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 If you have your Bibles, turn to Genesis chapter 6.

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 Genesis chapter 6.

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 We've been blessed so much in music, we can just go home now.

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 But we're not.

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 It began with an innocent Adam and Eve.

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 Then they wasn't innocent anymore.

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 Sent it in.

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 And then it hit the next generation with Cain and Abel.

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 And it didn't stop there.

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 It continues.

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 Like a snowball rolling downhill, the impact of sin just kept getting larger.

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 Destroying more lives.

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 It led to future generations.

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 Not only being born into a sinful atmosphere, but born into sin.

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 With innate appetites that poisoned, that were poisoned with wrong motives.

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 And misguided ventures.

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 And the consequences of all of that were huge.

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 The consequences of all of that are huge.

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 The evil of the day is explained along with a significant development that makes matters that much worse.

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 In Genesis chapter 6.

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 Beginning in verse 1.

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 And it says this.

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 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them.

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 The sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive.

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 And they took as their wives as they chose.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh.

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 His days shall be 120 years.

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 The Neaphalom were on the earth in those days.

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 And also afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of man, and they bore children.

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 These were the mighty men were of old, the men of renown.

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth.

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 And that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth.

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 And it grieved him to his heart.

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 So the Lord said,

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 I'll blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land.

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 Man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens.

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 For I am sorry that I've made him.

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 I don't want you to miss verse 5 in that passage.

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 Because I believe it is the most significant of what I just read.

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 When it says,

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 It says,

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth.

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 And that every intention of the thoughts of the heart was only evil continually.

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 I believe it's significant when understanding what went wrong.

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 However,

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 I'm not going to avoid verses 1 through 4.

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 It is further evidence of the persistent evil that was in the land.

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 And it is hard to understand.

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 And I'll be honest.

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 It is hard to explain.

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 However,

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 I want to do justice to the word.

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 And I believe it'd be an injustice not to grapple with this with you.

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 And that's exactly what we'll do.

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 Because the difficult passages are in verses 2 and verse 4.

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 When it talks about the sons of God.

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 So who are these sons of God?

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 Well, there are two possibilities of who these sons of God are.

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 One of them is that they are strong, mighty warriors from the line of Seth.

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 We talked about Cain and Abel last week.

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 But after Cain and Abel, Adam and Eve had another child named Seth.

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 And this third son of Adam,

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 some believe that these are people that came from Seth.

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 Strong, mighty warriors.

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 The term sons of God were often used for kings and warriors in that day.

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 And so if that was the case, if that's what happened,

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 what you have here is an unequally yoked kind of situation.

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 Where you have godly people marrying ungodly people and bearing children with them.

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 If that's what it meant, good godly men went after the women of the world

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 and brought about an offspring that was even more rebellious against God.

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 And their influence was paramount

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 and played a significant role in the overall sinfulness of society.

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 Therefore, they are spoken of in that way.

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 God speaks against that often

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 and it is destructively sinful

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 to marry those that are not believers.

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 The other possibility is this.

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 That it was angelic beings

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 that came down from heaven

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 and married women.

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 That is much harder to understand.

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 It is much harder to explain.

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 But it appears that it has some scriptural support to back it.

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 For one, when the term sons of God are used in the Old Testament,

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 it is referring to angels.

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 We see that common in the book of Job.

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 Right there at the beginning and all that negotiation of Job.

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 We see him dealing with that

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 and calling the angels in heaven the sons of God.

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 There appears as well to be New Testament evidence

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 that this is the case.

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 That this really happened.

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 Some have said that 2 Peter 2, verse 4 speaks of this.

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 When it says,

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 Now you look at me and say,

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 Well, preacher, how do you know that's talking about Genesis 6?

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 Because the very next verse mentions Noah in the context.

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 So there's a possibility of that.

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 Actually, Jude chapter 6,

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 not chapter, there's only one chapter in Jude,

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 if there's a chapter at all.

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 Jude verse 6 seems to point to that as well

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 when it says,

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 Now, I'll just be honest with you,

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 that's not easy to take in.

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 Because Jesus said in Matthew 22, verse 30,

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 that the angels in heaven are neither married nor are given in marriage.

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 And what that means, frankly, is that the focus of heaven is not personal relationships.

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 That's really what that's pointing to.

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 Therefore, either this is a reference to mighty kings who God had blessed,

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 who in the midst of their blessing were filled with pride,

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 went after worldly women, and faced a disaster.

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 And that's what I call the Solomon syndrome.

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 Because that's exactly what happened to Solomon.

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 Solomon had 700 wives.

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 300 concubines, because who can live with just 700 wives?

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 And those thousand women that were in his house were from around the world.

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 And they brought their gods in with them.

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 And he was not only intoxicated with them,

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 but he was intoxicated with their gods.

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 And it says in 1 Kings 11, verse 4,

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 that he turned away his heart after other gods,

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 and his heart was not fully true to his Lord, his God.

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 And it was because of the influence of all those people in his home.

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 Now, that sort of thing is a recurring theme throughout history.

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 Makes a lot of sense.

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 Or, is this a reference to something that's not common?

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 Apparently a one-time, supernatural, unmatched event

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 when angels left their normal spiritual bodies

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 to assume an abnormal physical form

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 to cohabitate with human women.

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 It is interesting when you look into this,

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 because the book of Enoch is considered a well-respected historical work.

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 It is a collaboration that was written over a few hundred years

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 and put together, beginning in about 300 B.C.

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 Enoch, which we'll talk about in a week or so,

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 it was attributed to him, but he didn't really write it,

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 because it was written thousands of years after Enoch lived.

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 So I want to be clear about something.

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 The book of Enoch is not inspired by God.

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 It does contain error.

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 It is not God-breathed.

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 It is not authoritative,

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 but it does really make this conversation interesting,

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 because it was an often referred-to book when it was written.

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 And Enoch says this,

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 And it came to pass,

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 when the children of men had multiplied,

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 that in those days were born upon them beautiful and comely daughters.

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 And the angels, the children of heaven,

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 saw and lusted after them,

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 and said to one another,

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 Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men,

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 and beget us children.

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 They were in all two hundred.

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 They, like unto themselves wives,

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 and each chose for himself one,

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 and they began to go in unto them,

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 and defile themselves with them,

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 and they taught them charms and enchantments,

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 and they became pregnant,

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 and they bare great giants,

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 whose heights were three thousand ales,

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 and there arose much godlessness,

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 and they committed fornication,

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 and they were led astray,

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 and became corrupt in all their ways.

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 End of quote.

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 Now, that describes the offspring as being hundreds of feet tall.

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 That is interesting,

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 but it is not inspired.

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 I want to be clear about that.

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 Have I said that already?

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 However,

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 Genesis chapter 6 verse 4 tell us

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 that from this was produced the nephalom.

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 The nephalom,

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 that's actually a Hebrew participle,

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 and if you look at the meaning of the word,

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 the meaning of that word is literally

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 the ones who have fallen,

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 or the fallen ones.

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 To me, that very well could be speaking

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 of the products of falling angels,

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 but it also could be talking about the angels

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 that fell themselves.

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 Neophalom also spoken of in Numbers chapter 13,

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 when Moses sent the spies out into Canaan

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 to check it out.

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 You know the story.

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 They were in the desert for 40 years,

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 wandering around,

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 lost like a bunch of Baptists that can't get along,

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 and spent way too much time

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 on a journey that shouldn't have taken,

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 but not long at all,

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 and spent that time in the desert,

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 and in aims of getting to the promised land of Canaan,

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 and when they got close,

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 they sent spies over to check out the land,

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 and when those spies came back,

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 most of the spies, except for two,

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 were scared to try to take the land

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 that God had promised to them,

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 because as Numbers 13.33 says,

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 they responded,

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 when they saw the people,

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 we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers,

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 and so we seemed to them.

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 Therefore, the Neophalom

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 is sometimes translated giant,

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 because of that verse.

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 So no doubt,

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 the name shows

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 that although mighty and well-respected,

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 they did fall.

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 They are the fallen ones.

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 So what does all that mean?

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 And which is correct?

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 Well, I'm going to tell you this.

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 Either way,

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 it tells us

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 that demonic power

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 has too great an influence.

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 That's what it says.

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 Now, most say

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 that the angels

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 caused this.

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 I don't believe

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 we can be dogmatic about that.

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 I could pick either point

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 and argue with you about it

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 if you want to argue,

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 but I don't care to.

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 But what is clear,

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 and is a clear-cut point

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 in this passage,

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 and the point of this sermon

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 is this.

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 The cause

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 of their soon-coming disaster

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 was sin.

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 That was the problem.

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 A holy God

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 was going to cleanse

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 the earth.

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 That wipes out

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 the evil of the world,

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 but the flood

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 also changed

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 the atmosphere.

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 I believe a lot

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 of our geological marvels

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 that we look at

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 in the world today

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 are due to the flood.

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 Personally, I believe

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 the Grand Canyon

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 gets its shape and form

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 from the flood,

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 and such is that.

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 Not an authority on that.

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 Just telling you

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 my convictions.

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 In addition to that,

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 it changed the atmosphere

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 in which we live.

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 Humans would not live

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 near as long

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 as they had,

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 and the evidence

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 of that sin nature

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 would become

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 much more pronounced.

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 Verse 3 says

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 that we would not live

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 near as long.

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 We are weakened by it.

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 Our lives are shortened by it.

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 And I'm going to deal

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 with some genealogies

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 in the coming days,

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 so I don't want to get

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 too much into this,

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 but the genealogy

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 in Genesis chapter 11

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 shows lifespans

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 much shorter

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 after the flood

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 than the genealogy

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 in Genesis chapter 5

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 before the flood.

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 And with every generation,

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 it got shorter.

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 And by Moses' day,

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 the longest man

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 could hope to live

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 would be about

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 120 years

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 versus Methuselah

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 who lived 969 years

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 before the flood.

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 In other words,

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 God saw

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 what he had made

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 and he grieved.

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 What we see

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 in verses 5

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 through 7

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 is the portrait

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 of a father

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 watching his children's

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 mistakes.

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 We also see here

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 the real cause

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 of disaster on the earth.

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 And the real cause

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 of disaster on the earth

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 is sin.

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 The real cause

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 of disaster on the earth

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 is a sinful society.

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 And it is an

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 ever-growing problem.

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 And so let's look

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 at that

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 for just a few minutes

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 from God's perspective.

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 And I want you

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 to notice

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 what it says.

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 First,

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 I want you to notice

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 what God sees.

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 It says in verse 5,

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 the Lord saw

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 that the wickedness

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 of man

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 was great

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 in the earth

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 and that every intention

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 of the thoughts

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 of his heart

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 was only evil

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 continually.

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 What God saw

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 was the extensive

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 and intensive

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 nature

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 of his creation's sin.

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 Not only the depravity

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 of their actions

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 but also the state

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 of their heart.

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 It was to the core.

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 And when the Old Testament

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 refers to the heart,

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 it's talking about

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 the will of a man

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 or a will of a woman.

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 It's talking about

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 the understanding.

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 It's talking about

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 them being changed,

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 perverted of sorts.

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 in the midst

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 of how they think

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 and what they do.

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 In other words,

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 when sin is there,

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 it is life-saturating.

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 And in reality,

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 humanity has then

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 ripped the clay

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 out of the potter's hand

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 and tried to form it itself.

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 And God sees all of that.

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 People were attempting

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 to be self-made,

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 self-led.

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 It is a trait

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 in the accounts

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 of Genesis

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 again and again.

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 And being self-made

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 and self-led

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 is not only a trait

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 in the accounts

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 of Genesis,

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 it's a trait

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 in the account

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 of any generation.

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 You see it again

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 and again.

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 And sadly,

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 the sinful hearts

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 of humanity

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 has erupted

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 into sin

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 and it's like

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 a hot lava

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 coming out

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 of a volcano

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 that has erupted

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 and its impact

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 is rolling down.

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 It is influencing

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 others.

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 It is seducing

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 others.

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 It is condemning

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 everyone that it touches,

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 which is everyone.

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 I wish I could say

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 that the problems

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 of Genesis chapter 6

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 with the wickedness

00:17:18.139 --> 00:17:18.859
 of the world

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 was taken care of

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 with the flood,

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 but the reality is

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 the same is true today.

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 You want to know

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 why our world

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 is so chaotic?

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 The sin

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 and the sinfulness

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 of the world.

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 You all draw it

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 back to that.

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 When sin

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 is rampant

00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.980
 in our lives,

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 God sees it.

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 And I want you

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 to notice

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 the sad contrast

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 because we just

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 looked at creation

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 a few weeks ago

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 and every day

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 that God created

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 something different.

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 He ended the day

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 saying,

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 that's good.

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 That's good.

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 Now he looks at it

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 and in Genesis chapter 6

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 verse 5

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 it says that

00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.240
 he saw the wickedness

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.960
 of man

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 was great in the earth

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 and that every intention

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 of their thoughts

00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:18.960
 of his heart

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:21.140
 was only evil continually

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 and the Lord

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 regretted

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 making man.

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 It's clear.

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 Also I want you

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 to notice

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 what he feels.

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 What God feels

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 and that's in verse 6.

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 And the Lord

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 regretted

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 that he had made

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 man on the earth

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 and it grieved him

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 to his heart.

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 We see

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:43.280
 in God's response

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 his anger

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 is mixed

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 with anguish

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 but we also

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 see his love

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 for us

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 because God's

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 heart

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 was broken

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 over our sin

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 and

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 that's not

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 an old thing.

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 God's heart

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.140
 is still broken

00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:05.060
 over our sin.

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 It is filled

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 with grief.

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 It is filled

00:19:10.320 --> 00:19:11.120
 with affliction.

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 It is filled

00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:14.000
 with disappointment

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.919
 in humankind.

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 His hand

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.619
 of judgment

00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:18.359
 will not be

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 restrained

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 even though

00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:20.000
 he loves

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 the crown

00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.179
 of his creation

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 which is us.

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 But like a truly

00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:25.279
 loving parent

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.859
 God loved us

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.959
 enough to discipline

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 and as a truly

00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.759
 loving parent

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.519
 God was heartbroken

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.219
 over what he

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:33.000
 had to be done.

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 It was to show

00:19:35.379 --> 00:19:36.119
 his sovereignty

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.219
 and it was to show

00:19:38.219 --> 00:19:39.359
 his holiness

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.019
 of God.

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 And that word

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:42.619
 grieve there

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.619
 literally means

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.539
 that he repented.

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.400
 Now when we

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.079
 repent and when

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.779
 God repents

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.259
 that's something

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.639
 different.

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.160
 But the true

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:52.099
 meaning of repentance

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:53.960
 is to turn

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.240
 180 degrees

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.579
 around.

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 That's the true

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.940
 meaning of it.

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 Repentance means

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.879
 to walk in one

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.639
 way and then

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.599
 decide one day

00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.339
 to change

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:02.279
 and turn around

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.119
 and walk 180

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.460
 degrees the other

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.799
 way.

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.579
 Not 360 degrees

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.000
 because if you do

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.559
 you'll keep going

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.259
 in the same direction.

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.859
 But 180

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.740
 degrees and to

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:12.119
 change and God

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.939
 changed here

00:20:13.939 --> 00:20:17.599
 radically.

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:21.139
 The heart that

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.679
 looked at his

00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:22.639
 creation and said

00:20:22.639 --> 00:20:25.479
 good now changed

00:20:25.479 --> 00:20:26.359
 his action because

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.699
 God is too holy

00:20:27.699 --> 00:20:29.919
 to let it go.

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.699
 That's what God

00:20:31.699 --> 00:20:32.259
 feels.

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.519
 I also want you

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.619
 to notice what God

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.399
 says.

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.619
 It says in

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.979
 verse 7

00:20:39.979 --> 00:20:42.259
 Genesis chapter 6

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.719
 verse 7

00:20:42.719 --> 00:20:43.379
 so the Lord

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.399
 said I will

00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:45.259
 blot out man

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.979
 whom I've created

00:20:45.979 --> 00:20:46.559
 from the face

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.159
 of the land

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:48.519
 man and animals

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.019
 and creeping

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.939
 things and birds

00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.479
 of the heavens

00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:52.579
 for I am sorry

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.139
 that I made

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.299
 them.

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:56.139
 God works

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:57.079
 through life

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.779
 even through

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.799
 nature to take

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.319
 care of the

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.839
 source of the

00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.199
 problem.

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.640
 and as our

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.580
 sin not only

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.779
 affects ourselves

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.539
 and if you

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.180
 think your sin

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.799
 only affects

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.380
 yourself you're

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.720
 wrong.

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.559
 Their sin not

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.160
 only affected

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.080
 themselves but

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:14.160
 God's judgment

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.779
 upon them

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:16.019
 affected more

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.700
 than just them.

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.559
 And God's judgment

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.440
 upon your life

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.500
 will affect more

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.059
 than just you.

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:24.119
 So how can

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.639
 God do it?

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.039
 How can he

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:28.159
 take the

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:29.119
 creation that he

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.879
 made and flood

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.480
 it and destroy

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.179
 so many lives?

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.799
 Well I want you

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.419
 to think about it

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:38.019
 like a house

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.359
 fire.

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.059
 When a house

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.839
 is on fire

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.779
 only water

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.519
 can put that

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.279
 fire out.

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:47.279
 And that fire

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.139
 has to be put

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.899
 out regardless

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:50.079
 of what that

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.879
 water may do

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.700
 to that house.

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.359
 They continue

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.039
 to pump water

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.899
 into that house.

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.679
 And if it's

00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.379
 your house it

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.879
 looks like they

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.619
 continue to pump

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.819
 water well beyond

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.399
 what they need

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.619
 to.

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.700
 But the reality

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.319
 is they want to

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.240
 put out every

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.740
 ember, every

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.299
 possibility of

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.079
 that fire coming

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.960
 back and starting

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.679
 again and being

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.139
 stronger.

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.599
 Like a mighty

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.559
 water hose

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.519
 God's discipline

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:15.839
 comes quenching

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:17.859
 the sin but also

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:19.039
 leaving his own

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.559
 mark.

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.559
 He will rebuild

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.279
 what has been

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 destroyed.

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 As a matter of

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 fact 1 Peter

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 chapter 3 verse

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 21 speaks of the

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 flood as if it

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 was like a

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 baptism.

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 Symbolically

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 removing the

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 evil and cleansing

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 the earth.

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 The flood was the

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 way that the Lord

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 cleansed the earth

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 from the continual

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 degradation of sin.

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 It was a temporary

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 fix.

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 It was something

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 that he would never

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 do again.

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 Peter uses

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 baptism as an

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 illustration of the

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 cleansing of the

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 flood.

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 And baptism is

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 normally used as an

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.360
 illustration of the

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 cleansing that comes

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 to the cross of

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 Christ.

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 And do you know

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 why Christ went to

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 the cross?

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 He goes to the

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 cross because of

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 what he sees.

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 He sees a lost

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 humanity that has no

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 hope outside of him.

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 He goes to the

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 cross for what he

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 feels.

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 And thank God he

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 feels grace for the

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 repentant.

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 He's willing to

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 extend grace to us.

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 He goes to the cross

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 for what he says.

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 And Romans 10

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 13 says for

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 everyone who calls

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 upon the name of

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 the Lord will be

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 saved.

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 No matter how

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 wicked.

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.059
 No matter how

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 sinful.

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 No matter how

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 dirty we are.

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 God can

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 cleanse us.

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 And it is the

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.539
 heart of God

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 to do what it

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.960
 takes

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:04.940
 to cleanse us

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 if we'll just

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.480
 turn to him

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:11.679
 and surrender our

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 lives to him.

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 King David was

00:24:16.479 --> 00:24:17.099
 caught in his

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.419
 sin.

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 The sin became

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.939
 much greater than

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.500
 he intended.

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 The ripple

00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.559
 effects became

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.339
 much more than

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.799
 what he first

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.559
 thought when he

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.199
 first entertained

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 the notion of

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 sin.

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 That usually

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 happens.

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 God

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.680
 and in

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 Psalm 51

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 after he's

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 been approached

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:41.000
 with his

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.340
 sin

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:43.420
 he approaches

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.880
 God

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.120
 and asks for

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.519
 forgiveness

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 and he says

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.120
 this

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.860
 have mercy on

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.460
 me oh God

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:52.440
 according to

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.060
 your steadfast

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:53.840
 love according

00:24:53.840 --> 00:24:54.540
 to your abundant

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:56.300
 mercy blot out

00:24:56.300 --> 00:24:57.600
 my transgressions

00:24:57.600 --> 00:25:00.480
 wash me thoroughly

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.640
 from my iniquity

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.220
 and cleanse me

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:06.180
 from my sin.

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 I am thankful

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:11.200
 that the same

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.380
 God that

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.960
 destroyed the

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.480
 earth as we

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.920
 knew it

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:16.620
 with a flood

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.500
 to remove sin

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.339
 is the same

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.980
 God that

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.680
 sent his son

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.440
 Jesus to the

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:26.779
 cross to die

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.420
 for us

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.480
 to shed his

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.840
 blood

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:32.320
 to remove sin

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:32.980
 from all of

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.519
 those who

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.140
 would repent

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:37.240
 and come to

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.620
 Christ.

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 I'm thankful

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.880
 today

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.320
 that no matter

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:45.120
 who you are

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:47.840
 no matter where

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.560
 you come from

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.140
 or what you've

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.500
 done

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.720
 that the Lord

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.000
 Jesus Christ

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.779
 will receive you

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.440
 under himself

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.980
 if you'll just

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.420
 surrender your

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.120
 life to follow

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.479
 him.

00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.379
 He hates

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.739
 sin

00:25:59.739 --> 00:26:02.959
 it's destructive

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:05.699
 and God in

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:06.579
 his response

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:08.159
 will do what it

00:26:08.159 --> 00:26:08.879
 takes to remove

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.059
 it.

00:26:10.439 --> 00:26:11.359
 It's such a big

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.000
 deal to him

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.559
 that he brought

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.979
 the flood

00:26:13.979 --> 00:26:14.579
 thousands of

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.019
 years ago

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.839
 and 2,000 years

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:17.759
 ago he allowed

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.659
 his son to die

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:20.719
 in our place

00:26:20.719 --> 00:26:22.339
 so that our

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.539
 sins could be

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.000
 forgiven

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.179
 and it's because

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.680
 of that

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:28.240
 that I can

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.660
 stand here

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.060
 today

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:30.799
 in the midst

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.279
 of the sinful

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.620
 society in which

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.060
 we live

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:33.560
 and say

00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:35.740
 our hope is

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.380
 only found in

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:36.980
 Christ Jesus

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.900
 and you can

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.600
 rest in him

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:41.620
 and he'll save

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.140
 your life.

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.299
 What

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:46.400
 can wash

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:48.080
 away my

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.820
 sin

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.519
 help me

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:51.339
 nothing but

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.200
 the blood

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:54.619
 of Jesus

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:56.420
 what

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.740
 can make

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.359
 me

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.240
 whole

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.160
 again

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:02.240
 nothing but

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.119
 the blood

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.980
 of

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.559
 Jesus

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:07.400
 oh

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:09.000
 precious

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.740
 is the

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.480
 flow

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.879
 that

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.759
 makes me

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.779
 white

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.200
 as snow

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:19.200
 no

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:21.200
 other

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.420
 fount

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.059
 I

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.700
 know

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:25.140
 nothing

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.720
 but

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.080
 the

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.980
 blood

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.460
 of

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:29.519
 Jesus

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:32.059
 with every

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.559
 head bowed

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.840
 and every eye

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.519
 closed I want

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.000
 you to know

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:35.600
 you can come to

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.259
 Christ as you

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 are today

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.620
 he's not

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.440
 surprised at the

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.059
 sinfulness in

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.600
 your life

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:42.580
 he's not amazed

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.200
 by that

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.440
 he's seen it

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.759
 all

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.640
 and he'll

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.279
 take you as

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.740
 you are

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.099
 if you'll

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.500
 surrender your

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.160
 life to him

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.299
 if there's an

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.920
 unction in your

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.799
 being at all to

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.400
 come to Christ

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.180
 today I want you

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.599
 to know you

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.099
 didn't bring it

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.379
 about

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.700
 that's the

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.339
 Holy Spirit of

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.119
 God reaching out

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.740
 to you

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:01.720
 impelling you

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.180
 to come

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:04.299
 telling you

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.420
 to follow him

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.980
 if you've never

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.579
 given your heart

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.119
 and life to the

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.539
 Lord Jesus

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.119
 Christ I

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.619
 encourage you to

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.200
 come today

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.559
 surrender your

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.240
 life to follow

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.500
 him this

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.099
 very day

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.220
 I'll be happy to

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.799
 guide you in

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.600
 that process

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.900
 maybe you're

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.299
 here and you

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.960
 have done that

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.559
 but you've never

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.259
 acknowledged that

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.019
 through baptism

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:23.120
 baptism is the

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:24.220
 physical representation

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.100
 of what Christ

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.700
 has done in your

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.000
 heart

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.819
 and if you've

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.779
 never made your

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.059
 personal salvation

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.799
 public through

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.059
 baptism I

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.680
 encourage you to

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:33.000
 come to simply

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.880
 be obedient to

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:35.059
 his commission

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.500
 and his example

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:38.180
 to just simply

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.900
 follow him

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:40.640
 maybe you're here

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.420
 and God's drawing

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.500
 you to this church

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.400
 you know this is

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.039
 where God would

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.839
 have you to serve

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:46.359
 we'd be happy to

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.859
 talk to you about

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.639
 that to welcome

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:50.259
 you in as one of

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:52.000
 us maybe you're

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.579
 here and there's

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.939
 just stuff stuff

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.759
 you need to deal

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.259
 with you've been

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.279
 confronted with

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.259
 maybe through song

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.099
 maybe through sermon

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.980
 maybe through prayer

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.439
 stuff that you need

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.759
 to deal with lay

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.439
 down before the

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.379
 Lord I encourage

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.199
 you don't just sing

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.839
 through this hymn

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.559
 and go on out the

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.259
 door you settle

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.959
 things with God

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.519
 whether that's where

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.359
 you are whether it's

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.119
 at this altar or

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.539
 whether with a

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.419
 pastor praying for

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.539
 you either way

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:16.039
 you just obey God

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.640
 as he speaks to

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.019
 your heart and

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.779
 life Lord Jesus

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.480
 I love you

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.500
 I thank you Lord

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.380
 that you loved us

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.060
 enough to do

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:22.960
 something for us

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.420
 that we could

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.279
 never imagine

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:26.800
 I thank you Lord

00:29:26.800 --> 00:29:27.440
 for Christ

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.880
 and I ask dear God

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.660
 that you'll help us

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.880
 each one to respond

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.860
 in obedience as you

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.500
 speak to our hearts

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.259
 and lives right now

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.700
 oh God

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:36.519
 move and work in our

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.600
 midst as only you can

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:39.539
 and it's only in

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.519
 Jesus name we pray

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.019
 amen

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.420
 stand

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:45.160
 moment

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:45.960
 by

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.580
 you

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.620
 you

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.200
 remember

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.460
 Mariah

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.519
 that you