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 Father, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us.

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 Father, you know how sometimes we are afraid of your word,

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 that we're embarrassed by your word,

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 that we wince at your word.

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 And Father, you know that about us.

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 And Father, we thank you that you still speak,

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 that you still love us, that you speak the truth.

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 Father, help us to trust you and to trust your word.

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 And may your word come into our lives

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 and bear much fruit for your great glory.

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 And all this we ask in the name of Jesus,

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 your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, a couple of weeks ago,

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 one of the people that I talk to in the coffee shop all the time,

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 and we often have lots of disagreements,

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 he was puzzling over a complicated quote

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 that he'd found from Aristotle.

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 and he asked me over and he said to me,

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 he said,

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 George, you're a wise and learned man.

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 Can you help me to understand this?

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 And I just sort of, I thought about that

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 and I said to him,

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 well, I appreciate the compliment,

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 but I'm actually a fool in recovery,

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 not a wise and learned man.

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 I was thinking of what the book of Proverbs warns you about,

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 thinking of being wise.

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 I was thinking of 1 Corinthians,

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 how God makes foolish the wisdom of the world,

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 and I was thinking of Romans 1,

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 and how in our foolishness,

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 we want to exchange the glory of God for idols.

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 And so I said,

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 I'm a fool in recovery.

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 Anyway,

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 I appreciated the comment.

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 I mention that because

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 today we're going to look at this story

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 in Genesis chapter 1.

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 It's the easiest story to find in the Bible.

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 You just go to the beginning.

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 It's Genesis 1.

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 And, you know,

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 you look at this story

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 and a lot of Christians nowadays,

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 we really wince with this.

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 We're very, very uncomfortable with it.

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 And not only are we uncomfortable with it,

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 we are uncomfortable

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 because we know a little bit about biology.

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 We've probably all been through biology in high school.

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 And, well, I mean, you know,

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 in our back of our mind,

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 we think to ourselves,

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 how can there be light

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 when the sun and the stars haven't been created?

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 How come light's created

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 before the sun and the stars?

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 And how come there's day and night

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 before there's sun

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 and even really a planet?

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 So how can there be days

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 before there's even a planet?

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 And how come

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 vegetation is created on the third day

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 and the sun

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 is created on the fourth day?

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 And it doesn't make any biological,

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 agricultural sense.

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 And so we're just very uncomfortable with it.

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 Some of us will maybe read

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 very, very, very, very, very clever Christians

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 who try to show

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 how this is just a way

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 to describe almost scientifically

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 how things came to be.

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 But in our heart of hearts,

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 we might say,

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 gosh, that's awfully clever.

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 However,

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 but it doesn't really work

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 apart from all your cleverness.

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 And so if we're honest,

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 as I said in my prayer,

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 we feel a little bit uncomfortable

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 when it comes to a text like this.

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 It wouldn't be a text

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 that we'd want to share

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 with our coworkers

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 and do a Bible study around.

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 If we're honest,

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 we'd be very, very, very uncomfortable about it.

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 And so it's hard.

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 So that's one of the reasons

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 I mentioned that I'm a recovering fool

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 because it's almost,

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 I'm going to talk a little bit

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 about what we talked about last week

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 to try to deal with some of this foolishness,

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 but it's like we forget it.

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 So here's the first thing

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 as we start to look at this text.

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 A couple of years ago,

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 I had a conversation,

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 once again, in a coffee shop.

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 I actually don't talk to anybody

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 if they're not in a coffee shop.

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 I don't know if you know that about me.

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 So if you want to talk to me,

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 go to a coffee shop.

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 I'll talk to you.

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 No.

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 It's the easiest way for me

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 to have conversations

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 with non-Christians, I guess,

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 just because of my personality.

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 And anyway, so I had a conversation,

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 which is, I don't know how it came up.

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 I mentioned something about trees

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 being a renewable resource.

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 I think it's because

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 I was using a cardboard cup.

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 True confessions,

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 when I go to coffee shops,

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 I like the cardboard cups.

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 I never get the, you know,

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 the more eco-friendly ones,

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 but that's a whole other.

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 I hope I haven't now made you all

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 really mad at me by sharing that.

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 But, so I think I made some comment

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 about, you know,

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 trees are a renewable resource.

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 And the barista, he said,

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 no, they're not.

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 And I said, well,

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 I mean, I know it's a slow resource,

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 but you know, you plant a tree

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 and it grows.

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 And so it's always renewable.

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 There's lots of land to grow trees

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 and you just keep growing trees.

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 And even if you cut them down,

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 you can just keep planting trees.

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 And she said, no,

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 it's not a renewable resource

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 and they don't plant trees in Canada.

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 I didn't make a face.

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 I have a tiny, tiny, tiny bit

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 of people skills

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 which occasionally peak out.

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 But I said to him,

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 I said, my oldest son,

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 for eight years,

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 he was a tree planter.

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 Like, that's how he graduated

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 from university with no debts.

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 Like, he went in northern Ontario

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 and northern BC

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 and he planted trees.

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 And he said, no,

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 nobody does that.

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 So at that point in time,

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 there's no point

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 talking any further with them, right?

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 Like, the person's an idiot.

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 Sorry.

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 Now, here's the question.

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 Is Moses an idiot?

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 It's a good question.

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 I'm just going to take it for now

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 that Moses is the primary author

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 of the book of Genesis.

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 I'm not going to get into authorship.

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 It's actually technically,

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 it doesn't say that Moses wrote it.

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 There are other reasons

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 why it might or might not be Moses.

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 But let's just say,

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 I'm going to just say

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 for the sake of argument

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 that Moses wrote it,

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 whether he adapted an older story

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 or not doesn't really matter.

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 But the question is,

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 is Moses an idiot?

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 You see, the reason

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 that's a very, very good question

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 to ask is,

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 my guess is this.

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 My guess is that Moses

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 knows vastly less

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 than anybody here

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 about biology.

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 Okay?

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 But, you know,

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 he probably knows

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 way more than just about

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 anybody here

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 about how things grow.

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 And one of the things

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 he would have known

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 is that if you go

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 into a dark cave,

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 you don't see vegetation.

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 Like, we might have people

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 who don't understand

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 that trees grow.

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 You know,

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 because we're in

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 post-modern,

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 you know,

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 Canada.

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 We might have people

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 who have problems with that

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 because we're sort of

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 distant from nature.

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 But Moses would have

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 known that.

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 Like, it would have

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 dawned on him

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 that if you don't

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 have a light,

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 like you go into a cave,

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 you go into a dark room,

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 you can't grow a tree

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 or grass in a dark room.

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 He would have known that.

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 So why do you write it?

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 Isn't that a good

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 question to ask?

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 You see,

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 because the subtle

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 way that we approach

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 the scripture

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 is we're very influenced

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 by the skepticism

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 of much of our culture.

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 And so we sort of

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 assume that Moses,

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 just because he lived

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 at a time before

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 there were flush toilets

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 or Instagram,

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 doesn't mean he was stupid.

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 Right?

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 Or any person

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 who's an older writer.

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 Doesn't mean they're stupid.

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 So,

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 we just take that

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 as a bit of a clue

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 that maybe there's

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 something else

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 going on in this text.

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 Maybe there's something

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 else going on

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 in this text.

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 In fact,

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 I talked about that

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 a little bit last week

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 and I'm going to talk

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 about it a little bit more.

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 What I would say

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 is actually science

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 with one important

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 qualification,

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 the more we learn

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 about science,

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 the more we learn

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 about astronomy,

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 the more we learn

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 about biology,

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 the more we learn

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 about geology,

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 the more we learn

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 about these things,

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 the easier it is

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 and the more truthfully

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 we can read God's word.

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 I mean,

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 just a very,

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 very simple example,

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 like,

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 I don't know,

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 2,000,

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 2,500 years ago,

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 whenever it talks

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 about the sun rising,

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 I don't know,

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 they probably,

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 I don't know,

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 maybe they did think

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 literally the sun rose,

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 that the earth

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 was sort of static

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 and the sun rose

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 and then went

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 and, I don't know,

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 underneath it

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 and then came back

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 up the next day.

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 But they didn't actually

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 you know,

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 it's interesting,

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 in the Bible,

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 they don't have any

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 theories about how

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 things like that work.

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 They just say

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 the sun rises

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 or the sun moves

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 across the sky

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 and nothing in science

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 disproves the fact

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 that from our point of view

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 the sun rises,

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 does it?

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 Like,

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 nothing that's been

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 discovered scientifically

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 disproves that the sun

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 or the stars

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 or the moon move

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 from our perception,

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 if you think about it.

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 So,

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 when science

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 discovers more

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 and more things,

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 when humans

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 understand more

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 and more things,

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 all it means is

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 we can understand

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 a little bit more

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 about the Bible,

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 but it doesn't change

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 the fundamental insight,

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 does it,

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 that from our point of view

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 the sun rises?

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 That if somebody

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 was to,

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 if you were to say

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 the sun rose this morning

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 and somebody was to

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 beat you up scientifically

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 about it,

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 you'd just think

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 they were a jerk,

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 right?

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 Because it's just

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 the way we human beings

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 talk.

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 So,

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 it's,

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 with a qualification,

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 you know,

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 nothing in the,

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 that,

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 you know,

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 most of the language

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 in the Bible,

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 science doesn't disprove

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 any of it,

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 it just helps us

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 to understand it.

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 And so,

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 what I'm also going

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 to suggest is

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 not only if we think

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 for a second

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 that Moses probably

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 wasn't an idiot

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 and that he probably

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 knew a few things

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 about the need

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 for sunlight

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 for things to grow,

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 then the other thing

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 is that as we know

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 more and more

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 about science,

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 it helps us

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 to actually try

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 to figure out

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 some of the other

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 puzzles or riddles

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 about this text.

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 Because,

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 you know,

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 maybe Moses

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 wouldn't have understood

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 about things like

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 the sun and the stars

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 and the sky

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 because he didn't

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 know certain science,

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 but now that we

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 know more science,

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 it just helps us

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 to understand what's

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 more,

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 like to help to read

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 the text more accurately.

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 So,

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 Andrew,

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 if you could put

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 the first point up,

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 this is a really

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 important point

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 for us to get.

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 If we don't get this,

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 we won't understand

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 Genesis 1 to,

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 verse 1 to 2,

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 3.

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 God does not need

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 a process or a timeline

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 to create.

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 He speaks and what

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 he wills is created

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 with all of its heights

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 and depths,

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 fine-tuned intricacy

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 and backstory.

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 This is really important,

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 okay?

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 God can do whatever

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 he wants.

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 He's God.

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 You know,

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 if he wants to create

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 the universe,

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 he wants to take,

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 you know,

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 1,623,000 steps,

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 that's fine.

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 He can do it.

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 He's a big boy.

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 He makes up his own mind.

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 He decides.

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 And we should just go,

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 wow.

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 Right?

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 But he doesn't have

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 to do that.

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 He doesn't have

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 to use any steps.

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 And he doesn't have

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 to rest.

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 And he doesn't have

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 to work with

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 certain materials

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 to get one thing done

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 before he gets

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 another thing done.

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 Like,

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 none of those things

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 apply to God

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 if we understand

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 that God can create,

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 just as we're going

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 to see in a moment,

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 that it says

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 six different times,

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 more than six different times

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 that God speaks it is.

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 God speaks it is.

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 God speaks it is.

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 God speaks it is.

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 God speaks it is.

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 It's all the way

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 through the text.

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 God speaks.

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 It is.

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 So God does not need

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 a process

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 or a timeline

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 to create like we do.

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 We need processes

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 and timelines.

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 But God doesn't need that.

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 He doesn't use it.

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 He just speaks

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 and what he wills,

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 there it is.

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 And there it is

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 with all of its heights

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 and depths

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 and fine-tuned intricacy

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 and backstory.

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 So,

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 some of you are wondering,

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 George,

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 are you trying to just

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 sort of make it look

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 like we don't have

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 to try to think

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 that there's some conflict

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 between evolution

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 and between this story?

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 I'm not trying

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 to do that at all.

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 Some of you,

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 or if you were here

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 last week,

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 you remember me

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 telling you the story

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 of Keith Booth.

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 This is really,

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 really an important thing.

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 I know I'm going to tell it

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 to you twice,

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 two weeks in a row.

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 I might even tell it

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 to you three weeks in a row

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 because next week

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 we're going to look

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 at the second creation story

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 in Genesis 2.

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 And our problem is

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 we say,

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 oh yeah,

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 yeah,

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 yeah,

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 that's a really good idea.

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 And then when it's,

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 then the next week comes

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 and we look at the story

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 and we forget all

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 about the story.

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 We forget all about

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 the point that I was

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 trying to make.

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 So here's the point

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 for those of you

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 who weren't here

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 and those of you

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 maybe don't remember.

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 So in 1998,

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 the spring of 1998,

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 it's the NBA playoffs.

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 It's the sixth game.

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 The Bulls have

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 the greatest basketball player

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 who's ever played basketball

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 in the history of the game.

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 His name is Michael Jordan.

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 He's coming up

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 to his mid-30s.

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 He is unbelievable in shape,

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 unbelievable in determination

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 and athletic ability.

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 He's lost none of his skills.

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 He's at the peak of his game.

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 He is the greatest player

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 of all time playing

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 at an unbelievable level.

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 And we're going into

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 the game six in Utah

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 against a highly ranked team,

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 team that many,

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 many people thought

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 that Utah would win

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 the basketball championship

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 that week.

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 Chicago's up three to two.

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 They want to put it away.

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 And so the coach,

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 Phil Jackson,

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 he gathers his 15 players

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 before the game.

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 I don't know what he said,

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 okay?

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 But what we know

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 is when he gathered

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 the 15 players,

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 he probably said,

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 like coaches are always

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 supposed to do,

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 it's going to be a team effort.

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 Everybody has to take their role.

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 Everybody has to play their part.

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 Everybody has a part

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 to win this game.

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 But we all know

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 whose big shoulders

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 the whole game depends upon.

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 And we need to make sure

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.740
 we give that ball

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 to the guy

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 with the really broad shoulders,

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 Keith Booth.

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 Keith Booth's a real guy.

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 He actually was on the bench

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 for that game.

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 During the regular season,

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 he only played in six games.

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 And in the six games,

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 he only managed to get,

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 not per game,

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 but total,

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 five baskets.

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 Okay?

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 So we all know,

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 the coach didn't say that.

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 What did he say?

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 Give the ball to Michael.

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 That's what he said, right?

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 And so last week,

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 what I said is,

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 when we want to have

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 this big conflict

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 with how science

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 is understood today

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 and how to understand

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 human origins,

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 if we want to have a big,

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 if I'm going to have

00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:10.320
 an argument like that,

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 I don't want to give

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 the ball to Moses.

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 I want to give the ball

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 to Jesus.

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 I want to give the ball

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 to Jesus.

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 And so last week,

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 we talked about,

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 in the beginning,

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 God created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 Sorry,

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 in the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 He was with God

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 in the beginning.

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 All things were made

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 through him,

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 and without him,

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 nothing was made

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 that was made.

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 In him was life,

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 and the life

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 was the light of men.

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 And we tried to unpack

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 the doctrine of creation,

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 and we showed that

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 from that,

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 we can see that

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 the very, very first verse

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 in Genesis,

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 we understand it

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 from the perspective

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 of Jesus.

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 It's just teaching

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 this very, very basic thing

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 that God creates everything.

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 He creates everything.

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 He creates everything

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 visible and invisible.

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 He creates them

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 out of nothing.

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 He creates them

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 by just saying,

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 I want this to exist,

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 and it exists.

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 And creation

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 is not like a stage set.

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 He made it real

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 with height and depth

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 and backstory.

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 And I shared the story

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 last week

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 about how I was watching

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 a Star Trek episode,

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 and I realized

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 that what Q did

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 helped me to understand

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 the Christian doctrine

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 of creation.

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 In fact,

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 I made a bit of a joke

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 using Timothy Keller language.

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 The Bible tells you

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 of a true and greater Q.

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 A true and greater Q.

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 And to illustrate it,

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 and I'll just switch

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 the image up a little bit.

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 Imagine for a second

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 that we were really,

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 really unbelievably

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 faithful in prayer,

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 and there was a need

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 for God to do this.

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 But we owned this land,

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 let's say,

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 but it's just

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 an empty lot.

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 And so,

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 one Saturday,

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 one of you have

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 a prophetic word

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 from God

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 that if we just pray,

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 you know how

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 the Bible says

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 mountains will move?

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 And so we say,

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 if we just pray,

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 God will put a building

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 on this spot like that.

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 So we actually

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 would convince,

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 I have to confess,

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 I do not have

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 the gift of faith.

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 I would not be

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 at that prayer meeting

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 on a Saturday

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 across from the lot.

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 In fact,

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 I'd probably say,

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 let's pray on the property,

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 and people with

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 the gift of faith

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 would say,

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 no, we can't pray

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 on the property.

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 God's going to put

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 a building right here.

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 So we do it

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 across the street.

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 We all close our eyes,

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 we pray,

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 we open our eyes,

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 and the Ottawa

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 little theater is here.

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 God does a work

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 of creation

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 out of nothing.

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 And we all come in,

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 and it looks

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 just like this.

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 And we know

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 that he made it

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 out of nothing.

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 But we come

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 into the building,

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 and we look at the seats,

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 and, you know,

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 some of you who are,

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 you know,

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 some technologically inclined,

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 we could say,

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 you know,

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 those look like

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 about 30-year-old seats.

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 And you'd look

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 at the carpet,

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 and you'd go,

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 you know,

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 that looks like

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 a 20- or 30-year-old carpet.

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 And then you'd look

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 at the curtains,

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 and you'd know

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 that some of the curtains

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 are brand new,

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 and some of the curtains

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 are old,

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 and you'd be able

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 to figure out

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 how to put the chairs

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 together and everything

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 like that.

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 And so that's how

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 God created all things.

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 I used the example

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 last week,

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 that if God created

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 everything just like that,

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 it doesn't matter

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 how long ago it is,

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 if you just created

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 it like that,

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 and God sent you back

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 in a time machine

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 five seconds

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 after he'd created

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 all like that,

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 would there be stars

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 in the sky?

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 Yes,

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 there would be stars

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 in the sky,

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 even though the closest star

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 is 4.2 light years away.

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 And if you took

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 a chainsaw

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 and cut a tree,

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 would it have rings?

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 Yes,

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 it would have a ring.

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 It would have rings.

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 God made everything

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 with a back story.

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 He made it

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 so that we could

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 take it apart,

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 that we could understand it,

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 that we could

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 reverse engineer it.

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 He made it

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 because as we understand

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 something maybe

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 about how things

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 are connected

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 at a,

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 you know,

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 in this back story level,

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 that it helps us

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 to understand

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 how light works.

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 It helps us

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 to understand

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 how plants develop.

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 It helps us

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 to understand

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 things that we can do

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 to make things

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 work in this world

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 better,

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 to develop

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 better farming techniques

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 and better vaccines.

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 And that's what

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 the doctrine of creation

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 out of nothing means.

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 And if you want

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 to know more about it,

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 you can listen

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 to last week's sermon.

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 But here's the thing.

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 So we sort of

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 get into our mind,

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 okay, you know what,

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 that actually makes sense.

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 And in a sense,

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 what I'm saying

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 is that if somebody

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 tells me,

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 and somebody sent me

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 a very helpful email

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 this week about

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 how old the Atlantic Ocean is

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 and how many millions

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 of years it is.

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 And on one level,

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 I want to say,

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 see, what we have

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 to understand

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 is the doctrine

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 of creation,

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 if we really grasp it,

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 it means that

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 there's a real backstory

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 and we can't really,

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 it's sort of irrelevant

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 whether God did it

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 like sped up

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 a long time

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 or out of nothing.

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 Like you can't actually

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.220
 tell from this doctrine.

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 It just means

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 you are free

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 to study everything

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 without fear.

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 Study paleontology,

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.279
 study astronomy,

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.819
 study biology.

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.740
 You are free

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.220
 to do it

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.559
 without any fear.

00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:05.980
 Go ahead and study.

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 Because the doctrine

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.960
 of creation,

00:19:10.120 --> 00:19:10.480
 when it says

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.140
 a backstory,

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 it's not an illusion,

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 it's not a lie,

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:15.319
 it's the way

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:16.660
 God made everything.

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 And whether or not

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.640
 the ocean

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 is that old

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.240
 or just looks

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.779
 that old

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.519
 or the backstory

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.220
 makes it look

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 like it's that old,

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.940
 like that's

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:25.900
 an unimportant distinction.

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:27.140
 It has this backstory

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:28.120
 that we should be free

00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:28.759
 to completely

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.120
 and utterly study.

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 And so,

00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.099
 you see,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.720
 we think that,

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:36.359
 we sort of believe that,

00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.839
 but then

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.880
 as soon as we get

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.420
 to studying this text,

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:42.440
 we want to forget

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.299
 that God does it

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.880
 like that

00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:44.819
 and we want to try

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.359
 to figure out

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.960
 what the process is.

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.700
 But God doesn't,

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.099
 what is it?

00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:49.500
 God does not need

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:49.959
 a process

00:19:49.959 --> 00:19:50.779
 or a timeline

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.379
 to create.

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.019
 He speaks

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.779
 and what he wills

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.319
 is created

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.099
 with all of its

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.839
 heights and depths,

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.000
 fine-tuned intricacy

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:56.980
 and backstory.

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 And this text

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.519
 is going to drive it home.

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.579
 God said and it was,

00:20:00.679 --> 00:20:01.559
 God said and it was,

00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:02.519
 God said and it was,

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:03.539
 God said and it was,

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.359
 God said and it was.

00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:04.919
 If you missed it

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.480
 the first time,

00:20:05.719 --> 00:20:06.299
 I'll say it again,

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.679
 God said and it was.

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.359
 And he doesn't say,

00:20:10.719 --> 00:20:11.039
 okay,

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.959
 it's so good

00:20:11.959 --> 00:20:12.799
 that there's all this

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.899
 matter and energy around,

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.939
 so out of this,

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:16.459
 I'm going to create light.

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.380
 No.

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.640
 We'll get to it

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:20.819
 in a moment.

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 He sort of ignores

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.340
 verse 2 and just says

00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:23.559
 and God said and it was.

00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.799
 That's what wants

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.600
 to be emphasized.

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.019
 You see,

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.840
 it's not like

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:29.120
 making something,

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.980
 putting together

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:31.000
 something from Ikea.

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:33.200
 My wife

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 is

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:37.140
 conservative estimate

00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:38.600
 a hundred times

00:20:38.600 --> 00:20:39.240
 more handy

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 than I am.

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.620
 That's a conservative

00:20:41.620 --> 00:20:42.120
 estimate.

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.840
 It's probably

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.819
 way north

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.680
 of a hundred times

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.140
 more handy

00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:45.559
 than I am.

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.799
 You would all be surprised

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:48.440
 at how unhandy

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.240
 I am.

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.759
 But occasionally

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.940
 I can put together

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.740
 things from Ikea.

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 It's very interesting

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.480
 when my wife and I,

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.759
 we don't usually do it together,

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.639
 but if we put things

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.480
 together from Ikea,

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.480
 my wife,

00:20:58.639 --> 00:20:59.399
 because she's handy,

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.139
 she doesn't really look

00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.879
 at the directions

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:02.000
 until she gets stuck.

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.700
 She just starts putting

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.299
 things together,

00:21:03.399 --> 00:21:03.619
 right?

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:05.319
 If you came into the house

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.519
 to see me put together

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.579
 something from Ikea,

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.940
 I open all of the packaging,

00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:12.059
 I spread it all out

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.700
 in the room,

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 I group things together,

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:16.879
 I open the little plastic bags,

00:21:17.239 --> 00:21:18.639
 and I make sure

00:21:18.639 --> 00:21:19.399
 that if it says

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:19.939
 there's going to be

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:21.439
 16 of something,

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.559
 that there's 16,

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.939
 and I group all the things

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:25.199
 in the little plastic bags

00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:25.659
 together,

00:21:25.939 --> 00:21:27.559
 and then where it's well lit,

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.899
 I get the distractions out,

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 and I start at one,

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.079
 and then two,

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 and then three,

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 and I follow the directions.

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 Okay?

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.179
 God,

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:35.719
 is it,

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.919
 when God made everything,

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.339
 he didn't,

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.459
 it's not like Ikea.

00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:41.379
 He doesn't have to have

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.980
 a process.

00:21:43.260 --> 00:21:43.500
 Okay?

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:45.900
 And so when we remember

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.400
 last week,

00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:46.640
 okay,

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:46.840
 yeah,

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:46.960
 yeah,

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.100
 yeah,

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.200
 yeah,

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.040
 we want to give the ball

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:48.680
 to Jesus,

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.940
 not Moses.

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:50.780
 We want to give the ball

00:21:50.780 --> 00:21:51.700
 to Michael Jordan,

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.020
 not Keith Booth.

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.620
 So all we have to do

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.780
 is just remember that

00:21:55.780 --> 00:21:56.680
 now when we start

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.420
 to read this.

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.220
 The big,

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.180
 broad shoulders

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.480
 of understanding

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.920
 how things are

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.360
 and what creation is,

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:06.860
 that's carried by Jesus,

00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:08.760
 so maybe Genesis 1

00:22:08.760 --> 00:22:09.740
 is talking about

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.599
 some other types

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.180
 of things

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:13.339
 and bringing certain

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.140
 other types

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.000
 of truths home.

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.599
 Maybe that's what's

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.660
 going on with the text.

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.859
 So let's look.

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.019
 Get out your Bibles.

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.240
 It's been a long introduction.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.200
 Genesis 1,

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.259
 verse 1.

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.019
 Genesis 1,

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:27.000
 verse 1.

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.599
 And it begins like this.

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.160
 In the beginning,

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:30.420
 God created the heavens

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.019
 and the earth.

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:33.240
 The earth was without form

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.000
 and void,

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.779
 and darkness was over

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.779
 the face of the deep,

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:38.380
 and the Spirit of God

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.400
 was hovering

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.820
 over the face

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.440
 of the waters.

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.220
 Now this is a very

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.500
 sort of curious text,

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.800
 and if you read commentaries

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:47.000
 like I had to this week,

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.360
 they're all over the map

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.360
 trying to figure this out.

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.460
 I, you know,

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.759
 I don't know what it is.

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.620
 Maybe it's because

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.759
 I'm Northern Irish,

00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:55.360
 and so I often

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:58.120
 don't entirely go along

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.620
 with what all the experts say.

00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:02.400
 You know that book,

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.740
 you know,

00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:05.380
 what's that saying?

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.420
 God invented whiskey

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.019
 so the Irish

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.740
 wouldn't take over

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.180
 the world

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.120
 or something like that.

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.560
 I don't know.

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:14.820
 But I'm Northern Irish stock,

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.440
 Irish stock,

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.880
 and so I often

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.519
 don't go along

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.880
 with what all the experts say.

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.680
 But, you know,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.480
 you just look at,

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.900
 look at verse 2 here.

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.039
 It's very, very interesting.

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.380
 Actually,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.920
 if you could put up

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.539
 the next point.

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:29.080
 Mere matter and energy

00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:30.000
 will never create

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.860
 life for a home.

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.640
 That's one of the things

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.600
 that right off the bat

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.780
 God just wants to say.

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.020
 He says,

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.600
 you have matter,

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:37.840
 you know,

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.980
 this picture of earth

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.060
 and the deep,

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.380
 and it's just sort of like,

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.060
 it's a poetic way

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:44.380
 of talking about chaos.

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.160
 It's just,

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:46.980
 there's matter,

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.940
 there's stuff,

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:49.000
 there's energy,

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:50.160
 there's depths.

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.259
 But you know what?

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.460
 All of the matter

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.320
 and all of the energy,

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.440
 it's just,

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.100
 it's formless.

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.580
 You know,

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.400
 it's like,

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.360
 it's like if there's

00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.380
 a huge tsunami,

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:01.200
 like when you saw

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.220
 all of those pictures,

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.680
 you know,

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.360
 of a tsunami

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:05.480
 or some big thing

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.180
 that destroyed,

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.580
 you know,

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:08.420
 parts of the Pacific

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.840
 or that destroyed

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.560
 parts of Japan

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:12.240
 and when the wave is gone,

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:13.240
 all you have is chaos.

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:13.900
 You have stuff

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.720
 scattered all over.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.840
 There's nowhere to live.

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.259
 Nothing got improved.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.860
 It's just,

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.480
 it's just helter-skelter.

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.519
 The laws of physics,

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.620
 they all were followed.

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.460
 But even though

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.200
 you have all the laws

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.759
 of physics

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:25.160
 and all of the laws

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:26.500
 of chemistry working,

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.680
 it's just all chaos.

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:29.660
 It's devoid of life.

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.740
 It's empty.

00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.039
 And that's what it says

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.960
 right here in verse 2,

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.480
 that the earth

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.319
 was without form

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.700
 and void

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.220
 and darkness

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.059
 was over the face

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.559
 of the deep.

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.700
 There's no life.

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.759
 There's no form.

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:42.039
 There's no home.

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:44.319
 And God

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:46.259
 is different than chaos.

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.659
 And the Spirit of God

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.279
 was hovering

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.599
 over the face

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.399
 of the waters.

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.859
 You see,

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:54.420
 if you remember

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.240
 to give the ball

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.319
 to Michael Jordan

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.859
 or if you remember

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.579
 to give the ball

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.259
 to Jesus,

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.460
 Jesus,

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.539
 then you can start

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.579
 to read this text

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.680
 without having to think

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.920
 that it's having to deal,

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.799
 that it's somehow

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.619
 a pre-scientific way

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.359
 of describing

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.359
 evolutionary theory.

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.220
 Like,

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.339
 it's not trying

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.859
 to do that.

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.960
 Just remember,

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.879
 if you could put up

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.440
 the next point,

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.019
 here's the big choice

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:18.400
 that faces us

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.359
 all of the time.

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.960
 It's the thing

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.619
 that secular culture

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.519
 does not want

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.400
 to articulate

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:26.640
 because when it's articulated,

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.920
 we realize

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:29.040
 that there's really

00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.220
 only one choice.

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.360
 The choice,

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.200
 this is in a sense

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.720
 the atheistic dream.

00:25:35.320 --> 00:25:36.660
 The atheistic dream

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.880
 that somehow or another

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:39.620
 has clothed itself

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.640
 with science.

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.100
 That matter,

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:43.080
 pure chance,

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.200
 and cause and effect

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.420
 accounts for life

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:47.660
 and the intricate,

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.040
 fine-tuned universe.

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:50.480
 Or,

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.280
 what's the other choice?

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:54.259
 that God designed

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.220
 and created life

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.559
 and the intricate,

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.019
 fine-tuned universe.

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.940
 And I shared last week

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:02.160
 about an atheist philosopher

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.299
 who's still an atheist

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.180
 but has said

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.980
 that evolution,

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.339
 as it's understood right now,

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.680
 cannot possibly be true.

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.879
 And in fact,

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.079
 he urges scientists

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.559
 to stop even going down

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:11.940
 that way

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.680
 because it's playing

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.480
 into the hands

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:15.000
 of people who believe

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.920
 the second choice

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.700
 is the one that makes

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.440
 the most sense.

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.879
 And we all do.

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.720
 You know,

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.120
 Jeremiah,

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.279
 I hope you know,

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.200
 who read the text,

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.960
 if you just go ahead

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.480
 and ask him,

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.440
 he's doing his PhD

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.380
 in biochemistry,

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.319
 and ask him about

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.680
 genetic sequencing

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:32.200
 and whether that could

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.819
 possibly happen by chance.

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.000
 I mean,

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.240
 you know,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.740
 here's the thing,

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.420
 you know that I love

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.079
 murder mysteries,

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.720
 I love books

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.299
 where there's someone

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.920
 who gets murdered

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.839
 and I know that sounds

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.500
 really bad,

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.779
 but I love books like that.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.519
 And if there was a guy

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.120
 who came

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.380
 and he wanted to try

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.180
 to make the accident,

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.039
 make it look like,

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.640
 you know,

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.519
 it was a bit of an accident,

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.059
 he wanted to have

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.519
 the person suffer a bit first

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:53.259
 and he comes up

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.240
 to a deserted island

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:56.079
 and he jabs the guy

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.579
 with a needle

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.980
 and says,

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.480
 you're going to die

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.519
 in 15 minutes

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.599
 and it's on an island

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.700
 where I'm sure predators

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.220
 are going to eat

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.480
 most of your mortal remains,

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.980
 they won't know

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.019
 that I've just injected you

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.299
 with something

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.940
 that's going to kill you

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.579
 in 15 minutes,

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.659
 I'm going to sink your boat,

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.980
 they'll think it's an accident,

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.259
 you don't have a cell phone,

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.879
 you don't have nothing

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:12.079
 and then off he goes.

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.220
 And in that 15 minutes

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.059
 the person goes

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.539
 and as they're getting weaker

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.859
 they take some driftwood

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:19.439
 just beyond the high tide line

00:27:19.439 --> 00:27:20.979
 and they use the driftwood

00:27:20.979 --> 00:27:21.519
 to spell

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.879
 George killed me

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:27.059
 and then they die

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:29.240
 and then eventually

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.259
 they find the body,

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.719
 they come and they arrest me

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:33.240
 and if my lawyer said,

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.619
 listen,

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.659
 there's no way,

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.719
 we all know

00:27:35.719 --> 00:27:36.979
 that George killed me

00:27:36.979 --> 00:27:38.099
 spelled by driftwood,

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.599
 that was just a rogue wave

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.240
 that came up

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.399
 and as the wave

00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.779
 came back,

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.699
 the wood just happened

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.519
 there by chance,

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.000
 nobody would believe that

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.900
 and the universe

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.980
 is vastly more complicated

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.460
 than that

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:53.340
 so why do we believe that?

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:56.840
 So keep this choice

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:58.360
 before you as you read

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.580
 and understand

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:01.380
 that it's in Genesis 1-1

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.400
 and in the New Testament

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.640
 that the basic doctrine

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.720
 of creation is taught

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:06.420
 and what this text

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.740
 of Genesis 1 is doing

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.500
 is it's helping us

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.420
 to understand

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.759
 even more deeply

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.559
 that God creates

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.259
 out of nothing

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:14.160
 and who God is

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.720
 let's continue reading

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.400
 at verse 3

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.259
 and God said

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.900
 let there be light

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.560
 and there was light

00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:28.440
 and God saw

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.580
 that the light was good

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:31.019
 and God separated

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.240
 the light from the darkness

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.420
 God called the light day

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.820
 and the darkness

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.779
 he called night

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.320
 and there was evening

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.100
 and there was morning

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:39.920
 the first day

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:42.100
 now just sort of

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.960
 pause about this

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.660
 you know one of the things

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.540
 which is really cool

00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:45.180
 about this

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:47.200
 go and look

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.480
 at the very back

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.120
 of your Bibles

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:50.900
 to Revelation chapter 22

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:54.600
 Revelation chapter 22

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:58.900
 and what is the last word

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.519
 describing the future

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:02.820
 before the little ending bit

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:04.019
 in the book of Revelation

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.779
 and telling you

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.180
 how important it is

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.940
 to keep all the words

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.680
 the last word

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.980
 the last verse

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.559
 is verse 5

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.580
 of chapter 22

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.500
 and what does it say

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.000
 so here we have

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.480
 almost the third

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.120
 word in the Bible

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.820
 the third verse

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.420
 in the Bible

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.380
 and what's the last verse

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.960
 that talks about

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:24.080
 the end of chapter 22

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.539
 verse 5

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.220
 and what does it say

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:27.700
 and night will be no more

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:29.580
 they will need no light

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.200
 or lamp

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.759
 or sun

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.759
 for the Lord God

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.759
 will be their light

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:34.039
 and they will reign

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.720
 forever and ever

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:37.480
 and it's emphasized

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.360
 if you go back

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.059
 and read the last

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:40.339
 that little bit of a unit

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.160
 begins at the end

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.100
 of chapter 21

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.799
 right up to there

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.740
 twice it says

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:45.180
 that there's no need

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.620
 for light

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.779
 because God is the light

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.660
 isn't sort of just

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.819
 a bit of a cool thing

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.160
 and it's interesting

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.319
 because for many Christians

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.720
 we read that part

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.140
 and we just

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.400
 we just think in awe

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.200
 of what it will be like

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.440
 to be where God is

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.559
 in the new heaven

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.180
 and the new earth

00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.319
 and whatever this image means

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.420
 that there's no need

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.100
 for a sun

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.519
 or the stars

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.799
 because God is our light

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.899
 and that final word

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:08.919
 is the first word

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:11.159
 God creates light

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:14.019
 pretty cool

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.519
 eh

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.619
 how the Bible

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.339
 fits together

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:19.119
 let's skip down

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.559
 to verse

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.559
 to verse

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.839
 to verse 6

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.419
 keep reading

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.899
 actually before we read this

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:27.480
 here I want to get you

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.599
 if we run out of time

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.819
 this is the really big point

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:31.539
 I want to try to communicate

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.639
 if we understand

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.460
 that the burden

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.659
 of understanding creation

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.420
 that's carried on

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.839
 Jesus' broad shoulders

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.399
 read John 1

00:30:38.399 --> 00:30:38.899
 in the beginning

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:39.539
 was the word

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.980
 and the word

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.680
 was with God

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.059
 and the word

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.680
 was God

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.500
 he was with God

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.920
 in the beginning

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.099
 all things were created

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.700
 through him

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.700
 without him

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.460
 nothing was made

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.079
 that was made

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.099
 and him was life

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.220
 and the life

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.139
 was the light

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:50.899
 of man

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:53.059
 should you go

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.779
 put up the next point

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:55.819
 this is what

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.839
 Genesis 1

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.759
 this is what the Bible

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.119
 one of the two big things

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.799
 that this text

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.700
 is trying to communicate

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.220
 to you

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:03.500
 image bearer

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:05.140
 that's a human being

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:08.180
 image bearer

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.539
 know your creator

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.759
 the one

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.140
 transcendent

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:13.380
 omnipotent

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.720
 and good God

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:16.319
 who made the cosmos

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.500
 for your home

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:22.360
 image bearer

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.319
 that's how we're

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.819
 to understand

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.940
 what a human being is

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.880
 doesn't matter

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.039
 if you're down syndrome

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.400
 doesn't matter

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.420
 if you're Usain Bolt

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.920
 doesn't matter

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.680
 if you're as brilliant

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.380
 as Einstein

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.580
 doesn't matter

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.720
 if you have a low IQ

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.680
 image bearer

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:40.180
 image bearer

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.019
 know your creator

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.620
 the one

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.500
 transcendent

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.240
 omnipotent

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.060
 and good God

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:45.200
 who made the cosmos

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.040
 for your home

00:31:46.040 --> 00:31:46.820
 and you know

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.700
 if you're at all

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.120
 like me

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.900
 your personality

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.680
 I love abstract

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.460
 statements like that

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:53.620
 I love abstract

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:54.580
 statements like that

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.259
 I really do

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:57.140
 I love it

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.299
 you know but for a lot

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.759
 of people

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.980
 as soon as I started

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.619
 to read that

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.740
 you started thinking

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.220
 about your laundry list

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.220
 okay

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.940
 like that's just not

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:07.059
 how your minds work

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.359
 right

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.879
 you know

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.960
 might not even be aware

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.200
 of it

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.619
 that abstract language

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.160
 comes

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.599
 you think

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.039
 what am I going to

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.700
 watch on Netflix

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.140
 tonight

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:17.980
 but for other people

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.539
 this language

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.240
 of the text

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.279
 communicates it

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.180
 how do you know

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.539
 that God is not light

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.940
 and God said

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.779
 let there be light

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:29.119
 that's in a sense

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.139
 a way to understand

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:31.339
 transcendence

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.259
 how do you know

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.359
 that he's omnipotent

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.779
 which means all powerful

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.980
 and God said

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.700
 let there be light

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.720
 and there was light

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.160
 how do you know

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.339
 that he's good

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:42.180
 and everything that I make

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.859
 it's good

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:45.960
 and this story

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.960
 this text

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.839
 uses this very

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.399
 very very powerful

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:52.100
 series of language

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.800
 and images

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.500
 which are all

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.780
 very very simple

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:56.100
 and are basically

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:57.420
 using everyday

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.980
 perception talk

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.880
 so that even

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.900
 a three year old

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.259
 as they're told

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.820
 this story

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.759
 will understand

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.580
 at a deep level

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.080
 even though they

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:06.680
 don't understand

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.780
 later on in life

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.440
 when they try to talk

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.240
 about transcendence

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.400
 the seeds of

00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:10.840
 understanding

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.500
 transcendence

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.000
 are planted

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.920
 in this story

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:14.620
 because of the way

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.640
 their minds work

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.259
 let's look at

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.860
 verse 6

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.600
 this is sort of

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:18.960
 the hardest

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.960
 of all the texts

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.400
 and God said

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.700
 let there be an expanse

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.779
 in the midst of the waters

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.680
 and let it separate

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.240
 the waters

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.519
 from the waters

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.980
 and God made the expanse

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.059
 and separated the waters

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.319
 that were under the expanse

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.920
 from the waters

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:32.160
 that were above the expanse

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.299
 and it was so

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.680
 and God called the expanse

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.000
 heaven

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:36.059
 and there was evening

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.779
 and there was morning

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.579
 and the second day

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.740
 here's the main thing

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.039
 to remember about this text

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.160
 you know

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.220
 from a Jewish point of view

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.420
 or from the biblical point of view

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.240
 this is Monday

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.240
 and this second day

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.019
 is the only one

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.980
 of the seven days

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.500
 where it doesn't

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.000
 six days

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.460
 where it doesn't

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.200
 say it was good

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.339
 even God

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.339
 doesn't like Mondays

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:56.599
 that's not the main

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.319
 point of the text

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.720
 sorry

00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:00.000
 that even God

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.000
 doesn't like Mondays

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.799
 probably the reason

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.359
 it doesn't have

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.059
 and it was good

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.740
 is that the number

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.960
 seven is really important

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:08.099
 and there's seven goods

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.320
 and you want to emphasize

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.559
 the creation of human beings

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.400
 by a double good

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.079
 and so they have to

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.579
 take one away

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.079
 it's not because

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.860
 Mondays suck

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:16.740
 but here's the thing

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:18.420
 it's a bit complicated language

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.680
 and there's no real good words

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.099
 in English

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.760
 what this is really bringing about

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.220
 is that

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:23.640
 here's a big big big word

00:34:23.640 --> 00:34:25.000
 all of this text

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:27.460
 uses phenomenological language

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.539
 in other words

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.140
 the language of appearance

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:33.140
 and you know what

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:34.680
 if we wanted to try to make

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:36.300
 a creation story

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.180
 that was scientific

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.860
 and we did it

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.099
 two thousand years ago

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.860
 we would read it now

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.000
 it would be so lame

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.320
 if we even tried to write it

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.180
 the way they wrote science

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.039
 two hundred years ago

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.920
 we would read it now

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.519
 and we would say

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:48.720
 it was so lame

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:51.140
 and if we wrote it now

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:51.960
 the way scientists

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:53.019
 would like to write it

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.800
 and if Jesus doesn't come back

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.100
 in two hundred years

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:57.680
 this is very humbling

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:59.220
 our ancestors

00:34:59.220 --> 00:35:00.200
 two hundred years from now

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:00.539
 would say

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.980
 this is so lame

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:05.280
 Stephen Hawking's description

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.660
 this is so lame

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:10.340
 what never gets tired

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:11.620
 what is timeless

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:13.819
 phenomenological language

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:15.139
 what do they see

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:17.259
 it's from the perception

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.179
 that all of a sudden

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.019
 there's space

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.039
 and there's water above

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.940
 like clouds

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.679
 rain clouds

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:24.199
 and water underneath

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:26.219
 it's phenomenological language

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:29.299
 continue on

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:31.619
 verse six

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.019
 verse nine

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:36.880
 and God said

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.599
 let the waters

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.800
 under the heavens

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.800
 be gathered together

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.719
 into one place

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.739
 and let the dry land

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.179
 appear

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.719
 and it was so

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.239
 God called the dry land

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.679
 earth

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.159
 or better

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.420
 actually better translation

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.199
 would be land

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.619
 and the waters

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.639
 that were gathered together

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.280
 that he called

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.860
 seas

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:53.179
 and God saw

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.960
 that it was good

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:55.420
 God saw

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.960
 that it was good

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:57.159
 now here's another thing

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.820
 which shows you

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.699
 that this text

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.820
 is not at all

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:01.100
 concerned

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:02.260
 with

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:05.019
 oh sorry

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.580
 I stopped reading

00:36:05.580 --> 00:36:06.080
 too early

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:06.480
 didn't I

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.180
 verse 11

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.220
 and God said

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:08.700
 let the earth

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.620
 sprout vegetation

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:11.080
 plants yielding seed

00:36:11.080 --> 00:36:11.860
 and fruit trees

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.559
 bearing fruit

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.720
 in which is their seed

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.800
 each according

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.660
 to its kind

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.680
 on the earth

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.559
 and it was so

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.019
 the earth

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.559
 brought forth

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.240
 vegetation

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:20.660
 plants yielding seed

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:21.980
 according to their own kinds

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.080
 and trees bearing fruit

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.980
 in which is seed

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.660
 each according

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.300
 to its kind

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.840
 and God saw

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.300
 that it was good

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.760
 I'm sort of

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.400
 messing up my reading

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.900
 I apologize

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.579
 and there was evening

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.099
 there was morning

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.780
 the third day

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.940
 so here's the thing

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.800
 another thing about it

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.800
 shows that Moses

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.119
 and all

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.840
 isn't an idiot

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.139
 right

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.539
 remember that was

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.380
 one of my earlier points

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.280
 just assume for a second

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.019
 he's not an idiot

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.240
 I'm not going to go

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.079
 but if you go back

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.599
 later on

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.420
 with your Bibles

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.160
 you look at day 1

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:45.180
 and day 4

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.440
 day 2

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.619
 and day 5

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.700
 day 3

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.559
 and day 6

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.260
 there's a pattern

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:52.760
 and the pattern is

00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:53.920
 God makes

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.760
 a series

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:55.820
 of separations

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.800
 or places

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:56.980
 places

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.900
 in days 1

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.220
 2

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.700
 and 3

00:36:59.700 --> 00:37:01.260
 and in days

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.820
 4

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.260
 5

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.000
 and 6

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.420
 he makes

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.440
 inhabitants

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.160
 for the places

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:10.360
 so day 4

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.720
 day 1

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.600
 describes a certain

00:37:12.600 --> 00:37:13.760
 type of separation

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:15.440
 day 4

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.740
 describes inhabitants

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:18.640
 and all the way

00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:18.760
 through

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:20.220
 it's a very

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:21.000
 very obvious

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.480
 pattern

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:23.000
 if you look at it

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.000
 you see

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.719
 because once again

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.280
 remember one of my

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.980
 earlier points

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.900
 God doesn't have to

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.480
 do a process

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.239
 he just creates

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.960
 so what's he doing

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.500
 right now

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.880
 he's trying to say

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:33.139
 image bearer

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.260
 know your creator

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.639
 the one transcendent

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.360
 omnipotent

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.119
 and good God

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.940
 who made the cosmos

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.699
 for your home

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.920
 that's why it uses

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.099
 the language of days

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.260
 that's why it uses

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:44.000
 the language of 7 days

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.300
 because it's all

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.179
 from the perspective

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:47.079
 of human beings

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.260
 God is making us

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.659
 a home

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.199
 we are not an accident

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:52.519
 we are not a tragedy

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.599
 it is not

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.960
 as Hindu mythology

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.679
 talks about

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.619
 some ancient tragedy

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:59.079
 amongst the one God

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.099
 that there's different

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.659
 emanations

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.539
 and now there's us

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.219
 human beings

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.300
 as a tragedy

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.239
 and we have to get

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.099
 back to the one

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:06.539
 we are not an accident

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.539
 it is not like

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.460
 ancient mythology

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:10.460
 where God is creating

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.739
 the gods create

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.380
 human beings

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.380
 to serve them

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:14.280
 to feed them

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.139
 to wash them

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.059
 and to care for them

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:17.320
 no we are not

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.280
 made as slaves

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.000
 we are made as

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.900
 image bearers

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:21.019
 it is not that

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.780
 we are sent here

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.440
 as a punishment

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.000
 this is our home

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:27.380
 and the language

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.340
 is phenomenological

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.840
 language

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.519
 it's the language

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.400
 of human beings

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.639
 looking and seeing

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:34.300
 because God made us

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:35.720
 to live in this place

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:37.200
 as our home

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:38.460
 with him

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:40.760
 if you could put up

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.340
 the next point

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.079
 Andrew please

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:44.220
 see here's the other

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.880
 big thing

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:47.079
 that the text

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.280
 wants to tell us

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:50.220
 every claimant

00:38:50.220 --> 00:38:51.220
 to be a rival

00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:51.880
 to God

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.240
 is unmasked

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:54.120
 as a fraud

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:57.640
 every claimant

00:38:57.640 --> 00:39:01.080
 to be a rival

00:39:01.080 --> 00:39:01.800
 to God

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.740
 is unmasked

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.300
 as a fraud

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.940
 this is really

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.860
 seen very clearly

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.180
 in the very next word

00:39:06.180 --> 00:39:07.480
 the very next day

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.140
 which begins

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:09.300
 on verses 14

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:10.060
 and 14

00:39:10.060 --> 00:39:11.900
 and God said

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.700
 let there be lights

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.620
 this is the fourth day

00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:14.420
 let there be lights

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.200
 in the expanse

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.759
 of the heavens

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.379
 to separate

00:39:16.379 --> 00:39:16.799
 the day

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.379
 from the night

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:18.439
 let them be

00:39:18.439 --> 00:39:19.119
 for signs

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.899
 and for seasons

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.739
 and for days

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.299
 and years

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.480
 and let them be

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.639
 lights in the expanse

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.179
 of the heavens

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.819
 to give light

00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:25.539
 upon the earth

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.460
 and it was so

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.000
 see this thing

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.419
 about God

00:39:28.419 --> 00:39:29.199
 being all powerful

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.019
 let

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:31.079
 it was so

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.739
 let

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.599
 it was so

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.439
 speak

00:39:33.439 --> 00:39:34.379
 it is so

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:35.199
 he's

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:36.299
 and you know what

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.159
 it's not that

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.019
 it's coming out of it

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:38.980
 it's not like a mythology

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:40.559
 where God gives birth

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.460
 to us

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.759
 and we are the same

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.759
 stuff of God

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:45.639
 the myth of pantheism

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.639
 and panentheism

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:48.440
 no God is separate

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.440
 from his created order

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.079
 he speaks

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.820
 and it is

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:52.559
 and he's all powerfully

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.360
 speaks and it is

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.940
 and he's good

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.699
 because what he makes

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.219
 is good

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:57.420
 verse 16

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.119
 and God made

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.340
 the two great lights

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.139
 the greater light

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.860
 to rule the day

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.659
 and the lesser light

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:03.019
 to rule the night

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:04.239
 and the stars

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.659
 and God set them

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.380
 in the expanse

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.920
 of the heavens

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.539
 to give light

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.980
 on the earth

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.239
 to rule over the day

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:10.879
 and over the night

00:40:10.879 --> 00:40:11.500
 and to separate

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:11.919
 the light

00:40:11.919 --> 00:40:12.599
 from the darkness

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.719
 and God saw

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.379
 that it was good

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:15.059
 and there was evening

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.779
 and there was morning

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.500
 the fourth day

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.479
 now did Moses

00:40:17.479 --> 00:40:18.139
 not know

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.379
 to call one thing

00:40:19.379 --> 00:40:19.779
 the sun

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:20.379
 and the other thing

00:40:20.379 --> 00:40:20.819
 the moon

00:40:20.819 --> 00:40:23.439
 see what's the other

00:40:23.439 --> 00:40:24.139
 thing that's going on

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.879
 if the first thing

00:40:24.879 --> 00:40:25.359
 that's going on

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:25.879
 in this text

00:40:25.879 --> 00:40:26.199
 is that

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:28.000
 know your God

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.939
 know your creator

00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:31.779
 there's only one creator

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:33.059
 not a million creators

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.239
 we're not a result

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:35.159
 of blind chance

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.579
 we're not

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:37.599
 a divine accident

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.259
 of tragedy

00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:39.179
 there is a creator

00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:40.779
 there's only one creator

00:40:40.779 --> 00:40:42.179
 he is all powerful

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:43.419
 he is transcendent

00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:44.419
 he is good

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:45.699
 and he made us

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.480
 as human beings

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.519
 to bear his image

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.359
 in this cosmos

00:40:48.359 --> 00:40:49.579
 and this cosmos

00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.799
 is our home

00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:52.079
 we were made

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:52.799
 to live here

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:54.539
 and there are no other

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.199
 claimants

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:55.759
 that can claim

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:56.559
 to be like God

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.779
 in the ancient world

00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:58.940
 in virtually every

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:00.339
 ancient pagan religion

00:41:00.339 --> 00:41:01.819
 the sun is a god

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:03.679
 and the moon is a god

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.460
 and so

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:06.319
 the writer of Genesis

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:07.359
 intentionally

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.519
 does not say

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.680
 the word for sun

00:41:09.680 --> 00:41:10.260
 and moon

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:11.280
 in case

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:12.780
 ancient pagans

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:14.360
 mistakenly understood

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.760
 that God created

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.680
 the sun god

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.620
 and the moon god

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:18.840
 so the name

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:19.400
 of the sun

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.740
 and the moon

00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.820
 is not spoken

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:23.480
 and all of the way

00:41:23.480 --> 00:41:24.280
 through this text

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.559
 the ancient world

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.280
 well

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.220
 there's a god

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:27.700
 or goddess

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.420
 of fertility

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.200
 there's a god

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.720
 or goddess

00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:31.480
 of earth

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.280
 there's a god

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:32.820
 or goddess

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:33.559
 of the sky

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.280
 there's a god

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:34.780
 or goddess

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.580
 and the stars

00:41:35.580 --> 00:41:36.300
 chaos

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:37.100
 is a god

00:41:37.100 --> 00:41:37.860
 or a goddess

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:39.360
 and throughout

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.600
 all of the ancient world

00:41:40.600 --> 00:41:41.620
 there's

00:41:41.620 --> 00:41:43.400
 the sea monsters

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.580
 are types of gods

00:41:44.580 --> 00:41:45.280
 or goddesses

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:46.460
 in every one of these cases

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.600
 what does this text say?

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.320
 and God said

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.820
 and God said

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:52.100
 and God said

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:53.360
 and God said

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:54.560
 and God said

00:41:54.560 --> 00:41:55.660
 and God said

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.840
 he creates them

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:58.300
 the text

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:59.840
 destroys

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:01.059
 any notion

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.880
 of there being

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.820
 multiple gods

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.740
 just as

00:42:03.740 --> 00:42:05.059
 Genesis 1 and 2

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:07.100
 Genesis chapter 1

00:42:07.100 --> 00:42:08.100
 verses 1 and 2

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:09.519
 and the whole doctrine

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.100
 of creation

00:42:10.100 --> 00:42:10.820
 says that the

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.039
 atheistic dream

00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:13.260
 of accounting

00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:14.260
 for all things

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:14.740
 that exist

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.960
 without God existing

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:17.320
 is revealed

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:18.079
 to be

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:19.039
 a fraud

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:22.680
 you see

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.300
 friends

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:24.500
 this is why

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.440
 it's so important

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.160
 that we read

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.900
 Genesis 1

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.760
 without fear

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:29.740
 and that when we read

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:31.040
 Genesis 1 and Genesis 2

00:42:31.040 --> 00:42:32.220
 we don't slip back

00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:32.860
 into the mindset

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.320
 of the world

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.180
 I'm going to give the ball

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:35.000
 to Keith Booth

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.000
 no

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:38.000
 give the ball

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.800
 to Michael Jordan

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:40.140
 give the ball

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:40.680
 to Jesus

00:42:40.680 --> 00:42:41.900
 okay

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:43.000
 Jesus has the ball

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.160
 he's won in the game

00:42:44.160 --> 00:42:45.140
 so let's look at

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.740
 these other things

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:46.340
 what other things

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.480
 is this text telling us

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:49.480
 there is one God

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.620
 he is the creator

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:52.760
 he is transcendent

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.660
 he is all powerful

00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.360
 he is good

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:56.060
 all claimants

00:42:56.060 --> 00:42:57.560
 to any of these

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.779
 roles are a fraud

00:42:58.779 --> 00:42:59.860
 do not believe them

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.559
 it is a lie

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.799
 no God

00:43:02.799 --> 00:43:06.019
 I have to wrap this up

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.980
 because of the time

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.659
 just want to say

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:09.360
 a couple of things

00:43:09.360 --> 00:43:09.820
 let's just

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:10.880
 you get the basic

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:12.719
 story with all of this

00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.759
 can you

00:43:14.759 --> 00:43:15.719
 just look down here

00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:16.460
 to verse 27

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.960
 we are going to say

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.519
 more about this

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.279
 what I am going to be doing

00:43:18.279 --> 00:43:19.019
 with these sermons

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.500
 is that

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.420
 next week

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:20.900
 we are going to look

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.440
 at the second creation story

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:23.519
 and then after that

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.159
 we are going to

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:25.059
 loop back

00:43:25.059 --> 00:43:26.799
 and spend a whole sermon

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.659
 just on these

00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:28.360
 these three

00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:29.519
 a couple of these verses

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.719
 at the end of chapter 1

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.900
 and then after that

00:43:31.900 --> 00:43:32.699
 I am going to loop back

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.400
 and look at something

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.079
 in more detail

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.799
 in chapter 2

00:43:34.799 --> 00:43:36.320
 but look at this here

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:37.659
 verse 25

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:39.199
 and God said

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.980
 let us make man

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.579
 in our image

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.619
 after our likeness

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.399
 and let them have

00:43:42.399 --> 00:43:43.440
 dominion over the fish

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:43.960
 of the sea

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:44.719
 and over the birds

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.299
 of the heavens

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:46.259
 and over the livestock

00:43:46.259 --> 00:43:48.019
 and over all the earth

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.259
 and every creeping thing

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:50.480
 that creeps on the earth

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.219
 and here this

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:52.179
 threefold thing

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.839
 a poem

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.980
 a song

00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.619
 for emphasis

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.920
 so God created man

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:56.859
 in his own image

00:43:56.859 --> 00:43:58.500
 in the image of God

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.379
 he created him

00:43:59.379 --> 00:44:00.819
 male and female

00:44:00.819 --> 00:44:01.799
 he created them

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:03.579
 human beings

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.440
 are unique

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:05.359
 on one hand

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:06.119
 we are creatures

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:07.900
 on another hand

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.659
 we are unique

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.179
 and different

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:10.279
 than anything else

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:11.519
 in all of creation

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:13.039
 only human beings

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:16.940
 a fertilized

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:18.219
 egg

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.500
 attached

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.799
 to the womb

00:44:20.799 --> 00:44:23.599
 of its mother

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:25.699
 right up to

00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:26.500
 Usain Bolt

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.559
 and Albert Einstein

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:29.219
 and George Clooney

00:44:29.219 --> 00:44:30.880
 and Justin Trudeau

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:33.759
 we only

00:44:33.759 --> 00:44:34.920
 bear God's image

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.940
 which why it is

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.800
 is why it is

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.980
 if a house

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.740
 is on fire

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:40.679
 and a firefighter

00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:41.380
 she runs

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.619
 into the house

00:44:42.619 --> 00:44:43.900
 and she only

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.700
 has a chance

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:45.800
 she only has a choice

00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.300
 of either

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:47.980
 rescuing the German

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.380
 shepherd

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.480
 or the baby

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.059
 in the crib

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:52.260
 if she came out

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:52.820
 with the German

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.260
 shepherd

00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:55.920
 we would all

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:56.519
 know at the most

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.519
 fundamental level

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.360
 that she's created

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:59.280
 she's done a great

00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.639
 evil

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:01.420
 if she said

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.900
 well there's no

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.659
 difference between

00:45:02.659 --> 00:45:03.900
 a dog and a baby

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.780
 in fact

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:05.440
 you know they probably

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:06.260
 spent $1500

00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:07.200
 on that dog

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:08.160
 the baby was free

00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:11.480
 like how would that

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:12.260
 go in the news

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:16.400
 we all know

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:17.220
 at a very distinct

00:45:17.220 --> 00:45:18.099
 level that the

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.980
 firefighter who would

00:45:18.980 --> 00:45:19.720
 go in to rescue

00:45:19.720 --> 00:45:20.280
 the dog

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:21.119
 and let the baby

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.840
 human baby

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.300
 die

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:23.579
 has done a great

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:23.980
 evil

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:27.039
 only the wisdom

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:27.719
 of the Bible

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:28.719
 makes that

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:29.780
 fundamental

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.719
 insight

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:32.800
 clear

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:34.019
 within a clear

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:35.139
 framework

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:36.900
 so I'm sorry

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.500
 I've gone a little

00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:37.900
 bit long

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.440
 so you know what

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:39.079
 what's all this

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:39.420
 telling us

00:45:39.420 --> 00:45:39.960
 friends

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.699
 if you feel

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.280
 at all inclined

00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:41.760
 to study

00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:42.240
 astronomy

00:45:42.240 --> 00:45:43.139
 study astronomy

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:44.420
 study biology

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:45.579
 study biochemistry

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.599
 study geology

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:48.320
 study paleontology

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:49.159
 don't be afraid

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:49.460
 of it

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:50.300
 it's just

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:51.099
 unpacking

00:45:51.099 --> 00:45:51.780
 God's great

00:45:51.780 --> 00:45:52.240
 design

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:52.760
 in the back

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.139
 story

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:54.159
 and just a couple

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.639
 of other things

00:45:54.639 --> 00:45:55.279
 about why this

00:45:55.279 --> 00:45:56.000
 is so important

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.579
 in the gospel

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.219
 Andrew if you could

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:57.859
 put up the next

00:45:57.859 --> 00:45:58.539
 point please

00:45:58.539 --> 00:46:00.159
 what this text

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:00.719
 is showing

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.879
 is that only

00:46:01.879 --> 00:46:02.920
 God can create

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:04.000
 it's not going to

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.619
 be for a couple

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:04.920
 of weeks

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.279
 that we get

00:46:05.279 --> 00:46:05.739
 to the great

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:06.319
 tragedy

00:46:06.319 --> 00:46:06.879
 as to why

00:46:06.879 --> 00:46:07.359
 we need a

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.659
 savior

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:08.379
 but what this

00:46:08.379 --> 00:46:09.239
 text emphasizes

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:10.339
 time and time

00:46:10.339 --> 00:46:10.920
 and time

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.400
 and time

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:11.819
 again

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.679
 and God

00:46:12.679 --> 00:46:13.019
 said

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:13.460
 and God

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:13.719
 said

00:46:13.719 --> 00:46:14.159
 and God

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:14.400
 said

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:14.799
 and God

00:46:14.799 --> 00:46:15.119
 said

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:16.019
 is that only

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.699
 God can

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.039
 create

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.819
 and if only

00:46:17.819 --> 00:46:18.539
 God can

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.159
 create

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:20.940
 only he can

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:21.440
 recreate

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:25.619
 only he can

00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:26.139
 do that

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:27.619
 and all we

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.059
 can do is

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:28.880
 accept how

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.599
 he does it

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:31.820
 by faith

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:35.280
 next point

00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:36.720
 if you go back

00:46:36.720 --> 00:46:37.140
 later on

00:46:37.140 --> 00:46:37.559
 and you read

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.180
 the seventh

00:46:38.180 --> 00:46:39.260
 day of creation

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:39.660
 you'll see

00:46:39.660 --> 00:46:40.039
 it's very

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.880
 very interesting

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:42.019
 on the seventh

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.840
 day of creation

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:44.120
 it said that

00:46:44.120 --> 00:46:44.720
 God's work

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.300
 was finished

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:45.940
 and by the way

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.320
 it's very

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:46.820
 interesting

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:47.559
 if you'll notice

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:47.860
 you read

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:48.220
 the seventh

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.760
 day of creation

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.340
 there's no

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:50.200
 and there was

00:46:50.200 --> 00:46:50.440
 evening

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:50.980
 and there was

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:51.600
 morning

00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:52.320
 a seventh

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.600
 day

00:46:52.600 --> 00:46:53.880
 the rhythm

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.440
 is broken

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:55.059
 the Sabbath

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:56.000
 rest

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:57.000
 God's intention

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.660
 to create

00:46:57.660 --> 00:46:58.080
 a home

00:46:58.080 --> 00:46:58.480
 for us

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.720
 that he

00:46:58.720 --> 00:46:59.180
 would dwell

00:46:59.180 --> 00:46:59.760
 with us

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:01.200
 that's described

00:47:01.200 --> 00:47:02.180
 in that

00:47:02.180 --> 00:47:02.940
 seventh day

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:04.420
 and in that

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:05.040
 text it says

00:47:05.040 --> 00:47:05.700
 God's finished

00:47:05.700 --> 00:47:06.420
 from his work

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:07.140
 and on the

00:47:07.140 --> 00:47:07.640
 cross

00:47:07.640 --> 00:47:08.200
 God the

00:47:08.200 --> 00:47:08.740
 son of God

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.460
 said it is

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:09.860
 finished

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:11.860
 this is the

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:12.320
 gospel

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:13.980
 you see

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.560
 that only

00:47:14.560 --> 00:47:15.320
 God can

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:15.640
 create

00:47:15.640 --> 00:47:16.280
 so only he

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:17.060
 can recreate

00:47:17.060 --> 00:47:18.740
 and that just

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.320
 as God

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:19.920
 after he had

00:47:19.920 --> 00:47:20.200
 finished

00:47:20.200 --> 00:47:20.680
 creating

00:47:20.680 --> 00:47:21.940
 it was

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:22.500
 finished

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:23.700
 and Jesus

00:47:23.700 --> 00:47:24.220
 as he's

00:47:24.220 --> 00:47:24.780
 dying upon

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:25.500
 the cross

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.040
 as our

00:47:26.040 --> 00:47:26.460
 savior

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:27.480
 the same

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:27.880
 one

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.620
 who is in a

00:47:28.620 --> 00:47:29.020
 sense the

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.440
 source of

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:30.039
 all light

00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:30.360
 at the

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.759
 end of

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.179
 the days

00:47:31.179 --> 00:47:31.639
 the beginning

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:31.980
 of the

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.300
 new and

00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:33.179
 final story

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:34.179
 as he dies

00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:34.480
 on the

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:34.880
 cross

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.719
 he says

00:47:35.719 --> 00:47:36.780
 it is

00:47:36.780 --> 00:47:37.340
 finished

00:47:37.340 --> 00:47:40.960
 that's

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.599
 why this

00:47:41.599 --> 00:47:42.780
 creation

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:43.280
 text

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:44.340
 it helps

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:44.699
 us to

00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:45.659
 understand

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.440
 the greatness

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:46.920
 and the

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.219
 depth

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:47.599
 of what

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:47.960
 Jesus

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.360
 does

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:48.659
 for us

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:48.940
 on the

00:47:48.940 --> 00:47:49.400
 cross

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:50.539
 that it's

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:51.099
 not something

00:47:51.099 --> 00:47:51.440
 we can

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:51.880
 add our

00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:52.280
 works

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:52.599
 to

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:52.860
 our

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:53.539
 liturgies

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:53.780
 to

00:47:53.780 --> 00:47:54.000
 our

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:54.460
 rituals

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:54.960
 to

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:56.039
 or anything

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.559
 like that

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:56.900
 it is

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:57.639
 only something

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:58.280
 that God

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:58.820
 can do

00:47:58.820 --> 00:47:59.580
 and that

00:47:59.580 --> 00:48:00.480
 we can

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:01.840
 only receive

00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:03.320
 it by

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:03.720
 faith

00:48:03.720 --> 00:48:04.540
 I invite you

00:48:04.540 --> 00:48:05.019
 to stand

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:13.980
 if you're

00:48:13.980 --> 00:48:14.500
 here and

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.240
 you're not

00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:15.780
 sure if you've

00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:16.140
 ever given

00:48:16.140 --> 00:48:16.740
 your life to

00:48:16.740 --> 00:48:17.440
 Jesus there's

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:17.860
 no better

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:18.460
 time than

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.580
 today to

00:48:19.580 --> 00:48:20.320
 just say

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:22.700
 in fact

00:48:22.700 --> 00:48:23.080
 actually I'm

00:48:23.080 --> 00:48:23.400
 just going to

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:23.880
 say a

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.960
 simple prayer

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.340
 I don't

00:48:25.340 --> 00:48:25.599
 want you

00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:25.980
 to pray

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.260
 it out

00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:26.539
 loud

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:26.940
 but if

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.400
 you're

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:27.860
 here in

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.400
 this room

00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:29.800
 and it's

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.320
 you've

00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:30.639
 come to

00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:31.159
 that point

00:48:31.159 --> 00:48:31.460
 where you

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:32.360
 just recognize

00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:32.860
 that you

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:33.179
 need a

00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:33.519
 savior

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:34.880
 and that

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.260
 Jesus

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:36.340
 he's the

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:36.760
 one who

00:48:36.760 --> 00:48:37.400
 can recreate

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:37.659
 you

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:38.360
 he's the

00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:38.740
 one who

00:48:38.740 --> 00:48:39.360
 completed the

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:39.820
 work needed

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:40.420
 to recreate

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:40.820
 you

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:41.659
 then if

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:42.019
 you just

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.860
 just silently

00:48:42.860 --> 00:48:43.360
 not out

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:43.860
 loud but

00:48:43.860 --> 00:48:44.500
 just silently

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:45.280
 I'll try to

00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:45.860
 leave a pause

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:46.820
 just pray a

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:47.240
 prayer like

00:48:47.240 --> 00:48:47.440
 this

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:47.860
 just this

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:48.000
 is

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:48.740
 it comes

00:48:48.740 --> 00:48:49.099
 from your

00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:49.420
 will or

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:49.920
 your desire

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:50.260
 I'm just

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:50.539
 trying to

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:50.840
 help you

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:51.420
 put language

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:51.960
 to it

00:48:51.960 --> 00:48:54.039
 God I

00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:54.340
 know that

00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:54.940
 you exist

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:58.579
 I know

00:48:58.579 --> 00:48:59.099
 that Jesus

00:48:59.099 --> 00:48:59.599
 is the

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:00.000
 savior

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:03.460
 Jesus

00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:04.099
 be my

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:04.500
 savior

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:07.460
 come into

00:49:07.460 --> 00:49:08.059
 my life

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:10.159
 and never

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:10.639
 leave

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:13.679
 save me

00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:14.260
 completely

00:49:14.260 --> 00:49:17.480
 make your

00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:18.179
 holy spirit

00:49:18.179 --> 00:49:18.679
 to come

00:49:18.679 --> 00:49:21.059
 and live

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:21.940
 within me

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:23.559
 amen

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.780
 father for

00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:25.179
 all of us

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.559
 pour out

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:25.900
 your holy

00:49:25.900 --> 00:49:26.240
 spirit

00:49:26.240 --> 00:49:26.880
 upon us

00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:28.300
 help us

00:49:28.300 --> 00:49:28.639
 to be

00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:29.320
 trusting in

00:49:29.320 --> 00:49:29.720
 your word

00:49:29.720 --> 00:49:30.360
 and confident

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:30.679
 in your

00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:31.139
 word

00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:32.280
 help us

00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:33.000
 father to

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:33.820
 study your

00:49:33.820 --> 00:49:34.159
 word

00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:34.880
 and make

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:35.039
 us

00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.539
 disciples

00:49:35.539 --> 00:49:36.099
 of Jesus

00:49:36.099 --> 00:49:36.619
 gripped by

00:49:36.619 --> 00:49:37.119
 the gospel

00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:37.699
 living for

00:49:37.699 --> 00:49:38.199
 your glory

00:49:38.199 --> 00:49:38.619
 and this

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:39.099
 we ask

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:39.579
 in Jesus

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.119
 name

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:41.000
 amen