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 Genesis chapter 3. Please join with me.

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

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 And he said to the woman,

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 Did God actually say you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 And the woman said to the serpent,

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 We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

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 But God said,

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 You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that's in the midst of the garden.

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 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 But the serpent said to the woman,

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 You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it,

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 your eyes will be opened and you'll be like God, knowing good and evil.

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 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and it was a delight to the eyes

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 and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,

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 she took of its fruit and ate.

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 And she also gave some to her husband who was with her.

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 And he ate.

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 Then the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked

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 and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

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 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord,

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 from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

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 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him,

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 Where are you?

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 And he said,

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 I heard the sound of you in the garden and I was afraid

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 because I was naked and I hid myself.

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 He said,

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 Who told you that you were naked?

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 Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?

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 And the man said,

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 The woman you gave me to be with me,

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 she gave me the fruit of the tree and I ate.

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 And the Lord God said to the woman,

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 What is this that you have done?

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 And the woman said,

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 The serpent deceived me and I ate.

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 The Lord God said to the serpent,

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 Because you have done this,

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 curse to you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field.

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 On your belly you shall go

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 and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman

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 and between your offspring and her offspring.

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 And he shall bruise your head

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 and you shall bruise his heel.

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 To the woman he said,

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 I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing.

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 In pain you shall bring forth children.

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 Your desire shall be contrary to your husband.

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 But he shall rule over you.

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 And to Adam he said,

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 Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

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 and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you,

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 you shall not eat of it.

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 Cursed is the ground because of you.

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 In pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

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 Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you.

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 And you shall eat the plants of the field.

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 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground.

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 For out of it you were taken.

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 For you are dust.

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 And to dust you shall return.

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 The man called his wife's name Eve

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 because she was the mother of all living.

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 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife

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 garments of skins and clothed them.

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 Then the Lord God said,

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 Behold,

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 Behold,

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 the man has become like one of us

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 in knowing good and evil.

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 Now,

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 lest he reach out his hand

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 and take also the tree of life

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 and eat and live forever.

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord God sent him out

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 from the garden of Eden

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 to work the ground

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 from which he was taken.

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 He drove out the man

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 and at the east of the garden of Eden

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 he placed cherubim

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 and a flaming sword

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 that turned every way

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 to guard the way

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 to the tree.

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 Well,

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 good morning,

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 everyone.

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 Why don't we pray

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 as we come to God's word.

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 Lord God,

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 we always need your help

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 to hear you speak

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 through your word.

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 We need your help

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 to understand.

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 We need your help

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 to trust

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 that your way

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 is the way of life.

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 So I ask

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 that you would be

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 helping each one of us

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 to listen to what you say

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 here in Genesis 3

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 and help me

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 to be true

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 and clear

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 and give

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 all the glory

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 to Christ.

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 In his name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well,

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 it's a bit of a negative

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 question to start with,

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 but what do you covet?

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 We don't really use

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 that word much,

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 do we?

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 What does someone else

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 have that you just

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 long

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 to have

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 to possess yourself?

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 Let me ask

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 another question.

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 what is it

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 that you are willing

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 to hurt

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 for?

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 To work

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 hard

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 and struggle

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 to make happen?

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 You're willing

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 to have pain

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 to get it.

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 I'm asking

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 these questions

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 because

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 I'm hoping

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 they start

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 to bring

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 some things

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 to mind

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 and help you

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 to work out

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 what you believe

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 is the best

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 thing about paradise,

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 the paradise

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 we've heard

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 in Genesis 1

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 and 2.

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 Is it the place?

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 Is it a body

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 that is in order?

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 Imagine that.

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 Relationships

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 and family

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 thriving.

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 Just abundance.

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 The safety,

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 the purpose,

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 the significance

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 in your work.

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 So is it the place?

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 Is that the best

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 thing

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 about

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 paradise?

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 Is it the

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 flourishing

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 of human

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 relationships?

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 Is that

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 the best

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 thing?

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 Or

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 is the

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 very best

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 thing

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 that the

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 Lord is

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 there?

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 What we think

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 is the very

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 best thing

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 about paradise

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 is what

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 we will be

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 spending our

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 entire lives,

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 body and

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 soul,

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 striving to get.

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 life

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 so it's

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 pretty important

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 that we

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 work out

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 what the

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 very best

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 thing is.

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 Otherwise

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 we'll be

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 spending our

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 whole lives

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 chasing

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 something that

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 isn't the

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 best.

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 We're about

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 to hear

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 what our

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 greatest

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 problem

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 is

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 that's

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 getting in

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 the road

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 of having

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 the best

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 thing.

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 We're going

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 to hear

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 about why

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 life now

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 is more

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 like a

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 wilderness

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 than a

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 garden.

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 and we're

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 going to

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 get a

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 glimpse of

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 the solution,

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 a picture

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 of the

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 hope that

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 we have.

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 So how

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 did chaos

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 and darkness

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 and death

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 become the

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 new normal

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 in God's

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 very good

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 world?

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 How did

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 that happen

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 in a word

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 the Bible's

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 word for

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 it is sin?

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 Here we

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 get in

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 Genesis 3

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 the beginning

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 of sin.

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 But it's

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 not only where

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 sin began,

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 this is the

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 best case

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 study you'll

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 find on

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 what sin

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 actually is

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 because you

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 can't blame

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 what happened

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 here on

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 the environment.

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 You can't.

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 You can't

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 blame it on

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 family upbringing.

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 We get

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 the best case

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 study for

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 understanding

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 what sin

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 is here.

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 So to

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 understand

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 how awful

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 and foolish

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 sin actually

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 is, we

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 need to

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 just remember

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 what we've

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 seen so

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 far in

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 Genesis 1

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 and 2

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 and I

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 want to

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 describe it

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 from Adam

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 and Eve's

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 perspective.

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 I think,

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 see if you

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 agree with me

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 here, but I

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 think it would

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 have felt a

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 lot like

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 play.

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 I don't

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 mean a

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 theatrical

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 play like

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 they're

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 pretending.

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 I mean like,

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 I reckon it

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 probably felt

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 something like a

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 father play

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 wrestling their

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 child in the

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 backyard in the

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 grass.

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 purpose.

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 I'm not

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 trying to say

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 that Adam

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 and Eve's

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 purpose wasn't

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 important.

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 They were

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 representing God

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 in everything

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 they were doing.

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 They must have

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 felt hugely

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 significant.

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 And I'm not

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 even saying that

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 their work wasn't

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 difficult.

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 It could have

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 been very

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 strenuous, but

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 it would have

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 been full of

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 purpose.

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 It would have

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 been without

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 any sense of

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 fear.

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 They would have

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 been full of

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 confidence.

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 confidence.

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 It would have

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 been done in

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 community.

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 The results

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 would have

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 been fruitful.

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 I think, have

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 you found, like,

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 even if you're

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 scrubbing a

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 dirty pot in

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 the sink, washing

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 it up, sometimes

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 if you're just so

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 busy talking and

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 laughing with the

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 person next to

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 you, it feels

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 like play.

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 It doesn't feel

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 like work.

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 There they were

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 with the Lord in

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 everything they're

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 doing.

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 there they were

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 speaking and

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 walking with the

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 Lord, hearing his

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 words to them,

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 knowing that his

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 words were the

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 same source, the

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 same words that

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 put the sun in the

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 sky to warm their

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 face.

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 Those were the

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 words that formed

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 the rivers to

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 create this garden

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 that commanded the

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 rain to fall so

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 that everything they

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 ate was from him.

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 When they were

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 hearing his words,

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 they knew that

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 they were the

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 ones who put the

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 stars in place

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 that declare his

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 glory.

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 This is the one

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 we're talking to

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 right now, the

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 one who made all

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 this.

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 All the animals

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 and plants,

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 beautiful to the

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 eye.

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 And they were in

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 total oneness of

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 soul and body as

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 man and woman,

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 never competing,

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 never threatened,

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 but reflecting the

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 love of God and

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 loving God together,

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 worshipping him

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 together.

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 They were in such

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 close relationship

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 with God and with

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 such dignity,

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 representing him,

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 being image bearers

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 in the world,

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 they were so close

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 to being God

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 himself that God

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 put one limit in

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 place, a limit for

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 them to enjoy so

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 that they can

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 remember the Lord

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 is God and I am

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 your people, we are

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 your people.

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 To quote the

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 theologian

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 Colin Buchanan,

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 you can tell what

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 we've got playing

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 over and over in

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 our car, that

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 birds were made

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 for flying,

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 flip,

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 flap,

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 flippity flap,

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 fish were made

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 to swim,

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 splish,

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 splash,

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 splish,

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 splash,

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 you and me

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 were made by

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 God to love

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 and treasure

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 him.

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 They knew

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 that the Lord

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 deserved their

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 heart, soul,

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 mind and strength

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 and they were

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 totally fulfilled

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 giving it to

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 him.

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 I'm suggesting

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 that must have

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 felt a lot like

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 play.

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 joy, or if

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 you want a

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 biblical word,

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 joy, just

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 pure joy.

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 Enter the

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 serpent.

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 Verse 1.

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 Scripture later

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 identifies this

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 ancient serpent as

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 the adversary of

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 God, Satan.

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 We're not told

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 where he came

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 from, how he

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 fell, we want

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 to know all

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 that, but

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 we're not

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 told.

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 We don't

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 need to

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 know.

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 It's

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 possible that

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 verse 1 isn't

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 just a

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 description but

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 part of the

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 deception.

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 That coming

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 in the form of

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 a serpent,

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 clearly underneath

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 the authority as

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 a creature to

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 Adam and Eve.

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 So maybe that

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 was part of the

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 deception.

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 The main

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 lesson here isn't

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 in the action of

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 taking and

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 eating because

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 that is very

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 quickly dealt

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 with in verse

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 5.

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 The focus is it

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 slows down and

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 concentrates on the

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 conversation.

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 This is where we

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 need to learn the

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 lesson of sin in the

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 conversation that

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 takes place.

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 Don't be ignorant of

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 Satan's schemes.

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 Learn them here.

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 Understand the

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 anatomy of

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 temptation and what

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 sin is.

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 He doesn't

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 outright suggest

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 disobedience.

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 That's obvious.

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 The best truths,

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 as we all know,

00:14:01.219 --> 00:14:02.919
 are half-truths.

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 He invites Eve to

00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.959
 question God's

00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:07.299
 word.

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 Notice from

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 verse 1 to

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 verse 2 that it

00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.139
 goes from the

00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:15.539
 name the Lord

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:17.379
 God back to

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 just God.

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 Now maybe,

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 maybe that's

00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:22.859
 suggesting that

00:14:22.859 --> 00:14:23.699
 Satan wants

00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.440
 Eve, just

00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.460
 forget God's

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:28.800
 personal covenant

00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:30.379
 relational nature.

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 Just forget that

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 for a moment.

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 Let's have a

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 conversation here.

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 Maybe that's

00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.120
 what's going on.

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 Now this should

00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.660
 have been a very

00:14:37.660 --> 00:14:38.660
 short conversation

00:14:38.660 --> 00:14:43.000
 if Eve knew

00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:43.980
 clearly and

00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:45.860
 trusted what

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 God had said.

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 But Satan is

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:52.040
 more precise with

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:52.699
 God's word,

00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.439
 the actual

00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.139
 word in here,

00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:55.500
 than Eve was.

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 First she

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.000
 minimises the

00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.599
 provision of

00:14:59.599 --> 00:14:59.839
 God.

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 She says we

00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.259
 may eat of

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:01.839
 the fruit of

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 the trees.

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 But the Lord

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.079
 said you may

00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:05.279
 surely eat of

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:06.240
 every tree.

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 Maybe we

00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.099
 shouldn't read

00:15:09.099 --> 00:15:09.500
 into it too

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 much but it

00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:10.480
 sounds like she's

00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.740
 already minimising

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:13.620
 the abundance that

00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.039
 God has given,

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.860
 even the tree of

00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:15.179
 life.

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 And then she

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.439
 adds to the

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:18.079
 prohibition.

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.299
 The Lord said

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:19.919
 you shall not

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.559
 eat the tree.

00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:21.299
 She adds

00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:22.179
 neither shall

00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:22.959
 you touch it.

00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:24.519
 She makes the

00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.179
 Lord's limits

00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.879
 sound more

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 strict than

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 he actually

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 says.

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 And then she

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.279
 weakens the

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 penalty, lest

00:15:32.319 --> 00:15:32.859
 you die.

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 When the Lord

00:15:33.359 --> 00:15:34.099
 said you shall

00:15:34.099 --> 00:15:35.339
 surely die.

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.299
 Literally it

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.379
 says in dying

00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:38.639
 you shall die.

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 So she

00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.699
 minimises the

00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.500
 provision, she

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:44.039
 makes God

00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:44.579
 sound more

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.799
 strict and the

00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:47.000
 penalty she

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.179
 reduces slightly.

00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:52.120
 And having

00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:53.179
 followed Satan

00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:54.179
 into a position

00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:55.979
 of placing

00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:56.740
 herself in

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.339
 judgment over

00:15:57.339 --> 00:15:57.939
 what God

00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:58.539
 says she's

00:15:58.539 --> 00:15:59.120
 ready for the

00:15:59.120 --> 00:15:59.919
 outright lie.

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 You shall

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:02.819
 not surely

00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:03.159
 die.

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.279
 There is no

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.939
 punishment for

00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.159
 sin.

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.899
 There are no

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.779
 negative consequences.

00:16:12.859 --> 00:16:13.679
 Or as many

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.279
 believe today,

00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.339
 there is no

00:16:15.339 --> 00:16:16.059
 judgment day.

00:16:16.439 --> 00:16:16.879
 There is no

00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.379
 such thing as

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:17.579
 hell.

00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:17.639
 There is no

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.240
 condemnation.

00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.080
 Satan offers a

00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.840
 different motive

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.500
 for this

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.059
 prohibition.

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 It's not that

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.519
 the Lord is

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.379
 like a loving

00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:27.919
 mother who

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.980
 says don't go

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.419
 in the pool and

00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:31.460
 swim by yourself.

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 Don't do it.

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.559
 It's not a

00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.279
 loving warning.

00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:38.139
 It's he's

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:39.179
 holding back

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:39.819
 from you.

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.899
 He's holding

00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:41.860
 the best life

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.759
 back from you.

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:45.220
 He knows you

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.819
 can elevate

00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:46.519
 yourself.

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 You can choose

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.340
 what is good

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:49.939
 and bad for

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.319
 yourself.

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.279
 You don't have

00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:51.679
 to be under

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:52.199
 his rule.

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.840
 You can be

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.199
 God.

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.340
 God is

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:56.460
 short-changing

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 you.

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 And if

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.519
 that's the

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:01.860
 case,

00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:03.860
 disobedience

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.539
 doesn't feel so

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:04.819
 wrong.

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.279
 You're just

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.579
 chasing what

00:17:06.579 --> 00:17:07.139
 is the best

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:07.619
 life.

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 So we're

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.720
 getting to the

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.339
 essence of what

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:13.799
 sin is.

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.279
 Whose word

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.759
 will you

00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.259
 believe?

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.839
 God is

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:22.839
 holding back

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.839
 from you.

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.460
 Whose word?

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:24.980
 The Lord who

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:26.000
 gives us life,

00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:26.960
 who says that

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.940
 being under his

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:29.960
 rule brings

00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.619
 life and peace

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.960
 and relationship,

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:33.779
 which is what

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.480
 we're made for.

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.359
 Being under his

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.900
 rule is life.

00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.980
 Or Satan's

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.900
 word, God is

00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.799
 holding back

00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.879
 from you.

00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:46.700
 you can decide

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.840
 where life can

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.180
 be found.

00:17:48.260 --> 00:17:48.680
 You can make

00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.000
 it happen

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.420
 yourself.

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 You'll

00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.580
 surely die.

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:55.840
 No, you

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:57.180
 will not die.

00:17:58.260 --> 00:17:58.800
 There's no

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 consequences.

00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.580
 Someone is

00:18:02.580 --> 00:18:03.080
 lying.

00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:04.820
 Someone.

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:10.700
 the essence

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.379
 of sin is

00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.079
 internal

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.339
 before she

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.200
 ever reaches.

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 It's completed

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:16.419
 by the act

00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:17.119
 of disobedience,

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.839
 but the sin

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.099
 is internal.

00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:19.980
 It's

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.960
 unbelief

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.819
 in what

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 God says.

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 It's believing

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 a lie,

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 not the truth,

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 of where

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.599
 the good

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.079
 life is

00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:29.419
 found,

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.799
 of where

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.579
 paradise is

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.000
 found.

00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:36.599
 But we've

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.259
 all swallowed

00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.839
 this lie.

00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:40.119
 Eve was

00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.299
 deceived into

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.939
 believing it,

00:18:43.159 --> 00:18:44.179
 but where

00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:44.599
 was Adam?

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.559
 Verse 5

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.039
 tells us

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.159
 he was with

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:48.359
 her.

00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.699
 He wasn't

00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:53.079
 deceived.

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:56.839
 Why

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.419
 didn't he

00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.179
 step in

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:59.039
 and speak

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.319
 up?

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.019
 Get

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.579
 stuffed,

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.059
 Satan.

00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.419
 You say

00:19:03.419 --> 00:19:03.779
 you are

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.599
 offering a

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.220
 better path

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.639
 to life,

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:05.980
 but you

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.259
 want to

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:06.759
 murder us.

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.319
 You want

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.559
 us to

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:07.879
 see us

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.259
 dead.

00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:08.980
 Why

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.379
 didn't he

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.819
 step in

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.220
 and say

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.559
 something?

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.099
 Where

00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.500
 is he?

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.379
 He

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:14.679
 wasn't

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.119
 deceived.

00:19:15.339 --> 00:19:15.659
 He ate

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.159
 willingly.

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:16.899
 He saw

00:19:16.899 --> 00:19:17.339
 a clear

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.039
 line and

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.240
 he

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:19.339
 transgressed

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.559
 that

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:19.939
 line.

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:21.559
 Why

00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.659
 so

00:19:23.659 --> 00:19:24.199
 when you

00:19:24.199 --> 00:19:24.559
 hear in

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.819
 scripture

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.519
 that Eve

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.679
 was

00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:26.199
 deceived,

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:29.000
 Adam

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.779
 takes the

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.159
 full,

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.039
 he takes

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.500
 the primary

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.199
 responsibility

00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:32.559
 there.

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.179
 He

00:19:33.179 --> 00:19:34.119
 transgressed

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.599
 a clear

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:36.699
 line in

00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.379
 obedience to

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.919
 his wife

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.539
 rather than

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.960
 the Lord.

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.319
 In the

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:42.939
 history of

00:19:42.939 --> 00:19:43.240
 mankind,

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.819
 every hero

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.379
 in the

00:19:45.379 --> 00:19:45.779
 Bible,

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.000
 inverted

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.419
 commas

00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:47.740
 hero,

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.579
 we see

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.779
 succumbing

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.179
 to these

00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:51.619
 lies.

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:54.319
 we need

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.119
 a champion,

00:19:55.639 --> 00:19:56.259
 someone who

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.699
 will come

00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:57.359
 and fight

00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:58.639
 Satan's

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.339
 lies for

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.559
 us,

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.239
 a stronger

00:20:00.239 --> 00:20:00.719
 man.

00:20:03.139 --> 00:20:03.759
 And we

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.299
 do see

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:06.419
 that when

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.839
 we get to

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.119
 the New

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.479
 Testament.

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:07.959
 Satan

00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:08.879
 again twists

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.639
 God's word,

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.479
 worship me,

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.359
 don't go the

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.839
 path of the

00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.179
 cross,

00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.319
 bow down

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:13.679
 to me,

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.119
 I'll give

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.339
 you the

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.979
 whole world.

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.199
 But this

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:19.019
 stronger man

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.699
 trusts his

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.539
 father even

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.460
 to the

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:22.819
 point of

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.120
 death.

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.080
 That

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.680
 stronger man

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.200
 has come,

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.920
 that champion

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.620
 has come.

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.279
 Well,

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.700
 whatever the

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.120
 tree of the

00:20:33.120 --> 00:20:33.539
 knowledge of

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.819
 good and

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.660
 evil means,

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.140
 what is

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.700
 clear is

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.080
 that it's

00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.759
 taking in

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.319
 one's own

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.900
 hands as

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.420
 a creature

00:20:38.420 --> 00:20:39.080
 what only

00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:39.759
 belongs to

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.100
 God.

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.319
 It's

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.460
 trying to

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.140
 invert

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.940
 God's

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:44.259
 order and

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.700
 be in

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.200
 charge

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.519
 without

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.039
 God.

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.119
 Satan

00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:49.180
 was telling

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.859
 a half

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:50.279
 truth.

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:50.639
 In their

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.339
 current state

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.079
 of innocence

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.759
 their eyes

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.159
 would be

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.480
 open.

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:54.839
 Their eyes

00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.379
 were opened.

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.500
 There was a

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.019
 half truth

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.259
 there.

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.299
 But that

00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:00.099
 gaining of

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.700
 knowledge of

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:02.159
 evil actually

00:21:02.159 --> 00:21:02.819
 robbed them

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.379
 of innocence.

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:06.139
 That grasp

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.899
 at a

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.259
 supposed

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.339
 better glory

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.119
 actually

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:09.879
 lowered them

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:11.339
 into shame.

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.579
 Immediately

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.359
 they no longer

00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:15.039
 feel innocence

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.839
 but guilt

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.839
 and shame

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.519
 and they

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.219
 tried to

00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.719
 cover it

00:21:18.719 --> 00:21:18.919
 up.

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.459
 They try

00:21:19.459 --> 00:21:19.939
 and deal

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.159
 with it

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:20.699
 themselves.

00:21:24.479 --> 00:21:26.179
 And here's

00:21:26.179 --> 00:21:27.979
 where we

00:21:27.979 --> 00:21:28.859
 see them

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.599
 dying this

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:29.859
 day.

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.479
 Physically

00:21:30.479 --> 00:21:30.939
 they die

00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.500
 later but

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.079
 spiritually

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.699
 speaking they

00:21:32.699 --> 00:21:33.099
 die.

00:21:33.959 --> 00:21:34.459
 Verse 8

00:21:34.459 --> 00:21:35.319
 They heard

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.979
 the sound

00:21:35.979 --> 00:21:36.279
 of the

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.059
 Lord God

00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:39.119
 walking in

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.599
 the garden

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:39.919
 in the

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.299
 cool of

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.659
 the day

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.019
 and the

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.679
 man and

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.240
 his wife

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.900
 rejoiced.

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.680
 No not

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.039
 anymore.

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.579
 They hid

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.259
 themselves

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:52.579
 from the

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.039
 presence of

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.319
 the Lord

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.779
 God among

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.200
 the trees

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.420
 of the

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.779
 garden.

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.660
 Joy has

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.059
 been turned

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.819
 to fear.

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.839
 Seeing

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.559
 the face

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.339
 of God

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:04.640
 is turned

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.559
 into fear

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.380
 because of

00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.819
 our guilt

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.440
 and shame.

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.839
 But you

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.539
 can't hide.

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:14.240
 what you

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:15.200
 cannot hide

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.599
 from the

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:15.920
 Lord.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.039
 Your sin

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.559
 will be

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.359
 exposed.

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.759
 Every one

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.019
 of us

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.579
 will come

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.099
 face to

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.960
 face with

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.460
 our maker

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.940
 one day

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.240
 to give

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.720
 an account.

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.700
 Whatever

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.500
 pathetic

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.339
 attempts we

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.960
 are trying

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.799
 to remove

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:32.359
 our shame

00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.220
 they're like

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.859
 fig leaves.

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:35.220
 They don't

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.519
 work.

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:35.900
 The Lord

00:22:35.900 --> 00:22:36.319
 will not

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.920
 accept them.

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.920
 The obvious

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.140
 ones just

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.579
 to name a

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.620
 few is we

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.079
 we try

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.459
 and win

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:43.139
 the approval

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.599
 of others

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:43.899
 with our

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.379
 beauty,

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.179
 with our

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:45.679
 power,

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.139
 with our

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.559
 wisdom.

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.359
 We try

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.879
 and present

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.439
 well,

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.479
 putting on a

00:22:54.479 --> 00:22:54.779
 front,

00:22:54.919 --> 00:22:55.419
 putting on a

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:57.039
 mask from

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.579
 other people

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:59.079
 but it

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.479
 doesn't deal

00:22:59.479 --> 00:22:59.699
 with the

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.000
 shame.

00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:01.159
 The guilt

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.619
 and shame

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.000
 is still

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.379
 there and

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:02.699
 the Lord

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.399
 sees who

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:03.819
 we are

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.839
 and he

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.019
 sees what

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.439
 we've done.

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:08.680
 and like

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.440
 a prosecuting

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.860
 barrister

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.320
 the Lord

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.240
 asks questions

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.200
 that expose

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.740
 what they've

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:12.980
 done.

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.860
 They keep

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.279
 trying to

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.600
 hide.

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.299
 They shift

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.840
 the blame.

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.160
 It's the

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.779
 woman's fault.

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.980
 Actually,

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.519
 Lord,

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:21.920
 it's your

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.200
 fault.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.200
 You put

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.580
 her here.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.140
 They're still

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.500
 trying to

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.860
 hide.

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.940
 And then she

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.519
 shifts the

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:28.960
 blame as

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.180
 well.

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.960
 It's the

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.400
 servant's

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.559
 fault.

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.559
 None of

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.940
 them are

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.720
 taking ownership

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.200
 for their

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.480
 sin.

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:35.519
 They're

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.220
 still trying

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.640
 to hide

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:36.900
 it.

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:37.960
 But the

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.240
 Lord will

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.599
 have none

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:38.819
 of it.

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.339
 Eventually

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.039
 they confess,

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.380
 I did

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.680
 eat,

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.099
 yes.

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.000
 You

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.400
 can't

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.779
 hide.

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.000
 We

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.400
 can't

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:45.779
 hide.

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.380
 Fear

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.480
 now replaces

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.720
 joy at

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.339
 the prospect

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.559
 of coming

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.059
 face to

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.539
 face with

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.980
 the Lord.

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.079
 And then

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.519
 in verses

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.539
 14 to

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.139
 19,

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.559
 after seeing

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.099
 that fear

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.000
 separates us

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.419
 from God,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.699
 we see the

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.460
 effects of

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.960
 sin on

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.299
 God's

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.179
 perfectly

00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:13.519
 ordered

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:13.939
 world.

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.119
 Sin has

00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:15.559
 thrown it

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.159
 all into

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.039
 chaos and

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.439
 darkness.

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.240
 We don't

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.639
 have time to

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.079
 go into all

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.539
 the detail,

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:21.859
 but I'm

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.240
 hoping to

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.639
 give you a

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.839
 framework to

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.339
 think about

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.839
 these verses,

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.679
 which you

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.240
 can go away

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.699
 and do some

00:24:26.699 --> 00:24:27.199
 more study.

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.939
 What this

00:24:31.939 --> 00:24:32.339
 section is

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.720
 about is

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.160
 this is

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.579
 the new

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.000
 normal.

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.220
 It's not

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.759
 saying that

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.140
 if you

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.980
 sin in a

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.360
 particular

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.799
 way,

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.400
 then these

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.720
 will be

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:41.940
 the

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.420
 particular

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.100
 consequences

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.860
 for that

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.319
 sin.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.740
 It's

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.019
 saying,

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.960
 more or

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.259
 less,

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.819
 this is

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.079
 where we

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.539
 all live.

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.200
 Some of

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.440
 us will

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.920
 experience

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.180
 these

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.319
 things to

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.740
 a greater

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.160
 or lesser

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.519
 degree,

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.220
 but this

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.500
 is where

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.980
 we live,

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.259
 isn't

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.420
 it?

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:57.560
 the key

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:57.980
 word in

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.320
 here is

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.800
 toil.

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.300
 It's

00:24:59.300 --> 00:25:00.000
 just life

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.940
 is toil.

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.940
 It is a

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.500
 striving because

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.019
 we live

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.600
 amidst

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:09.060
 conflict and

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:10.000
 pain and

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.300
 death.

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.860
 It's just

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:12.259
 toil.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:17.660
 instead of a

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.039
 state of

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.819
 innocence before

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.940
 God, there

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.819
 is now a

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.559
 perpetual

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.759
 struggle between

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.200
 good and

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.859
 evil, between

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.500
 the serpent

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.200
 seed and

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.920
 mankind

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.500
 seed.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.259
 Good and

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.779
 evil is a

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.180
 constant

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.700
 struggle.

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.559
 Each person

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.319
 is no longer

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.660
 in harmony

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.140
 within

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.680
 themselves,

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.519
 within their

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.039
 own body.

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.180
 long before

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.139
 psychologists and

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.839
 Freud talked

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.680
 about fear,

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.019
 here it is

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.339
 in scripture,

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.399
 here's where

00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.960
 our fear has

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.440
 come from.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.200
 So even

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.659
 within our

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.019
 own body,

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.539
 between the

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:52.059
 Lord, there

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:53.940
 is no peace

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.279
 anymore.

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.559
 Within

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.480
 ourselves, there

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.099
 is no peace

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.519
 anymore.

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.480
 Within the

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.139
 family and

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.240
 social relationships,

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.639
 that order has

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.279
 been broken.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.000
 The woman's

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.139
 glory in

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:04.000
 bringing image

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.599
 bearers into

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.319
 the world is

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.799
 now tainted

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.019
 by pain.

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.259
 pain.

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.599
 And that can

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.019
 be both

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.759
 emotional and

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.119
 physical.

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.720
 And between

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.220
 men and

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.420
 women, it's

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.839
 no longer

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.720
 harmonious

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.539
 worship of

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.000
 God and

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.700
 partnership, it

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.639
 is battling

00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.980
 for control.

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.039
 And then

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.019
 the relationship

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.759
 between mankind

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.799
 and nature is

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.619
 frustrated.

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.480
 Instead of

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.460
 abundance, it's

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.259
 barely making

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.639
 a living.

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.639
 And nature

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.279
 can even be the

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.180
 cause of pain

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.899
 and death, as

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:41.240
 we've seen on

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.000
 a large scale

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.500
 again this

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.940
 week with

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.200
 those

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.700
 earthquakes.

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.480
 And as

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.600
 warned, all

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.640
 people, without

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.660
 exception, have

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.280
 all these

00:26:52.280 --> 00:26:53.280
 relationships, God

00:26:53.280 --> 00:26:54.060
 and people, within

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:56.220
 themselves, man

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.540
 and man, people

00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.360
 to people and

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:58.920
 people to

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.320
 nature.

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.920
 All these

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.780
 relationships will

00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.460
 come to an end

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.320
 when finally we

00:27:04.320 --> 00:27:05.100
 turn to dust.

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:06.099
 God's

00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:07.099
 love.

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:09.539
 While all

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.219
 people still

00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:10.679
 bear the

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.319
 image of God,

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.019
 every person

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.459
 bears the

00:27:12.459 --> 00:27:12.939
 image of God,

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.019
 I think it's

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.679
 Schaeffer who

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.699
 calls us

00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.500
 majestic

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.599
 ruins.

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.599
 God's

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.179
 God's

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.419
 God's

00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.039
 God's

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.599
 goodness.

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.619
 This is

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.219
 probably feeling

00:27:25.219 --> 00:27:25.819
 pretty heavy

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:27.059
 by this

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.379
 point.

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.139
 The effects

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.699
 of sin are

00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:33.419
 bitter and

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:34.419
 just reality.

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.719
 But don't

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.279
 miss God's

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.839
 goodness in

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.039
 here.

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.059
 There is so

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.259
 much grace and

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.399
 goodness in

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:41.039
 these verses.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.459
 We'll come to

00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.079
 the next section

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.779
 which we have a

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.639
 picture of hope,

00:27:45.219 --> 00:27:46.259
 but even here,

00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.279
 don't miss God's

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.559
 goodness.

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.559
 God's

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:48.859
 love.

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:51.019
 Let me first

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.079
 ask, what tone

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.839
 are you imagining?

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.519
 It's very hard to

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.759
 work out tone in a

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.899
 written text, but

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.779
 what tone are you

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.179
 imagining?

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.240
 Are you imagining

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.480
 just harsh,

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.240
 critical, full of

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.859
 rage?

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.959
 Now, anger is

00:28:04.959 --> 00:28:05.740
 very appropriate.

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.559
 Like, we've told

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.379
 the Lord to get

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.259
 stuffed, basically.

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:11.039
 Anger is

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.459
 appropriate.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.279
 But could it

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.619
 possibly, mixed

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.619
 without anger is

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:19.159
 a father

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:21.359
 weeping, longing

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.299
 for peace?

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:24.839
 He wouldn't have

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.919
 wanted to turn his

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:26.699
 good world into

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.259
 this chaos.

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.979
 Now, again, it's

00:28:30.979 --> 00:28:31.839
 hard to know tone,

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:33.319
 but I just, I want to

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.099
 raise the question.

00:28:37.219 --> 00:28:38.679
 Other ways to see

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.439
 God's goodness here,

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.459
 he warned.

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.159
 He had a loving

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.539
 warning.

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.759
 It's Satan who

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.779
 wants us to walk

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.039
 blindly into death.

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.740
 The Lord warns us

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.920
 again and again,

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.819
 don't go there.

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.539
 He warns.

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.940
 He's patient.

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.779
 He could have just

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:56.180
 wiped out humanity.

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.139
 It's what they

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.639
 deserved.

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.940
 But he wants us to

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.879
 confess and turn

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.299
 back.

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.299
 He's patient.

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:06.019
 The punishment is

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.440
 righteous.

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.339
 It's just.

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.879
 He hands us over to

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.960
 the disorder that we

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.599
 craved.

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.579
 We wanted to break

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.579
 God's order and be

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.419
 God without him.

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:17.059
 It's like Romans 1

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.319
 says, a lot of God's

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.019
 judgment is just

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.799
 giving us what we

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.139
 want.

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.159
 Okay?

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.240
 You want to break

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.719
 the order?

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:25.699
 That is not going to

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.259
 go well.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.459
 And all the,

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.599
 all, everything is

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.959
 affected.

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.039
 And the Lord is

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.639
 righteous.

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.679
 He's not indifferent

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.379
 to evil.

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.039
 It would be awful

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.099
 if God didn't care

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.599
 about evil.

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.919
 He punishes it.

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.740
 He will get rid of

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:43.879
 it.

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:48.299
 Another mercy here

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.379
 is that this state

00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.599
 of things is not

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.240
 going to last

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.619
 forever.

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:54.099
 He kicks Adam and

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.659
 Eve out of the

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.399
 garden so that they

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:57.119
 can't eat from the

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.059
 tree of life and

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.539
 live forever.

00:29:59.219 --> 00:30:00.500
 That leaves the door

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:02.719
 open for redemption.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:10.200
 another way is that he

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.600
 still graciously gives

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:14.920
 us food and there's

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:17.299
 still so many gifts of

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:19.360
 family and marriage and

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.759
 work.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.420
 Like, food is

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.380
 delicious, isn't it?

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:27.140
 We still get those

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.400
 moments of joy in

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.000
 relationships.

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.920
 It should astound us

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:36.060
 that we receive so

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:37.420
 many good things.

00:30:37.520 --> 00:30:39.360
 I know life is toil,

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:41.640
 it is toil, but we

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.380
 still get incredible

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.780
 gifts.

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:49.559
 Now in verse 15, he is

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.500
 gracious in that he

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.259
 gives a promise.

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.819
 The struggle between

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:57.079
 good and evil will end

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.519
 one day.

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:59.200
 Satan will be crushed.

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.720
 He, a descendant of

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.559
 Eve, shall bruise your

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.039
 head.

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.160
 He's going to stand on

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:06.399
 your head and crush you.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:09.700
 And you shall bruise

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.160
 his heel.

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.060
 He will be wounded.

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.620
 He didn't, God didn't

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.120
 need to give that

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.040
 promise, but he did.

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.720
 From this point on,

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.680
 we're looking for that

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.440
 serpent head crusher.

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.540
 Is it going to be

00:31:24.540 --> 00:31:24.960
 Cain?

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.740
 No, he crushes his

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.660
 brother instead.

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.320
 Succumbing to those

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.960
 lies again.

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.480
 And from this point on,

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.620
 we're looking and we're

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.559
 getting our hopes up.

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.519
 Is it Noah?

00:31:37.739 --> 00:31:38.059
 No.

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.619
 Is it Abraham?

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.119
 No.

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.899
 Is it Moses?

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.339
 No.

00:31:43.219 --> 00:31:44.159
 Is it King David?

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:44.679
 No.

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.359
 And then finally, he

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.959
 does arrive.

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.719
 The seventh way I think

00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:55.039
 we see God's grace here

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:57.459
 is if we just step back

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.399
 from this section and

00:31:58.399 --> 00:32:02.339
 ask, what's the purpose

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.439
 of telling us all this?

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:06.460
 Like, why tell us that

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.240
 everything in chaos now

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.580
 is the result of sin?

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:11.759
 Why tell us this?

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:15.900
 I think the purpose here

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:18.740
 is that our daily toil,

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.120
 our daily struggle,

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.480
 should be a constant

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.160
 reminder that the root

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.900
 cause, the biggest

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.299
 problem, is our sin.

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:30.419
 we've actually got a daily

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.000
 reminder.

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.480
 This is not how it

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.240
 should be.

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.619
 He wants us to remember

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.700
 that sin is the problem

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.960
 so that we confess

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:46.859
 and look to him

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:49.119
 to save us.

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:52.879
 So paradise is lost.

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.700
 And then in verses 20

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.520
 to 24,

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:59.320
 even while man is being

00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.420
 driven out of God's

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.220
 presence, out of the

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.700
 garden, there's hope

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:04.220
 in these verses.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:08.040
 We've already heard the

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:09.500
 promise of the serpent

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.000
 crusher.

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:13.320
 Some think in verse 20

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:15.500
 that this is, so the man

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:17.200
 called his wife's name Eve

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.580
 because she was the mother

00:33:18.580 --> 00:33:19.460
 of all living.

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:21.960
 Some see in that

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:24.079
 that that is an expression

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.740
 of faith.

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.279
 That life

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:29.039
 will continue

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.200
 and life will get

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.819
 the victory in the end.

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.720
 Maybe.

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.319
 It seemed to be hopeful

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.259
 trusting in God

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.039
 to bring that about.

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.039
 And although

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:46.079
 the cherubim

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:48.380
 are put in place

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.500
 to guard the way

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.820
 back to the garden

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.920
 and the tree of life,

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.480
 that doesn't mean

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.480
 that it's permanently

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.940
 cut off.

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.300
 We see the cherubim

00:33:57.300 --> 00:33:58.600
 again in the tabernacle

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.160
 and temple.

00:33:59.520 --> 00:34:00.080
 I think it's more

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:01.580
 saying if you are

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.100
 going to come back

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.860
 to the tree of life,

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.740
 it's got to be God's

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.000
 way.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.260
 You can't come in

00:34:05.260 --> 00:34:05.900
 any other way.

00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:07.080
 God will prescribe

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.560
 a way.

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:12.059
 And then we get

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.280
 a picture of

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.300
 God's grace

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.440
 and the solution

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.440
 in verse 21.

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:18.639
 And the Lord

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.740
 God made

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.260
 for Adam

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.139
 and for his wife

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.800
 garments

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.800
 of skins,

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.099
 animal skins

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.980
 and clothed

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.179
 them.

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:32.920
 The Lord

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.860
 won't accept

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.720
 our pathetic

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:36.079
 efforts at covering

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.519
 our shame.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.139
 He won't accept

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.380
 that.

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.519
 But

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:41.579
 in confessing,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.440
 he graciously

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:45.159
 covers us.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.119
 This clothing

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.840
 is very

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.360
 different

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.440
 from the

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.220
 sinful attempt

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.880
 to hide

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.440
 your guilt

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.360
 because this

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.860
 clothing

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.659
 required

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.340
 death.

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:57.099
 It required

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.000
 a sacrifice.

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.360
 It required

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.840
 blood.

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.280
 So by wearing

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.940
 this clothing,

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.400
 you're not

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.740
 hiding,

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.840
 you're confessing

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.720
 that animal

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.039
 should have

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.400
 been me.

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:09.000
 But not

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.619
 only is

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.119
 your guilt

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.559
 and shame

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.820
 dealt

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.099
 with,

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.599
 you're

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.980
 covered.

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.260
 That

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.639
 innocence

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.960
 is

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.460
 restored.

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.519
 If you

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.800
 are to

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.400
 enter God's

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.760
 presence,

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.220
 having your

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.820
 relationship

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.200
 with him

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:21.680
 back in

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:21.940
 order,

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.579
 the Lord

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.320
 must clothe

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.579
 you.

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.480
 So

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.840
 Genesis

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:31.639
 1-3

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.460
 sets up

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.000
 what

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.500
 paradise

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.079
 is,

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.000
 how it's

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.679
 been lost

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.400
 by sin,

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.599
 so that

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.559
 we might

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.480
 not hide

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:43.139
 from God

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:44.380
 but confess

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.099
 our sin

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:46.840
 and look

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.300
 to God's

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.860
 grace to

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.360
 restore

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.480
 all things.

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.900
 Now I

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.079
 want to

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.659
 finish by

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.360
 suggesting

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.280
 that there's

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:56.460
 three ways

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.000
 people try

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.599
 to seek

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.059
 paradise.

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.420
 There's

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.280
 three options.

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:04.500
 If the

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.140
 best thing

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:05.400
 about

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.840
 paradise

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.480
 is good

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:06.880
 health

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.440
 and long

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.880
 life

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.500
 and abundance

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.820
 of the

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.220
 place,

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.720
 harmony

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.019
 among

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.440
 people,

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.220
 then the

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.880
 message in

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.660
 Genesis 3

00:36:12.660 --> 00:36:13.820
 sounds like

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.440
 God is,

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:16.000
 I think it

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.519
 sounds like a

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.280
 needy bully

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.440
 who's going,

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.080
 I'm going to

00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:19.519
 withhold

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.440
 paradise from

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.120
 you until

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.720
 you submit

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.180
 to me.

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:28.099
 And if

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.579
 that's what

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:29.219
 you hear

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.419
 God saying,

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.799
 which I

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.079
 don't think

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.559
 is what

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.000
 he's saying,

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.259
 but if

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.599
 you think

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.879
 that's what

00:36:34.879 --> 00:36:35.139
 he's saying,

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.419
 I'm going

00:36:35.419 --> 00:36:35.759
 to withhold

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.679
 paradise until

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.219
 you submit

00:36:37.219 --> 00:36:37.639
 to me,

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.239
 then either

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.779
 people are

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.239
 going to have

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.699
 one or two

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.079
 options.

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.399
 Stuff that.

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:42.899
 I'm not

00:36:42.899 --> 00:36:43.440
 submitting to

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.179
 God's rules.

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:45.739
 I don't

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.399
 need Jesus.

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.219
 I can make

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.159
 paradise myself.

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.199
 Working hard

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:52.759
 and I can

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.139
 do it.

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.779
 So most of

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.279
 our society

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.719
 in Australia

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.159
 are trying

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.699
 that method.

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:57.919
 Or the

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.759
 religious among

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.359
 us will go,

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.799
 okay, I'll

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.199
 submit to

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.839
 God's rules

00:37:03.839 --> 00:37:05.419
 and then you're

00:37:05.419 --> 00:37:05.739
 going to keep

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.179
 your end of

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:06.579
 the bargain

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.159
 and give me

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.019
 that long

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.599
 life, that

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.619
 health, those

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.399
 good relationships,

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.460
 that prosperity,

00:37:13.379 --> 00:37:14.460
 either in this

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.139
 life or in

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.579
 the life to

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.839
 come.

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.739
 Both are

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.179
 missing the

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.480
 point of

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.000
 paradise.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.579
 what the

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.179
 essence of

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.920
 paradise is.

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.179
 One looks

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.980
 very religious,

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.679
 one looks like

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.460
 throwing God

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.880
 out of their

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:30.539
 lives, but

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.960
 both are

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.539
 equally

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:34.500
 missing it.

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:39.099
 But here

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.659
 comes a third

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:39.860
 way.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.619
 If the very

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.099
 best thing

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:42.820
 about paradise

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:44.800
 is to play

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.219
 with the

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.519
 Lord,

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.900
 I hope you

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.219
 don't mind

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:49.679
 that joy

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.179
 with the

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.639
 Lord, not

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.959
 fear, having

00:37:51.959 --> 00:37:52.699
 restored

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.339
 relationship

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:53.859
 with him

00:37:53.859 --> 00:37:55.739
 because you're

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:57.000
 designed to

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.359
 love and

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.959
 treasure him.

00:37:58.959 --> 00:38:00.399
 If he is

00:38:00.399 --> 00:38:00.959
 the essence

00:38:00.959 --> 00:38:01.759
 of paradise,

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:03.039
 then the

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.639
 message here in

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.519
 Genesis 3 is,

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.559
 look, see how

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.759
 destructive life

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.699
 is without me.

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:12.000
 confess your

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.839
 sin, stop

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.219
 trying to

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:14.719
 hide and

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.579
 trust in my

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.179
 goodness and

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:17.099
 I will deal

00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.359
 with the

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:17.719
 problem.

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.199
 I will

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.739
 restore

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.239
 things.

00:38:22.939 --> 00:38:23.679
 So there's

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.339
 three ways.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.339
 Two of them

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:27.039
 try and cover

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.759
 up the problem

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.339
 ourselves.

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:31.460
 Two end in

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.139
 bitterness and

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:33.299
 despair because

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:34.399
 paradise feels so

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:35.539
 far away, it

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.039
 just doesn't

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.460
 work.

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:38.539
 But the

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.019
 Lord is

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.740
 urging us to

00:38:39.740 --> 00:38:40.179
 a third

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:42.179
 way, the

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.699
 way of not

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.699
 hiding, trying

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.059
 to create

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.780
 paradise ourselves

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.659
 but confessing

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.440
 our sins, seeing

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.400
 the Lord himself

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.420
 as our

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.679
 treasure.

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.740
 If you want

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:55.780
 paradise in

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.460
 God's presence,

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.820
 let me tell you

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.380
 what you need

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:59.960
 from what we've

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.320
 heard in

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:00.940
 Genesis 1 to

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.139
 3.

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:01.659
 Here's what you

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:01.920
 need.

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.159
 You need

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.740
 someone, and

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.119
 maybe it's

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.840
 yourself if you

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.780
 got tickets on

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.100
 yourself.

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.760
 You need

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.500
 someone strong

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.000
 enough to

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.059
 crush Satan's

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:12.079
 head, to

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.039
 defeat evil and

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.660
 not believe his

00:39:13.660 --> 00:39:14.059
 lies.

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.340
 You need

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.940
 someone to

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.500
 put the

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:21.079
 whole cosmos

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:22.200
 back in

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.500
 order.

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.360
 Healing the

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:28.300
 relationship with

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.039
 us and God,

00:39:29.220 --> 00:39:30.240
 healing people

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:31.100
 to people,

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.280
 healing people

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:34.440
 to the land

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.120
 healing within

00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:35.540
 our own

00:39:35.540 --> 00:39:35.800
 bodies.

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.160
 You need

00:39:36.160 --> 00:39:37.500
 someone strong

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.180
 enough to put

00:39:38.180 --> 00:39:38.820
 everything back

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.160
 in order.

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.060
 And you

00:39:43.060 --> 00:39:44.940
 need someone to

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.120
 actually deal

00:39:46.120 --> 00:39:46.760
 with your guilt

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.940
 and shame, not

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:49.080
 just try and cover

00:39:49.080 --> 00:39:50.240
 it up, but

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:51.060
 someone trustworthy

00:39:51.060 --> 00:39:52.060
 enough that when

00:39:52.060 --> 00:39:52.980
 you confess your

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:53.920
 sin, they won't

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:54.660
 reject you.

00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:57.500
 Someone who will

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.960
 actually take it

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.740
 for you and

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.840
 bear the curse

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:03.599
 for you and

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.460
 then give you

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:06.240
 their innocence

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:07.420
 so that you can

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.639
 enjoy the

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.380
 father again.

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.699
 That's a tall

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:13.019
 order.

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:18.199
 If you've lost

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.920
 hope in this

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.679
 life and don't

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.220
 know where to

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:21.920
 turn, it will

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.780
 not feel like it,

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.900
 but hopelessness

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.840
 in yourself and

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:25.940
 hopelessness in

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:27.440
 society in the

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.139
 world is actually

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:29.019
 the doorway to

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:30.820
 paradise because

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.619
 you stop looking

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:33.780
 to yourself and

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.539
 you start to look

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.780
 to God to be

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.380
 the solution.

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.200
 And the good

00:40:40.200 --> 00:40:41.000
 news is that

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.679
 descendant of

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.139
 Eve, that

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.059
 serpent crusher,

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.860
 has arrived.

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.280
 We're going to

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:46.840
 look to another

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:47.320
 tree.

00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:50.519
 Galatians 3,

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.240
 13 says,

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.480
 Jesus Christ

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.679
 redeemed us from

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.460
 the curse of the

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.880
 law by the

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.640
 coming a curse

00:40:56.640 --> 00:40:57.500
 for us.

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.200
 For it is

00:40:59.200 --> 00:40:59.460
 written,

00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:00.260
 cursed is

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:01.519
 everyone who

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.039
 is hanged on

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.440
 a tree.

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.860
 You need to

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.200
 look to a

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.780
 different tree,

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:05.800
 someone to

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.220
 take your

00:41:06.220 --> 00:41:06.599
 curse.

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.780
 You need to

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.160
 look to a

00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:08.740
 different Adam.

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.700
 Romans 5,

00:41:11.760 --> 00:41:12.119
 19,

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.320
 for as by one

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.460
 man's disobedience,

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.559
 Adam, the many

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.440
 were made sinners,

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.539
 so by one man's

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.220
 obedience,

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.740
 Christ, the

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.700
 many will be

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:22.660
 made righteous.

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.260
 You need a

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:24.760
 different tree,

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.220
 you need a

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:25.740
 different Adam.

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:27.640
 And we have

00:41:27.640 --> 00:41:28.039
 that in the

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.519
 Lord Jesus.

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.200
 So there's

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.860
 three ways for

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.420
 us to take,

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.340
 and it

00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:35.039
 depends on what

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.119
 you think the

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.320
 very best part of

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:38.140
 paradise is,

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.619
 about which one

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.380
 you would try and

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.099
 strive to get.

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.200
 Where the third

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.920
 one isn't really

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.660
 striving, it's

00:41:44.660 --> 00:41:45.700
 resting, it's

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.140
 receiving.

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.800
 Let me pray,

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.360
 let's pray.

00:41:51.360 --> 00:42:04.240
 Father, I do

00:42:04.240 --> 00:42:04.860
 pray that

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:06.500
 whatever

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.519
 circumstances we

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:08.200
 are in, that

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.579
 we would,

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:12.320
 no doubt, it is

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.740
 tainted by the

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.440
 curse of sin,

00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:17.480
 and we feel the

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:19.360
 toil, deep in our

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.719
 bones.

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.740
 And I pray that

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.559
 each one of us,

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:22.920
 that you would

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:24.300
 cause each of us

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:26.400
 to long for your

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.559
 solution, that you

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.659
 would help us to

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:33.119
 confess that sin

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:34.679
 has ruined it all,

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:37.019
 and that you would

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.960
 help us to see that

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:39.059
 it is our sin that

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:41.340
 robs us of the rest

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:42.599
 that you offer in the

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.500
 Lord Jesus Christ,

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:46.400
 of being restored in

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:47.339
 relationship with you.

00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.339
 Lord, I pray for

00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:51.599
 those of us who

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.420
 don't know you,

00:42:53.579 --> 00:42:54.420
 that you would

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:56.239
 urge them in their

00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:57.279
 hopelessness to turn

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:58.000
 to Christ, and I

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.779
 pray for those of us

00:42:58.779 --> 00:43:00.319
 who do know the

00:43:00.319 --> 00:43:01.000
 rest we have in

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:01.659
 Christ, that you

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:03.719
 would help us to

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:04.579
 seek you more,

00:43:04.819 --> 00:43:06.039
 and enjoy you more,

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:07.380
 and enter the

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.940
 struggle, the

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:10.019
 struggle against sin

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.900
 and the brokenness

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.900
 in this world with

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:13.320
 a deep sense of

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:14.700
 peace and the

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.660
 power of your

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:16.940
 presence and hope

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.740
 that you will

00:43:17.740 --> 00:43:18.800
 restore all things.

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.539
 Lord, make us a

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.940
 church that sees

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:24.900
 Jesus as our only

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:26.000
 solution and our

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:26.639
 greatest treasure.

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:28.240
 In his name we

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.440
 pray.

00:43:28.700 --> 00:43:28.940
 Amen.