:30.119 --> 00:51:30.500
 going to have

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:31.019
 the Lord's

00:51:31.019 --> 00:51:31.579
 Supper and

00:51:31.579 --> 00:51:33.139
 we will take

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:33.420
 and eat.

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.039
 If you're a

00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:34.440
 Christian you

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:34.860
 will take

00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:35.260
 and eat and

00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:35.840
 remember what

00:51:35.840 --> 00:51:36.480
 Jesus did for

00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:36.820
 you on the

00:51:36.820 --> 00:51:37.139
 cross.

00:51:37.260 --> 00:51:37.720
 But I invite

00:51:37.720 --> 00:51:38.119
 you to say

00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:38.619
 this prayer

00:51:38.619 --> 00:51:39.260
 with me.

00:51:40.220 --> 00:51:41.199
 Loving God,

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:42.880
 I confess to

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.860
 you that I

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:45.119
 flatter myself

00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:46.240
 too much to

00:51:46.240 --> 00:51:47.119
 detect or

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:48.039
 hate my own

00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:48.440
 sin.

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:50.300
 I confess to

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:51.240
 you that I

00:51:51.240 --> 00:51:52.039
 am good at

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:53.440
 finding specks in

00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:54.300
 other people's

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:55.940
 eyes and bad

00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:56.840
 at seeing the

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.680
 log in my

00:51:57.680 --> 00:51:58.440
 own eye.

00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.820
 I confess

00:51:59.820 --> 00:52:00.920
 that I too

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.900
 easily make

00:52:01.900 --> 00:52:02.480
 you less

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:03.680
 generous and

00:52:03.680 --> 00:52:05.140
 more harsh as

00:52:05.140 --> 00:52:06.220
 I forget your

00:52:06.220 --> 00:52:06.660
 word.

00:52:07.380 --> 00:52:08.180
 Thank you for

00:52:08.180 --> 00:52:09.180
 Jesus Christ

00:52:09.180 --> 00:52:10.380
 and his death

00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:11.320
 for me on the

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:11.760
 cross.

00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:13.579
 Thank you that

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:15.079
 in him my

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.760
 sins are

00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:16.180
 forgiven.

00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.900
 I am clothed

00:52:17.900 --> 00:52:18.280
 with his

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:19.220
 perfect life.

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.559
 I am born

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:21.539
 again to new

00:52:21.539 --> 00:52:22.000
 life.

00:52:22.700 --> 00:52:23.579
 I become your

00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:24.640
 child forever

00:52:24.640 --> 00:52:25.680
 by adoption

00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:26.400
 and grace.

00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:27.940
 Please make

00:52:27.940 --> 00:52:28.860
 me a disciple

00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:29.680
 of Jesus

00:52:29.680 --> 00:52:30.559
 gripped by

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:31.300
 the gospel,

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.600
 guided by

00:52:32.600 --> 00:52:33.360
 your word,

00:52:33.820 --> 00:52:34.260
 and living

00:52:34.260 --> 00:52:34.740
 for your

00:52:34.740 --> 00:52:35.160
 glory.

00:52:35.620 --> 00:52:36.240
 In Jesus'

00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:36.860
 name,

00:52:37.120 --> 00:52:37.440
 Amen.

00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:38.240
 Father,

00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:38.700
 pour out

00:52:38.700 --> 00:52:39.079
 your Holy

00:52:39.079 --> 00:52:39.760
 Spirit upon

00:52:39.760 --> 00:52:40.460
 us and bind

00:52:40.460 --> 00:52:41.100
 this prayer

00:52:41.100 --> 00:52:41.900
 to our hearts

00:52:41.900 --> 00:52:42.400
 that it might

00:52:42.400 --> 00:52:43.220
 be true today

00:52:43.220 --> 00:52:44.059
 and every day

00:52:44.059 --> 00:52:44.740
 until we see

00:52:44.740 --> 00:52:45.380
 you face to

00:52:45.380 --> 00:52:45.700
 face.

00:52:46.260 --> 00:52:46.680
 And Father,

00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:47.260
 may the work

00:52:47.260 --> 00:52:47.840
 of your Holy

00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:49.100
 Spirit so work

00:52:49.100 --> 00:52:49.760
 within us and

00:52:49.760 --> 00:52:50.460
 prepare us that

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:51.059
 the words of

00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:51.720
 the psalm will

00:52:51.720 --> 00:52:52.780
 be true in

00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:53.660
 our lives one

00:52:53.660 --> 00:52:53.920
 day.

00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:56.260
 that all

00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:57.000
 that is within

00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:58.159
 us blesses

00:52:58.159 --> 00:52:58.639
 your Holy

00:52:58.639 --> 00:52:59.920
 Name as

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:00.440
 we see you

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:01.180
 face to face.

00:53:01.680 --> 00:53:02.059
 In Jesus'

00:53:02.300 --> 00:53:02.940
 name we pray.

00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:03.460
 Amen.