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 All right, friends, with fear and trepidation, we're going to begin our class this morning.

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! Good morning. Welcome. Welcome. Let me begin us with a word of prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven, we gather this morning and we give you praise.

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 Lord, thank you for giving us life and breath this morning to gather together,

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 to attend to your word and all the riches of yourself that you've revealed there

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 and all that you've revealed about who we are as human beings.

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 Lord, help us this morning to understand these things rightly and apply them rightly through your spirit.

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 God, we ask for your help and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Okay, so here we are in class. I think this is five of our survey of the doctrine of creation.

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 And, you know, we say this a lot when we do these Sunday school classes,

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 but, you know, we're like, let's do four weeks. No, no, no, that's not enough.

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 Let's do eight weeks. And then we get towards the end of the eight weeks like we are now,

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 and we're just like, we're just scratching the surface. It just never feels like enough time.

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 So over the last four weeks, we've been looking mostly at Genesis 1 and 2,

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 considering the doctrine of creation, and Luke's been walking us through these first two chapters,

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 kind of masterfully showing us ways in which we might be understanding them

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 and understanding them in light of how church history has understood these things

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 and how they interface with sort of contemporary views of the origin of things.

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 And last week, we talked about the origin of humanity.

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 This week, we're going to talk about humans as created in the image of God.

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 And, you know, there's a lot of ways we could approach a subject like this.

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 We could look at it just sort of through theological synthesis.

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 We could look at how the doctrine has developed historically through time.

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 If we had more and more weeks, that would be really, really enlightening and illuminating things to do.

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 But I think what I'd like to do this morning with the time that we have

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 is just look through the biblical passages that seem to be referencing the image of God

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 and try to weave them together into some kind of coherent whole

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 and then spend some time doing some application and discussion at the end about the meaning of these things.

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 Now, next week, we're going to take up really this doctrine again.

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 We're going to do it again in a second time, looking through some of what John will teach on,

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 which is sort of the, can I call it the cultural mandate, John?

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 Is that fair? Is that fair? Okay, yeah.

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 Look at, well, that'll all make sense in a few minutes when we get into this topic.

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 Good. So if you're like, well, what did Irenaeus think about the image of God?

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 We're not going to have time for that.

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 Very interesting, very fascinating.

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 But we're just going to look at the scriptures, try to synthesize them together, and then go from there.

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 We will have a third class after John teaches next week where we kind of try to wrap some of this stuff up.

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 So if there's more we want to do in the image of God, then we can.

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 So we will have some time if we find we spill over.

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 So let's go ahead and begin.

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 I want to begin with a quote that I think will launch us off nicely

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 from a theologian that we've referenced before in this class by the name of Herman Bavink,

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 who, you know, he was a thoughtful guy.

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 So, but I really like how he starts his chapter discussing the image of God.

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 He says this.

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 He says, and you'll hear resonances in this quote from what we've talked about in previous weeks.

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 He says, the revelation, sorry, the entire world is a revelation of God,

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 a mirror of his virtues and perfections.

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 Every creature in its own way and according to its own measure is an embodiment of a divine thought.

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 Does that sound familiar?

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 We talk about kinds and creation revealing the glory of God and each thing revealing the glory of God, you know.

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 Jonathan Edwards used to reflect on spiders and silkworms and how they were beautiful pictures of, you know,

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 images of the divine things.

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 But then Bavink says this.

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 He says, but among all creatures, only man is the image of God,

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 the highest and richest revelation of God,

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 and therefore head and crown of the entire creation.

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 Only humankind, only human beings are said to be in the image of God.

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 And that certainly sets us apart.

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 Let's look at that.

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 Let's look at Genesis 1 then.

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 So there's where we start.

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 Let's look at Genesis 1.

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 So turn with me to Genesis 1.

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 And we've read this chapter a couple times in our class,

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 so we're just going to dive right in to verse 26.

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 Genesis 1, 26, 27, and we'll do 28 as well.

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 So Genesis says,

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image,

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 after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

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 and over the birds of the heavens,

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 and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created them.

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 Male and female, he created them.

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 And God blessed them.

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 And God said to them,

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 Be fruitful, and multiply,

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 and fill the earth, and subdue it,

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 and have dominion over the fish of the sea,

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 and over the birds of the heavens,

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 and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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 And God said,

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 Behold, I've given you every plant yielding seed

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 that is on the face of the earth,

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 and every tree with seed in its fruit.

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 You shall have them for food.

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 And then he goes on.

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 And then in verse 31, he says,

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 And God saw everything that he had made,

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 and behold, it was very good.

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 And there was evening,

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 and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 Okay.

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 So let's just make a couple observations

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 about this text from Genesis 1.

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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 You can feel there a kind of distinction

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 in the narrative, can't you?

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 This is the first moment in the creation account

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 where God sort of pauses and deliberates.

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 Right?

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 You see up till this point,

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 God's hovering on the face of the waters.

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 God says,

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 Let there be light.

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 And there was light,

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 and there was evening,

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 and there was morning.

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 And then he speaks all these things into existence.

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 Speaking them into existence.

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 Speaking them into existence.

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 And then,

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 at the end of the sixth day,

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 at the pinnacle,

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 when it seems like everything is done,

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 he's already created all the beasts

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 that are moving on the earth.

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 Then God deliberates and says,

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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 So that right away tells us

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 that the creation of humanity

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 is just frayed with significance

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 and substance and importance.

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 Human beings are set apart

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 from the rest of creation.

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 Right?

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 Now, of course,

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 what are we according to Genesis 1 and 2?

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 We are creatures.

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 Right?

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 We are made from the dust of the ground,

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 as Genesis 2 somewhat poetically probably says.

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 Right?

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 So we are not, in that sense,

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 you know,

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 not created.

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 We certainly are.

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 But we occupy a special place

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 in creation as human beings.

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 Now, there's been a lot of discussion

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 about what God means by

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 let us make man

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 or make humankind in our image.

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 Right?

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 Any guesses as to what us means there?

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 Trinity.

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 It's the Trinity.

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 Right?

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 That's what we say as Christians.

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 We're like, of course, it's the Trinity.

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 Duh.

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 Like, we know that.

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 Yeah, right.

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 And that's probably the right answer.

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 Right?

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 You know,

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 some people have seen

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 let us make man

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 as a reference to

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 maybe it's sort of a majestic we,

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 you know,

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 like when the queen

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 always refers to herself as we,

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 or used to.

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 I guess it's a king now.

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 Does Charles refer to himself as we now?

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 I don't know.

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 Who knows?

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 Who knows?

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 Yeah.

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 You know,

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 maybe it's some kind of royal we,

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 but you don't see that a lot in scripture.

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 Maybe God's speaking to

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 the sort of hosts of heaven,

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 you know,

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 the angelic creation

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 and saying,

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 let us make man in our image.

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 But that's sort of funny

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 because humans aren't said

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 to be made in the image of angels

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 nor angels said to be made

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 in the image of God.

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 So it's this curious thing

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 that just hangs

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 in the first chapter of Genesis.

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 Let us.

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 There's some kind of

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 personal plurality within God

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 hinted at here

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 that only becomes unfolded

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 as we follow through

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 the rest of scripture.

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 And that same kind of hinting,

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 I think,

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 also picks up

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 when we think about image

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 and likeness.

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 What does it mean

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 when God says,

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 let us make man

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 in our image

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 and after our likeness?

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 Now,

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 throughout church history,

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 there have been many,

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 many ways

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 of kind of construing

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 what it means

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 to be made

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 in the image of God.

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 And I think actually

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 a lot of them,

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 most of them,

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 do shine some important light

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 on what this means.

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 But let's take a look.

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 Let's take a look

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 at the words themselves

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 and see if that might give us

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 some clues

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 as to what

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 scriptures mean.

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 So the first is image,

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 right?

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 Let us make man

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 in our image.

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 The idea here

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 of an image,

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 and if you look up

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 other passages

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 in the Old Testament

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 that speak of an image,

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 right,

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 a lot of them

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 aren't very positive.

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 What does the Bible

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 have to say

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 about making images?

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 Anybody?

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 It's a bad idea.

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 Don't make images

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 of things.

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 Well,

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 not of things.

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 Don't make images

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 of God,

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 right?

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 That's a really big no-no.

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 Don't make idols,

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 right?

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 But what did images do?

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 What did they function

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 as in the ancient world?

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 An image was something

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 that represented

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 something else,

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 right?

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 And I would say

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 representation

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 kind of in the

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 fullest sense.

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 So if someone

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 were to come in

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 the classroom

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 this morning

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 and say,

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 I'm here

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 as a representative

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 of,

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 you know,

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 I don't know,

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 well,

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 the kingdom

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 of the United Kingdom.

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 I'm here

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 as a representative

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 of the United Kingdom,

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 right?

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 A representative

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 of,

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 well,

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 we were picking

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 on Charles earlier,

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 King Charles,

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 right?

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 I'm here

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 as a representative,

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 right?

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 We would think,

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 oh,

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 he doesn't look

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 like Charles,

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 right?

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 It means something,

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 right?

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 It means that

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 he has a kind

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 of almost

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 delegated authority.

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 In the ancient world,

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 when kings

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 or rulers

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 would conquer

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 some new territory,

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 especially if it was

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 far flung from the capital,

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 what would they do?

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 Remember what Nebuchadnezzar

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 did in the heart

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 of Babylon?

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 What did he build?

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 A giant statue,

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 probably of himself,

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 right?

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 He built a giant

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 statue of himself

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 and what did he say?

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 Bow down to it

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 or you'd thrown

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 in the furnace,

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 right?

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 What did that statue

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 represent?

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 It represented his rule,

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 right?

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 And you see that

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 in the ancient world,

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 not just in the hearts

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 of their capitals,

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 but in the far flung

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 places of their empires,

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 kings would put up

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 images,

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 statues,

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 right?

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 And what did it represent?

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 It said,

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 this is somewhere

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 I rule,

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 right?

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 This is an extension

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 of my domain.

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 Humans

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 are made

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 in God's image.

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 The one true creator

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 and ruler,

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 we are made in his image

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 as representatives.

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 So there's a deep sense

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 of this full representation

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 in the sense of image.

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 But then God says,

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 after our likeness,

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 likeness.

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 And you know

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 what the word likeness

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 means in Hebrew?

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 It means likeness.

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 That's what it means.

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 It means something

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 that's similar

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 to something else.

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 Sometimes the Bible's

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 not all that difficult

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 to understand.

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 It's just similarity.

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 similarity.

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 You know,

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 you can look up

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 other passages

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 where Scripture

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 uses this word likeness

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 and it's,

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 you know,

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 images of stuff

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 that looks like

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 something else,

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 right?

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 So,

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 not only are human

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 beings

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 representatives,

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 representations

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 of God,

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 but we bear

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 a similarity

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 to God.

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 similarity.

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 And similarity,

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 you get the sense here,

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 right?

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 Because we already said

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 that the creation of humans

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 on the sixth day

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 carries this weight,

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 it carries this importance,

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 it carries this dignity.

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 So,

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 whereas the rest of creation,

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 right,

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 reflects God's glory

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 and we see something

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 of God

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 in every atom

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 and every leaf

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 and every sunset,

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 right?

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 There's something

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 about humans

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 that carry that similarity

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 to,

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 in some sense,

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 well,

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 I'm struggling

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 to find the right word.

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 We carry that similarity

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 to a degree

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 that nothing else

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 can or will.

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 That when God says,

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 this is how I want

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 to show myself

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 and represent myself

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 in creation,

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 I'm going to do it

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 through humans,

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 right?

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 Now,

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 in the history

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 of the church,

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 sometimes

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 there's been

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 a lot of freight

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 put into the difference

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 between these two words

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 that they talk about

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 very different things

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 that can be separated

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 and maybe some are lost

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 and some are gained

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 and fall in redemption,

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 maybe some means something

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 and some means others.

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 However,

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 I would put forward

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 that these words

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 actually aren't meant

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 to function

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 in super,

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 ultra distinct ways,

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 but they work together.

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 And in fact,

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 you'll see,

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 as we go through

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 some other passages,

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 hopefully if we have time

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 this morning,

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 you'll see that

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 these terms

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 start to be used

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 interchangeably.

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 Sometimes humans

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 are said to be made

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 in God's likeness,

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 sometimes they're made

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 in God's image,

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 but this whole complex,

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 this whole thing together

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 is intended,

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 right?

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 So,

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 whereas I've tried

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 to draw out

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 some distinction

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 between these two terms,

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 keep in mind

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 that they're really used

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 as sort of one thing,

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 that they're almost

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 used interchangeably.

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 And I think

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 that helps

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 as we think about

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 then kind of

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 what we mean

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 by this

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 or what this

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 starts to mean.

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 In the history,

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 again,

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 in the history

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 of Christian reflection

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 on these things,

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 different views

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 or different emphases

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 have come up,

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 right?

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.460
 Now,

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 when you think

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 about God,

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 humans being made

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 in the likeness

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 of God

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 as being similar

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 to God,

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 what comes to mind

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 for you?

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 Yeah,

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 Peter.

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 The ability

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 to create.

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 Mm,

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 mm-hmm.

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 Yeah,

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 definitely.

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.360
 We're creative

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.679
 creatures,

00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:49.200
 right?

00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:52.060
 We have this

00:15:52.060 --> 00:15:53.000
 aesthetic sense,

00:15:53.280 --> 00:15:53.520
 right?

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.600
 What else?

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 Any other similarities?

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:56.660
 Tyler.

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 Relationships.

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 Yes.

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.100
 Personhood.

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:05.980
 Personhood.

00:16:06.060 --> 00:16:06.180
 Ooh,

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.800
 that's a good one.

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.540
 Did you say that,

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:07.700
 Raul?

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.580
 Yes.

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 Is that you?

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 Maybe like

00:16:12.259 --> 00:16:13.300
 rationality.

00:16:13.900 --> 00:16:14.259
 Oh,

00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:14.640
 yeah,

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.580
 that was a biggie.

00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.780
 Lots of people

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 in the church

00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:17.460
 thought,

00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:17.860
 mm,

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:19.080
 you know what

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 sets us apart

00:16:19.539 --> 00:16:20.060
 from the animals?

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.360
 We can think.

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:21.980
 Look at those

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:23.220
 brute beasts,

00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:23.680
 right?

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.840
 Reason.

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.419
 Logic.

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.500
 What else?

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:32.220
 Existing capacity.

00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:33.240
 Yes,

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.180
 language.

00:16:38.060 --> 00:16:38.500
 Yeah,

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 Richard.

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 So we shy away

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 from this one,

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 but I would

00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:41.580
 certainly add it,

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 and that's emotion.

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 Emotions?

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.500
 Yeah,

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.180
 absolutely.

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:44.320
 Absolutely.

00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:48.540
 In preparing

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 for this morning,

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.060
 I reread

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 Wayne Grudem's

00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:52.060
 chapter on

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.720
 the image of God,

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 and he talks

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.760
 about human emotion.

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 He says,

00:16:55.140 --> 00:16:55.500
 now look,

00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:58.560
 if you own a dog,

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 you know

00:16:59.780 --> 00:17:00.600
 that dogs

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.540
 express emotion.

00:17:02.260 --> 00:17:03.060
 They're happy

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.879
 when you come home.

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 They're sad

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.080
 when you don't

00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:05.640
 feed them.

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 I thought,

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.380
 yeah,

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:06.600
 you know,

00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.039
 that's true.

00:17:07.320 --> 00:17:07.900
 But then he makes

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.380
 this great point.

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.620
 He says,

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:08.960
 ah,

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.480
 but think about

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.380
 the complexity

00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:12.340
 of human emotion,

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.259
 right?

00:17:13.419 --> 00:17:13.859
 And he says,

00:17:13.939 --> 00:17:14.480
 I could be sitting

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.939
 at my son's baseball game

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 sad because they lost,

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.959
 proud because of

00:17:18.959 --> 00:17:19.740
 how he played,

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 so joyful that he did

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.559
 so as a good sport,

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 a little anxious

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 because we're going

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 to be late for dinner.

00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.599
 You know,

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.539
 think about all the ways

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 in which humans

00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:30.839
 as emotional beings

00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.740
 reflect God

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.740
 who is rich

00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:36.399
 in those passions,

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.079
 right?

00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:38.279
 Now,

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.000
 we can talk about

00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:40.159
 impassibility another time.

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 If that's me,

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 if talking about emotion

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 with respect to God

00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:42.960
 is making you nervous,

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 just put it in brackets.

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 We'll come back to it.

00:17:44.560 --> 00:17:44.700
 Yeah,

00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:44.980
 Beth.

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 Will.

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 Yeah,

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:48.519
 we can decide things.

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 And to expand

00:17:53.060 --> 00:17:53.779
 on this one,

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 right,

00:17:54.560 --> 00:17:55.759
 we might say

00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.240
 that we have

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 responsibility

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 and we have

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.200
 a sense of

00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:06.120
 ethics and morality,

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.480
 right?

00:18:06.800 --> 00:18:07.180
 Oh,

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:07.540
 my handwriting

00:18:07.540 --> 00:18:08.040
 is getting bad

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 down here.

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 So,

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 of course,

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 will,

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.400
 you know,

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:14.840
 we can,

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 we're inclined

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 and we choose things,

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:18.700
 right?

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.759
 We're not just

00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.259
 instinctive creatures,

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:21.940
 right?

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:22.800
 You know,

00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:23.800
 as much as I would love

00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:25.160
 to posit a will

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.720
 on my golden retriever,

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.820
 she is acting out

00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.279
 of instinct,

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.759
 right?

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.940
 You know,

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:32.620
 not ours though,

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.779
 not our golden retriever.

00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.740
 Everyone else's dog

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.060
 though is.

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.980
 But doesn't with this

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.659
 come the sense

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.059
 that we are

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.119
 responsible creatures,

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.720
 right?

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.079
 We're held accountable

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:42.019
 for our actions

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.960
 and we do have a sense

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.539
 of things that are

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.519
 right and wrong,

00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.759
 right?

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.940
 Not just things

00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.119
 that are

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.980
 or are not

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:51.099
 or that I like

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.819
 and don't like,

00:18:52.419 --> 00:18:53.220
 but we have a sense

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:53.859
 of ought,

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:55.460
 this ought to be,

00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.940
 this ought not to be.

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.819
 Yeah.

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.579
 So are these

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:02.379
 just shared attributes?

00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:05.580
 Between us and God,

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:05.820
 Raul?

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.220
 Is that what you're thinking?

00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:06.780
 Yeah.

00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:06.940
 Yeah, yeah,

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.640
 really good question.

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.560
 So,

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.980
 when we talk about

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.420
 our similarity to God,

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.500
 our likeness to God,

00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:12.800
 right?

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:14.260
 We're not saying

00:19:14.260 --> 00:19:15.600
 that humans are

00:19:15.600 --> 00:19:18.400
 omnipotent,

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:18.940
 right?

00:19:20.020 --> 00:19:21.060
 Or omniscient.

00:19:22.760 --> 00:19:23.880
 Or omnipresent.

00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:26.500
 Or eternal.

00:19:26.780 --> 00:19:26.940
 Yeah,

00:19:27.020 --> 00:19:27.440
 even better.

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.080
 Or,

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.440
 or,

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.820
 oh,

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.480
 here's one I really

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.960
 like a lot.

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:33.940
 Do you know

00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:35.140
 what God's a saiyah is?

00:19:36.600 --> 00:19:37.720
 Means that God

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.660
 has his being

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.780
 of himself.

00:19:40.540 --> 00:19:40.820
 That he has,

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.160
 he depends

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.620
 on no one else

00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:45.160
 for being who he is.

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:47.140
 Show me a human being

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:48.400
 who is not radically

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.560
 and utterly dependent

00:19:49.560 --> 00:19:51.320
 and so in need

00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:52.440
 of other things

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.520
 to just subsist.

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.580
 And yet God

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.460
 is a very fullness

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.060
 of being.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.660
 Needs nothing

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:58.160
 and no one

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.960
 to be exactly

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.820
 who he is,

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.220
 right?

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.200
 There are all sorts

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.700
 of ways in which

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:03.160
 we are not like God

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.240
 as creatures,

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:04.700
 right?

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.340
 And yet,

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.460
 God,

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.980
 in his wisdom,

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.900
 in his kindness,

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.920
 decides to reveal himself,

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:13.319
 right?

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.319
 And there are ways

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.720
 in which we do,

00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:17.200
 by analogy,

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.160
 by a dim reflection,

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:19.759
 of course,

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:21.620
 share

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:23.080
 or participate

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:24.160
 or shine forth

00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:25.480
 with attributes

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.160
 of God,

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.160
 right?

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.460
 That,

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.480
 as God is creative,

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.700
 so we as his image bearers

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.220
 are creative,

00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:33.259
 as God is a speaking God,

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.340
 right?

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:36.180
 So we have this amazing

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:37.500
 capacity for language,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:40.259
 as God is deeply personal,

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.460
 essentially so,

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.539
 so we are persons,

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.000
 right?

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:45.980
 As God is deeply relational,

00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:47.259
 right?

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.660
 As a triune God,

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.340
 so we,

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.500
 in bearing his image,

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.559
 are relational,

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.660
 et cetera,

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.140
 et cetera.

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.819
 Does that answer

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.159
 your question,

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.319
 Raul?

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:54.839
 Yeah.

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.460
 Yeah.

00:20:55.659 --> 00:20:56.099
 Yeah.

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.419
 Richard?

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.339
 So,

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.439
 I would say,

00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.299
 just like representation

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.139
 and similarity

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.460
 are not so easily

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:04.579
 disentangled from each other,

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.579
 and they shouldn't be,

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.980
 also,

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.079
 authority

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.159
 should not be

00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.939
 disentangled

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:11.759
 from responsibility.

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.460
 Yeah.

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.700
 Those who feel

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.919
 a deep responsibility

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:16.539
 for this or that,

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:19.039
 also,

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:22.439
 have that sense

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.539
 of authority

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:25.680
 over that responsibility,

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:27.220
 such that

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:28.680
 if something

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:30.420
 threatens to thwart

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:32.059
 their responsibility,

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:35.259
 their sense of authority

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:37.740
 begins to exercise itself.

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.140
 Yeah.

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:38.860
 Yeah.

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.360
 So I would add

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.200
 responsibility

00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.480
 slash authority.

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.700
 Yeah.

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.400
 Yeah.

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.460
 That's right.

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.640
 And isn't it interesting

00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:47.880
 that as you say that,

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.320
 right,

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.660
 doesn't it immediately

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:52.000
 begin to see how

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:53.400
 these two concepts

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:55.039
 touch into each other,

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.539
 right?

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.119
 That they're very connected.

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:58.599
 God has all those

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.599
 attributes,

00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:01.759
 but he exercises them

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.440
 perfectly.

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.539
 Correct.

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.700
 Yeah,

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.140
 that's right.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.339
 That's right.

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.279
 He doesn't do jealousy

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.180
 perfectly.

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.460
 Yeah,

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.960
 that's right.

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.579
 Yeah,

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.119
 that's right.

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.940
 That's right.

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.440
 Yeah.

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.700
 We exercise these things.

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.420
 I mean,

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.500
 in the original creation,

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:16.680
 right,

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.319
 which we're looking at here

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.759
 in Genesis 1,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.359
 we exercise these things

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.480
 in a creaturely way,

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.940
 in a finite way.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.279
 In a dependent way,

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.019
 right?

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.180
 And,

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:27.400
 as God's representatives,

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:30.799
 we ought to be functioning

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:33.420
 in a creaturely dependent way,

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:33.980
 right?

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.079
 Yeah.

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.480
 Yeah.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.779
 Yeah.

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:36.980
 Kim.

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.140
 Well,

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.240
 the statement that

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.759
 we don't,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:41.680
 we don't come into the world

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:44.539
 having those qualities,

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.599
 but having the potential for them

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:46.740
 Yeah.

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.500
 and growing into them.

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:48.680
 Yeah.

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.279
 Yeah.

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:51.920
 But not necessarily growing into them

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:53.299
 all at the same level.

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.740
 Yeah,

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.180
 that's right.

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:55.100
 Yeah,

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.400
 that's right.

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.140
 Yeah,

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.420
 that's right.

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.860
 That's right.

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.299
 Yeah,

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.660
 yeah.

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:57.880
 Yeah.

00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:00.779
 Or someone who is relationally challenged,

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:04.900
 but have great skills in other of those.

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.000
 Yeah,

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.580
 that's right.

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:09.859
 I think this brings us to another part of our passage.

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.019
 I think that's a good transition,

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.220
 Kim.

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.379
 So,

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.379
 we see here,

00:23:12.439 --> 00:23:12.579
 right,

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.939
 let us make man our image after our likeness.

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.099
 So,

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.379
 we've talked about all these ways in which,

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.919
 you know,

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:19.659
 human beings have a similarity to God.

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.000
 We sort of carry these things forth

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.379
 in a unique and qualitatively different way

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.399
 than the rest of creation,

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.339
 right?

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.579
 But then he says,

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.299
 let them have dominion,

00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:28.619
 right?

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:28.819
 So,

00:23:28.899 --> 00:23:30.459
 here we're into this language of representation

00:23:30.459 --> 00:23:32.220
 and we'll talk more about that next week,

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:32.899
 right?

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.659
 But then he says,

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:35.359
 so God created man in his own image.

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.439
 In the image of God,

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.299
 he created him.

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:39.799
 Male and female,

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:41.639
 he created them,

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.779
 right?

00:23:43.439 --> 00:23:43.819
 So,

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.079
 right from the start,

00:23:45.379 --> 00:23:48.500
 what it means to be created in God's image

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:50.459
 is to be fundamentally,

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:52.000
 we've referenced this before,

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:55.220
 to be fundamentally relational beings,

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:56.619
 social beings,

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.119
 right?

00:23:58.699 --> 00:23:59.099
 That,

00:23:59.419 --> 00:23:59.959
 to your point,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.119
 Kim,

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:03.839
 we can't actually bear forth the image of God

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.399
 in isolation from one another.

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.240
 That we have to do this together.

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.740
 And,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.139
 of course,

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.379
 this wonderful statement in Genesis 127,

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.959
 which would have been quite radical in the ancient world,

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.399
 that men and women

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:20.339
 are created in God's image,

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.859
 equally,

00:24:21.379 --> 00:24:22.019
 without distinction,

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.500
 right?

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:24.019
 That they both bear God's image.

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:24.819
 Now,

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:27.079
 the scriptures will sort of,

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.000
 as it unfolds,

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.200
 talk about different roles,

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.980
 different aspects

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:33.359
 that male and female play

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.700
 in the economy of redemption

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.339
 and creation

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.379
 and these kinds of things,

00:24:36.439 --> 00:24:36.700
 right?

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.519
 But in their essence,

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.619
 men and women

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.539
 are created

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:42.240
 in God's image.

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:44.859
 Why don't they tell men that?

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.640
 What's that?

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:47.059
 Why don't they tell men that?

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.700
 What do you mean,

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:48.880
 Roel?

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.099
 Since the beginning,

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:53.559
 since when Adam said to God,

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.200
 the woman that you...

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.319
 Of course,

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.700
 yeah.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.079
 Relationships have been...

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.059
 Totally fractured.

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.279
 Totally fractured.

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.740
 Since then.

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.339
 Yeah.

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.680
 Men have to buck up.

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:05.519
 They really are equal.

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.220
 Yeah,

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.599
 that's right.

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.000
 That's right.

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.200
 Yeah.

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.180
 And you see,

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.580
 even in this earliest passage,

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:09.860
 right?

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.620
 Even in this Genesis 1 passage,

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.660
 don't you see

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:15.220
 a kind of three-fold relationship

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.319
 that humans have?

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:26.339
 That bearing God's image

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.599
 means something about

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.179
 our relationship to God

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:30.139
 and to other humans

00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.039
 and to creation,

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.439
 right?

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:35.179
 Let us make humans

00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:36.159
 in our image,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.519
 right?

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.439
 There's that fundamental

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.559
 relationship to God.

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.059
 Male and female,

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.980
 he created them,

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:41.839
 right?

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.359
 Have dominion

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.399
 over the created order,

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.460
 right?

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.600
 So we see it there.

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.519
 Okay.

00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:00.240
 Let's keep going

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:03.940
 to look at another passage.

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.319
 So,

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.100
 isn't it a wonderful picture

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.460
 of how the Bible starts?

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.600
 We're human beings.

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:13.120
 We bear this likeness to God.

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.480
 We stand as his representatives.

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.019
 We're meant to bear his image

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.720
 in the world.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.779
 We're meant to be his vice regents

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.440
 in creation,

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.839
 not just reflecting him

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.519
 in our,

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.440
 oh,

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.140
 I forgot one thing.

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.819
 I'm going to come back to it.

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.819
 Not just reflecting him

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.920
 in our being,

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.759
 in our attributes,

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.140
 right?

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:30.559
 But also in our role,

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.339
 in our representation.

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:33.759
 And in the biblical story,

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.380
 how long does that last?

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:37.720
 We don't know.

00:26:38.260 --> 00:26:38.500
 Well,

00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:38.900
 we don't know.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:41.400
 We don't know historical time,

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.640
 right?

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.680
 But in biblical time,

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.260
 it's pretty quick,

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:43.560
 right?

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:45.700
 We get through one chapter,

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.960
 chapter two.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.600
 Then in chapter three,

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:48.980
 you know,

00:26:49.020 --> 00:26:49.700
 an undisclosed amount

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.420
 of time passes,

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.840
 and suddenly,

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.400
 the fall happens,

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.160
 right?

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:55.520
 Human beings,

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:59.160
 rather than functioning

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.619
 as representatives of God,

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:04.019
 decide to rest authority

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.819
 for themselves

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:08.079
 and rule in their own name,

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.660
 right?

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.000
 Now,

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:12.359
 here's one of the big questions

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:14.119
 that has sort of hung,

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:16.299
 that I think hangs

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:17.379
 over the biblical text,

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.539
 right,

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:21.139
 is what then of our status

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.319
 as image bearers,

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.139
 right?

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:25.759
 What then happens,

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:25.980
 right?

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.820
 Is it lost?

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.540
 Are we no longer

00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:30.500
 God's image bearers?

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:33.140
 Is it completely destroyed

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.880
 and effaced?

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.080
 I mean,

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.960
 God does say,

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:37.300
 you'll return to the dust,

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.220
 right?

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:41.520
 What becomes of it?

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.840
 But,

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:46.160
 there's very good indication

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:48.800
 that though the image of God

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:50.340
 is in many senses

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.480
 marred

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.560
 or cracked

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.339
 or disfigured

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:53.819
 in us

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.559
 as humans.

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.480
 It is not lost.

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:58.059
 It is not lost.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.819
 So,

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.419
 let's look at some

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.359
 of the following passages.

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.599
 So,

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.460
 if you turn over

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.279
 just a couple pages

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.519
 to Genesis 5,

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:08.299
 the fall happens,

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.440
 Adam and Eve

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.559
 are expelled

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:11.419
 from the garden,

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.679
 the incident

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:14.220
 with Cain

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.740
 and Abel

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.279
 happens,

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.240
 the great tragedy

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.720
 of that,

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.539
 Adam and Eve

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.419
 have another son

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.220
 named Seth,

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.779
 and then this is

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.740
 chapter 5,

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.740
 verses 1 and 2.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.860
 So,

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.980
 this is the book

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.819
 of generations of Adam.

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:29.980
 So,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.680
 that's like a literary marker

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.420
 in the book of Genesis.

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.700
 Like,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.819
 hey,

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.539
 here's a new chapter

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.980
 of the book.

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.680
 Here's a new section

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.440
 of this book.

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.160
 This is Genesis 5.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.839
 This is the book

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.779
 of the generations of Adam.

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.640
 When God created man,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.480
 he made him

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.799
 in the likeness of God.

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.440
 So,

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.860
 there you see

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:45.339
 just reference to likeness there,

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.579
 not to image and likeness.

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.720
 So,

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.299
 a good sign

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.859
 that these terms

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.259
 are just kind of

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.939
 used interchangeably.

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.579
 He made him

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.220
 in the likeness of God,

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.079
 male and female.

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.799
 He created them

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.939
 and he blessed them

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.939
 and named them man

00:28:55.939 --> 00:28:56.839
 when they were created.

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.619
 When Adam had lived

00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.439
 130 years,

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.259
 he fathered a son

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.339
 in his own likeness

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.480
 after his image

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.799
 and named him Seth.

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.419
 Okay,

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:07.159
 so there's a reaffirmation

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.159
 as this new

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.220
 post-fall chapter

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.039
 of Genesis opens

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.220
 that,

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.839
 yes,

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.819
 these humans

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.519
 were created

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.460
 in my image.

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.799
 So,

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.799
 there's a reaffirmation

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.620
 that they were created

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.240
 in his image,

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.860
 right?

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.940
 No mention

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.579
 of whether the fall

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.480
 did or didn't

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.279
 sort of erase

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.980
 the image of God

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.460
 in humans.

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.819
 And then it says,

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:27.000
 he fathered a son

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.120
 in his own likeness

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.660
 after his image

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.299
 and named him Seth,

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.799
 right?

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.340
 Now,

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.500
 this passage

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.799
 is a little indeterminate,

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:34.279
 isn't it?

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.740
 Because some have read

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.259
 this passage

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.740
 and said,

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.140
 ha,

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.940
 look,

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.680
 Adam was made

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.480
 in God's image,

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.860
 but whose image

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.740
 was Seth made in?

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:46.500
 Adam's bump,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.980
 bump,

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.759
 bump.

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.259
 See,

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.240
 we lost it.

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.900
 Well,

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.420
 that's maybe

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.360
 one way of reading it,

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.360
 but another way

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.860
 of reading it

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.539
 as humans

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:57.019
 endowed with reason

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.559
 and logic,

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.539
 right?

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.279
 We can create

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.140
 a simple syllogism,

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.539
 can't we?

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:00.799
 Now,

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.140
 I was an English major.

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.100
 I didn't study logic.

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.759
 So,

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.279
 if someone here

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.100
 has a good training

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.960
 in law and philosophy,

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.600
 you can correct me

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:06.980
 on this one,

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.299
 but the syllogism

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.039
 runs something like this,

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.380
 doesn't it?

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:11.220
 Adam was created

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.920
 in God's image.

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:14.019
 Seth was created

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.700
 in Adam's image.

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.259
 Therefore,

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.300
 Seth is created

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:17.779
 in God's image.

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.360
 There's probably

00:30:18.360 --> 00:30:19.180
 a flaw in there somewhere,

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.539
 but that's the idea,

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.860
 right?

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.720
 That this image

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.519
 in which Adam

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.100
 is created,

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.160
 Seth is also

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.940
 in that image,

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.740
 that there's a sort

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.860
 of organic unity

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.820
 of bearing God's image

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.580
 that goes down

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:31.120
 into every generation

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.700
 of humans.

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:32.860
 Now,

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.320
 which reading

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:33.740
 is right?

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.720
 Well,

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.660
 I think if we go

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:38.140
 to the next passage

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.380
 where the image

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.000
 of God comes up

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.259
 in the book

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.759
 of Genesis,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.879
 that becomes clear.

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.079
 So,

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.480
 this is Genesis

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.579
 chapter 9.

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.299
 Genesis 9,

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.720
 verse 6.

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:54.359
 So,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.440
 the fall happens,

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.359
 Adam and Eve

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.660
 are expelled

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.220
 from the garden,

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.599
 humanity continues

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.619
 to be fruitful

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.339
 and multiply,

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.500
 but rather than

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.420
 bearing God's image

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.279
 and caring for

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.339
 and tending the garden

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.019
 and expanding

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.599
 God's kingdom

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.400
 throughout the earth,

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.279
 what happens?

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.319
 Wickedness abounds,

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.799
 right?

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.460
 Image bearers

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.819
 now aren't using

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.779
 their endowments

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.500
 and their representational

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.180
 capacities

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.680
 to glorify God

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.660
 for the good of creation

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.119
 of one another.

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.000
 They're using it

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.779
 for their own selfish desires

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.420
 and things are just

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.000
 tumbling down.

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.180
 So,

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.000
 then the flood happens.

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:27.579
 God judges the humanity

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:29.559
 but preserves humanity

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.899
 through Noah and the ark,

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.220
 right?

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.700
 Noah and his family

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.559
 come out of the ark

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:35.319
 and then

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.779
 we read this

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.359
 in Genesis 9,

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.359
 and God blessed Noah

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.979
 and his sons

00:31:38.979 --> 00:31:39.799
 and said to them,

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.719
 be fruitful

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:41.299
 and multiply

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.099
 and fill the earth.

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.279
 The fear of you

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.740
 and the dread of you

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.619
 shall be upon every beast

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:44.959
 of the earth,

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.839
 upon every bird of the heavens,

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.559
 upon everything that creeps

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.919
 on the ground

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.699
 and all fish of the sea

00:31:47.699 --> 00:31:48.299
 into your hand

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.819
 they are delivered.

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.119
 Every moving thing

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.799
 that lives on the earth

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.740
 shall be food for you

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.240
 and as I gave you green plants

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.859
 I give you everything

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.679
 but you shall not eat

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.559
 the flesh with its life

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.399
 that is with its blood

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.740
 and for your life blood

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.939
 I will require reckoning

00:31:58.939 --> 00:32:00.359
 from every beast

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.339
 I will require it

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.240
 and from man

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.799
 for from his fellow man

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:05.079
 I will require reckoning

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.919
 for the life of man.

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.759
 Okay, so God's sort of

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.880
 reestablishing humanity

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:10.320
 gives them that mandate

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.940
 to be fruitful

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.440
 and multiply

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.539
 and fill the earth, right?

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.240
 Now he's saying,

00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:15.700
 look, now you can eat animals, right?

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.740
 Or at least he's sort of saying

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.980
 go eat animals, right?

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.759
 But then he says,

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.920
 but there's a prohibition

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.560
 against taking human life, right?

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:24.120
 And this is verse 6.

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.500
 Whoever sheds the blood of man

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:27.320
 by man shall his blood be shed

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:29.600
 for God made man

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:31.500
 in his own image

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:33.480
 and you be fruitful

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.060
 and multiply

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.720
 and increase greatly

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.140
 on the earth

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.079
 and multiply in it.

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.640
 So what's the rationale

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.900
 that God gives

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:41.220
 in this prohibition

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.319
 against taking

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.600
 another human's life?

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.559
 Based on verse 6.

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.100
 God made man

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.799
 in his own image.

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.440
 God made man

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.039
 in his own image.

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.640
 That's right.

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:56.900
 That because humans

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.339
 are made in God's image,

00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.879
 no one has the right

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:02.339
 to unlawfully

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:03.119
 take their life.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.699
 That decrees God.

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:05.740
 Exactly.

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.480
 That's right.

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.379
 That's right.

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:09.059
 So isn't that a good...

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.039
 Now we did a whole class

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:11.319
 on the sixth commandment

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.319
 and not murdering

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.899
 and things like that.

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.379
 You can go listen

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.839
 to that class

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.399
 if you're interested

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.639
 in how the rest

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:15.919
 of the Bible

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.439
 unpacks that.

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.399
 But the point

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.299
 I want to make here is,

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.639
 right,

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:21.039
 that humanity's status

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:23.199
 as image bearers

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:23.939
 remains

00:33:23.939 --> 00:33:24.939
 after the fall.

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.100
 It becomes a ground

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.580
 for our ethical thinking,

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.000
 right,

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.960
 and God's ethical

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.960
 commands to us.

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.180
 Yeah, Justin.

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.980
 You could even

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.980
 make the argument

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:35.279
 that in the fall

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.779
 we actually

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.340
 unrightfully

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.880
 made ourselves

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.559
 more in God's image

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.860
 than the human being.

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.920
 Yeah, potentially.

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.779
 Although,

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.980
 I wouldn't want to run

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.220
 that track too far,

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.740
 right?

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.900
 Because in rebellion,

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:50.000
 the witness of Scripture

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.019
 is that we actually,

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.580
 that there's,

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.820
 that actually

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.740
 it's a loss,

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.240
 right?

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.140
 You'll see in the New Testament,

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.820
 we may get to these

00:33:56.820 --> 00:33:57.420
 passages over time,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.680
 where,

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.539
 you know,

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:01.160
 as Paul looks back

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.700
 and as the New Testament

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.320
 writers look back

00:34:02.320 --> 00:34:03.059
 on the first creation,

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.320
 it sees us as created

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:05.980
 an original righteousness

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.680
 and holiness.

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.980
 There's a kind of,

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:11.280
 not just a moral rightness,

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.579
 but a relational rightness

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.220
 to God,

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.940
 right?

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.659
 That's beautiful.

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.200
 And it's something

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:16.980
 that on the basis

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.200
 of that original righteousness

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.679
 and holiness,

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.840
 we're meant to unfold it

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.920
 and unpack it,

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.400
 right?

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.200
 And in rebelling

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:24.039
 against God,

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.639
 right,

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:26.139
 which was the ultimate,

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.480
 like,

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.220
 what was happening

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.820
 on the tree,

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.220
 right,

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.240
 was like,

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.300
 God put a tree

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.639
 in the middle

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.059
 of the garden

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.440
 and said,

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.360
 this is the way

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.679
 in which you can

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:35.059
 respect and honor

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.920
 my rights as creator,

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.500
 right?

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.880
 I decide what's right

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.740
 and wrong as creator,

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.639
 right?

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.579
 So don't eat

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.500
 from this one tree

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.420
 as a sign,

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:44.880
 right,

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.079
 as a symbol

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:47.440
 that you honor

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.000
 my authority.

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.480
 Then go eat

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.139
 from every other tree

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.460
 you want,

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:49.980
 right?

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.840
 Then humans took,

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.960
 under the temptation

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.420
 of the serpent,

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.740
 right?

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.980
 They take it.

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.619
 And then what's lost

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.099
 in that,

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:59.300
 what's lost in that

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:01.340
 is this original

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.260
 righteousness and holiness,

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.519
 like,

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:04.119
 it mars everything.

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.300
 We lose so much,

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.579
 right?

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.639
 It's actually,

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.280
 it's actually

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:09.099
 dehumanizing in a sense,

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.820
 right?

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.820
 Not unhumanizing,

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.960
 but dehumanizing.

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:15.720
 And because humans

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:17.079
 are made in God's image,

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.860
 right,

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:20.639
 to become less human

00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:21.559
 in the way we were

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.380
 created to be,

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.780
 right,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:24.099
 is actually to become

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.599
 less like God,

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.500
 right?

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:28.059
 So in that act

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.599
 of rebellion,

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:28.860


00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:29.900
 right,

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.500
 one might put it this way,

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:33.519
 God always honors

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.559
 God's own authority.

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.019
 In humans not honoring

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.659
 God's authority,

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.920
 we become less like God.

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.760
 That sounded very

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.380
 John Piper-y,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.740
 didn't it?

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.920
 God loves God's glory

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.760
 to the greatest

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.559
 most extent,

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.340
 but I think it's true.

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.699
 There seems to be,

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.340
 yeah,

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.880
 John.

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:55.280
 There seems to be a sense,

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.460
 and I believe,

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.360
 that it was so,

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:59.260
 where they had imagined

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.400
 that in taking this

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:02.019
 behind the serpent's lie,

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.980
 that there would be

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.760
 an enhancement.

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.340
 Yeah,

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.720
 that's right.

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:06.400
 But when they did it,

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.059
 it seems like you get a sense

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:09.760
 that they realized

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.960
 that something had cracked,

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:12.099
 that they actually

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.559
 were subject to a loss,

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.820
 right?

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.340
 Yeah.

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.740
 That they had been had.

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.400
 Yeah.

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.659
 Yeah,

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.579
 that's good,

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.720
 John.

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.800
 And I wonder if there's

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.740
 some irony there

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:23.019
 when the writer says

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.300
 their eyes were opened

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:25.500
 and they did know

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.079
 good and evil.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.679
 That that wasn't seen

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.619
 as an accomplishment,

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.820
 but a great loss,

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.599
 right?

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.940
 That the serpent meant

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.920
 you can know it

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.639
 in the sense of

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.679
 you can determine it,

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:34.980
 right?

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.659
 Like,

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.019
 you can be the determiner

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.960
 of right and wrong.

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:40.320
 Why not use your status,

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.639
 role,

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.260
 and capacity

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.219
 to be God?

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.940
 And they took it

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.500
 and ironically,

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.320
 they then knew

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:45.920
 good and evil,

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.480
 but it wasn't

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.039
 what they thought.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.559
 Yeah.

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.860
 There's like a tension

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.400
 in us

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.260
 that it's been broken,

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:54.219
 our image of God,

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.320
 but then there's

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.860
 the sensus divinitatis,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.619
 the sense of the divinity.

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:58.800
 Yeah,

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.139
 that's right.

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.559
 So we want to go back

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.199
 to that state.

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.440
 Yeah,

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.860
 that's right.

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.500
 Yeah,

00:37:02.640 --> 00:37:03.019
 that's right.

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.820
 Unless he does something.

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.539
 That's right.

00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.160
 That's right.

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:05.539
 Yeah.

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:06.620
 Hold that thought roll

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:07.500
 because it's a great transition

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.140
 to my next point

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:08.760
 with the little time

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.059
 we have left.

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:09.260
 Yeah,

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.539
 Tyler,

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:09.860
 go ahead.

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.740
 Just real quick,

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.300
 I think we see God's grace

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:14.280
 playing itself out

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.460
 even in Genesis 9

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.280
 because he could have

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.099
 easily let the angel

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.980
 once he's done

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:21.079
 no further chances.

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.480
 Right.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.340
 He's got promise

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.500
 God's grace

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.820
 is working himself out

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.539
 in the evening

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.280
 and restoring

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.980
 what was lost.

00:37:27.120 --> 00:37:27.340
 Yeah.

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:28.380
 You know,

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.160
 God's been gracious

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.860
 since the beginning.

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.300
 Yeah,

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.019
 yeah.

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:32.539
 And isn't it wonderful too?

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.619
 And you see this repeated

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.239
 over and over again

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.559
 in scripture.

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.199
 So,

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.380
 now one of the great questions

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.079
 that hangs over scripture

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.619
 at this point

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.079
 from Noah

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.500
 is like,

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:39.719
 okay,

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:39.920
 well,

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.119
 what's going to become

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.460
 of these image bearers?

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.759
 Right?

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.400
 Right?

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.159
 Because you see

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:45.019
 as scripture unfolds

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.820
 that bearing God's image,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.159
 right,

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.599
 it's not something

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.920
 that we have

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.480
 that we can lose.

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.699
 It's something

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.739
 that we are

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.000
 as humans.

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.059
 Right?

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.400
 Do you see

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.079
 the difference there?

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.300
 It's not as if

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:00.100
 when we say

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:01.400
 that we're image bearers,

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.480
 it's not like

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.400
 I'm a book bearer

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.980
 and it's like,

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.160
 oh,

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.480
 I lost it.

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.060
 Right?

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.920
 It's who we are.

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:10.519
 We can't not be

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:12.519
 created in God's image

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.320
 if we are humans.

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.060
 Right?

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.519
 So,

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.039
 the great question is

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.740
 what's going to become

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.820
 of God's image bearers

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.960
 whom he loves so much

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.280
 and for whom he exhibits

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.140
 much patience?

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.680
 And the history

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.300
 of redemption

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.880
 in the Old Testament

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.180
 is really God working

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:27.199
 to preserve,

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:27.539
 redeem,

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.119
 and restore

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.000
 his image bearers

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.359
 in the midst

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.859
 of his creation

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.440
 for the sake

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.259
 of redeeming

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:32.000
 his whole creation.

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:32.940
 You know,

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.639
 isn't it interesting

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.359
 that when God

00:38:34.359 --> 00:38:34.940
 pulls,

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:36.440
 when God calls Abraham,

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.659
 right,

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.440
 he blesses him,

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.019
 right?

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.359
 That sounds familiar.

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.319
 Who was blessed?

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.559
 Well,

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.279
 Adam was blessed.

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.099
 Noah was blessed.

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.299
 Abraham was blessed.

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.119
 And I'm going to multiply

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.980
 you,

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:46.379
 Abraham,

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.159
 and your family.

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.480
 Right?

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.379
 When God calls Israel

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:52.199
 out of Egypt,

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:52.819
 right,

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.940
 brings them to Sinai,

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.840
 what does God call

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.960
 his people at that point?

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.300
 He says,

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.920
 you're a kingdom

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.639
 of priests,

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.300
 right?

00:39:00.220 --> 00:39:01.280
 You represent me,

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.840
 right?

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:04.099
 I think there's echoes

00:39:04.099 --> 00:39:04.900
 of image language

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.360
 in there,

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:06.619
 right?

00:39:07.200 --> 00:39:08.119
 But of course,

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.639
 when does all this

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.360
 reach its climax?

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.700
 Well,

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.720
 you know,

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:15.220
 it reaches its climax

00:39:15.220 --> 00:39:15.740
 in the pages

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.519
 of the New Testament.

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.220
 When the fullness

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:19.220
 of time had come,

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:20.780
 God sent forth his son,

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.679
 born of woman,

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.440
 born under the law,

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.119
 to redeem those

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:23.679
 who were under the law

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:24.339
 so that we might

00:39:24.339 --> 00:39:25.119
 receive adoption

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.679
 as sons.

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:27.699
 And isn't it fascinating

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:29.679
 that we,

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.480
 that Jesus,

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.519
 who's fully human

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.619
 and fully God,

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.759
 how is he described

00:39:33.759 --> 00:39:34.699
 in the New Testament?

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.619
 Look at 2 Corinthians

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.079
 with me,

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:39.719
 4, 4.

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:53.599
 So, Paul here

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.399
 is talking about

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:55.039
 the ministry

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.619
 of the gospel

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.219
 and he's saying

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.079
 that for some,

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:58.259
 their eyes are veiled

00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:59.119
 to the gospel.

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:01.099
 And he says

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.599
 in verse 4,

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.119
 in their case,

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.899
 the God of this world

00:40:02.899 --> 00:40:03.879
 has blinded the minds

00:40:03.879 --> 00:40:04.399
 of unbelievers

00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:04.879
 to keep them

00:40:04.879 --> 00:40:05.539
 from seeing

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.960
 the light

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:08.420
 of the gospel

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.599
 of the glory

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.420
 of Christ

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.079
 who is

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:13.880
 the image

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.400
 of God.

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.860
 That Christ

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.539
 comes

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:19.159
 in his full

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.779
 humanity

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:21.480
 and is

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.320
 God's image

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.880
 bearer

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:24.539
 in the perfect

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.880
 way.

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.880
 We see the same

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.960
 thing in Colossians 1.

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.500
 If you turn over

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.380
 to Colossians 1.

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.320
 Colossians 1.15

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.539
 says,

00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:37.300
 he is

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:38.420
 the image

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:40.440
 of the invisible God.

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.719
 The firstborn

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.400
 of all creation.

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.619
 Now,

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.900
 firstborn there

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:45.119
 is language

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.760
 that basically

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.159
 doesn't mean

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.559
 that he was like

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.420
 the first creation,

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:48.619
 right?

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.300
 Firstborn was sort

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:49.699
 of a title

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.360
 or a status.

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.739
 When you were

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.199
 the firstborn

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.679
 in a family,

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.400
 you had rights

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.320
 over all the stuff,

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.639
 right?

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:53.960
 Because you were

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.460
 the firstborn.

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.940
 That's what Paul

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.460
 is saying there.

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.639
 That Christ,

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.639
 the crucified

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.539
 and risen Christ

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.719
 is the firstborn

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.579
 of all creation,

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.139
 right?

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:03.079
 He has rights

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:04.039
 over the whole thing.

00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:06.000
 He is the image

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:06.480
 of God,

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:06.819
 right?

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:08.119
 So Jesus comes

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.000
 in his redemptive

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.519
 role,

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.539
 perfectly bearing,

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.139
 taking up our flesh,

00:41:13.279 --> 00:41:13.519
 right?

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:15.179
 And perfectly bearing

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.779
 that image.

00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.259
 Why?

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.719
 Why does he do that?

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.199
 To just show us

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.019
 how far off,

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.719
 how far we've

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.400
 missed the mark,

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:22.900
 right?

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:25.139
 Stupid humans,

00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:25.839
 you know,

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.420
 look at how it's

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.059
 supposed to be done.

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.420
 No,

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.760
 right?

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.900
 He does it for us

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:30.340
 and for our salvation.

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:33.200
 Turn over

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:35.940
 just a little bit

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.599
 in Colossians,

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:38.480
 if you're still there,

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.240
 to Colossians 3,

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.920
 verse 10.

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:49.220
 So talking about

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:50.079
 believers now,

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:51.059
 united to Christ

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.720
 through faith,

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.460
 right?

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.220
 Covenanted,

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:54.880
 you know,

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:56.099
 in the new covenant

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:56.699
 with Christ

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.259
 through faith.

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:58.239
 Paul says,

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.860
 well,

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.259
 in verse 9,

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:01.239
 don't lie to one another,

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.179
 seeing you've put off

00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:03.059
 the old self

00:42:03.059 --> 00:42:04.619
 with its practices

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:06.279
 and have put on

00:42:06.279 --> 00:42:07.059
 the new self,

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:08.799
 which is being renewed

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.500
 in knowledge

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:11.000
 after the image

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.900
 of its creator.

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:18.059
 Christ came to rescue us,

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.960
 to redeem us,

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:20.320
 and to renew in us

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.480
 this image

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:22.579
 that had been marred

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.000
 through the fall,

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.760
 not lost,

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.480
 but certainly marred

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.300
 and misdirected,

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:28.039
 that through

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:29.440
 the work of Christ,

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:31.240
 through the Spirit's work

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.760
 within us,

00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:32.420
 that image

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.579
 is being renewed

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:35.180
 over time

00:42:35.180 --> 00:42:36.440
 as we follow him.

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.820
 I know I'm going

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.300
 quickly here,

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:40.000
 and it's just because

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.559
 we're a little short

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.019
 on time.

00:42:42.200 --> 00:42:42.720
 So,

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.760
 we see that

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.659
 in Christ,

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.900
 this image

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.260
 is being renewed

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.260
 and redeemed.

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:49.079
 It's not left

00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:49.740
 in its broken

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.740
 and fractured state,

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.440
 right?

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.840
 Let's look at

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.619
 one other passage

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.780
 in Romans,

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:56.860
 chapter 8.

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:05.139
 Paul says this

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:05.940
 in Romans 8, 28,

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.260
 he says,

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:07.039
 we know that

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.039
 for those who love God,

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.980
 all things work together

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.800
 for their good,

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:11.159
 for those who are called

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.260
 according to his purpose.

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:15.700
 For those whom he foreknew,

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:16.780
 in the sense there

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:17.300
 is sort of like

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:18.579
 those he foreloved,

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.780
 he also predestined,

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.099
 that is,

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:22.039
 he foreordained,

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.320
 he set on a path

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:25.460
 to be conformed

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.539
 to the image

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.200
 of his Son

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:29.119
 in order that

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.579
 we might be

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.179
 the firstborn

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.599
 among many,

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.480
 in order that he might

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:32.179
 be the firstborn

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:33.019
 among many brothers.

00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:33.960
 You see?

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.420
 Christ has come

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:37.519
 bearing that image

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.039
 perfectly,

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:39.099
 and now we,

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:41.099
 through God's sovereignty,

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:42.220
 are being conformed

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.740
 more and more

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.840
 into that image.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:47.639
 And when will this work

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.360
 be done?

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:50.159
 When will our

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:50.800
 imaging

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:52.139
 be made complete?

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.220
 Right?

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:53.880
 Well,

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.760
 it ought to be growing

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.200
 more and more

00:43:55.200 --> 00:43:56.180
 in this life,

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.659
 right?

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:57.719
 we ought to be

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.359
 experiencing

00:43:58.359 --> 00:43:59.319
 more and more

00:43:59.319 --> 00:44:01.079
 of God's

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:02.719
 character,

00:44:02.859 --> 00:44:03.199
 righteousness,

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.739
 holiness,

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.819
 in our life,

00:44:04.859 --> 00:44:05.579
 in our relationships,

00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.199
 in our relationship

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:06.619
 to him,

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.139
 to others,

00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:07.899
 and to creation.

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:09.119
 We should be taking up

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:10.079
 this great call

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:11.879
 to be his image bearers.

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:12.259
 Again,

00:44:12.299 --> 00:44:12.759
 we'll talk more

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:13.699
 about that next week.

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.319
 Right?

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.799
 But when does it reach

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:16.599
 its completion?

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:17.839
 When are we fully

00:44:17.839 --> 00:44:19.599
 and completely

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.960
 and totally

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:22.440
 restored?

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.780
 That's right.

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:27.480
 In the consummation

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:28.380
 of all things.

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.240
 So,

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:31.159
 John says this

00:44:31.159 --> 00:44:33.079
 in the book

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.760
 of 1 John.

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.720
 1 John,

00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.539
 chapter 3,

00:44:45.240 --> 00:44:45.980
 verse 2.

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.159
 It says,

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.539
 Beloved,

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:49.159
 we are

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:50.420
 God's

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:51.139
 children

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:52.220
 now.

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:53.480
 What a great

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:53.860
 phrase,

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.240
 right?

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:54.880
 We are

00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:55.280
 God's

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:55.539
 children

00:44:55.539 --> 00:44:56.079
 now.

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.380
 And what we

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.920
 will be

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:00.619
 has not yet

00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:00.940
 appeared.

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:01.800
 So,

00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:02.360
 we have this

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:03.119
 beautiful thing

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.619
 now.

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:04.539
 We're becoming

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:05.500
 more and more

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.300
 who we are.

00:45:06.700 --> 00:45:07.400
 But yet,

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.880
 there's an even

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:08.559
 greater future

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.059
 in store.

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:10.340
 What we will be

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:10.760
 has not yet

00:45:10.760 --> 00:45:11.139
 appeared,

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.720
 but we know

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:14.460
 that when he

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:14.980
 appears,

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.740
 that is Christ,

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.260
 we shall be

00:45:17.260 --> 00:45:17.760
 like him

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:19.480
 because we

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:20.519
 shall see him

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:21.380
 as he is.

00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:22.920
 that there's

00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:23.639
 going to be

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:24.860
 a perfect,

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.539
 in that

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:27.220
 final beholding

00:45:27.220 --> 00:45:28.420
 of God

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.159
 in Christ,

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:31.159
 then we

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.639
 will be

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.480
 fully and

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:32.940
 finally

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.619
 transformed

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.720
 into who

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.139
 God had

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.740
 created us

00:45:35.740 --> 00:45:36.139
 to be all

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.500
 along.

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:38.260
 And there's

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:38.679
 this beautiful

00:45:38.679 --> 00:45:39.340
 picture in

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:39.800
 Revelation.

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.480
 If you go to

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:44.880
 Revelation 22,

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.599
 this is not a

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.139
 passage that

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:47.220
 mentions the

00:45:47.220 --> 00:45:48.079
 image specifically,

00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:48.780
 but I think

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.380
 the theme is

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:49.700
 there.

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.680
 In Revelation

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.300
 22,

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:55.019
 verse 4,

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:57.000
 talking about

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.320
 the new

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.880
 creation,

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.539
 right?

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.000
 Let's pick up

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.360
 in verse 3,

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:05.099
 no longer will

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.360
 there be

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.280
 anything accursed,

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.039
 but the throne

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.519
 of God and of

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:08.900
 the Lamb will

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.340
 be in it,

00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:10.200
 and his servants

00:46:10.200 --> 00:46:10.660
 will worship

00:46:10.660 --> 00:46:10.960
 him.

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.480
 They will see

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.300
 his face,

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:14.420
 and his name

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:14.800
 will be on

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:15.740
 their foreheads.

00:46:16.160 --> 00:46:16.340
 Right?

00:46:16.980 --> 00:46:17.619
 Now that's

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.019
 kind of weird,

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.319
 you're like,

00:46:18.400 --> 00:46:18.519
 whoa,

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:19.079
 there's like a

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.420
 tattoo of

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:19.799
 someone's name

00:46:19.799 --> 00:46:20.259
 on our forehead,

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:20.699
 that's odd.

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.639
 Symbolic language,

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:21.920
 right?

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.139
 The name,

00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:23.440
 right?

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:24.299
 The name is

00:46:24.299 --> 00:46:24.880
 a nature,

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:25.339
 right?

00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:26.699
 That God's

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:27.759
 very nature,

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:29.059
 that image

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:30.179
 will be fully

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:30.920
 expressed in

00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:31.679
 us, right?

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:33.139
 Name will be

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.880
 on their foreheads,

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.239
 and night will

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:34.699
 be no more.

00:46:34.779 --> 00:46:35.159
 They will need

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:36.239
 no light of

00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:36.900
 lamp or sun,

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.380
 for the Lord

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:37.940
 God will be

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.460
 their light,

00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:40.279
 and here's

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:42.139
 the great part,

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.539
 and they

00:46:43.539 --> 00:46:44.960
 will reign

00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:45.900
 forever

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.699
 and ever.

00:46:47.619 --> 00:46:48.519
 Right?

00:46:49.839 --> 00:46:50.519
 They will

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.299
 reign forever

00:46:51.299 --> 00:46:51.699
 and ever.

00:46:51.839 --> 00:46:52.359
 Wasn't that

00:46:52.359 --> 00:46:52.759
 what God

00:46:52.759 --> 00:46:53.500
 created humans

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.239
 for in the

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:55.079
 first place?

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:56.139
 That we

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.319
 would,

00:46:56.779 --> 00:46:57.059
 in his

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.519
 likeness,

00:46:57.839 --> 00:46:58.420
 bear out

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:58.839
 that reign

00:46:58.839 --> 00:46:59.159
 as his

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.719
 vice regents

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.319
 in creation,

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:01.400
 and bring

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:01.859
 all of

00:47:01.859 --> 00:47:02.359
 creation's

00:47:02.359 --> 00:47:03.000
 glory up

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.579
 to God,

00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:04.339
 right?

00:47:04.839 --> 00:47:05.319
 Be like

00:47:05.319 --> 00:47:06.179
 conductors of

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:06.460
 a great

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.299
 symphony of

00:47:07.299 --> 00:47:07.859
 praise for

00:47:07.859 --> 00:47:08.239
 God,

00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:09.440
 reigning

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.039
 and ruling

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:10.400
 in his

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:10.679
 stead,

00:47:10.759 --> 00:47:10.980
 in his

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.339
 name,

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.159
 in dependence

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:12.679
 on him.

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.319
 And God

00:47:14.319 --> 00:47:14.539
 says,

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:15.000
 yes,

00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:15.659
 that will

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.259
 be so.

00:47:16.260 --> 00:47:17.380
 I will

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.120
 not abandon

00:47:18.120 --> 00:47:18.840
 my image

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.300
 bearers or

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:20.040
 my creation

00:47:20.040 --> 00:47:20.540
 to death

00:47:20.540 --> 00:47:20.940
 and decay,

00:47:21.080 --> 00:47:21.460
 but I

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.880
 will bring

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:22.660
 them where

00:47:22.660 --> 00:47:23.060
 I intend

00:47:23.060 --> 00:47:23.380
 them to

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:23.600
 go.

00:47:24.540 --> 00:47:25.160
 So our

00:47:25.160 --> 00:47:26.160
 project now

00:47:26.160 --> 00:47:26.640
 as the

00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:28.840
 church is

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.520
 to live

00:47:29.520 --> 00:47:30.240
 like that's

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.620
 true,

00:47:31.080 --> 00:47:32.380
 to bear

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:32.980
 his image,

00:47:33.060 --> 00:47:33.400
 to be

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:33.920
 renewed as

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.640
 we behold

00:47:34.640 --> 00:47:35.180
 Christ,

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.800
 to become

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:36.360
 more like

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:36.900
 Christ,

00:47:37.100 --> 00:47:37.720
 and bear

00:47:37.720 --> 00:47:38.160
 his image

00:47:38.160 --> 00:47:38.700
 more fully

00:47:38.700 --> 00:47:40.120
 together in

00:47:40.120 --> 00:47:40.640
 community.

00:47:41.680 --> 00:47:41.820
 Right?

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:43.640
 Now we

00:47:43.640 --> 00:47:44.100
 could do a

00:47:44.100 --> 00:47:44.540
 couple quick

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.699
 things of

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.099
 application.

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.800
 That was a

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.079
 bit of a

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.279
 biblical

00:47:47.279 --> 00:47:47.880
 theology of

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:48.219
 the image

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.500
 there.

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.699
 That was

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:50.059
 most of

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:50.440
 the passage.

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:50.719
 There were

00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:50.960
 others,

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:51.259
 but that

00:47:51.259 --> 00:47:51.679
 was most

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:51.980
 of them.

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.980
 But taking

00:47:52.980 --> 00:47:53.320
 a step

00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:53.719
 back,

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:55.619
 think about

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:55.800
 some

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:56.279
 applications

00:47:56.279 --> 00:47:56.679
 of all

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:57.000
 this.

00:47:58.599 --> 00:47:59.099
 I think

00:47:59.099 --> 00:47:59.500
 the first

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:00.480
 thing to

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:01.179
 think about

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:02.000
 is that

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:03.880
 if you think

00:48:03.880 --> 00:48:04.539
 about humans

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:04.960
 being made

00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:05.340
 in God's

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:05.779
 image,

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.279
 I think

00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:06.659
 that should

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.099
 fill us

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:07.380
 with a

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:07.739
 sense of

00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:08.139
 wonder

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:09.880
 and dignity,

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.360
 right?

00:48:10.860 --> 00:48:11.259
 And even

00:48:11.259 --> 00:48:11.759
 joy,

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:12.360
 even a sense

00:48:12.360 --> 00:48:13.000
 of adventure,

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.559
 right?

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:14.299
 It's so

00:48:14.299 --> 00:48:14.759
 easy to

00:48:14.759 --> 00:48:15.019
 think,

00:48:15.259 --> 00:48:15.320
 like,

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.900
 our lives

00:48:16.900 --> 00:48:17.219
 are so

00:48:17.219 --> 00:48:17.639
 humdrum,

00:48:17.759 --> 00:48:17.880
 like,

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.059
 what are

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.559
 they worth?

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.380
 No.

00:48:21.239 --> 00:48:22.199
 Every human

00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:22.679
 being,

00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:23.860
 every human

00:48:23.860 --> 00:48:25.519
 being has

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:27.579
 just unsurpassed

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.099
 dignity and

00:48:28.099 --> 00:48:29.659
 significance in

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.159
 the history of

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:30.480
 redemption.

00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:31.779
 This is a

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.299
 very famous

00:48:32.299 --> 00:48:32.699
 quote from

00:48:32.699 --> 00:48:32.980
 C.S.

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.179
 Lewis,

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:33.759
 but I like

00:48:33.759 --> 00:48:33.880
 it,

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:34.079
 so I'm

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.239
 going to

00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:34.559
 read it.

00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:36.860
 He says,

00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:37.139
 it's a

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:37.779
 serious thing

00:48:37.779 --> 00:48:38.480
 to remember

00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:39.519
 that the

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:40.079
 dullest and

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.900
 most uninteresting

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:41.460
 person you

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:42.579
 talk to may

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:43.199
 one day be a

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.719
 creature which

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:44.199
 if you saw

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:44.679
 it now you

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:44.899
 would be

00:48:44.899 --> 00:48:45.659
 strongly tempted

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:46.199
 to worship

00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.439
 or else a

00:48:47.439 --> 00:48:48.119
 horror and

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:48.619
 a corruption

00:48:48.619 --> 00:48:50.039
 such as you

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.579
 now meet,

00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:51.039
 if at all,

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.439
 only in a

00:48:51.439 --> 00:48:51.639
 nightmare.

00:48:51.799 --> 00:48:52.980
 So Lewis is

00:48:52.980 --> 00:48:53.299
 there talking

00:48:53.299 --> 00:48:53.619
 about our

00:48:53.619 --> 00:48:54.359
 ultimate destiny,

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:54.619
 right?

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:54.819
 Like,

00:48:54.879 --> 00:48:55.339
 where is he

00:48:55.339 --> 00:48:55.799
 taking us

00:48:55.799 --> 00:48:56.139
 as image

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.460
 bearers?

00:48:56.539 --> 00:48:56.839
 Those who

00:48:56.839 --> 00:48:57.079
 are being

00:48:57.079 --> 00:48:57.719
 redeemed and

00:48:57.719 --> 00:48:58.559
 renewed will

00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:00.819
 be unsurpassing

00:49:00.819 --> 00:49:01.259
 in glory,

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:02.119
 just wonderful

00:49:02.119 --> 00:49:02.639
 to behold.

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:04.319
 He says,

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:05.099
 all day long

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.679
 we are in

00:49:05.679 --> 00:49:06.159
 some degree

00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:06.719
 helping each

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.379
 other to one

00:49:07.379 --> 00:49:07.599
 or other

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:07.839
 of these

00:49:07.839 --> 00:49:08.399
 destinations.

00:49:08.939 --> 00:49:09.500
 It's in the

00:49:09.500 --> 00:49:09.819
 light of these

00:49:09.819 --> 00:49:10.279
 overwhelming

00:49:10.279 --> 00:49:11.500
 possibilities and

00:49:11.500 --> 00:49:11.899
 it is with

00:49:11.899 --> 00:49:12.219
 all.

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:12.739
 And the

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:13.459
 circumspection

00:49:13.459 --> 00:49:14.000
 proper to

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:14.559
 them that we

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:15.139
 should conduct

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:15.779
 all our

00:49:15.779 --> 00:49:16.299
 dealings with

00:49:16.299 --> 00:49:16.799
 one another,

00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:18.239
 all friendships,

00:49:18.419 --> 00:49:18.839
 all loves,

00:49:18.899 --> 00:49:19.259
 all play,

00:49:19.339 --> 00:49:20.159
 all politics.

00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:22.299
 It is

00:49:22.299 --> 00:49:23.639
 immortals

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:25.699
 whom we joke

00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:26.019
 with,

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:27.119
 work with,

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:27.799
 marry,

00:49:28.379 --> 00:49:28.759
 snub,

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:30.239
 and exploit

00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:31.859
 immortal

00:49:31.859 --> 00:49:32.420
 horrors or

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:32.899
 everlasting

00:49:32.899 --> 00:49:33.539
 splendors.

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:35.719
 So it's just

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:36.599
 great weight

00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:37.219
 and dignity

00:49:37.219 --> 00:49:37.839
 of who we

00:49:37.839 --> 00:49:38.339
 are as human

00:49:38.339 --> 00:49:38.679
 beings.

00:49:38.899 --> 00:49:39.379
 And that has

00:49:39.379 --> 00:49:39.659
 ethical

00:49:39.659 --> 00:49:40.420
 ramifications,

00:49:40.839 --> 00:49:41.039
 right,

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.659
 in how we

00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:42.119
 treat each

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:42.319
 other.

00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:43.779
 We see that

00:49:43.779 --> 00:49:44.199
 in Scripture.

00:49:44.839 --> 00:49:45.759
 It's explicitly

00:49:45.759 --> 00:49:47.159
 tied to the

00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:47.779
 sixth commandment,

00:49:47.859 --> 00:49:48.339
 don't murder,

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:48.719
 right?

00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:49.459
 James will

00:49:49.459 --> 00:49:49.859
 tie the

00:49:49.859 --> 00:49:50.159
 image of

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:50.299
 God,

00:49:50.339 --> 00:49:50.599
 that's one

00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:51.000
 passage we

00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:51.359
 didn't look

00:49:51.359 --> 00:49:51.480
 at,

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:51.899
 in how we

00:49:51.899 --> 00:49:52.299
 speak of

00:49:52.299 --> 00:49:52.699
 one another.

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:53.459
 He says,

00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:53.779
 brothers,

00:49:54.419 --> 00:49:55.059
 how out of

00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:55.480
 the same

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.399
 mouth can

00:49:56.399 --> 00:49:57.139
 come blessings

00:49:57.139 --> 00:49:57.980
 and cursings?

00:49:58.379 --> 00:49:59.079
 How at one

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.699
 time can you

00:49:59.699 --> 00:50:00.500
 bless God

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.959
 and yet curse

00:50:01.959 --> 00:50:02.759
 a human being

00:50:02.759 --> 00:50:03.639
 who's made in

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:04.259
 God's image,

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.079
 James says?

00:50:05.779 --> 00:50:06.519
 These things

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:07.579
 cannot be so,

00:50:08.359 --> 00:50:08.599
 right?

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.419
 How we,

00:50:09.779 --> 00:50:10.639
 even how we

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:11.379
 speak about

00:50:11.379 --> 00:50:11.919
 one another

00:50:11.919 --> 00:50:13.279
 ought to have

00:50:13.279 --> 00:50:13.959
 a kind of

00:50:13.959 --> 00:50:14.919
 reverence and

00:50:14.919 --> 00:50:15.719
 circumspection,

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:16.819
 given the fact

00:50:16.820 --> 00:50:17.260
 that we are

00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:17.760
 God's image

00:50:17.760 --> 00:50:18.240
 bearers.

00:50:19.980 --> 00:50:20.660
 Let me quote

00:50:20.660 --> 00:50:21.620
 another person,

00:50:21.680 --> 00:50:22.320
 this is Calvin

00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:23.980
 talking about

00:50:23.980 --> 00:50:24.480
 how we treat

00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:24.880
 one another

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:25.360
 on the basis

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:26.000
 of the image.

00:50:27.660 --> 00:50:28.380
 He says,

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:29.519
 and this is

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:30.059
 really good,

00:50:30.140 --> 00:50:30.539
 because I think

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:30.960
 this is very

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:31.500
 counterintuitive,

00:50:31.620 --> 00:50:31.840
 he says,

00:50:31.900 --> 00:50:32.780
 we're not to

00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:34.559
 consider that

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.860
 men merit

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:36.920
 of themselves,

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:39.120
 sorry,

00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:39.460
 what,

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:40.380
 we are not to

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:41.120
 consider what

00:50:41.120 --> 00:50:41.640
 men merit

00:50:41.640 --> 00:50:42.220
 of themselves,

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:42.620
 right?

00:50:43.140 --> 00:50:43.600
 Are you

00:50:43.600 --> 00:50:44.880
 deserving of

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:45.360
 my attention,

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:46.019
 of my times?

00:50:46.019 --> 00:50:47.019
 What Calvin

00:50:47.019 --> 00:50:47.239
 is saying

00:50:47.239 --> 00:50:47.400
 there?

00:50:47.739 --> 00:50:47.960
 We're not

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:48.360
 to consider

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:48.719
 what men

00:50:48.719 --> 00:50:49.019
 merit of

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.480
 themselves,

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:50.360
 but to

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:50.980
 look upon

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.480
 the image

00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:51.920
 of God

00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:52.300
 in all

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:52.619
 men,

00:50:53.099 --> 00:50:54.039
 to which

00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:54.380
 we owe

00:50:54.380 --> 00:50:55.159
 all honor

00:50:55.159 --> 00:50:55.619
 and love.

00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:57.300
 Therefore,

00:50:57.619 --> 00:50:58.360
 whatever man

00:50:58.360 --> 00:50:58.780
 you meet

00:50:58.780 --> 00:51:00.239
 who needs

00:51:00.239 --> 00:51:00.719
 your aid,

00:51:01.480 --> 00:51:02.099
 you have no

00:51:02.099 --> 00:51:02.539
 reason to

00:51:02.539 --> 00:51:03.019
 refuse to

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:03.360
 help him.

00:51:04.320 --> 00:51:04.940
 You say,

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.699
 he's contemptible

00:51:05.699 --> 00:51:06.159
 and worthless,

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:07.800
 but the Lord

00:51:07.800 --> 00:51:08.460
 shows him to

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:08.980
 be one to

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.500
 whom he

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:10.259
 has deigned

00:51:10.259 --> 00:51:10.880
 to give

00:51:10.880 --> 00:51:11.539
 the beauty

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:12.079
 of his

00:51:12.079 --> 00:51:12.539
 image.

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:15.259
 Say that

00:51:15.259 --> 00:51:15.579
 he does

00:51:15.579 --> 00:51:16.039
 not deserve

00:51:16.039 --> 00:51:16.480
 even your

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:17.199
 least effort

00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:17.579
 for his

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:17.880
 sake.

00:51:18.299 --> 00:51:18.619
 That's what

00:51:18.619 --> 00:51:18.900
 you might

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:19.119
 say,

00:51:19.179 --> 00:51:19.440
 he says.

00:51:19.920 --> 00:51:20.199
 But the

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:20.699
 image of

00:51:20.699 --> 00:51:21.059
 God,

00:51:21.420 --> 00:51:22.179
 which recommends

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:22.519
 him to

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:22.840
 you,

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:23.940
 is worthy

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:24.420
 of your

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:25.360
 giving yourself

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:26.400
 and all

00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:27.159
 your possessions.

00:51:29.739 --> 00:51:29.980
 Okay,

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:31.860
 Calvin was

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:32.299
 a wonderful

00:51:32.299 --> 00:51:32.639
 writer.

00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:33.779
 You know,

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:34.199
 he was

00:51:34.199 --> 00:51:35.719
 fiery and

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:36.079
 spicy.

00:51:36.279 --> 00:51:37.779
 His language

00:51:37.779 --> 00:51:38.239
 was always

00:51:38.239 --> 00:51:38.739
 seasoned with

00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:39.000
 salt,

00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:39.259
 right?

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:40.400
 So,

00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:41.139
 should we

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.480
 go right

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:41.799
 out and

00:51:41.799 --> 00:51:42.340
 just sell

00:51:42.340 --> 00:51:42.719
 all of our

00:51:42.719 --> 00:51:43.079
 wealth and

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:43.380
 give it to

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:43.619
 the next

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:43.960
 person we

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.059
 meet?

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:44.299
 No,

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:44.639
 that's not

00:51:44.639 --> 00:51:45.000
 what Calvin

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.299
 means.

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:45.880
 He's making

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:46.320
 a point

00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:46.539
 though,

00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:46.860
 right?

00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:47.880
 We are

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:48.719
 so often,

00:51:48.759 --> 00:51:49.420
 we so often

00:51:49.420 --> 00:51:50.119
 want to judge

00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:50.980
 people and

00:51:50.980 --> 00:51:51.759
 weigh people's

00:51:51.759 --> 00:51:52.880
 merits by their

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:53.960
 ethical performance,

00:51:54.239 --> 00:51:55.320
 by their ethnicity,

00:51:55.639 --> 00:51:56.619
 by their ability,

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.659
 by their gender,

00:51:58.119 --> 00:51:59.079
 by their age.

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:00.659
 We're so good

00:52:00.659 --> 00:52:01.440
 at doing that,

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:01.779
 right?

00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:03.900
 But Calvin's

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.099
 saying,

00:52:04.420 --> 00:52:04.659
 no,

00:52:05.380 --> 00:52:06.619
 what you need

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.460
 to see is that

00:52:07.460 --> 00:52:08.279
 God has deigned

00:52:08.279 --> 00:52:09.039
 to give his

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:10.559
 image to all

00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:11.079
 humans,

00:52:11.440 --> 00:52:12.500
 and that's how

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:13.019
 you should treat

00:52:13.019 --> 00:52:13.219
 them.

00:52:14.059 --> 00:52:14.579
 Right?

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:16.739
 Is that how

00:52:16.739 --> 00:52:17.279
 he treated

00:52:17.279 --> 00:52:18.159
 Michael Cervidas?

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:19.980
 That's a long

00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:20.519
 conversation,

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:21.019
 but I would

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:22.179
 say no,

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:22.980
 because Calvin

00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:23.440
 was a human

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:23.759
 being,

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:24.960
 and he was

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.900
 a sinner.

00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:26.599


00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:27.460
 yeah.

00:52:28.420 --> 00:52:28.940
 So,

00:52:29.539 --> 00:52:30.980
 last thing

00:52:30.980 --> 00:52:31.340
 I'll say

00:52:31.340 --> 00:52:31.619
 is,

00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:34.000
 it's very

00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:35.199
 easy to

00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:35.860
 think about

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:37.779
 a lot of

00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:38.059
 these things

00:52:38.059 --> 00:52:38.420
 we listed

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:38.739
 here,

00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:39.380
 when it

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:39.719
 comes to

00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:40.219
 our likeness

00:52:40.219 --> 00:52:40.639
 to God,

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.239
 have been

00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:43.480
 more things

00:52:43.480 --> 00:52:43.679
 that we

00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:44.039
 might say

00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:44.420
 are things

00:52:44.420 --> 00:52:44.659
 of the

00:52:44.659 --> 00:52:44.960
 mind,

00:52:45.279 --> 00:52:45.480
 right?

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:45.879
 Or things

00:52:45.879 --> 00:52:46.259
 of the

00:52:46.259 --> 00:52:46.500
 soul,

00:52:46.839 --> 00:52:47.079
 right?

00:52:47.539 --> 00:52:47.940
 But it's

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:48.539
 very interesting

00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:52.199
 that if

00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:52.559
 the image

00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:52.879
 of God

00:52:52.879 --> 00:52:53.299
 isn't something

00:52:53.299 --> 00:52:53.659
 that we

00:52:53.659 --> 00:52:54.299
 have,

00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:55.239
 but something

00:52:55.239 --> 00:52:55.619
 that we

00:52:55.619 --> 00:52:56.239
 are,

00:52:57.359 --> 00:52:58.119
 does that

00:52:58.119 --> 00:52:58.799
 not also

00:52:58.799 --> 00:52:59.259
 mean

00:52:59.259 --> 00:53:01.279
 that in

00:53:01.279 --> 00:53:01.980
 our bodies

00:53:01.980 --> 00:53:07.000
 to

00:53:07.000 --> 00:53:07.699
 we

00:53:07.699 --> 00:53:07.980
 image

00:53:07.980 --> 00:53:08.340
 God,

00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:12.760
 that

00:53:12.760 --> 00:53:13.420
 God

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:13.740
 has

00:53:13.740 --> 00:53:14.099
 created

00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:14.400
 us

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:14.880
 with

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.480
 bodies

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:16.719
 to be

00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:16.960
 his

00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:17.219
 image

00:53:17.219 --> 00:53:17.740
 bearers.

00:53:18.340 --> 00:53:18.940
 So,

00:53:19.139 --> 00:53:19.539
 how we

00:53:19.539 --> 00:53:19.980
 treat

00:53:19.980 --> 00:53:20.280
 our

00:53:20.280 --> 00:53:20.940
 bodies

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:21.519
 matters,

00:53:22.219 --> 00:53:22.519
 right?

00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:23.320
 That we

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:23.800
 are

00:53:23.800 --> 00:53:24.800
 enfleshed

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:25.400
 people,

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:26.420
 right?

00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.639
 So,

00:53:27.800 --> 00:53:28.300
 let's

00:53:28.300 --> 00:53:29.260
 not think

00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:29.840
 about the

00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:30.199
 image of

00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:30.400
 God

00:53:30.400 --> 00:53:30.980
 just as

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:31.440
 these sort

00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:31.980
 of,

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:32.300
 you know,

00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:32.960
 soul or

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:33.219
 mental

00:53:33.219 --> 00:53:33.800
 realities,

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:34.659
 but all

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:34.960
 of who

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.460
 we are,

00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:36.320
 right?

00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:36.760
 And isn't

00:53:36.760 --> 00:53:37.059
 that what

00:53:37.059 --> 00:53:37.420
 you see

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:37.900
 when Jesus

00:53:37.900 --> 00:53:38.460
 was here,

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:38.920
 right?

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:40.300
 He came

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:42.039
 not just,

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:43.260
 you know,

00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:44.380
 to reconcile

00:53:44.380 --> 00:53:45.039
 us to God,

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:45.480
 although that

00:53:45.480 --> 00:53:46.039
 fundamentally,

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:46.960
 but then in

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:47.740
 reconciling us

00:53:47.740 --> 00:53:48.199
 to God,

00:53:48.740 --> 00:53:49.420
 reconciling us

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:49.699
 to one

00:53:49.699 --> 00:53:50.059
 another,

00:53:50.760 --> 00:53:51.179
 and to

00:53:51.179 --> 00:53:51.659
 creation.

00:53:52.340 --> 00:53:52.740
 His works

00:53:52.740 --> 00:53:53.300
 of healing,

00:53:53.599 --> 00:53:53.980
 even his

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:54.659
 nature

00:53:54.659 --> 00:53:55.219
 miracles,

00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:55.500
 right,

00:53:55.559 --> 00:53:56.260
 were signs

00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:57.019
 that he

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.599
 had come

00:53:57.599 --> 00:53:58.119
 to redeem

00:53:58.119 --> 00:53:58.579
 and heal

00:53:58.579 --> 00:53:59.260
 creation

00:53:59.260 --> 00:54:00.179
 in a body,

00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:01.099
 right?

00:54:01.839 --> 00:54:02.239
 So,

00:54:02.399 --> 00:54:02.799
 we too,

00:54:02.879 --> 00:54:03.079
 as we

00:54:03.079 --> 00:54:03.519
 think about

00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:04.039
 being God's

00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:04.480
 image bearers,

00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:05.059
 let us not

00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:06.359
 forget our

00:54:06.359 --> 00:54:07.559
 material creatureliness,

00:54:08.179 --> 00:54:09.059
 and that that is

00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:09.639
 an important part

00:54:09.639 --> 00:54:10.059
 of it as well.

00:54:10.460 --> 00:54:10.659
 Okay,

00:54:10.699 --> 00:54:11.259
 we are so

00:54:11.259 --> 00:54:11.759
 out of time.

00:54:12.059 --> 00:54:12.579
 Let me pray,

00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:13.559
 and then I'll need

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:13.960
 some help

00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:14.819
 arranging some

00:54:14.819 --> 00:54:15.179
 chairs,

00:54:15.699 --> 00:54:16.139
 and then if you

00:54:16.139 --> 00:54:16.399
 want to stick

00:54:16.399 --> 00:54:16.759
 around and ask

00:54:16.759 --> 00:54:17.079
 questions,

00:54:17.159 --> 00:54:17.480
 we can do

00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:17.699
 that.

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:19.759
 Father in

00:54:19.759 --> 00:54:19.899
 heaven,

00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:20.500
 thank you so

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:20.839
 much,

00:54:21.879 --> 00:54:22.579
 and we just

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:23.099
 give you wonder

00:54:23.099 --> 00:54:23.659
 and praise

00:54:23.659 --> 00:54:24.519
 that you

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:24.879
 and your

00:54:24.879 --> 00:54:25.579
 infinite kindness

00:54:25.579 --> 00:54:26.199
 and wisdom

00:54:26.199 --> 00:54:27.159
 have created

00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:27.639
 us humans

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:28.219
 in your image.

00:54:28.359 --> 00:54:28.639
 Thank you

00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:29.239
 for Jesus

00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:30.259
 in whom

00:54:30.259 --> 00:54:30.579
 we see

00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:30.979
 the true

00:54:30.979 --> 00:54:31.419
 image of

00:54:31.419 --> 00:54:31.739
 God.

00:54:33.259 --> 00:54:33.659
 Father,

00:54:33.779 --> 00:54:34.159
 thank you

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:34.519
 that in

00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:35.099
 Christ we

00:54:35.099 --> 00:54:35.919
 see what

00:54:35.919 --> 00:54:36.500
 it means

00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:37.819
 to really

00:54:37.819 --> 00:54:38.139
 be your

00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:38.819
 image bearers,

00:54:39.019 --> 00:54:39.879
 and above

00:54:39.879 --> 00:54:40.039
 all,

00:54:40.099 --> 00:54:40.539
 what we see

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:40.979
 in him

00:54:40.979 --> 00:54:42.159
 is a life

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:42.719
 of love.

00:54:43.399 --> 00:54:43.719
 So,

00:54:43.819 --> 00:54:43.919
 Lord,

00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:44.719
 help us

00:54:44.719 --> 00:54:45.659
 as your

00:54:45.659 --> 00:54:46.179
 image bearers

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:46.459
 to be

00:54:46.459 --> 00:54:46.959
 imitators

00:54:46.959 --> 00:54:47.379
 of you

00:54:47.379 --> 00:54:48.659
 in love.

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:49.899
 We pray

00:54:49.899 --> 00:54:50.219
 this in

00:54:50.219 --> 00:54:50.419
 Jesus'

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:50.719
 name.

00:54:50.819 --> 00:54:50.979
 Amen.

00:54:51.819 --> 00:54:52.219
 All right,

00:54:52.259 --> 00:54:52.500
 friends,

00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:52.939
 have a good

00:54:52.939 --> 00:54:53.159
 week.

00:54:53.159 --> 00:54:53.959
 Have a good

00:54:53.959 --> 00:54:54.219
 week.

00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:54.000
 Have a good

00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:54.219
 week.

00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:55.039
 Have a good

00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:55.219
 week.

00:54:55.219 --> 00:54:56.039
 Have a good

00:54:56.039 --> 00:54:56.219
 week.

00:54:56.219 --> 00:54:56.219


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