WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160 wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.839 did God really say you must not eat from the tree in the garden? 00:00:11.179 --> 00:00:17.019 The woman said to the serpent, we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say 00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:23.260 you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it 00:00:23.260 --> 00:00:33.200 or you will die. You will surely not die, the serpent said to the woman, for God knows that when you eat 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:41.600 of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:47.340 that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye and also desirable for gaining 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:55.300 wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it. 00:00:56.060 --> 00:01:00.760 Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized that they were naked, 00:01:01.620 --> 00:01:05.240 so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:11.000 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:17.080 in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:27.260 But the Lord God called to the man, where are you? He answered, I heard you in the garden 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:35.960 and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid. And he said, who told you that you were naked? 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:43.460 Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat? The man said, oh, the woman you put 00:01:43.459 --> 00:01:50.139 here with me. She gave me some of the fruit from the tree and I ate it. Then the Lord God said to the 00:01:50.139 --> 00:01:57.819 woman, what is this you have done? The woman said, oh, the serpent deceived me and I ate it. 00:01:59.399 --> 00:02:06.419 So the Lord God said to the serpent, because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:12.080 and all the wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:17.819 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers. 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:22.780 He will crush your head and you will strike his heel. 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:28.819 To the woman he said, I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing. 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:35.039 With pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:42.639 over you. To Adam he said, because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:49.240 commanded you, you must not eat of it. Cursed is the ground because of you. Through painful toil you 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:55.840 will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you and you will eat 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:02.860 the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground 00:03:02.860 --> 00:03:11.080 since from it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return. 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:18.439 Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all the living. 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:24.300 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:31.020 And the Lord God said, The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:36.500 He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat 00:03:36.500 --> 00:03:38.200 and live forever. 00:03:39.420 --> 00:03:45.780 So the Lord God banished him from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:52.020 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of Eden, 00:03:52.640 --> 00:04:00.500 cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:09.599 Well, as we continue to look at God's story, let's pray and ask for his help. 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:24.819 Our Father God, we come before you as the author of this story, this true story, 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:32.680 the creator of all things and the ruler over every one of us. 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:44.879 Father, we ask that you would help us to listen carefully to your story, to its truth, 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:56.920 so that we may understand who we are, what we have become, and our path of redemption. 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:06.500 Father, we ask that these words would not only give us knowledge and understanding with our heads, 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:15.000 but that it would truly show us our hearts and how our hearts can be made new. 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.340 We pray for your help in this. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:33.660 Well, at a very early age, I decided that I didn't like school. 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:36.340 Maybe that's your story too. 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:38.300 I didn't like homework. 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:40.540 I didn't like the teacher. 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:43.080 And I didn't like the rules. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:45.960 So we started a rebellion. 00:05:46.900 --> 00:05:52.920 One lunchtime, my friends and I began to march around the school building, 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:56.220 as if it was like marching around the walls of Jericho. 00:05:56.220 --> 00:06:02.980 Chanting as we went, we're on strike, as we passed the headmaster's classroom. 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:09.620 Soon, the whole school had joined in, from junior infants right up to sixth class, 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:15.560 all of us marching around the school, chanting in defiance of school rules. 00:06:17.260 --> 00:06:20.340 It was a deliberate act of rebellion. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:23.000 He was the headmaster. 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:25.700 We were the pupils. 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:28.840 It was his school, not ours. 00:06:29.200 --> 00:06:32.140 He made the rules, and we were to obey them. 00:06:32.380 --> 00:06:35.280 And we did not like it. 00:06:36.080 --> 00:06:40.360 So in an act of defiance, we rebel. 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:47.040 Now I think that's a picture of all of our story. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:54.280 In Genesis chapter 3, God tells us the true story of what we are really like. 00:06:54.279 --> 00:07:06.019 It's a story about our deliberate act of rebellion against our loving Creator and the devastating and eternal consequences. 00:07:07.019 --> 00:07:13.699 The story all starts with the test to love God. 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:23.979 You may remember from last week as we looked at creation, that God in his love provided man with all that he needed. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.399 Look back at chapter 2, verse 8. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:31.699 So as God had created everything, we read in chapter 2, verse 8, 00:07:31.699 --> 00:07:36.539 Now the Lord God had planted in the garden in the east in Eden. 00:07:36.540 --> 00:07:37.540 Eden. 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:39.720 And there he put the man he had formed. 00:07:40.379 --> 00:07:47.400 And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. 00:07:48.520 --> 00:07:54.100 Eden is this beautiful, pleasing and plentiful garden. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:57.220 No wonder it means delight. 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:00.480 Everything is there for man to enjoy. 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.020 Nothing going wrong. 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:03.879 There's no sadness or hurt. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.800 No pain or struggles. 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:16.200 In fact, it's in this garden that the man and woman enjoy a perfect, intimate relationship with God. 00:08:16.780 --> 00:08:19.340 Look at chapter 2, verse 25. 00:08:19.339 --> 00:08:25.239 Here's the scene in the garden. 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:31.379 The man and his wife were both naked and they felt no shame. 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:39.679 You see, we've got to understand this carefully because their physical nakedness reflects a deeper inner nakedness. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:48.220 Here are two people where there is complete openness between each other, but most importantly, openness with God. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:49.860 There's nothing to hide. 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:51.360 There's nothing to fear. 00:08:51.700 --> 00:08:53.320 They're completely transparent. 00:08:53.740 --> 00:08:54.840 There is no shame. 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:56.000 There is no guilt. 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:02.120 Man and woman with their loving creator in perfect relationship. 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:06.139 This is how God designed the world to be. 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:08.680 It is perfect delight. 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:21.139 Now, God's beautiful design is going to be maintained by one simple command. 00:09:22.079 --> 00:09:24.659 Go back to chapter 2, verse 16. 00:09:25.859 --> 00:09:30.519 For this design to be maintained, there is one simple command. 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:47.879 And the Lord God commanded the man, you are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it, you will surely die. 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:55.179 You see, our love for God is to be something that's free and spontaneous. 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.379 It's to be a natural response to God's love towards us. 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:04.500 And the way to demonstrate our love is to obey God. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:09.860 That's how we tell him and show him that we love him, is by obeying him. 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:15.039 So he says to man, don't eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:19.059 Now, we'll get back to the tree in a minute. 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:28.759 But for now, I want us to see that God's command to his people is like a test of their love and loyalty. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:34.279 It's not temptation because God has given them everything that they need. 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:37.519 They have all that they ever need for life. 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:47.019 He simply gives this command as a simple way for them to demonstrate their love to their creator God. 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:51.840 And it's no different for us. 00:10:52.639 --> 00:11:02.980 Every single day through our words and actions, we are given opportunity to demonstrate our love to our loving creator God. 00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:11.920 Through obeying him, we are showing our loyalty and love to him. 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:17.940 So first, there is the test to love God. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:30.940 Second, we see there is a desire to be God because tragically, their love for God turns into a deliberate and intentional rebellion. 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:36.540 First of all, we have the talking snake. 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:38.440 Or is it? 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:41.000 Have a look at chapter 3, verse 1. 00:11:41.920 --> 00:11:48.360 Now, the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. 00:11:49.420 --> 00:11:50.760 He said to the woman, 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:56.360 Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden? 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:03.039 Now, I'm sure most of you have a picture in your mind as we read of that little scene. 00:12:03.680 --> 00:12:10.700 Of this colourful snake wrapped around a tree talking to Eve with a hiss. 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:15.300 Offering this juicy apple in its coil. 00:12:16.180 --> 00:12:19.080 It's the kind of pictures we see in kids' Bibles. 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:24.480 Now, I don't think that's really a very helpful picture at all. 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.639 Why? 00:12:25.800 --> 00:12:28.860 Well, we're not told what he looks like. 00:12:29.540 --> 00:12:33.060 In fact, we're not even told where he comes from. 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.060 Only that he is a created being. 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.320 Look again at verse 1. 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:44.900 Now, the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:49.179 So, he's not the same as God. 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:52.779 But he is dependent on God. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.439 And he is under God's rule. 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.199 However, when we do get to the New Testament, 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:03.959 it does become clear who this serpent is. 00:13:03.959 --> 00:13:12.079 He is identified as that ancient serpent called the devil or Satan 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:15.900 who leads the whole world astray. 00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:22.040 Now, some will say, well, the devil took the form of a serpent. 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:25.160 Others will say it's the symbol for the devil. 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:27.740 But let's get this clear. 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:31.460 Our concern is not what he looks like, 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:34.020 but how he works. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.200 And I think that's the point of the story. 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:39.720 We're interested in how he works. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.139 He is, look at verse 1, 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:49.600 the most crafty of all the animals that God has made. 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:51.820 So, he's not stupid. 00:13:52.920 --> 00:13:56.139 He cleverly uses his wit to deceive. 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:59.779 In fact, his main means of deception 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:03.920 is to question God's word. 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:09.519 Look what it says at the end of verse 1. 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.700 He said to the woman, 00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:15.160 did God really say, 00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:19.320 you must not eat from any tree in the garden? 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.300 You see, it creates doubt, 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:24.779 and it makes us sceptical of God. 00:14:25.800 --> 00:14:28.320 If God is truly loving, 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:32.340 would he really stop you from having everything in the garden? 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:35.399 It's such a subtle question 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:38.740 that he puts to the man and woman. 00:14:39.659 --> 00:14:41.399 It's designed in such a way 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:44.159 that we begin to question God and his goodness. 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:46.799 And in fact, such a questioning 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:51.259 puts us over the creator of the universe. 00:14:52.060 --> 00:14:54.060 And slowly and but surely, 00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:56.299 we allow ourselves to believe 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:58.539 that God is really not that good, 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.399 and that he's maybe this mean kind of God, 00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:04.060 and he's withholding all the best things from us. 00:15:04.059 --> 00:15:06.479 And with a little bit more pondering, 00:15:06.619 --> 00:15:07.019 we think, 00:15:07.319 --> 00:15:09.339 well, God is the ultimate party pooter 00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:11.739 who just says no all the time, 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.559 and he's out to spoil our fun 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:15.879 and ruin things for us. 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:20.539 And so we can begin to see the thinking 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:22.960 that is behind the man and the woman 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.759 as Satan comes and twists 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:27.379 and distorts what God has to say. 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:32.539 But the devil's deception 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:38.100 is also matched by man's willful desire. 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:40.740 Look at verse 2. 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:43.320 The woman said to the serpent, 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.519 We may eat from the trees in the garden, 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:48.139 but God did say, 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:51.460 You must not eat fruit from the tree 00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:53.080 that is in the middle of the garden, 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:56.019 and you must not touch it, 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.919 or you will die. 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:03.039 Now the woman is just playing with truth here. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:06.939 God never said anything about touching the fruit. 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.279 He said, 00:16:07.479 --> 00:16:08.120 Don't eat it. 00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:10.259 He never said anything about touching it. 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.639 So she's putting words in God's mouth 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:17.000 and making God out to be something that he is not. 00:16:19.079 --> 00:16:20.000 Verse 4. 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.519 You will surely not die, 00:16:23.339 --> 00:16:24.799 the serpent said to the woman. 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.939 For God knows that when you eat of it, 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.639 your eyes will be opened 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:33.879 and you will be like God, 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:36.699 knowing good and evil. 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:40.839 That's ultimately what the man and woman want. 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.039 They want to be like God. 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:46.620 Do you remember what the tree was called 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:50.399 back in verse 17 of chapter 2? 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:54.099 It's called the tree of the knowledge 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:55.659 of good and evil. 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:58.840 Now the knowledge of good and evil 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.740 is not just knowing the difference 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:02.120 between good and evil. 00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:05.299 It's deciding for themselves 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:07.900 what is good and what is evil. 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:11.220 You see, when God made the world, 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:13.500 he pronounced everything as good. 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.660 After he created each stage, 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:17.480 he steps back and he looks and he says, 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.819 That is good. 00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:21.720 God decides what is good and evil, 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.860 not us. 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.979 He knows what is best for us 00:17:24.979 --> 00:17:26.319 because he made us. 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.519 But here's the problem. 00:17:28.919 --> 00:17:30.439 That's what man wants. 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:33.139 We want to be like God 00:17:33.139 --> 00:17:36.839 so that we decide what is good or evil. 00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:39.319 We want to be the ones who declare 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.939 what is right and wrong. 00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.939 In other words, 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:44.599 we've got no longer any use for God. 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:46.740 We don't need God anymore 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:50.159 because we decide what we should do. 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:52.779 Verse 6. 00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:56.620 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree 00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.940 was good for food, 00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:59.620 pleasing to the eye, 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:02.860 and also desirable for gaining wisdom, 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.980 she took some 00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:07.000 and ate it. 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.640 Now we mustn't think that the fruit 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.360 is somehow magical. 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:15.200 It's not like they eat the fruit 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.420 and then all of a sudden 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:18.539 they've been given this God-like power. 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:21.700 Now remember that the tree 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:23.620 was a test to show their love 00:18:23.620 --> 00:18:25.120 and their loyalty to God. 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.940 And they fail. 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:32.539 Rather than give their love to God, 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:34.160 they love themselves. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:38.220 Instead of being loyal to their creator God, 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:40.860 they become loyal to their own desires 00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:42.700 and they follow what's in their heart. 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:46.880 They simply long to be God. 00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:51.920 Now the story we've just read 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.920 is the story of us all. 00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.680 We are no different 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:01.000 to what happened in the Garden of Eden. 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:05.240 In fact, as we follow through in the story, 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:07.400 look how it continues. 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:10.059 Have a look at chapter 5, verse 1. 00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:17.079 Chapter 5, verse 1. 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.240 This is the written account 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:23.319 of Adam's line. 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:27.359 So this is a history, if you like, 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.799 of the whole human race 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:30.019 from the beginning of time. 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:31.379 Here's a history. 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:33.039 Look what it says. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.900 When God created man, 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:39.180 he made him in the likeness of God. 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:41.660 He created them male and female 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.559 and blessed them. 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.240 And when they were created, 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:46.160 he called them man. 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.720 So far, so good. 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:51.379 But now look what it says. 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.379 Verse 3. 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:55.660 When Adam had lived 130 years, 00:19:55.660 --> 00:20:01.120 he had a son in his own likeness, 00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:04.180 in his own image. 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.880 And he named him Seth. 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.200 Do you see what's happened? 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.960 No longer are we portrayed 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:14.759 as being made in God's image. 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:21.059 We now share in Adam's broken image. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:23.059 We are like him. 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:25.680 We have the same desires as him. 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.859 We willfully defy God 00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.859 and replace God 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.180 and say, 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.779 we don't need you anymore. 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.180 I know what is right 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.700 and best for me. 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.420 In fact, 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.859 as the story unfolds, 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.980 it gets even worse. 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.559 Have a look at chapter 6, verse 5. 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:44.460 This is the account of Noah. 00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:47.639 Chapter 6, verse 5. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:50.419 And God looks down on mankind 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.419 and it says, 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.539 The Lord saw 00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:54.740 how great man's wickedness 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.059 on earth had become 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:58.440 and that every inclination 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.279 of the thoughts of his heart 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:02.379 was only evil 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:04.480 all of the time. 00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:06.019 It doesn't mean to say 00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:07.500 that man can't do good. 00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.919 Man does do good. 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.380 But that our motives 00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:13.519 and all our thinking 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:15.840 is only evil 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:17.220 all the time. 00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:22.279 Everything about mankind, 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:24.279 his very inner being, 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.200 his nature, 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.640 is to rebel. 00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:28.640 Just as I, 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.640 as a young kid, 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.880 wanted to rebel 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.720 against the headmaster. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:35.300 So we all want to live our lives 00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:35.980 in rebellion 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.539 against God. 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:40.519 We decide what's right. 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:43.299 But we have not made things better. 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.599 We've only made things worse. 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.339 In fact, 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.740 this sorry story 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:50.420 doesn't stop there. 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.000 Have a look at chapter 11, 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:55.019 verses 1 to 4. 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.799 As the whole story 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.639 begins to unfold before us. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.619 Chapter 11, verse 1. 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:05.539 So now there's a large population 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.339 in the world, 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:09.339 but nothing has changed. 00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:11.659 Chapter 11, verse 1. 00:22:11.719 --> 00:22:12.679 Now the whole world 00:22:12.679 --> 00:22:14.699 had one common language. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.899 As men moved eastward, 00:22:16.979 --> 00:22:18.539 they found a plain in Shinar 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.619 and they settled there. 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:21.259 And they said to each other, 00:22:21.479 --> 00:22:23.139 come, let's make bricks 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:24.619 and bake them thoroughly. 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:27.199 They used brick instead of stone 00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.500 and bitumen for mortar. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.939 And here's the point. 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.960 Then they said, 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:34.320 come, let us build ourselves 00:22:34.320 --> 00:22:35.059 a city 00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:36.240 with a tower 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.660 that reaches to the heavens 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:40.200 so that we may make a name 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.299 for ourselves 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:43.240 and not be scattered 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:44.059 over the face 00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:45.340 of the whole earth. 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.059 They're wanting to make 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.519 a name for themselves, 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.940 placing themselves 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.660 above God. 00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:54.300 It's just another act 00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:54.900 of rebellion. 00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.960 We don't want God's name 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.640 to be great. 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:59.279 I want my name 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.060 to be great. 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.420 I am God. 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:03.300 I declare what is good 00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:04.519 and what is evil. 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.400 And so we have a picture 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:11.660 of our sorry story. 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:15.060 Continually through time, 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.900 we hear God's word, 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.580 but we twist it 00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:20.120 and we deny it. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.719 We allow ourselves 00:23:21.719 --> 00:23:23.019 to believe the lie 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.439 that God is not good 00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:26.000 and that he's only out 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:27.879 to spoil our fun. 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.419 We ponder over our choices 00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.239 and decisions 00:23:31.239 --> 00:23:32.719 and we decide 00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:34.119 we know what is best 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:35.159 and right for me. 00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:37.899 We desire to be God. 00:23:38.399 --> 00:23:39.799 We rebel against him 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.479 and we replace him 00:23:41.479 --> 00:23:42.539 with me. 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.939 We no longer have any need 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.019 of God 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:49.620 because I 00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:51.539 am now God. 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.600 So, 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.039 there is the desire 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.940 to be God 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:03.160 but when we rebel 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.100 against God, 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.940 there are devastating 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:09.380 and eternal consequences. 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.539 Look at verse 7 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.500 of chapter 3. 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.700 Our innocence 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:20.059 is lost. 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.139 Chapter 3, 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.839 verse 7. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.819 So, 00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.200 after taking the fruit, 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.559 chapter 3, 00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.099 verse 7, 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.980 then the eyes 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.740 of both of them 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.339 were opened 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.960 and they realised 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.539 that they 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.559 were naked. 00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:39.799 this isn't just 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:41.480 a physical awareness. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.799 All of a sudden 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.859 they are conscious 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:45.019 of what they've done. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.700 For the first time 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.720 in their lives, 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.919 they are now living 00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:50.359 with this terrible weight 00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.059 of guilt 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.139 and shame 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.119 that has come 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.879 upon them 00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:56.200 and in desperation, 00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.980 look at the rest 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.659 of verse 7, 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:59.399 they sewed fig leaves 00:24:59.399 --> 00:24:59.919 together 00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:01.440 to make a covering 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.319 for themselves. 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.460 You see, 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.319 they're no longer 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.919 enjoying this intimacy 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.660 with God 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.580 and with one another. 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.740 They're now trying 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.960 to literally 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.440 cover up 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.440 their shame. 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.539 They're trying 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.820 to hide away 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.920 but this outward 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.860 act of covering 00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:18.120 is not going 00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.960 to do anything. 00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.860 It's like a sticky 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.420 plaster 00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:22.060 on an open wound. 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.400 Verse 8, 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.460 then the man 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.500 and his wife 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.300 heard the sound 00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:27.100 of the Lord God 00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:28.060 as he was walking 00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.180 in the garden 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.880 in the cool 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.500 of the day 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:32.560 and they hid 00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:34.240 from the Lord God 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.080 among the trees 00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.740 of the garden. 00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:38.179 But the Lord God 00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.199 called to the man, 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.119 Where are you? 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.639 He answered, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.339 I heard you 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.059 in the garden 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:48.919 and I was afraid 00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:51.319 because I was naked 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:53.399 so I hid. 00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:55.679 Do you see, 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.720 man sees 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.139 his own shame. 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.439 He sees 00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:01.139 what he has done 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.580 and God sees 00:26:02.580 --> 00:26:04.020 his rebellious heart. 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.640 Intimacy 00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.780 is now 00:26:06.780 --> 00:26:07.460 replaced 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.060 by hiding. 00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.660 The joy 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.540 that they had 00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:12.140 with God 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:13.180 is now replaced 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.220 by fear. 00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.660 They're no longer 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:17.040 walking with God. 00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:17.840 They're now 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.680 running away 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.259 from God 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.320 trying to get away 00:26:20.320 --> 00:26:20.940 because they're 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.700 too ashamed 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.940 and they do not 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.000 want to be with him. 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.620 And that's what 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.580 happens when we 00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:27.120 rebel. 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:29.119 we lose 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.939 our deep 00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:30.979 intimacy 00:26:30.979 --> 00:26:32.219 with our 00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:33.279 creator God. 00:26:33.479 --> 00:26:34.419 We no longer 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.679 have that unity 00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.199 with him 00:26:36.199 --> 00:26:37.259 and that relationship. 00:26:37.719 --> 00:26:38.539 Instead of his 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.119 friends, 00:26:39.219 --> 00:26:39.719 we've become 00:26:39.719 --> 00:26:40.419 his enemies. 00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.500 Instead of 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.639 fellowship with him, 00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.599 there is this 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.239 broken 00:26:44.239 --> 00:26:45.479 separation. 00:26:48.479 --> 00:26:49.539 But not only 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.439 is our innocence 00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.099 lost, 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.779 but we now 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.759 live in a world 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:56.279 where there is 00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.099 not blessing, 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.140 but curse. 00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.799 Look at verse 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.440 14. 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.440 The Lord God 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.400 said to the serpent, 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.220 because you 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.119 have done this, 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.599 cursed are you 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.660 above all the 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.420 livestock and 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.400 all the wild 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.000 animals. 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.259 Verse 15, 00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.039 and I will put 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:14.099 enmity between 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.879 you and the 00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.660 woman and 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.339 between your 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.099 offspring and 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.539 hers. 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.220 You see, 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.059 instead of the 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.579 harmony between 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.859 man and creation, 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.839 there's going to 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.660 be this fierce 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.559 battle which is 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.039 going to be 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.559 played out 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.460 between mankind 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.419 and Satan. 00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.240 And his 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.819 objective, 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.480 as always, 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.220 is to turn 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.000 people away 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.460 from the 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.119 loving God 00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:32.799 and the 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.399 goodness of 00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:33.899 his word. 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.899 And that's 00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.480 his scheme 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.980 and that's 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.359 what he's 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.879 doing to 00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.519 us today. 00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.339 And that 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.200 battle gets 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.879 played out 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.700 every single 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.440 day in a 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.279 thousand different 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.559 ways as we 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.440 continue to 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.419 declare what 00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.440 is good and 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.299 what is right. 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.700 But with our 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.679 rebellion comes 00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.319 pain and 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.759 suffering, 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.700 verse 16, 00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.519 to the 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.880 woman, 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.740 God said, 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.519 I will 00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.100 greatly 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.900 increase your 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.580 pains in 00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.400 childbearing, 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.620 with pain you 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.299 will give birth 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.980 to children, 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.900 and your 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:04.220 desire will be 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.580 for your 00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.900 husband. 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.420 That is, 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.620 you will 00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.100 long to 00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.960 rule over 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.620 your husband 00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.759 and he 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.559 will rule 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.500 over you. 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.720 And isn't 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.120 that our 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:15.240 experience in 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.559 life? 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.880 Families and 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.680 marriages and 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.360 relationships, 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.539 they all 00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.259 begin to 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.039 break down 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.699 because we 00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:22.500 love ourselves 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.359 more than we 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.019 love God 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.079 and we want 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.579 to be the 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.319 boss and we 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.899 want to be 00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.659 in charge. 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.459 But perhaps 00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:32.279 the worst of 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.000 all of this 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:35.419 is death. 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.359 Look at 00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.219 verse 17. 00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.619 To Adam 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.279 he said, 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.279 because you 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.859 listened to 00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.539 your wife and 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.079 ate from the 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.599 tree from 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.039 which I 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.799 commanded you, 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.959 you must 00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.599 not eat of 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.819 it. 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:48.079 cursed is 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.700 the ground 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.679 because of 00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:49.899 you. 00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.559 Verse 19. 00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.539 By the 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.099 sweat of 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.619 your brow 00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.019 you will 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.579 eat your 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.859 food until 00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.559 you return 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:56.939 to the 00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:57.339 ground, 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.859 since from 00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.220 it you 00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.779 were taken, 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.139 for dust 00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.740 you are, 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.919 and to 00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:04.759 dust you 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.460 will return. 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.159 In the 00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.599 beginning, 00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.019 everything 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.619 lives. 00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.480 Now, 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.480 everything 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:18.099 dies. 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.919 Have a 00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.339 look again 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.859 at chapter 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.299 5. 00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.740 Look at 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.460 the account 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.839 of humanity. 00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.980 See the 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.740 picture that 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.559 is unfolding. 00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:28.299 So, 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.839 in verse 00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:29.519 5 of 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.259 chapter 5 00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.779 we read, 00:29:31.179 --> 00:29:31.579 altogether 00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.700 Adam lived 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.419 930 years 00:29:34.419 --> 00:29:35.000 and then 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.200 he died. 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.779 Verse 6, 00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.779 when Seth 00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.700 lived 105 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.379 years he 00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.939 became the 00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.460 father of 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.919 Enosh. 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.720 Now, 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.139 look down 00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.559 at verse 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.879 8. 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.080 Altogether 00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.800 Seth lived 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:48.020 912 years 00:29:48.020 --> 00:29:48.400 and then 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.160 he died. 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.440 Verse 9, 00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.220 Enosh had 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.940 lived 90 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.460 years and 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.980 he became 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.480 the father 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.100 of Kenan. 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.140 Verse 11, 00:29:57.540 --> 00:29:58.160 Altogether 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.980 Enosh lived 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.260 905 years 00:30:00.260 --> 00:30:00.760 and then 00:30:00.760 --> 00:30:02.320 he died. 00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.980 On 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.400 on and 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.299 on it goes 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.740 through the 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.360 history of 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.819 the world 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.220 and for 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.660 every 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.279 mankind 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.660 everyone 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.380 dies. 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.380 And 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.039 one day 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:16.319 somebody 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.120 will stand 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.960 over our 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.460 grave 00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.579 and they 00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.180 will say 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.099 ashes to 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.740 ashes, 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.160 dust 00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.539 to dust. 00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.700 The giving 00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.440 of life 00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.660 is now 00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.599 replaced with 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.620 the pronouncement 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.819 of death. 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.559 What God 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.259 had said at 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.699 the beginning 00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.439 was true. 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.019 You must 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.699 not eat 00:30:37.699 --> 00:30:38.119 from the 00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.659 tree of 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.219 the knowledge 00:30:39.219 --> 00:30:39.619 of good 00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.099 and evil 00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.019 for when 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.659 you eat 00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.079 of it 00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:43.500 you will 00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.199 surely 00:30:44.199 --> 00:30:45.659 die. 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:51.100 we may 00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.500 not have 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.400 experienced 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.980 death 00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.759 ourselves 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:55.380 but we've 00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.960 experienced 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.560 in the 00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.060 sense that 00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.540 we've all 00:30:57.540 --> 00:30:58.040 lost 00:30:58.040 --> 00:30:59.040 loved ones. 00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.160 Death 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.060 brings pain 00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.900 and heartache. 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.519 It takes 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.120 those we 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.920 dearly love. 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.000 It steals 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.640 away our 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.019 joy. 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.960 It's a 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.519 curse 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.320 that we 00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:10.900 live with 00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.620 day in 00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:13.279 day out. 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:19.299 Do you 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.859 remember what 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.339 the serpent 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.839 said to 00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.180 the woman 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.839 about eating 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.399 the fruit? 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.579 The subtle 00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.319 lie? 00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.599 He said 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.099 you will 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.779 not 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.079 surely 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.559 die. 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.599 Do what 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.180 you like. 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.399 Live how 00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.980 you want. 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:35.759 Don't 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.660 believe this 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.759 nonsense about 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.700 God judging 00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.180 people. 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.039 It's not 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.539 true. 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:43.440 but they 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.059 did die 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:46.099 and God 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.879 will judge. 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.200 In fact 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.659 how God 00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.299 responds 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.099 shows how 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.700 seriously 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.599 God takes 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.259 our rebellion. 00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.299 Look at 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.019 chapter 3 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.940 verse 23. 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.799 So the 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.539 Lord God 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.259 banished him 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.639 from the 00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.240 garden of 00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.779 Eden to 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.180 work the 00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.759 ground from 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.220 which he 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.519 had been 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.940 taken. 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.279 And after 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.099 he drove 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.619 the man 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:11.079 out he 00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.739 placed on 00:32:11.739 --> 00:32:12.139 the east 00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.559 side of 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.039 the garden 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.479 of Eden 00:32:13.479 --> 00:32:14.219 cherubim 00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:14.599 or like 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.139 angels and 00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.859 a flaming 00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.919 sword flashing 00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.539 back and 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.719 forth to 00:32:19.719 --> 00:32:20.279 guard the 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.500 way to 00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.939 the tree 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.599 of life. 00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.479 Shut 00:32:24.479 --> 00:32:24.879 out. 00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.819 Separated 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.619 from God. 00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.859 This is 00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.439 God's 00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:31.979 fair, 00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.659 right and 00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.919 just response 00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:36.199 to our 00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.679 rebellion. 00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.939 In God's 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.680 judgment we 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.580 are eternally 00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:42.059 separated from 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.220 the source of 00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.980 all life and 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.840 all love. 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.220 You see 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.640 when we 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:50.519 rebel we 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.480 invite God's 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.259 judgment upon 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.759 ourselves. 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.279 And this 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.420 is my 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.019 story. 00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.240 And this 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.580 is your 00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.120 story. 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.620 It's a 00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.180 story we 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.880 don't like to 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.259 hear. 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:07.319 but it's 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.799 true. 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.720 Well 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.279 thankfully 00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:14.819 mixed in 00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.240 with our 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:15.879 story, 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.379 our tragic 00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:19.379 story is a 00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.059 story of 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.440 hope. 00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.920 In the 00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.720 chaos and 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.099 in the 00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.379 disorder and 00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.740 in the 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.440 death that 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.059 we see all 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.779 around us, 00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.420 God speaks 00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:30.080 a promise. 00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.779 Chapter 3 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.640 verse 15. 00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.460 This is 00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.920 what God 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.400 said. 00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.519 I will 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.300 put enmity 00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:40.039 speaking to 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.580 the serpent, 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.740 to the 00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:41.980 devil. 00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.539 He says I 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.960 will put 00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.880 enmity between 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.440 you and 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.880 the woman 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.779 and between 00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.580 your offspring 00:33:46.580 --> 00:33:47.320 and hers. 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.039 He will 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.180 crush your 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:53.300 head and 00:33:53.300 --> 00:33:53.720 you will 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.300 strike his 00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.880 heel. 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.500 You see 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.260 from the 00:33:58.260 --> 00:33:58.540 woman, 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.320 from this 00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.460 human race, 00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:02.000 one special 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.760 person is 00:34:02.760 --> 00:34:03.340 going to be 00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:04.180 born and 00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.100 that person 00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:06.180 will come 00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:07.560 and crush 00:34:07.560 --> 00:34:08.940 the devil. 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.160 Defeating 00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:10.539 him, 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.579 destroying 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.019 him, 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.340 restoring our 00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.220 broken lives 00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.220 and renewing 00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:16.539 our disordered 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.180 world. 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.360 How do we 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.619 know? 00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.860 Well have a 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.619 look at Romans 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.800 chapter 5. 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:26.660 Romans chapter 00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.240 5. 00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.840 Here we 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.440 see the 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.680 promise that 00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.180 God had 00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:39.500 given. 00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.700 We're 00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.180 reminded, 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.980 first of all, 00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.539 of what we 00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.140 are like. 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.539 Romans 5 00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.400 verse 12. 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:54.760 Therefore, 00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:57.360 just as sin 00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.160 entered the 00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.840 world through 00:34:58.840 --> 00:34:59.539 one man, 00:34:59.619 --> 00:34:59.940 so he's 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.539 talking about 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.099 Adam and 00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.780 his rebellion, 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.099 therefore just as 00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.740 sin entered the 00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.240 world through 00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.880 one man, 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.079 and death 00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:07.240 through sin, 00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.039 and in this 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:09.780 way death 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.380 came to 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.380 all men 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:13.019 because all 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.660 sinned. 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:15.539 you see, 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.019 it's making 00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.019 that clear 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:19.339 picture that 00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:20.619 we are just 00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.799 like Adam. 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.879 We've all 00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.599 messed up. 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.960 We will all 00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.299 die. 00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.159 We will all 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.960 face God's 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.299 judgment. 00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.379 But here we 00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:33.299 see the promise. 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.359 Here we see the 00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:34.619 hope. 00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.659 Verse 17. 00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:39.039 For if by the 00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:40.079 trespass or the 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.920 rebellion of 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.559 one man, 00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.079 death reigns 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.559 through that 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.299 one man. 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.679 So just 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.299 because of 00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.819 rebellion, 00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:48.119 this world is 00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.859 now under the 00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.679 curse of 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.279 death, 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.379 and everything 00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:52.099 is broken, 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.619 and everything 00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.179 is going 00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.639 wrong. 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.960 Look what it 00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.420 says at the 00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.940 rest of verse 00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.420 17. 00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.899 How much more 00:35:58.899 --> 00:35:59.739 will those who 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.980 receive God's 00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:02.000 abundant provision 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.339 of grace and 00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:04.079 the gift of 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.219 righteousness reign 00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.439 in life through 00:36:06.439 --> 00:36:07.419 the one man, 00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:09.259 Jesus Christ. 00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.799 Ralph talked 00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.419 about this at 00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:14.899 the beginning, 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.639 just as we 00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.219 sang those 00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.799 songs. 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.579 In some ways 00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.639 we're all under 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.579 Adam, the Adam 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.259 of the Garden 00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:22.739 of Eden. 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.779 But now a new 00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.619 Adam has come, 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.439 Jesus Christ, 00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:29.319 one who obeyed 00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:30.139 God perfectly, 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.279 one who never 00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.919 did anything 00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:33.039 wrong, one who 00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.859 did everything 00:36:33.859 --> 00:36:34.919 that was right. 00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:36.919 And he comes 00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.779 and he takes 00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.799 all our guilt 00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.399 and all our 00:36:39.399 --> 00:36:40.139 shame and all 00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.839 our rebellion 00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:42.019 and he takes 00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.199 it on himself 00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:44.279 and he is 00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.119 punished and he 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.000 is judged for 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.139 me and for 00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.199 you so that 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.619 we can receive 00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:51.019 his gift of 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:52.039 life, so that 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.719 we are now 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:54.299 covered in his 00:36:54.299 --> 00:36:55.239 righteousness, so 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:56.000 that God no 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.019 longer sees the 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.799 guilt and shame 00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:59.139 but now treasures 00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.199 us and welcomes 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.480 us as his own 00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.879 son. 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:03.460 through the 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.900 death of 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.720 Jesus Christ, 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.099 Satan is 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:08.079 crushed and 00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.400 defeated and 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:11.400 life is ours 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.519 to receive. 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:15.400 The promise of 00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:16.599 Jesus Christ who 00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:18.760 comes to give 00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.820 us life so that 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.680 we no longer 00:37:20.680 --> 00:37:22.920 have to live in 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.760 rebellion but 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.700 now we have new 00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.539 life and we can 00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.619 follow his way 00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:29.039 and do what 00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.980 God says. 00:37:31.319 --> 00:37:32.019 But you know 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.699 what, that's not 00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.259 the end. 00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.059 Just have a look 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.960 at Romans chapter 00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.679 16. 00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.659 Look at the way 00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.480 this is put. 00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:42.480 For all those 00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:44.099 who have received 00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:45.659 Jesus Christ and 00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.539 who are following 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.960 Jesus Christ, look 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.759 what he says to 00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.199 us. 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.519 Chapter 16 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.380 verse 20. 00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:54.380 The God of 00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:57.099 peace will soon 00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.780 crush Satan under 00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:01.200 your feet. 00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.440 Isn't that 00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.960 amazing? 00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.800 What he's telling 00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:07.119 us here that as 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:08.940 we, as people who 00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.920 have been put right 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.099 by Jesus, begin 00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:12.980 to share and 00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.640 preach and 00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.340 proclaim and 00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.059 share the good 00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.820 news of Jesus 00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.680 Christ with other 00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.900 people, as we 00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.059 tell the gospel to 00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:20.360 other people, they're 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:22.539 also set free from 00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.380 the power of 00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.720 Satan. 00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.820 They're also 00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.079 released from the 00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:27.480 curse of death and 00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:29.019 judgment and they 00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.220 are given you 00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:32.180 life through Jesus 00:38:32.180 --> 00:38:32.760 Christ. 00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:34.059 The God of 00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.920 peace will soon 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.180 crush Satan under 00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:37.640 your feet. 00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.700 As we share the 00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:43.039 story of Jesus 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.800 Christ, lives are 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.760 changed, lives are 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:48.980 transformed and they 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:50.340 receive the life 00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.940 that only God 00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.300 can give. 00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:56.140 This is our 00:38:56.140 --> 00:38:57.260 true story. 00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.539 A story of 00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:01.519 rebellion, but 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.220 how we are 00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:04.200 rescued and 00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:05.420 how we join in 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.539 with that rescuer 00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:08.059 Jesus Christ and 00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:09.220 share that same 00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:10.920 good news story so 00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:13.000 that others are 00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:15.700 also rescued from 00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:17.500 the predicament that 00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.160 they are in. 00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:21.099 may God give us 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.879 opportunity to 00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:24.299 share that story 00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:26.019 with the world 00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:27.339 around us. 00:39:27.339 --> 00:39:28.440 Let's pray. 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:42.179 Father, please help 00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.059 us to see 00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.260 ourselves clearly. 00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.980 Please help us to 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:49.119 take off those 00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:51.380 rose-colored 00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:52.659 spectacles that we 00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.700 have on that see 00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:56.639 us from our view. 00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:58.460 help us to see 00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.279 ourselves from your 00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.619 view. 00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.859 And would you 00:40:03.859 --> 00:40:04.839 teach us to keep 00:40:04.839 --> 00:40:05.859 running to the 00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:08.619 Lord Jesus, the 00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.679 one who has come to 00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:12.639 deliver us, the 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.519 one who has come to 00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.799 cover us in 00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:17.259 righteousness, no 00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:18.579 longer suffering under 00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.679 guilt and shame, 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:22.179 but treasured and 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.239 treated as your own 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.599 son. 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:26.940 thank you that life 00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.819 is ours today 00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.599 through Jesus. 00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.980 And we pray that we 00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:31.920 would share of that 00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:34.599 same message and 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.599 that people would be 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:37.860 set free from 00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.920 following the ways 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:41.199 of Satan so that 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:42.259 they may follow the 00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:44.639 Lord Jesus and live 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.559 for him. 00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:48.119 We pray this in 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.839 Jesus' name. 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.019 Amen. 00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.179 Amen. 00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:55.079 We're going to 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.960 sing in celebration 00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.519 which picks up some 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.299 of those themes, 00:41:00.419 --> 00:41:01.879 I will glory in my 00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.739 Redeemer whose 00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:04.219 priceless blood has 00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:05.239 ransomed me. 00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:07.059 Mine was the sin. 00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:08.179 That's the reason why 00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:09.359 Jesus had to die was 00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:10.239 because of my 00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.719 rebellion. 00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:12.739 But he sets me free 00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:15.099 to live a life for 00:41:15.099 --> 00:41:15.319 him. 00:41:15.399 --> 00:41:16.059 So let's stand 00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.339 together as we 00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:17.559 sing. 00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.659 Amen. 00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:17.719 Amen. 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:17.739 Amen. 00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:17.799 Amen. 00:41:17.799 --> 00:41:17.839 Amen. 00:41:17.839 --> 00:41:17.859 Amen. 00:41:17.859 --> 00:41:17.899 Amen. 00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:17.940 Amen. 00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.899 Amen. 00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.619 Amen. 00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:19.739 Amen. 00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:21.219 Amen. 00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:21.899 Amen. 00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:32.139 Amen. 00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.239 Amen. 00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:33.519 Amen.