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 Well, some of you have probably heard by now, this fall and possibly a little bit into the new year, we're going to be taking a number of Sunday sermons to focus on the topic of marriage.

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 This morning is going to be our first sermon about it, and we'll plan to have one every month or so, just kind of mixing it in with our series through Luke.

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 First of all, why marriage?

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 As we look at the world around us, we're very quickly seeing the Christian foundation to our society crumbling, and the effects of that are quite alarming.

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 By God's good design, the family unit is one of the most important building blocks of a healthy society and a healthy community.

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 And by God's good design, the marriage relationship is the foundation of a healthy family unit.

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 And so where marriages are failing and faltering and crumbling, so are families and so are communities.

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 There was a time not too long ago when everyone in Canada held a view of marriage that was quite biblical.

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 But our culture has been slowly drifting away from the Bible and its author, and along with that, from a biblical view of marriage.

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 And the results have been devastating and heartbreaking.

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 Kids are growing up without a father, or in some cases a mother.

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 Children are being bounced back and forth between their parents' homes while their parents fight.

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 What began with love and joy often ends with something bitter and painful.

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 There was a time in Canada when the vast majority of married couples would simply stay together, even through the hard times,

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 because it was just understood that this is what marriage means.

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 Nowadays in Canada, about 40% of first marriages end in divorce.

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 And the annual rate of divorce is actually going down, owing to fewer and fewer younger people getting married.

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 According to a Stats Canada article published a few years ago, and this is a direct quote,

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 According to the Vanier Institute, since the 1970s, couples have become less likely to marry,

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 and a growing proportion are choosing to live common law.

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 Also according to Stats Canada, another direct quote,

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 In 2021, nearly 8 in 10 people, age 20 to 24, who were part of a couple, were living with a common law partner.

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 From 1981 to 2021, that's 40 years, the number of common law couples increased by 447%.

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 That's a direct quote from Stats Canada's website.

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 A much faster growth than that of married couples over the same period, which was only 26%.

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 They say that apparently this doesn't mean that marriage is being thrown aside altogether,

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 just that many Canadians are choosing to delay getting married.

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 And there's lots of stuff we could talk about for the demographics and the percentage,

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 how they arrive at that conclusion.

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 But some of these sources suggest that younger people are just coming to view marriage

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 as a sort of later in life kind of relationship that you get to eventually,

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 and that's meant to last, but there's no rush.

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 There's nothing wrong with just sort of, you know, trying it out before you buy into it.

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 Cohabiting, also referred to as common law, is becoming increasingly popular among young people.

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 And there's even a growing number of people in what they are now calling a living apart together relationship, or LAT.

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 Three out of ten young adults aged 20 to 34 are choosing to live as a couple,

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 like for a time, going on for a while, but not under the same roof.

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 And so what has marriage become in Canada?

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 For some, it's that thing that led up to my parents' divorce.

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 For others, and I've heard this, and maybe you've heard this from people actually saying it to you,

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 it's just a piece of paper.

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 Some even believe that our society must move on from marriage,

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 because, you know, it's just an old, traditional, outdated, patriarchal way of relating to one another

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 where people needlessly bind themselves to one another for life.

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 To highlight the problem that we see today,

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 where do kids growing up today learn about marriage?

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 If they're not being taught it from Christian parents,

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 or the church,

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 where do kids growing up today learn about it?

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 About three out of ten kids these days are born out of wedlock,

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 and with 40% of first marriages ending in divorce,

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 many of those born in wedlock are not seeing a healthy marriage.

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 What they see of it is often the failure of it.

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 Separation,

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 divorce,

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 fights.

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 It's becoming rare for a kid to grow up with an example from their own parents

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 of what a good, healthy marriage is.

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 And so where do kids growing up today

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 learn about marriage?

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 And let's just broaden the focus.

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 Not just marriage,

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 but where do they learn about romance,

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 dating,

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 relationships,

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 sex?

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 Well, aside from whatever they may see with their parents,

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 they learn it from online media,

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 television,

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 movies.

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 In many ways,

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 these things have become the teacher

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 in the absence of parents

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 in a healthy marriage.

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 Think of the movies for a minute.

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 How is marriage portrayed in movies these days?

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 Can you think of a movie that portrays a strong,

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 healthy,

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 loving marriage relationship

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 between a man and a woman

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 where both respect one another

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 and love one another deeply

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 and are loyal to one another?

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 Anybody got a title?

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 If it is,

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 it might be an old movie.

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 The number of movies

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 or television series

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 with this kind of marriage in it

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 are very few.

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 What view of romance

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 and dating

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 and marriage

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 do we typically get

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 from the movies

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 and from TV?

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 Something like this, maybe.

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 At some point,

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 two people experience

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 this powerful attraction

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 to one another.

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 They might even kiss

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 before they do anything else together

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 just to feel it first

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 and then go forward

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 or if not,

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 they might go on

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 somewheres between

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 one and three dates

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 and sometime in those

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 three dates

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 already,

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 sleep with each other

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 and then just

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 ride the powerful

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 wave of romantic feelings

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 towards one another

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 like a surfer

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 rides a wave

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 until it seems like

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 it's either going to

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 dissipate and fade away

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 or

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 until it seems like

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 there might be something there

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 that will last for a while

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 and then if the feelings

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 dissipate

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 in a few weeks

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 or months

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 well that's that.

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 I guess we'll just

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 wait for the feelings

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 to happen again

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 with someone else

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 hook up with them

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 sleep with them

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 see how it goes

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 and if the feelings

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 don't dissipate

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 well let's move in

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 with each other

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 let's see where this goes.

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 If it keeps going well

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 based on how we relate

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 to one another

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 and feel about one another

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 maybe we'll both realize

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 that we want to spend

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 the rest of our lives

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 together

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 and if that happens

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 we'll have a wedding

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 and we'll get married

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 and we'll live happily

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 ever after.

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 Isn't that the way

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 relationships are often

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 portrayed in the movies

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 in the television shows

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 these days?

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 But then there's another

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 part to that

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 as marriage is often

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 portrayed in movies

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 and TV

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 people all go into it

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 thinking they'll live

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 happily ever after

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 only to realize

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 after a while

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 that marriage

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 is hard

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 some

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 portrayals of it

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 show it to be

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 stifling

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 restricting

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 boring

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 preventing me

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 from doing

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 what I want to do

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 and from being with

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 this other person

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 who's now come along

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 that I'm interested in

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 that I'm attracted to

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 more than my spouse

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 and then it turns into

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 fighting and arguing

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 and having an affair

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 and often ends in divorce.

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 This is what kids

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 today are growing up with

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 is their understanding

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 of marriage

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 and relationships

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 how to do it.

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 Even the animated

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 Disney movies

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 have contributed

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 to this

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 from the youngest

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 of ages.

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 Many of the

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 they call them

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 coming of age stories

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 include some sort

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 of romantic relationship

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 that starts with

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 a powerful attraction

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 maybe love at first sight

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 kissing on the first date

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 a story

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 perhaps of forbidden love

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 a marriage built

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 on the shifting

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 sands of feelings

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 that they hope

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 will lead

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 to happily ever after

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 and of course

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 in Disney movies

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 many times it does

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 they get married

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 without hardly

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 even knowing each other

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 and we don't even see

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 any real substance

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 to their relationship

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 because it's just

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 a happy ending

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 for a kid's story.

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 Where in the movies

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 where in the TV

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 of our day

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 are the relationships

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 that last?

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 the marriages

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 that are truly marriages

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 it's no wonder

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 teens who haven't

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 grown up in the church

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 are skeptical

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 about whether

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 getting married

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 is even needed

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 and besides

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 do I want to

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 lock myself

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 into that kind

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 of commitment

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 to one person

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 for the rest

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 of my life?

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 What if I choose

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 the wrong person?

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 What if I find

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 myself unhappy

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 like so many do?

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 Why not just do

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 what all my friends

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 are doing

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 and just live together

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 with someone

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 for as long

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 as it lasts?

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 That's just

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 the movies

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 that's just

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 the TV

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 to say nothing

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 of the effects

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 of internet pornography

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 on our world's view

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 of marriage

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 and sex

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 what about

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 celebrity culture?

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 We here in the church

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 many of us

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 might not be

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 interested in that

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 or even care about it

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 but it's having

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 an effect

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 on up and coming

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 generations

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 and even on our kids.

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 Now I'm not

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 going to try

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 and diagnose

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 or speculate

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 about how we got here

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 too much

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 whether we as the church

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 have failed

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 in the past several

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 decades to address this

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 I don't know

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 but here we are today

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 and what can we do?

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 We are people

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 who believe

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 in the authority

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 of Jesus

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 and the authority

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 of God

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 our creator

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 and God

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 has spoken

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 about marriage

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 and Jesus

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 has spoken

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 about marriage

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 and relationships

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 how they can be

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 what it is

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 how it should be

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 could it be

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 that we've been

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 listening too much

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 to the godless chatter

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 of our world

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 about these things

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 and too little

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 to the one

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 who made

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 marriage

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 and so in this

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 series of messages

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 on the subject

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 our main source

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 must be

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 God's word

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 your word

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 is a lamp

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 to my feet

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 and a light

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 to my path

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 you might wonder

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 if you tune into

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 these series

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 or are here

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 for these Sundays

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 if this series

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 is for you

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 and whether it's

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 relevant to you

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 and your situation

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 but I hope you know

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 it's not just a series

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 for married couples

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 on how to have

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 a better marriage

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 it relates to singles

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 even to kids

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 some of you

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 may someday

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 be married

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 and how you

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 understand marriage

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 and relationships

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 today will affect

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 how you approach

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 them and enter into

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 them in the future

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 I'm also aware

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 that there are

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 some of you

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 who have experienced

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 a marriage failure

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 or divorce

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 this series

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 is not attempted

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 to rub salt

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 into fresh wounds

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 or old wounds

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 or to make you

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 feel guilt over that

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 sin has done

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 damage

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 to every part

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 of our existence

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 as human beings

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 on this earth

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 including marriage

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 and sexuality

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 and the gospel

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 of our Lord Jesus

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 brings forgiveness

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 and healing

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 and a path

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 forward for all

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 of us

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 wherever we may

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 find ourselves

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 whether single

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 married

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 divorced

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 widowed

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 dating

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 by looking to

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 what God has said

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 about marriage

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 we're out of

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 batteries maybe

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 by looking to

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 what God has said

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 about marriage

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 we stand to benefit

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 in so many ways

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 those of us

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 who are married

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 can only be helped

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 in our marriages

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 those of us

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 who are not

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 can be better

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 prepared to engage

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 in this special

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 relationship down

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 the road

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 and I hope to

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 even do one sermon

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 just on singleness

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 and what God

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 has to say about

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 remaining single

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 its special

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 advantages

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 and how it

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 brings glory

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 to God as well

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 so this morning

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 we're going to go

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 back to the beginning

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 if you have your

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 Bible with you

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 you can open it up

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 to Genesis

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 we're going to

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 look at where

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 marriage came from

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 and what do we

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 learn from that

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 what has God

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 said there

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 the book of

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 Genesis tells us

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 about how God

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 made the heavens

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 and the earth

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 it tells us

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 about how God

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 filled the earth

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 with all kinds

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 of plants

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 and creatures

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 and it tells us

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 how God made us

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 human beings

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 in his image

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 male and female

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 in his image

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 and God's

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 declaration over

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 all that he had

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 made was that

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 it was good

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 more than that

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 it was very good

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 that's a very

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 brief summary

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 of the first

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 chapter of the

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 Bible

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 the overview

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 of creation

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 but then in the

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 second chapter

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 of the Bible

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 we get kind of

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 a zoomed in

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 account of

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 the creation

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 of man

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 how God

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 made Adam

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 the first man

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 how he placed

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 him in this

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 beautiful

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 sustaining garden

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 called Eden

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 we read of how

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 God set the

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 man to work

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 and entrusted

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 things to his

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 care in this

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 garden

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 we read about

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 the special

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 trees in the

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 middle of the

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 garden

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 and the commands

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 that God gave

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 about those

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 and then

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 in verse

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 18 of chapter

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 2

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 through to the

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 rest of the

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 chapter

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 God goes into

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 more detail

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 about how

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 woman came to

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 be and how

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 marriage came to

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 be

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 let's just read

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 this

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 and I'm sorry

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 I don't have it

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 on the screen

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 but you can

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 just listen

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 the Lord

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 God said

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 it is not

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 good for the

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 man to be

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 alone

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 I will make

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 a helper

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 suitable for

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 him

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 now the

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 Lord God

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 had formed

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 out of the

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 ground all

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 the wild

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 animals and

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 all the

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 birds in

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 the sky

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 he brought

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 them to

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 the man

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 to see

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 what he

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 would name

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 them

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 and whatever

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 the man

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 called each

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 living creature

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 that was

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 its name

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 so the

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 man gave

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 names to

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 all the

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 livestock

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 the birds

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 in the sky

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 and all

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 the wild

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 animals

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 but for

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 Adam

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 no suitable

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 helper was

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 found

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 so the

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 Lord God

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 caused the

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 man to

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 fall into

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 a deep

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 sleep

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 and while

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 he was

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 sleeping

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 he took

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 one of

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 the man's

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 ribs

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 and then

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 closed up

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 the place

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 with flesh

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 then the

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 Lord God

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 made a

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 woman

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 from the

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 rib he

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 had taken

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 out of

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 the man

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 and he

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 brought her

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 to the

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 man

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 the man

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 said

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 this is

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 now

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 bone

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 of my

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 bones

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 and flesh

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 of my

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 flesh

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 she shall

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 be called

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 woman

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 for she

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 was taken

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 out of

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 man

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 that

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 is why

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 a man

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 leaves his

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 father and

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 mother

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 and is

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 united to

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 his wife

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 and they

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 become one

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 flesh

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 Adam and

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 his wife

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 were both

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 naked

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 and they

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 felt no

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 shame

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 let's

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 start from

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 the top

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 in verse

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 18

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 up until

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 this point

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 in the

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 creation

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 story

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 all through

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 chapter 1

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 we've been

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 hearing something

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 over and

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 over

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 and God

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 saw

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 what he

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 had made

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 and it's

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 it's

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 detailed

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 what it

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 was he

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 made

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 and it

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 was good

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 seven times

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 God says

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 it and then

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 here in

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 verse 18

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 we read

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 about the

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 first thing

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 in all

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 creation

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 that was

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 not

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 good

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 it is

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 not good

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 for the

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 man

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 to be

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 alone

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 God

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 is a

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 relational

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 God

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 for us

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 to be

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 made in

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 his image

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 requires that

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 we also

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 be relational

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 he is

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 father

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 son

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 and holy

00:17:26.060 --> 00:17:26.540
 spirit

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 three persons

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 yet one

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 God

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 and it's a

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 great mystery

00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:33.960
 he is

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.500
 relational

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.940
 in his

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 very being

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 and so

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.320
 it was

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.040
 not good

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.399
 for the

00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:37.700
 man

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 made

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 to

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 image

00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:38.980
 him

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:40.299
 to be

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 alone

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 we too

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 were made

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.720
 relational

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 and for

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 relationship

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:47.379
 and so

00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.879
 we read

00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:48.319
 about how

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.899
 God made

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 the first

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 woman

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 out of

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 the first

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 man

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 so that

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 they would

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 share

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 together

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 in what

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 it means

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 to be

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 human

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 we share

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 the same

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 essence

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 or nature

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 despite the

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 differences

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 that we have

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 as male

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 and female

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 to say it

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 another way

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 this one

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 man

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 all by

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 himself

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 was

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 incomplete

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 he was

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 lacking

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 he was

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 in a

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 state

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 of

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 not

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 good

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 he was

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 not

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 good

00:18:16.260 --> 00:18:16.540
 by

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 himself

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 and so

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 God

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 made

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 the

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 first

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 human

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 relationship

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:21.260
 by making

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 the first

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 woman

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 and I want

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 to be so

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 careful

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 with how

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 we apply

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.320
 these

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 words

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 some

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.620
 have been

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 quick

00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:27.360
 to say

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 here

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.020
 see

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 it was

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 not

00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.200
 good

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:29.520
 for the

00:18:29.520 --> 00:18:29.760
 man

00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:30.080
 to be

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:30.440
 alone

00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.160
 he's

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.560
 incomplete

00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:32.520
 by

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 himself

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.340
 therefore

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 single

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 people

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:34.900
 today

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 are

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.639
 incomplete

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:38.159
 and it

00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:38.439
 would be

00:18:38.439 --> 00:18:38.720
 better

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.179
 for them

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 if they

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 were

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 married

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 their

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.039
 lives

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.299
 would be

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.579
 better

00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:42.899
 if they

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.039
 were

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.439
 married

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:45.179
 and we

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:45.720
 can sometimes

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.179
 speak of

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 marriages

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:46.980
 if it's

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.759
 the great

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.299
 purpose

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:48.960
 of man

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:50.359
 and woman

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.199
 the thing

00:18:51.199 --> 00:18:51.899
 that truly

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 fulfills

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 us

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.359
 and completes

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.720
 us

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 but I

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 think

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 when we

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.319
 apply

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.599
 these

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:55.839
 words

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.159
 in this

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 way

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:56.699
 even

00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.099
 when we

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 mean

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.699
 well

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:58.519
 we're

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 not

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 helping

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 our

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.699
 children

00:18:59.699 --> 00:19:01.019
 or our

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.359
 youth

00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.359
 or the

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.899
 unmarried

00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.439
 around us

00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:03.839
 to think

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.359
 of marriage

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.720
 as they

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.059
 should

00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:06.519
 marriage

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.419
 is a

00:19:07.419 --> 00:19:07.940
 fundamental

00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:08.419
 building

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:08.740
 block

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.440
 of humanity

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:10.639
 but not

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:10.960
 to the

00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.359
 point that

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.799
 a person

00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.179
 who is

00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:12.740
 unmarried

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.240
 is somehow

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.940
 less than

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.339
 human

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 or is

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.139
 somehow

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.980
 being deprived

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.440
 of the

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 fullest

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.339
 and richest

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.259
 experience

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:20.980
 of life

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.319
 let's not

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.899
 forget that

00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.399
 our Lord

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:23.859
 Jesus

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.519
 himself

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:24.940
 was

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.679
 unmarried

00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:27.119
 and he

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.720
 was truly

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.159
 man

00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:29.039
 as man

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.319
 as it

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:29.679
 gets

00:19:29.679 --> 00:19:31.079
 did he

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.579
 lack in

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:31.759
 his

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.200
 humanity

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.819
 because of

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.059
 that

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.500
 no

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:35.359
 a second

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.759
 thing to

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.079
 remember

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.480
 here is

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.679
 that in

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.039
 the next

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.419
 chapter

00:19:37.419 --> 00:19:37.599
 of

00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:37.940
 Genesis

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.519
 humanity

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.000
 will be

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.379
 corrupted

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.000
 by sin

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.319
 and that

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.819
 will so

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.399
 affect our

00:19:43.399 --> 00:19:43.940
 relationships

00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.539
 with God

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:44.859
 and with

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.259
 each other

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.599
 that there

00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:45.859
 will be

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.539
 lots of

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.220
 situations

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.319
 where it

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.619
 will be

00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.079
 good for

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.480
 a man

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:49.960
 or woman

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.599
 to remain

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.299
 unmarried

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:53.179
 and we're

00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:53.480
 going to go

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.879
 into more

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.440
 detail with

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:54.859
 that in a

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.099
 future

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.639
 message

00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:55.640


00:19:57.580 --> 00:19:58.460
 it's not

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.240
 good for

00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.660
 said God

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.780
 but we

00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.259
 must not

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.820
 press these

00:20:03.820 --> 00:20:04.320
 words in

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.740
 creation

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.660
 history so

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:07.200
 far that

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.560
 we make

00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:08.060
 all the

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.400
 unmarried

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.020
 people feel

00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.420
 like they're

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:09.960
 missing out

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.460
 on God's

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.940
 best in

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.540
 life because

00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:12.200
 they aren't

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.800
 in a

00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:13.080
 marriage

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:13.720
 relationship

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.700
 it's not

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:15.080
 true

00:20:15.080 --> 00:20:17.020
 what is

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:18.420
 true that

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.900
 we see from

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.360
 these words

00:20:19.360 --> 00:20:19.740
 is that we

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.100
 were made

00:20:20.100 --> 00:20:20.920
 for relationship

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.820
 and marriage

00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:24.000
 was the first

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.680
 way that God

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.160
 chose to

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.460
 remedy

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.319
 the loneliness

00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:26.900
 of this

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.860
 particular man

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.000
 and increase

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.880
 humanity from

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:31.200
 one to

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.519
 many

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.240
 this building

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.759
 block would

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.519
 give rise not

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:34.980
 only to the

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.680
 first family

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.259
 and the first

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.279
 family relationships

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.220
 but to

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.480
 community and

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.059
 to friendships

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.220
 with people

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.960
 outside the

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.759
 family eventually

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.640
 and for some

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.079
 the not

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.759
 goodness of

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.319
 being alone

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.660
 will be

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.299
 remedied not

00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:47.980
 by a marriage

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.500
 but by deep

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.240
 and lasting

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.000
 friendships with

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.660
 people from

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.559
 other families

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:54.880
 but let's

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.660
 stick to the

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.160
 text here

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.620
 God said

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:56.980
 it's not

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.380
 good for

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.800
 the man

00:20:57.800 --> 00:20:58.320
 to be

00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:58.660
 alone

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.960
 I will

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.380
 make a

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:01.160
 helper suitable

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.860
 for him

00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:03.760
 let's start

00:21:03.760 --> 00:21:04.340
 with the easy

00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:04.920
 part here

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.320
 what does it

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.680
 mean that

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.440
 she is suitable

00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.480
 for Adam

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.860
 God describes

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.780
 how he brought

00:21:12.780 --> 00:21:13.880
 all the animals

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.560
 to the man

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.780
 and he gave

00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:16.360
 names to

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.660
 them

00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:18.080
 and yet in

00:21:18.080 --> 00:21:19.280
 verse 20

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.599
 for Adam

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:22.000
 no suitable

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.619
 helper

00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.799
 was found

00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:25.180
 it's almost

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.859
 as if God

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.480
 wanted Adam

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.059
 to see that

00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.680
 he was in

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.420
 a certain way

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.160
 different from

00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:29.899
 all the other

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.619
 creatures that

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.279
 God had made

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.660
 it's as if

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.200
 God wanted

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.879
 Adam to know

00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.420
 that he was

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.079
 more like

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:36.220
 God than

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.960
 any other

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.700
 living thing

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.379
 on earth

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.879
 here's all

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.639
 these creatures

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.579
 and some of

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.920
 them very

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:43.200
 unique and

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.579
 different

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.759
 we got the

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.420
 four-leggers

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.019
 we got the

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.700
 flyers

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.220
 we got the

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.640
 swimmers

00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:48.819
 even some

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.420
 two-leggers

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.940
 who stand

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.900
 almost upright

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.799
 like I do

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.900
 and have two

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.740
 hands and two

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.160
 feet

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.080
 but there's no

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.940
 soul in them

00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:59.100
 they can't talk

00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.980
 like I do

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.779
 they can't seem

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.440
 to think

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:03.319
 I can't have

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.220
 relationship with

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.660
 these

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:07.480
 at least not

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.299
 deep relationship

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:09.920
 they're wild

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:13.340
 and in the

00:22:13.340 --> 00:22:14.080
 context here

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.819
 what makes her

00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.740
 suitable for him

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.440
 is that unlike

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.160
 the animals

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.240
 she shares

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.220
 in his nature

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.320
 and is one

00:22:20.320 --> 00:22:21.279
 of him

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.279
 albeit with

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.140
 some differences

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.259
 and God does

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.880
 this in a very

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.840
 deliberate and

00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.600
 obvious way

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.200
 there's no

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.400
 question that

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.360
 she's as human

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.000
 as he is

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.840
 the same sort

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.240
 of being

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.160
 because God

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.840
 makes her

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:35.240
 out of one

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.640
 of his ribs

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.279
 we see this

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.100
 in verse 21

00:22:38.100 --> 00:22:38.759
 so the Lord

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.480
 God caused

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.100
 the man to

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.860
 fall into a

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.500
 deep sleep

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.660
 and while he

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.259
 was sleeping

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.880
 he took one

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.500
 of the man's

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.840
 ribs

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.839
 and then

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.359
 closed up

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.779
 the place

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.419
 with flesh

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.720
 then the

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.259
 Lord God

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.699
 made a

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:50.000
 woman

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:51.220
 from the

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.819
 rib he

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.359
 had taken

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.819
 out of

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.319
 the man

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.240
 remember

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.759
 that Adam

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.279
 was formed

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.659
 like the

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.019
 creatures

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.259
 of the earth

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.799
 from the

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.319
 dust of

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.740
 the earth

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.440
 and then

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.200
 God breathed

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.680
 into him

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.140
 the breath

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.579
 of life

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.079
 God could

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.420
 have made

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.960
 Eve that

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.480
 way too

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:08.620
 but doing

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.160
 it this way

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.660
 is deeply

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.200
 symbolic

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.380
 and meaningful

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.519
 she is not

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.200
 just the same

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.759
 kind

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.279
 but she is

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.240
 actually of

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.539
 him

00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.740
 and from

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.079
 him

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.759
 this is what

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.200
 makes her

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.539
 suitable

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.099
 for Adam

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.620
 this is what

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.539
 enables true

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.299
 and deep

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.960
 relationship

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.920
 between them

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:26.259
 they are both

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.700
 of them

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.420
 man

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:29.640
 both human

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.519
 both of them

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.240
 in the image

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.779
 of God

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:34.560
 now we come

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:34.960
 to the hard

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.320
 part

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:36.539
 at least

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.240
 hard for our

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.580
 culture

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:37.940
 and our

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.279
 world

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.880
 she was

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.259
 made

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.860
 to be a

00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:41.160
 helper

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.220
 that statement

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.720
 alone is

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.100
 enough to

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.860
 make feminists

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.380
 angry

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:47.160
 and even if

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.600
 you're not a

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:47.900
 feminist

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.539
 but just a

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.759
 woman

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.500
 this word

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.539
 this statement

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.900
 might bother

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.220
 you

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:54.140
 I will make

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.900
 a suitable

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.440
 helper

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.720
 for him

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:58.299
 helper

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.339
 implies

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.880
 inferior

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.180
 we think

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.579
 helper

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.200
 implies

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.440
 subordinate

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.500
 we feel

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.640
 are you

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.140
 saying that

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.559
 he was

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.120
 made to be

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.620
 the head

00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:09.900
 of the

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.360
 household

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.140
 and that

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.500
 I only

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.140
 exist to

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.740
 serve him

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.059
 and to

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.680
 help him

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:15.200
 and help

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.480
 him do

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.720
 what he

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.180
 wants to

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.380
 do

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.759
 why does

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.059
 it have

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.660
 to revolve

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.339
 around him

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:20.360
 what about

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.640
 all the

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.079
 ways and

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.600
 times that

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.019
 men have

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.660
 domineered

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.980
 women

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.819
 and abused

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.100
 them

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.839
 and the

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.160
 thoughts

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.519
 go

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:28.299
 but as

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.639
 I said

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:28.960
 earlier

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.200
 the

00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.579
 corruption

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.099
 of sin

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.480
 which is

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.960
 coming in

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.299
 the next

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.799
 chapter

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:34.400
 that's what

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.039
 causes all

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.639
 the kind of

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.700
 damaging effects

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.759
 on human

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.359
 relationships

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.079
 that we see

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.700
 between men

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.119
 and women

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:41.799
 between husbands

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.319
 and wives

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.960
 that's the

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.359
 reason

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.400
 for the

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.000
 ugliness

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.379
 but even

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.940
 before

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.900
 sin entered

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.319
 the world

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.819
 and ruined

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.599
 everything

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:52.259
 God made

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.819
 marriage in

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.319
 such a way

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.900
 that husbands

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.500
 and wives

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.220
 have different

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.720
 roles

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:57.000
 in marriage

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.819
 Adam

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.259
 was made

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.759
 first

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.460
 and he

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.259
 was charged

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.319
 first

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.920
 with what

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.299
 to do

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.660
 on this

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:04.880
 earth

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.220
 he was

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.579
 given

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.000
 work

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.539
 to do

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.660
 before

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.120
 she was

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.360
 even

00:25:08.360 --> 00:25:08.740
 made

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.480
 and by

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.860
 God's

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.019
 own

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.339
 word

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.880
 she is

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.220
 the one

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.579
 made

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.980
 to be

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.240
 his

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.680
 wife

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.900
 was made

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.220
 to be

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.700
 a helper

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.960
 for him

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.140
 and there

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.480
 was no

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.000
 sin yet

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.059
 there was

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.039
 no selfishness

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.480
 he would

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.039
 lead like

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.600
 a kind

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.439
 gentle

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.019
 loving

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.519
 servant

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.939
 leader

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.459
 just like

00:25:25.459 --> 00:25:25.779
 Jesus

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.219
 was

00:25:26.219 --> 00:25:27.639
 and she

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.139
 would follow

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.959
 his leadership

00:25:28.959 --> 00:25:30.539
 and lovingly

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.339
 help and find

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.079
 great joy

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.919
 in doing so

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:34.279
 recognizing that

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.039
 his work

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.579
 was their

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:35.980
 work

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.319
 they were

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.759
 together

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.419
 they were

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.839
 one

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.279
 in all

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.779
 of this

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.719
 a helpful

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:43.159
 analogy

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.599
 may be

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.079
 the human

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.519
 body

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:51.879
 the human

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.200
 body

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.460
 has

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.799
 different

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.319
 parts

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:55.319
 but some

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.579
 of those

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.059
 parts

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.859
 have

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.220
 different

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.680
 roles

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.660
 it doesn't

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.200
 make one

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.200
 more important

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.639
 or less

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.059
 important

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.460
 than the

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.740
 other

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.839
 I got

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.319
 thinking of

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.500
 this

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.759
 you know

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.299
 the brain

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.700
 is kind

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:04.920
 of the

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.299
 control

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.680
 center

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.059
 part

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.799
 it exercises

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.460
 control

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:07.980
 over the

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.160
 other

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.460
 parts

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.680
 of the

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.019
 body

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.619
 but what

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:10.940
 good

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.519
 is the

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.859
 brain

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.160
 without

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.819
 the heart

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.480
 which pumps

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.019
 the life

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.379
 blood

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.200
 into every

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.820
 other part

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.060
 of the

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.360
 body

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.840
 and even

00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.420
 into the

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.760
 brain

00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:18.260
 and keeps

00:26:18.260 --> 00:26:18.800
 it alive

00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:19.340
 and vital

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:20.060
 and responsive

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:21.460
 they serve

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.500
 different roles

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.700
 one is under

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.260
 the control

00:26:24.260 --> 00:26:24.840
 of the other

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:26.140
 one shrivels

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.680
 and dies

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.240
 without the

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.520
 other

00:26:27.520 --> 00:26:28.420
 but it's

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.920
 not a bad

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.300
 thing

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:30.660
 in the same

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.260
 way husbands

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:31.800
 and wives

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.300
 were intended

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:32.840
 by God

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.240
 from the

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.560
 beginning

00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:33.980
 to have

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.380
 different

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.840
 roles

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.640
 in relation

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.440
 to each

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.680
 other

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:36.920
 and to

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.360
 the family

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:37.660
 and it

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.040
 wasn't a

00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:38.240
 bad

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.580
 thing

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.780
 there was

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.160
 perfect

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.560
 love

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.300
 and harmony

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:42.440
 in relationship

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.160
 between them

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.020
 this is how

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.539
 God set

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.900
 it up

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:46.079
 and it

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.559
 was good

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.200
 but then

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.359
 sin came

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.700
 and we

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.200
 began to

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.500
 fight

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:53.059
 we began

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.559
 to live

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.099
 each for

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.559
 ourselves

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.980
 and not

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.299
 for the

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.559
 other

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.299
 and it

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.000
 falls apart

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.960
 and husbands

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.799
 began to

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.400
 abuse

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.900
 or to

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.480
 abdicate

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:01.720
 their

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.359
 responsibilities

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.980
 to their

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.359
 wives

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.819
 and wives

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.400
 began to

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.000
 manipulate

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.940
 and subvert

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.980
 their husband's

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.379
 leadership

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:08.119
 and authority

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.099
 to get

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.019
 and to do

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.400
 what they

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.839
 wanted

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.000
 we'll

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.220
 talk

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.419
 more

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.659
 about

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.099
 roles

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.819
 in another

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.279
 message

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.839
 we'll

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.039
 talk

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.240
 more

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.439
 about

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:15.579
 the

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:15.919
 effects

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:16.099
 of

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.419
 sin

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.179
 another

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.639
 time

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.659
 but let's

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.059
 just keep

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.459
 on with the

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.139
 passage here

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.379
 a little

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.740
 more

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.779
 verse 22

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.119
 then the

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.859
 Lord God

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.079
 made a

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.579
 woman from

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.000
 the rib

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.359
 he had

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.839
 taken out

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.059
 of the

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.359
 man

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.699
 and he

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.319
 brought

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.799
 her

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:31.259
 to the

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.579
 man

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:33.959
 what is

00:27:33.959 --> 00:27:34.399
 marriage

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.939
 marriage is

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.659
 not just a

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.039
 piece of

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.379
 paper

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:39.320
 marriage is

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:40.000
 not just a

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.860
 government law

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.920
 or policy

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.980
 about who

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.540
 gets certain

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:44.380
 privileges and

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.020
 benefits in

00:27:45.020 --> 00:27:45.460
 society

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.380
 it's not just a

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.240
 social contract

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.080
 between two

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.540
 people

00:27:48.540 --> 00:27:49.820
 marriage is

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.580
 older than our

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.520
 nation itself

00:27:51.520 --> 00:27:52.960
 it's older than

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.920
 every nation

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.520
 kingdom

00:27:54.520 --> 00:27:55.440
 empire that

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.100
 has ever

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.460
 recognized it

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:57.820
 on this

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.160
 earth

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.260
 marriage was

00:27:59.260 --> 00:28:00.080
 made by

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:01.020
 God himself

00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:03.000
 it was he

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.500
 who brought

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.020
 the first

00:28:04.020 --> 00:28:04.380
 woman

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:05.720
 to the

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.400
 first man

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:08.100
 and do you

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.380
 see the

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.720
 point of

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.280
 explanation

00:28:09.280 --> 00:28:09.680
 there in

00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:10.420
 verse 24

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:12.040
 that is

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:12.460
 why a

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:12.800
 man

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:14.220
 leaves his

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.800
 father and

00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:15.920
 mother and

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.660
 is united to

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.240
 his wife

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.640
 and they

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.300
 become one

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.780
 flesh

00:28:19.780 --> 00:28:22.180
 not only did

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.860
 God invent

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.420
 and design

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.300
 marriage but

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:25.180
 he performed

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.700
 the first

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:27.460
 one and

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.900
 that's why

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.460
 marriage is

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.360
 holy among

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.840
 all other

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.759
 relationships that

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.400
 we may have

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.900
 with people

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.360
 on earth

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:34.120
 it's unique

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:36.119
 because when

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.679
 a man and

00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.199
 a woman are

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:38.879
 married God

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.639
 is the one

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.379
 who joins

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.799
 them

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:43.099
 fast forward

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.559
 all the way

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.039
 to the new

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.539
 testament

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:46.359
 Matthew

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.019
 chapter 19

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:50.619
 Jesus the

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.359
 son of God

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.159
 is in a

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.859
 discussion with

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.479
 the Pharisees

00:28:53.479 --> 00:28:53.879
 about the

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.379
 issue of

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.500
 divorce and

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.879
 they want to

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.239
 know when

00:28:56.239 --> 00:28:56.799
 it's okay

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.939
 when it's

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.439
 lawfully

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:58.919
 permitted

00:28:58.919 --> 00:29:00.799
 to divorce

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.439
 their wives

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.179
 and listen to

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.119
 Jesus response

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.019
 in verse 4

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.779
 Jesus says

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.359
 haven't you

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:08.039
 read that

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.359
 at the

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.379
 beginning the

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.299
 creator made

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.019
 them male and

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.159
 female and

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.839
 said for this

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.119
 reason a man

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.819
 will leave his

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.699
 father and

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.799
 mother and be

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.559
 united to his

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.859
 wife and the

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:21.079
 two will become

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.079
 one flesh

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:26.500
 who said for

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.359
 this reason a

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.919
 man will leave

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.579
 his father and

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.039
 mother and be

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.719
 united to his

00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:30.259
 wife and the

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.859
 two will become

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.739
 one flesh who

00:29:31.739 --> 00:29:32.299
 said that

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:35.220
 according to

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.399
 Jesus God

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.259
 himself said

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.539
 it

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:42.720
 and so

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.019
 what's

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.799
 Jesus point

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.639
 look at

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.259
 verse 6

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.899
 so they

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.919
 the two

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:49.339
 people are

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.919
 no longer

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:51.359
 two but

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.240
 one flesh

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.960
 therefore what

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.639
 God has

00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.460
 joined together

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:57.039
 let no one

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.879
 separate

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.920
 what we tend

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.520
 to hear most

00:30:00.520 --> 00:30:01.080
 from that

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:02.560
 is that we

00:30:02.560 --> 00:30:03.100
 ought not to

00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:04.160
 separate and

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.820
 we'll talk about

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.380
 that at some

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:06.880
 point but the

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.520
 part we often

00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:09.200
 miss is where

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.900
 Jesus says

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.660
 therefore what

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.420
 God has

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.280
 joined together

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:16.240
 God is the

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.360
 joiner of

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.400
 men and

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.420
 women in

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.100
 this thing that

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.680
 he made

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.900
 called marriage

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:23.340
 when they

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.080
 marry God

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.980
 himself is at

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.020
 work uniting

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.920
 them to each

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.359
 other and

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.900
 making them

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.460
 one it's not

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.960
 the piece of

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.019
 paper that

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.480
 makes them

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:34.099
 one it's not

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.680
 the recognition

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.400
 of the government

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.119
 that makes them

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.799
 one it's God

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.680
 himself who

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.460
 makes them into

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:39.500
 one flesh

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.859
 one unit

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.839
 one family

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:45.839
 that's why for

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.480
 centuries it's

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.900
 been called

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:49.000
 holy matrimony

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.240
 marriage is a

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.839
 thing of God

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.519
 it's holy

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.759
 it's a special

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.859
 unique relationship

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.819
 created by him

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:55.819
 and that's what

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.159
 we're losing

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.919
 sight of in our

00:30:56.919 --> 00:30:57.639
 culture today

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:59.639
 marriage is

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.359
 sacred

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:02.839
 actually sacred

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.159
 in the true

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.700
 sense of the

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.259
 word because

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.279
 God made it

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.579
 as a special

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.200
 relationship

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:09.639
 he himself

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.720
 ordained he

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.240
 decreed for

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.039
 the reason that

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.939
 he made male and

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.819
 female like this

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.419
 in the beginning

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.980
 and brought the

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.679
 first man to

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.500
 the first woman

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:19.119
 for that reason

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.859
 this is how it

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.700
 shall be this is

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.579
 how it shall go

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:23.019
 from here on

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.200
 a man shall

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:24.900
 leave his father

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.180
 and his mother

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:27.720
 and be united

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.680
 be joined

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.879
 to his wife

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.920
 and the two

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.460
 will become

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.240
 one flesh

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:35.019
 I hesitate to

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.519
 use the word

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.180
 spiritual

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:37.559
 to describe this

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.259
 union or even

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.960
 supernatural

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:40.220
 because it's

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.740
 natural

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.359
 it's to be

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.799
 normal

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.759
 it's to be

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.700
 ordinary for

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.200
 humanity

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.660
 and it's not

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.119
 just the

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.000
 intertwining of

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.460
 souls

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:50.519
 but of flesh

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.779
 of course that's

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.440
 what the sexual

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.460
 intimacy is

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.379
 and symbolizes

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:56.220
 but it's a union

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.299
 so deep that

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.139
 Jesus can say

00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.619
 they are no

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.440
 longer two

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.160
 but one

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:05.160
 one flesh

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.859
 one family

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:08.019
 a unit together

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.740
 now to be

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.480
 together from

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.000
 then on

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.700
 the original

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.420
 intention and

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.160
 design of God

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.799
 was for marriage

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.480
 to be permanent

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.460
 listen if you're

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.379
 not yet married

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:20.279
 listen up

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.480
 that includes

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.099
 you kids

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.259
 God made this

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.240
 kind of relationship

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:26.240
 for us

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.579
 as an amazing

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.059
 gift

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.399
 a sweet

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.279
 and special

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.079
 union like

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:32.039
 no other on

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.420
 earth

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.399
 all our

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.920
 friends

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:36.399
 come and go

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.440
 through life

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.960
 sometimes God

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.779
 blesses with some

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.599
 enduring friendships

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.579
 that last quite a

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.180
 long time

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:44.119
 they're usually

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.539
 rare

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.859
 but family

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:47.099
 is special

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.939
 marriage

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:50.199
 is special

00:32:50.199 --> 00:32:51.099
 it's the closest

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.679
 of human

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.339
 relationships

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.179
 that's intended

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:54.039
 to go with

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.359
 you

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.619
 through life

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.359
 where you go

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.159
 I go

00:32:58.159 --> 00:32:59.579
 because we're

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.939
 one

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:01.879
 God made it

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.559
 good for men

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.879
 and women

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.899
 to have one

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.699
 deep

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.599
 abiding

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.559
 and yes

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.119
 romantic

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.699
 and loving

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:08.359
 relationship

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.980
 that lasts

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.719
 for life

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:13.180
 and I know

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.880
 that's hard

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.100
 if you're

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:16.579
 listening to

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.180
 this and your

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.620
 marriage

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.559
 is in a

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.140
 rough spot

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.519
 or has

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.980
 ended in

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.440
 divorce

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:22.779
 sin has

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.160
 made a

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:23.539
 mess of

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.920
 things

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.819
 and that's

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.160
 why we

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.559
 cry

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:30.880
 that's why

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.380
 we grieve

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.819
 for one

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.299
 reason or

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.620
 another

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:34.819
 when one

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.559
 flesh union

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.319
 is separated

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:38.939
 and ripped

00:33:38.939 --> 00:33:39.319
 apart

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.460
 it was

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:40.899
 meant to

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.059
 be

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.480
 permanent

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.839
 just as

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.220
 we were

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.599
 made to

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.740
 be

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.200
 perfect

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:46.919
 but now

00:33:46.919 --> 00:33:47.299
 here we

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.740
 are as

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.000
 sinners

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.460
 in need

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.000
 of redemption

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.960
 and grace

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.079
 and the

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.460
 good news

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:52.899
 is God

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.279
 is full

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.599
 of that

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.919
 grace

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.259
 that we

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.579
 need

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.439
 not just

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.839
 for our

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.119
 sins

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.700
 but for

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.059
 our

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.759
 marital

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.480
 situations

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.139
 too

00:33:59.139 --> 00:34:01.299
 we read

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.519
 in the

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.659
 New

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.019
 Testament

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.359
 that

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.720
 marriage

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:02.960
 is

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.359
 permanent

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.899
 but not

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.319
 eternal

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:07.460
 that there's

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:07.960
 only one

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.539
 kind of a

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.779
 marriage

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.380
 relationship

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.259
 that is

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.480
 eternal

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.279
 and it's

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.039
 our relationship

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.759
 to our

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.400
 Lord Jesus

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.299
 the ultimate

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.440
 eternal reality

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.900
 to which

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.719
 marriage points

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.900
 and that

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.579
 that union

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.619
 can never

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.179
 be broken

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:24.159
 and so if

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.639
 your union

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.139
 has been

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.500
 broken

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.319
 know that

00:34:26.319 --> 00:34:26.699
 there is

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.139
 a far

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.500
 greater

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.119
 relationship

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.679
 for which

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.019
 you were

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.360
 made

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:31.159
 a union

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.799
 that cannot

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.420
 be broken

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:33.099
 with our

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.719
 Lord Jesus

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.279
 and one

00:34:35.279 --> 00:34:35.599
 day when

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.339
 he returns

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.899
 all earthly

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.339
 marriages

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:38.779
 will be

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:39.279
 dissolved

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:40.219
 and the

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.480
 greater

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.119
 relationship

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.679
 they point

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:41.919
 to

00:34:41.919 --> 00:34:42.339
 will be

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.939
 ours

00:34:43.939 --> 00:34:44.579
 to share

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.779
 in

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.159
 all

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.579
 together

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.359
 with

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.759
 Jesus

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:49.839
 but I

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.279
 really want

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.599
 to speak

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.959
 to those

00:34:50.959 --> 00:34:51.179
 of you

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.459
 who are

00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:52.000
 unmarried

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.739
 apply this

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.159
 to those

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.419
 who are

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:53.959
 unmarried

00:34:53.959 --> 00:34:55.000
 maybe those

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.259
 who are

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.599
 seeking

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.099
 marriage

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.699
 or someday

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.480
 may get

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.879
 married

00:34:58.879 --> 00:35:00.239
 listen to

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.559
 me for

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:00.939
 a moment

00:35:00.939 --> 00:35:02.239
 don't take

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.779
 your ideas

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.400
 of marriage

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.220
 what it

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.580
 is

00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:05.120
 what it

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.300
 should

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.620
 be

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.260
 from the

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.460
 world

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.800
 around

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.180
 us

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:08.440
 from

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.800
 YouTube

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.800
 from

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.080
 the

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:11.060
 influencer

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:12.060
 on

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:12.740
 social

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:13.160
 media

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:13.740
 TikTok

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:16.100
 from

00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:16.260
 the

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.720
 movies

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:18.680
 who is

00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.040
 most

00:35:19.040 --> 00:35:19.580
 qualified

00:35:19.580 --> 00:35:20.540
 to teach

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:20.960
 us about

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.519
 marriage

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:23.100
 and what

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.580
 it is

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:24.260
 and how

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.580
 it should

00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:24.900
 be

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.620
 how to

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.120
 get into

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.880
 a good

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.220
 marriage

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.519
 how to

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.000
 have the

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.280
 best

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.600
 marriage

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.040
 we can

00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:29.760
 who is

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.060
 more

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.519
 qualified

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.100
 to teach

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.280
 us

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.540
 about

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:31.980
 that

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.300
 than

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.800
 God

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.900
 the

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.079
 one

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.240
 who

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.500
 made

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.000
 it

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.420
 when

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.639
 two

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.000
 people

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.219
 who

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.519
 fear

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.960
 God

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:40.000
 and

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.280
 love

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.740
 God

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.519
 and

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.820
 listen

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.039
 to

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.300
 him

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.480
 and

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.840
 follow

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.119
 him

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.280
 and

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.579
 obey

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.820
 him

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.000
 when

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.300
 two

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.699
 people

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:44.940
 who

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.159
 do

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.579
 that

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.699
 are

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.139
 married

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.699
 the

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.139
 marriage

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.400
 that

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.940
 results

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:50.019
 is

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.260
 among

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.440
 the

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.780
 best

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.059
 and

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.480
 sweetest

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.639
 of

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.800
 our

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.360
 relationships

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.800
 that

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:52.960
 the

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.179
 world

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.400
 has

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.679
 seen

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.000
 but

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.480
 only

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.840
 if

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:55.980
 we

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.280
 both

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.599
 seek

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.800
 the

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.059
 Lord

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.119
 only

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.460
 if

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.619
 we

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.880
 put

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.119
 our

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.559
 trust

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.240
 in

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.539
 his

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.019
 words

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.639
 when it

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.019
 comes to

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.619
 relationships

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.880
 and

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.460
 sex

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:06.239
 and love

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.320
 and

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.800
 marriage

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:09.940
 when one

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.500
 person in the

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.519
 relationship isn't

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.320
 following God

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.880
 or both

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:15.460
 that's when we

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.960
 struggle the

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.320
 most

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:18.179
 that's when

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.860
 things often

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.519
 fall apart

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:21.380
 we need to

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.139
 look back to the

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:22.739
 creator of

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.159
 marriage

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.599
 and relationships

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.800
 he wants us

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.500
 to be happy

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:28.260
 that's why

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.719
 he made

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.199
 marriage

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.880
 because it's

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.380
 not good

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.920
 for the

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.460
 man or

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.900
 the woman

00:36:32.900 --> 00:36:33.599
 to be

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.940
 alone

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.199
 but the

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.719
 corrupting

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.260
 effects of

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.699
 our sin

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.440
 will undo

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.460
!

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.659
 and damage

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.480
 and ruin

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.980
 our dating

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.659
 relationships

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.300
 and our

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.739
 marriages

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:43.260
 unless we

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.860
 are deeply

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.519
 trusting

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.820
 and closely

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.360
 following

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.900
 all that

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.219
 the Lord

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:47.599
 Jesus

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.260
 has said

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:50.539
 so let's

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.000
 end here

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:52.559
 marriage is a

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.960
 wonderful

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.719
 creation of

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.019
 God

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.739
 we were

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.239
 made for

00:36:56.239 --> 00:36:56.840
 relationship

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.420
 in the

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.159
 image of

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.400
 our

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.059
 relational

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.559
 God

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.880
 sadly

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.320
 marriage

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.800
 is often

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.300
 spoiled

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:02.940
 by sin

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.739
 the best

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:05.059
 of it

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.519
 we can

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.259
 still enjoy

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.860
 by faith

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.300
 in Jesus

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.759
 if we

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:07.980
 walk

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.400
 closely

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.900
 with him

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.139
 but the

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.619
 ultimate

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.239
 glorious

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:11.920
 relationship

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.440
 for which

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.759
 we were

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.019
 made

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 is what

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:13.679
 marriage

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.039
 points

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 to

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 and

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 that's

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.619
 our

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:15.860
 being

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.320
 joined

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.880
 by

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.380
 God

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.920
 to

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.440
 Christ

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.440
 forever

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.480
 our

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:20.820
 union

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.259
 with him

00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:21.440
 will

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.800
 never

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.179
 end

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.440
 and

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.940
 cannot

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.420
 fail

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.159
 or be

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.619
 spoiled

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.980
 he has

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.400
 the remedy

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.019
 to sin

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 and even

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.619
 to death

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.139
 and he

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.780
 loves us

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:31.079
 like no

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.500
 other

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.480
 on earth

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.240
 ever could

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 and that's

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.200
 the happily

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.840
 ever after

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 that we

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.840
 long for

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.639
 let's pray

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:42.920
 father in

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.079
 heaven

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.500
 thank you

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.820
 for your

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:44.119
 word

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.639
 I pray

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.920
 that you

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.320
 would press

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.700
 it deep

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:46.119
 into our

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.460
 hearts

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.500
 and that

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:47.980
 for each

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.320
 one of

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.480
 us

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:48.940
 in whatever

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.700
 relationships

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.300
 we have

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:50.639
 now

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.440
 that you

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.820
 would guide

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:52.000
 us

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.280
 and give

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.800
 us wisdom

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.240
 and speak

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.740
 to us

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.840
 and help

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.180
 us see

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.480
 what's

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.820
 true

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.680
 and what's

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:56.960
 good

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.820
 and what's

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.140
 right

00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.140
 and what we

00:37:59.140 --> 00:37:59.680
 need to do

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.800
 in the days

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.120
 ahead

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:02.760
 we ask this

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:03.300
 in your name

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.980
 and for your

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.260
 honor

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.220
 amen