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 And turn to Hebrews 2, 5-9.

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 As you turn to the passage, I would like to give a quick introduction to Hebrews 2,

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 It says,

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 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with suffering,

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 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction,

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 sometimes being partners with those so treated.

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 For you had compassion on those in prison,

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 and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property,

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 since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession than an abiding one.

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 God, in the book of Hebrews,

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 He is using the author to exhort and encourage a small church on how majestic the Lord is.

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 And He wants the church to know that Jesus Christ is grander.

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 He is more supreme.

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 He is more marvelous than all other things.

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 In this book, we're reminded of Colossians 1.

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 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

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 Therefore, those who pay attention to King Jesus,

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 and those who take refuge in Him will receive the blessings of the Son,

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 and those who do not will drift away, as we see last week.

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 So, this is important as we approach Hebrews 2, 5-9.

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 Let's keep this in mind.

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 Pray with me as we seek God's Spirit to help us understand the text.

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 Lord, we thank You that You are the God who speaks and has spoken.

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 We thank You that You have revealed Your Son.

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 And Lord, today I ask that You teach us more and more about Jesus Christ and how marvelous He is.

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 And Lord, how we can find a refuge in Him.

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 In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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 Perfect.

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 So, in the Chronicles of Narnia,

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 the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,

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 we see the scene where Peter and his army is fighting the witch and her army.

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 And it's at a point where you see Peter and his army is overwhelmed.

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 They're in a place where they're exhausted.

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 You know the end is coming.

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 They're about to be crushed and destroyed.

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 But then, out of nowhere, you see, it's built up,

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 but you see Aslan come.

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 And as Aslan comes, hope is restored in the people.

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 And as hope is restored,

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 eventually Peter and his army overcomes the witch and her army through Aslan.

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 And I bring up this introduction to relate to the Hebrew Christians.

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 They are enduring great suffering.

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 They, at this point, are not to the point of death,

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 but have been afflicted in every way,

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 but not crushed.

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 They are not perplexed,

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 but not driven to despair.

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 They are persecuted, but not forsaken.

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 And in this point, they're struck down, but not destroyed.

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 It is here, these believers are struggling

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 to endure and persevere in their relationship with God.

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 And that's the setting that the author of Hebrews gives them,

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 this beautiful truth.

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 The author of Hebrews encourages these storm-beaten Christians

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 that God has given an original purpose to man.

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 Although man suffered loss of that purpose through the tragedy of sin,

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 God has brought about an everlasting hope in the better Adam.

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 So today, I hope that you would glean from the text that Jesus Christ

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 is the better Adam,

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 the second Adam,

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 who has tasted death for man

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 and has raised man up to glory with him.

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 That we're saved through him and are secured in him,

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 ultimately, is what I believe the text today

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 is telling us about who Jesus Christ is

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 and what he's done for us.

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 So, let's read Hebrews 2, 5-9.

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 Now, it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come,

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 of which we are speaking.

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 It has been testified somewhere,

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 what is man that you were mindful of him,

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 or the son of man that you cared for him?

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 You have made him a little lower than the angels.

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 You have crowned him with glory and honor,

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 putting everything in subjection under his feet.

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 Now, in putting everything in subjection to him,

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 he left nothing outside of his control.

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 But at the present time,

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 we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.

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 But we see him,

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 who for a little while was made lower than angels,

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 namely, Jesus,

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 crowned with glory and honor

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 because of the suffering of death,

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 so that, by the grace of God,

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 he might taste death for everyone.

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 In today's passage,

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 we are going to go through four points.

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 Point number one is that man is the crown of creation.

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 Point number two is that man has lost his crown.

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 Point number three is,

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 Jesus Christ is the second Adam

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 who has restored man through his death.

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 And point number four is,

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 Jesus Christ is the reigning king

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 and secures a great salvation for man.

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 Number one,

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 man is the crown of creation.

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 Verse five says,

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 now it was not to angels

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 that God subjected the world to come,

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 of which we are speaking.

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 It is important to note this word,

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 subjection,

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 or subjected.

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 It's used three times in this one passage,

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 five through nine.

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 So obviously,

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 it has an important role to play.

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 This word,

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 subjected,

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 it communicates some sense of hierarchy.

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 In ancient Greek,

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 it was used a military term to rank under.

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 So,

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 this idea that's being portrayed

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 is that God is not subjecting the world to come,

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 the heavenly dwelling to angels.

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 They're not going to rule in this world to come,

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 but that man's going to rule.

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 And that's what we see here

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 in the first few verses of the text.

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 Also,

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 we see fulfilled in Christ.

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 There is this royal language

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 that depicts that man

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 will inherit salvation

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 in a great inheritance.

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 So,

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 we also see in the text

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 that the next phrase

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 is that

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 the world to come.

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 This phrase literally means

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 an earthly inhabitation,

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 and to come is looking forward.

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 So,

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 he's saying there's this

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 earthly habitation to come

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 of which he is speaking.

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 This term is really

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 looking forward to

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 a heavenly dwelling,

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 a beautiful

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 and glorious

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 security

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 that is expected

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 that they have

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 coming before them

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 as they

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 persevere,

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 make it through

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 this time of hardship.

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 Lastly,

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 the last phrase

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 in this first verse

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 we have is

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 of which we're speaking.

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 And this is

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 kind of like,

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 you're a little shocked

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 at this moment

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 because it reveals

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 something to the reader

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 at this point in time.

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 It reveals that

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 what the writer

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 so far has been talking about

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 is stuff to come,

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 that is looking forward.

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 So,

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 I believe

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 in this passage

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 as we trek through

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 Hebrews

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 and we understand

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 who Jesus Christ is,

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 that he's talking about

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 who Christ

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 presently is,

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 but also

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 looking forward

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 to what's coming,

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 what our salvation

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 looks like.

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 It's a great salvation

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 to come.

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 So,

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 I think in the context

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 of the book of Hebrews

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 what we've discovered

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 so far

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 and we've learned

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 so far

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 is that it's all

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 talking about

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 what we have

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 to look forward to.

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 And at this point

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 in time,

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 now we're here

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 and the Hebrew

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 Christians are suffering

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 and again,

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 he wants not to

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 anchor their hope

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 in this world,

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 but he wants to

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 anchor it in the world

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 to come.

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 So,

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 as we trek

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 through Hebrews

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 and learn about

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 these wonderful things

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 that the author

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 is telling us about,

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 we need to let the author

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 direct us

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 and carry us along

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 to see what we have

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 to come.

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 The writer picks back up

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 on this glorious world

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 to come throughout the book.

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 So,

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 note some important things

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 he says in this book.

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 He speaks of

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 an everlasting

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 Sabbath rest,

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 an eternal redemption,

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 a sure and steadfast

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 anchor of our soul,

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 a permanent priesthood,

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 a better

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 and abiding possession,

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 a city that has

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 foundations,

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 a better

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 and heavenly country,

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 a city of the living God,

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 the heavenly Jerusalem,

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 and a kingdom

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 that cannot be shaken.

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 So,

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 what we see

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 is that

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 throughout this book,

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 the author wants

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 the audience

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 and these Hebrew Christians

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 to understand

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 that there is hope

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 to come

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 amidst their affliction

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 and their suffering

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 and the losing

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 of their home

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 and the persecution

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 they experience,

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 that there is

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 an everlasting hope

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 in Christ

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 that is so much better

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 than the present things

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 they are experiencing

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 in this world.

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 So,

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 I encourage you guys

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 as we spend time

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 in the text today

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 and as we move forward

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 that we should let,

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 we should linger

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 before the text

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 and believe in this

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 coming reality.

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 And the more we linger

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 and the more we believe,

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 the greater our hope

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 and joy will be

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 because ultimately

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 we are those who

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 walk not by sight

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 but by faith

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 towards the everlasting kingdom,

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 the kingdom

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 that cannot be shaken.

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 So,

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 ultimately the first verse

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 is telling us

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 a really important reality

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 that we see

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 the world to come

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 does not belong to angels

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 but it belongs to man.

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 And what we'll see

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 in this few verses

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 is that man was originally

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 the crown of creation

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 and man will be restored

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 and inherit

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 and heavily habitation to come.

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 Verse 6 through 8

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 in the text

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 is actually a quotation

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 from Psalm 8.

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 Instead of spending time

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 right here,

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 I'm actually one

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 to take us to Psalm 8

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 so we can understand

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 what the author

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 meant in Psalm 8

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 and how we can understand

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 it in Hebrews.

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 So if you will,

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 take a copy of God's Word

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 and turn to Psalm 8 with me.

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 We'll read verse 1 through 6.

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord,

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 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 You have set your glory

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 above the heavens.

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 Out of the mouth

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 of babies and infants

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 you have established strength

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 because of your foes

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 to still the enemy

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 and the adventure.

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 When I look at your heavens,

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 the works of your fingers,

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 the moon and the stars

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 which you have set in place,

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 what is man

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 that you are mindful of him

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 or the son of man

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 that you care for him?

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 Yet you have made him

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 a little lower

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 than the heavenly beings

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 and crowned him

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 with glory and honor

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 and given him dominion

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 over the works of your hands.

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 You have put all things

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 under his feet.

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 And considering Psalm 8,

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 what we see

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 is the sheer greatness

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 and majesty of God.

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 This Psalm is celebrating

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 in who God is.

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 The author at the beginning

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 is just saying,

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 O majestic is your name.

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 Just celebrating

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 in who God's character is.

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 And then he has a moment

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 where he talks about

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 the puny small human.

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 What is man

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 that you're mindful of him?

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 In the Bible,

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 oftentimes man

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 is mentioned

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 as a drop in the bucket.

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 The Bible says

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 the nations

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 are a drop in the bucket.

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 And in reality,

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 if we look at

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 the vast greatness

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 of the universe,

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 this question

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 makes so much sense.

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 What is man?

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 When we look at

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 how big the universe is

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 and how great God is,

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 this reality is like

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 we really are small

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 in a physical sense.

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 But the author

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 goes on to tell

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 how important man

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 is to God

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 and how precious

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 man is to God.

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 One thing,

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 before we move on to that,

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 I want to really consider

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 how vast God is

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 and how vast

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 his creation is.

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 The Bible says

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 that God created

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 the heavens and the earth

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 to praise God,

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 to give him glory.

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 So in that,

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 have y'all ever

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 hiked a mountain?

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 Or if you're going

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 over a Blenton Mountain

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 driving,

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 and you stop

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 and you look over

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 the expanse

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 of the mountain

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 and you see

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 how great it is.

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 And I don't know

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 if it's just me,

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 but when I sit there

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 and see how big

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 creation is,

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 I think just how small I am.

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 There's a humble feeling,

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 a humiliation

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 that comes upon me

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 because I'm just amazed

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 by just who God is

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 and how wonderful

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 his creation is.

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 Some really great facts

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 about the universe

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 that just really continues

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 to discuss how vast

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 God is by how

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 he created the world.

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 Fact number one,

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 talk about how big

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 the universe is.

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 The earth is tiny

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 in comparison

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 with the rest of the universe.

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 It could fit into the sun

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 1.3 million times.

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 When we think of

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 the vastness of the universe,

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 there are more stars

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 in the universe

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 than grains of salt

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 on all the beaches.

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 That's at least

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 a billion trillion.

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 And according to

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 recent discoveries

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 from the Hubble telescope,

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 there are hundreds

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 of billions

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 of galaxies

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 across the universe.

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 So again,

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 the universe is massive

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 and the question

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 we have to ask ourselves

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 is why?

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 Why did God create

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 a universe this big?

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 And what we see

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 in Psalm 91

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 is that the heavens

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 and the earth

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 proclaim the glory

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 of God.

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 When we consider

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 God's hand

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 and his handiwork,

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 we should be in awe

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 by how great he is.

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 But then,

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 it should amaze us

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 that how much

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 he cares for man

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 and how he created us.

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 So if you will,

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 take your copy of God's word

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 and turn to

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 Genesis 1.

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 And I want to go back

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 to God's original intent

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 in creation

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 and show you

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 just how much

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 God cares for man

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 and then the commission

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 he's given man.

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 starting in verse 26.

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 And God said,

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 let us make man

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 in our image

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 after our likeness

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 and let them have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens

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 and over the livestock

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 and over all the earth

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 and over every creeping thing

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 that creeps on the earth.

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 So God created man

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 in his own image

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 and the image of God

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 he created him.

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 Male and female

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 he created them.

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 And God blessed them

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 and God said to them,

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 be fruitful and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish of the sea

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens

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 and over every living thing

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 that moves.

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 So when we get

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 to Genesis 1,

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 we see a beautiful structure

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 that just adds

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 to this account

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 in verse 26 through 28.

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 When we come to Genesis 1,

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 starting with day 1,

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 God says,

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 God says,

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 God speaks,

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 and then God says

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 it is good.

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 So in verse 1

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 or verse 3,

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 we say,

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 and God said,

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 in verse,

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 and then in verse

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 6,

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 I think, yeah.

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 Anyways,

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 God said,

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 and then God said

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 it was good.

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 And we see this day 1,

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 and God speaks,

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 and then he said

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 it was good.

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.559
 Day 2,

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 day 3,

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.399
 4,

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 5,

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 and then he gets

00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.200
 to day 6.

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 He creates animals,

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 and God says

00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:09.879
 it was good.

00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:11.100
 But then,

00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.200
 God decides

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:13.220
 to fashion man

00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.679
 in his own image,

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 and then he gave them

00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.480
 dominion.

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.779
 There are so many

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.539
 great things

00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:19.019
 in this passage

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 that I'm tempted

00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.539
 to linger over

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 and want to spend

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 time discussing.

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 That man is

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 the prophet,

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 priest,

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 and king of creation,

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 and other things

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 along those lines.

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 But our text

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 doesn't give way

00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:30.439
 for that time.

00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.480
 But one thing

00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.279
 we do need to see

00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:32.819
 is that God

00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.159
 created man

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.819
 in his image

00:14:33.819 --> 00:14:34.860
 to represent him

00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:36.220
 well in this creation.

00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:36.840
 And that God

00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.740
 gave man

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.360
 dominion over

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:38.840
 this creation.

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 And after God

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.639
 created man,

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:41.899
 after God

00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:43.379
 gave man

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:44.059
 his purpose,

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.580
 God then said

00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.019
 creation was

00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:46.580
 very good.

00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:48.100
 It wasn't until

00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.960
 creation wasn't

00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.799
 complete or very good

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.460
 until once

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:51.659
 man crowned

00:14:51.659 --> 00:14:52.079
 creation.

00:14:52.459 --> 00:14:53.000
 Until man

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.860
 completed creation.

00:14:54.740 --> 00:14:55.579
 This word

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 very good,

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 the word very

00:14:58.319 --> 00:14:59.539
 is a word of

00:14:59.539 --> 00:14:59.860
 emphasis,

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 an adjective

00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.159
 that means

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 exceedingly

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 or great.

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 It's trying to

00:15:03.459 --> 00:15:03.939
 emphasize just

00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.860
 how great,

00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:05.439
 how pleasing

00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:06.240
 this creation was

00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.519
 that God

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.939
 has made.

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 And I think

00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:09.199
 the purpose

00:15:09.199 --> 00:15:09.759
 that this is

00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.360
 communicating with

00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:11.319
 the God spoke

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.219
 and it was good

00:15:12.219 --> 00:15:13.240
 to where it was

00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.839
 very good

00:15:13.839 --> 00:15:14.860
 is that

00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:16.480
 creation was

00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:16.959
 made

00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:18.199
 ultimately

00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:19.199
 to praise God

00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:19.659
 and man

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:20.379
 crowned creation

00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.600
 to praise God

00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.120
 and serve

00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.519
 as his

00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:22.940
 creature

00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:23.540
 king and

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 queens.

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 That they're

00:15:24.540 --> 00:15:24.840
 supposed to

00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:25.180
 function

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 and operate

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.159
 under God's

00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.720
 lordship

00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.220
 and honor God.

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 And I think

00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:30.399
 that's what

00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.139
 Psalm 8 is

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.540
 getting at.

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.680
 That he

00:15:32.680 --> 00:15:33.000
 created them

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.340
 lower than

00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:33.659
 angels

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.300
 and gave

00:15:34.300 --> 00:15:35.019
 them glory

00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:35.480
 and honor

00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.040
 and crowned

00:15:36.040 --> 00:15:36.220
 them.

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.180
 This idea

00:15:37.180 --> 00:15:37.860
 that man

00:15:37.860 --> 00:15:38.320
 and woman

00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.080
 will reign

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.600
 in creation

00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.620
 and spread

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.200
 God's presence

00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:41.659
 and glory

00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:42.300
 in creation.

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.139
 But in

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.820
 that we see

00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.300
 that God

00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:47.000
 deeply cares

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.639
 for human

00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.040
 beings.

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 Out of all

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 creation he

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 chose us.

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 Small,

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 weak humans

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 and made

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 us in

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 his image

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 to represent

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 him throughout

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 all creation.

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 He chose

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 to set

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 his love

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 upon us.

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 In

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 Exodus 19

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 God calls

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 his people

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 his personal

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 treasure.

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 That out of

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 all the things

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 he's made

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 his personal

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 treasure

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 is his

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 people.

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 It's kind

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 of like a

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 very carefully

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 crafted ring

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 that shines

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 beautifully

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 but the gem

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 that shines

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 the most

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 is his

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 people.

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 So I want

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 you to consider

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 the sheer weight

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 that this means

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 to the current

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 Hebrew Christians

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 who are

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 suffering.

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 And even

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 consider

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 what it

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 means to

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 us that

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 we have

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 a God

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 who deeply

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 values his

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 children and

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 has set

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 his love

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 upon us

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 from creation

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 to new

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 creation.

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 Isaiah 40

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 25-26

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 says,

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 To whom

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 then will

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 you compare

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 me?

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 That should

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 be like

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 him,

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 says the

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 Holy One.

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 Lift up

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 your eyes

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 on high

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 and see

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 who created

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 these,

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 who brings

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 out their

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 host by

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 number,

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 calling them

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 by name,

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 by greatness

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 of his

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 might,

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 and because

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 he is

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 strong in

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 power,

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 not one

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 is missing.

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 In our

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 lives,

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 when things

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 get heavy,

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 when we

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 feel the

00:16:53.780 --> 00:16:55.080
 weight of

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 suffering,

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 when we

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 feel the

00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:57.300
 deep effects

00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:57.820
 of sin,

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 when we

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 feel a deep

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 sadness or

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 an anxious

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 stirring in

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 our hearts

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 during those

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 times that

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 it is hard,

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 let us

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 remember that

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 we have not

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 been forsaken.

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 We are not

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 people who

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 are forsaken,

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 but we

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 remember deeply

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 because not

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 one is

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 missing.

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 God cares

00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:12.340
 so deeply

00:17:12.340 --> 00:17:12.660
 about us

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 that he

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 created us

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 in a

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 personal way

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 and ultimately

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.620
 sent a

00:17:16.620 --> 00:17:16.960
 savior to

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 die for

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.539
 us.

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 So I

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 think it's

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 very deep

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:19.860
 as we

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 get right

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:20.779
 here to

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 remember

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 that

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 wonderful

00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.500
 truth that

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 God has

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.299
 not forgotten

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 us,

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 that the

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 one who

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 upholds

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.140
 creation

00:17:26.140 --> 00:17:27.080
 still deeply

00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.740
 cares and

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.240
 remembers us

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 day to

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 day.

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 This brings

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:30.480
 to our

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.039
 second point.

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 man has

00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:32.940
 lost the

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.420
 crown of

00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:33.920
 new creation.

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 So God

00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.480
 created man

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.119
 in his

00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:36.460
 image,

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 set him

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 in this

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 wonderful

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.899
 garden to

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 rule and

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 have dominion

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.539
 over the

00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:40.899
 earth,

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 but something

00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.920
 tragic happened,

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.299
 something that

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 changed

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.420
 everything.

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 But before we

00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:47.000
 get there,

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.599
 I want to

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 remind you of

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 Hebrews.

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 It says,

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 now in

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 putting

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 everything in

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 subjection to

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 him,

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 he left

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.819
 nothing outside

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 his control.

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 This is

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 verse 8.

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 At the

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.519
 present,

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:56.879
 we do not

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.339
 see everything

00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:57.899
 in subjection

00:17:57.899 --> 00:17:58.180
 to him.

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:59.340
 So what we

00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.060
 see is after

00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:01.320
 Psalm 8 is

00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:01.580
 quoted,

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.200
 after God

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.000
 is emphasizing

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.460
 his purpose

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.080
 in creation,

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:04.920
 he then says

00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.320
 nothing was

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:06.759
 left outside

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.140
 of man's

00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:07.519
 control.

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.660
 But then he

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:08.880
 goes,

00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.519
 he shifts.

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 This moment

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:10.900
 when he says

00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.519
 nothing was

00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.080
 left outside

00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:12.360
 of man's

00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:12.580
 control,

00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:12.779
 there's a

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.180
 moment of,

00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.120
 but this

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.660
 doesn't seem

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:14.840
 right,

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.039
 it doesn't

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.299
 seem like

00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:15.620
 everything's

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.080
 under control.

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.080
 But then the

00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:17.620
 next sentence

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.100
 in Hebrews

00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.660
 says,

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.779
 at present,

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:24.420
 we do not

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:24.960
 see everything

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.519
 in subjection

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:25.799
 to him.

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.700
 So just

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.160
 the,

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:27.900
 he almost

00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.440
 answers it,

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.819
 because like

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.059
 when you're

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.259
 reading the

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.420
 text,

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:29.759
 you're like,

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.840
 this doesn't

00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:31.140
 seem like

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.460
 everything's

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.980
 under the

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.600
 control of

00:18:32.600 --> 00:18:32.960
 man right

00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:33.180
 now.

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:33.759
 And then he

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.000
 says the

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.240
 present,

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.019
 it isn't,

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.519
 pretty much.

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.200
 Because we

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.559
 had something

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.299
 tragic happen,

00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.140
 that in the

00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:38.440
 garden,

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.400
 in Genesis

00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.860
 3,

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.660
 we see that

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.039
 the serpent

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.620
 came into

00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:43.259
 God's creation,

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.779
 and man and

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.440
 woman were

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.940
 ruling over

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.420
 creation,

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.100
 and God

00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:47.360
 gave him

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:47.960
 good commands

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:48.579
 to follow.

00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.500
 And they

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.759
 were supposed

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.440
 to honor him

00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:50.759
 well,

00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:51.759
 and love him,

00:18:51.819 --> 00:18:52.420
 and serve him,

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:52.860
 and be his

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.699
 personal treasure.

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.439
 But through

00:18:55.439 --> 00:18:56.379
 the attacks

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:56.899
 of Satan,

00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.319
 who deceived

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.719
 man and

00:18:58.719 --> 00:18:58.959
 woman,

00:18:59.339 --> 00:18:59.959
 they chose

00:18:59.959 --> 00:19:00.559
 not to

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.079
 honor God.

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.339
 What did

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.719
 they do?

00:19:02.439 --> 00:19:02.879
 They chose

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.339
 to sin

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.099
 and rebel

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.599
 against their

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:04.899
 king,

00:19:05.199 --> 00:19:05.659
 against the

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.119
 God who

00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.799
 created them.

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.479
 And at

00:19:08.479 --> 00:19:09.039
 this moment,

00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:09.779
 what we see

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.059
 is that

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.459
 humanity

00:19:10.459 --> 00:19:11.059
 is forever

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.579
 changed.

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.819
 When Adam

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.339
 and Eve

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.699
 rebelled

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.059
 against the

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.299
 almighty

00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.699
 God,

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.539
 they ultimately

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.199
 lost their

00:19:16.199 --> 00:19:16.559
 crown for

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:16.799
 now,

00:19:17.159 --> 00:19:17.779
 and sin

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.379
 was corrupted.

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.359
 Isn't it

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.819
 interesting,

00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:22.279
 the effects

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.759
 and experiences

00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.940
 we experience

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.900
 under sin?

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.259
 We experience

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.099
 what it's like

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.619
 to hate God

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:27.900
 and love

00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:28.220
 ourselves.

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.000
 We understand

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.660
 the idol

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.359
 of self

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.059
 better than

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.759
 anyone else.

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.960
 Since Adam

00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.359
 and Eve

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.660
 rebelled

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.240
 against God,

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.759
 creation

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.220
 has totally

00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:37.640
 been corrupted.

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.740
 All of creation

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.140
 was totally

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.500
 corrupted.

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:40.980
 The creation

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.440
 began to

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:41.960
 experience

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.400
 corruption

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.859
 of sin.

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:43.859
 Romans 8

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.379
 says creation

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.119
 is subjected

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:46.039
 to corruption

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.879
 and fertility,

00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:47.960
 and that is

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:49.160
 longing for the

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.619
 sons of God

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.000
 to be raised

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.440
 up and be

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.259
 restored to

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.740
 its original

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.180
 state.

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:54.080
 We see

00:19:54.080 --> 00:19:54.600
 that the

00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:55.080
 physical human

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.380
 bodies

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:55.920
 experience

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.480
 pain,

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.120
 and we

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.580
 suffer

00:19:57.580 --> 00:19:58.060
 through our

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:58.660
 physical

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.240
 experiences,

00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.160
 and we

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.740
 will ultimately

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.460
 die.

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.620
 We also

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.140
 see that

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.560
 spiritually,

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.500
 man is

00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.160
 in bondage

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.700
 to sin.

00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:07.519
 We are

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.779
 under

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.620
 lifelong

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.480
 slavery

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:11.200
 in our

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.519
 natural

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:11.920
 state,

00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.220
 and we

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.920
 desire our

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.340
 fleshly

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.680
 desires.

00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:15.380
 Naturally,

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.340
 man hates

00:20:16.340 --> 00:20:16.660
 God.

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:16.920
 It cannot

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.680
 do anything

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.039
 in his

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.340
 natural

00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:18.700
 state.

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:21.039
 this is

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.600
 a problem,

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.819
 a major

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.080
 problem.

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:23.420
 The Bible

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.100
 says all

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:24.759
 have sinned

00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.120
 and fought

00:20:25.120 --> 00:20:26.080
 short of

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.340
 the glory

00:20:26.340 --> 00:20:26.799
 of God,

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.559
 and this

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.539
 sin deserves

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:29.539
 a punishment.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.420
 It deserves

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.100
 death.

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.000
 Romans 6

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.640
 23 says

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.080
 the wages

00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:33.620
 of sin

00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.480
 is death.

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.519
 So what

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.120
 we see here

00:20:37.120 --> 00:20:37.500
 in our

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:37.819
 natural

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.200
 state,

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.740
 we would

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.299
 all stand

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.960
 before an

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.360
 everlasting

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:40.819
 God,

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.779
 and we

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.059
 would be

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.779
 silent and

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.220
 judged for

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.500
 us and

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.400
 for all

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.120
 these things

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:45.439
 we've done

00:20:45.439 --> 00:20:45.939
 wrong.

00:20:47.659 --> 00:20:48.339
 But this

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:48.659
 also,

00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.559
 this part

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:49.899
 of the

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.399
 passage in

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:50.699
 Hebrews,

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.199
 it also

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.619
 brings us

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.279
 to a

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.559
 different

00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:53.119
 sense of

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.359
 when we

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.019
 look at

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.319
 sin,

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.319
 we feel

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.500
 this heavy

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.039
 and deep

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.559
 experience

00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:58.619
 of this

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:58.919
 world.

00:20:59.459 --> 00:20:59.919
 We see

00:20:59.919 --> 00:21:00.779
 the devastation

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.479
 of nature,

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.619
 and we see

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:03.279
 the depravity

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.699
 of man.

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.139
 We start

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:06.199
 to experience

00:21:06.199 --> 00:21:06.799
 wrongness,

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.539
 like this

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.859
 is not how

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.179
 it should

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:08.419
 be.

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.519
 The more

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.899
 we're in

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.319
 this world,

00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:10.819
 the more

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.119
 we see

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.559
 how pervasive

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.199
 sin is.

00:21:13.479 --> 00:21:14.179
 Panama City

00:21:14.179 --> 00:21:14.979
 and destruction,

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.879
 we see

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.259
 shootings

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.500
 throughout

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.959
 the country

00:21:16.959 --> 00:21:17.879
 feeling totally

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.259
 helpless.

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.299
 We see

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.699
 the murder

00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:20.119
 of babies

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.379
 in our

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.739
 felt with

00:21:20.739 --> 00:21:21.159
 despair,

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.779
 and then

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.119
 we see

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:22.419
 our own

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:22.939
 heart and

00:21:22.939 --> 00:21:23.199
 selfish

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.639
 thoughts,

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.939
 and we

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.579
 hate it.

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.719
 So,

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.279
 obviously,

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:27.619
 there's

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.500
 something wrong,

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:28.799
 there's

00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:29.279
 something at

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.679
 the present

00:21:29.679 --> 00:21:30.079
 that's not

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.619
 right with

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.079
 creation,

00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:31.779
 and how

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.119
 all things

00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:32.299
 have been

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.839
 subjected.

00:21:34.219 --> 00:21:34.659
 Man's

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.000
 lost a

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.239
 crown,

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.619
 and right

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:35.979
 now,

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.659
 the rule

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:36.859
 of this

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.179
 world is

00:21:37.179 --> 00:21:37.699
 not man.

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:38.879
 It's

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.239
 angels.

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.639
 Ultimately,

00:21:39.739 --> 00:21:40.159
 it's Satan.

00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.619
 He's the

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.059
 ruler of this

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.299
 world,

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.119
 the upsurper.

00:21:43.459 --> 00:21:44.059
 Right now,

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.399
 we see

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.040
 humanity in

00:21:45.040 --> 00:21:45.780
 rebellion to

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:46.140
 God,

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.800
 and we

00:21:47.800 --> 00:21:48.220
 see Satan

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.860
 leading humanity

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.500
 to destruction.

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.540
 It is here

00:21:50.540 --> 00:21:51.980
 that I

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.240
 hope you

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.560
 can feel

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:52.900
 the weight

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.200
 of this

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.440
 massive

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.880
 problem,

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:56.440
 and it's

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:56.680
 here that

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:56.920
 we should

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.720
 feel despair,

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.340
 and it

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:58.560
 should be

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.240
 evident that

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.600
 we are

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.100
 in need

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.480
 of help.

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:01.940
 We are

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.620
 desperate.

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.580
 But,

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.220
 that's not

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.519
 all.

00:22:06.040 --> 00:22:06.700
 Although we

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.160
 are sinners,

00:22:07.280 --> 00:22:07.480
 and we

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.060
 deserve the

00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.500
 justice of

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.759
 God,

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:09.440
 isn't it

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:09.680
 a beautiful

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.320
 thing that

00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:10.780
 God has

00:22:10.780 --> 00:22:11.300
 loved us and

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:11.560
 sent a

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:11.880
 son for

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.120
 us?

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.719
 So,

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.139
 this brings

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.339
 us to our

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.779
 third point.

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.479
 Jesus is the

00:22:15.479 --> 00:22:16.059
 second Adam

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.339
 who has

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:17.019
 restored man

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.519
 through his

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.779
 death.

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.879
 If you go

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.159
 back to

00:22:20.159 --> 00:22:20.519
 Hebrews

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.819
 chapter 2,

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:31.539
 verse 9

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.939
 says,

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:46.779
 Hebrews 2,

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.380
 9,

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.519
 parallels with

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.039
 Psalm 8.

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.880
 We see that

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.600
 man was made

00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.080
 lower than

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.980
 angels and

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.320
 crowned of

00:22:53.320 --> 00:22:53.700
 glory and

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:53.920
 honor.

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.279
 Everything was

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.519
 put in

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.200
 subjection under

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.420
 him.

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.240
 In Hebrews

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.320
 2, 9,

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.000
 we see that

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.580
 Christ was

00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.019
 made lower

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.559
 than angels,

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.440
 and then

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.779
 he was

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.619
 crowned with

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.079
 glory and

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.379
 honor.

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.099
 And then

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.440
 1 Corinthians

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.119
 15 tells

00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:05.700
 everything was

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.319
 subjected to

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.579
 him.

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.839
 What we see

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.659
 here is that

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.319
 although man

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.819
 was a crown

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.279
 of creation,

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.200
 and the man

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.879
 rebelled against

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.299
 God and

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.859
 lost his

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.119
 crown,

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.000
 ultimately

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.480
 Psalm 8

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.879
 is talking

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.440
 about man

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.879
 in his

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.419
 original state

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.980
 and looking

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.839
 forward to

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.419
 the son of

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.159
 man, to

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.599
 the one

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.960
 who's going

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.359
 to fill

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.940
 Psalm 8,

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.639
 who's going

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:21.819
 to bring

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.379
 about the

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:22.740
 new heavens

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:22.980
 and new

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.240
 earth,

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.079
 and ultimately

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.980
 save man

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.220
 from this

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.839
 depravity,

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.179
 this wrongness

00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.599
 that we are

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.139
 experiencing.

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:36.539
 So we

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.059
 see that

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.460
 sin is

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.779
 deeply

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.319
 corrupted

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.759
 reality,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.299
 and things

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.539
 are not

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.639
 subjected to

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:40.859
 man,

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.440
 but we

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.839
 see that

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.619
 Christ in

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:42.779
 his

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.139
 fulfillment

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.779
 is going

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.019
 to bring

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.399
 all things

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:44.980
 in subjection

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.379
 to him.

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.740
 Hebrews

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.539
 2.9

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.940
 ultimately

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.859
 helps us

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.559
 better understand

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.279
 Hebrews 1.

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.119
 You guys

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.619
 remember the

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.139
 phrase,

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.599
 pure

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.220
 occasions for

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.500
 sin,

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:54.740
 and he

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.200
 sat down

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.399
 at the

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.899
 right hand

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.440
 of the

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.800
 majesty.

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.540
 I think

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:58.880
 ultimately

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.700
 that Hebrews

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.720
 1 was

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:00.880
 our

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.380
 introduction,

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.100
 and the

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:02.380
 rest of

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.640
 the book

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.920
 is going

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.440
 to

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.019
 exposit

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.120
 or explain

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.160
 more about

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.780
 who God

00:24:06.780 --> 00:24:07.200
 is,

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.019
 about his

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.740
 nature,

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.160
 and his

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.580
 roles,

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:09.960
 and how

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.560
 he functions.

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.080
 And here

00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:12.620
 I think

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.300
 that verse

00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:14.160
 9 is

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.480
 explaining

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.360
 more about

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.160
 the one

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.880
 who purified

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.180
 us,

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.620
 who came

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:18.900
 as the

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.200
 lamb of

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.460
 God,

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.200
 and the

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.519
 one who

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:20.840
 sat down

00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:20.940
 at the

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.220
 right hand,

00:24:21.280 --> 00:24:21.540
 that is

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.120
 now the

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.440
 king.

00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:24.100
 So as

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.900
 we finish

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.960
 this passage

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.299
 and walk

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.559
 through this

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:26.900
 last bit of

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.120
 text,

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.820
 we will

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.420
 observe more

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.440
 into Jesus'

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.059
 humiliation,

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.340
 and then we'll

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.920
 get into his

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.779
 exaltation.

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.580
 We're going to

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:33.920
 walk through

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.200
 text to

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.700
 understand how

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.299
 Jesus is

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.759
 the better

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.100
 Adam,

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.059
 who has

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.620
 tasted death

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.120
 for us,

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.600
 that he

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.000
 experienced

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.340
 death on

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.820
 our behalf.

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.680
 And then we'll

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.120
 understand more

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.559
 how he is

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.900
 the reigning

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.299
 king,

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.299
 and how by

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.460
 him we are

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.880
 secure,

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.660
 and we have

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.100
 everlasting

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.480
 hope.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.380
 So,

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.200
 in Philippians

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.500
 2,

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.299
 verse 4-8

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.620
 says,

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.380
 let each

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.920
 of us not

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.420
 look to his

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.960
 own interests,

00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:54.340
 but the

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.740
 interests of

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.060
 others.

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.080
 Having this

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.660
 mind among

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.020
 ourselves,

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:57.400
 which is

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.820
 yours in

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.380
 Christ Jesus,

00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.080
 who though

00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.320
 he is in

00:24:59.320 --> 00:24:59.800
 the form of

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.060
 God,

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.680
 did not

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.300
 count equality

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:01.760
 with God

00:25:01.760 --> 00:25:02.100
 a thing to

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.640
 be grasped,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.300
 but made

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.040
 himself nothing,

00:25:04.520 --> 00:25:04.940
 taking the

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.340
 form of a

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:05.600
 servant,

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.380
 being born

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:06.860
 in likeness

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:07.280
 of man,

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.820
 and being

00:25:07.820 --> 00:25:08.780
 found in

00:25:08.780 --> 00:25:09.280
 human form.

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.760
 He humbled

00:25:09.760 --> 00:25:10.600
 himself by

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:10.960
 becoming

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.560
 obedient to

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:11.960
 the point

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.620
 of death,

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.480
 even death

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.760
 on the

00:25:13.760 --> 00:25:14.140
 cross.

00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:15.260
 So we

00:25:15.260 --> 00:25:15.640
 have,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.980
 as we go

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.320
 back to our

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.780
 last point,

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.200
 is this

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.560
 massive

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:19.080
 problem.

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.820
 The weight

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.380
 of sin,

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.120
 the problem

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.560
 that God

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:21.960
 is holy

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.580
 and just,

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.160
 and man

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.220
 is sinful

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.960
 and deserves

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.760
 God's just

00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:26.440
 wrath.

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.880
 And as we

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.160
 talked about,

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.780
 this is a

00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:29.520
 massive problem,

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.960
 and if we

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.660
 don't have a

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.140
 redemption,

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:32.720
 we're in a

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.440
 desperate state.

00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:34.560
 So how can

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.320
 this be resolved?

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:35.940
 And I think

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.700
 Philippians 2

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.840
 and Hebrews 2

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.480
 both answer

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.000
 this question

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.520
 for us.

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.060
 It can be

00:25:41.060 --> 00:25:41.800
 resolved by a

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.600
 God who is

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.480
 rich in

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.900
 mercy,

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.040
 a God who

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.660
 demonstrated his

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.260
 love for us,

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.840
 and that while

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.840
 we were sinners,

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.460
 Christ died for

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.740
 us.

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.720
 This God

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:53.080
 who created

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.580
 the world,

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.320
 and in whom

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:55.240
 all things

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.880
 exist,

00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:57.040
 and who holds

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:57.720
 together all

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.140
 things,

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:59.880
 subjected himself

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.860
 to sinful

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.320
 flesh.

00:26:01.760 --> 00:26:02.240
 He brought

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.240
 himself lower

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.140
 than angels,

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.000
 and put himself

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.820
 in sinful

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.300
 flesh,

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:08.080
 so that we

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:08.940
 might find

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.340
 redemption.

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.500
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:11.980
 our Savior

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.320
 and Lord,

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.300
 willfully and

00:26:13.300 --> 00:26:14.500
 obediently took

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.240
 the form of

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.580
 a servant,

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.340
 and was found

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.660
 in the human

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.060
 form.

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:19.060
 He never

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.820
 endured sin.

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.539
 He lived

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.299
 perfectly,

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.259
 and endured

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.819
 the fullness

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.779
 of temptation.

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.720
 And 2 Corinthians

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.159
 5-21 reminds us

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.139
 that he became

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:28.460
 sin.

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:29.740
 He who was not

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.139
 sin,

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.279
 became sin,

00:26:31.379 --> 00:26:31.859
 endured the

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.359
 just punishment

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.299
 of sin.

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.179
 This makes us

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.819
 ask another

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.319
 question.

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.399
 For what?

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.319
 Why would

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.899
 someone do

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.240
 this?

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.960
 Why would the

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.679
 eternal Son of

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.779
 God become

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.179
 man?

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.659
 And this should

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.139
 be a deep

00:26:43.139 --> 00:26:43.839
 question to us,

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.740
 because it

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.200
 doesn't make

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.700
 sense.

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.700
 God

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.700
 is

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.700
 God

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.220
 deeply

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.759
 loves

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.220
 his

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.480
 children

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.220
 and deeply

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.680
 cares for

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:51.980
 us.

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:52.980
 For our

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.440
 sake,

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.200
 he who

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.279
 did not

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.640
 know sin

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.380
 became sin,

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.299
 so that we

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.660
 might become

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.100
 the righteousness

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.700
 of God.

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.200
 It is for

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.559
 those who

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.860
 believe,

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.240
 Jesus

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.140
 subjected

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.740
 himself to

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.019
 sinful

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:04.220
 flesh and

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.799
 became sin,

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.319
 endured the

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.980
 just of God

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.460
 for our

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.759
 sake,

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.360
 so that we

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.720
 might be

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.319
 righteous.

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.380
 So,

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.860
 brothers and

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.200
 sisters,

00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.740
 remember that

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.059
 you have not

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.660
 been forgotten

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.460
 or forsaken

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.080
 in your

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.720
 earthly

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.320
 toils,

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.300
 but remember,

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.740
 we know this,

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.560
 that we see

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:19.880
 him who

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.519
 remembered us,

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.440
 who subjected

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.420
 himself to

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.240
 sinful flesh,

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:24.060
 endured the

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.640
 weight of

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.440
 temptation and

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.279
 sin for

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.880
 our sake.

00:27:27.540 --> 00:27:28.140
 This should

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:28.740
 warm and

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.160
 stir our

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.500
 hearts.

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.080
 We should

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:31.019
 be amazed

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.680
 that the

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.180
 God of the

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.600
 universe

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.279
 sent his

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.840
 Son because

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.300
 he loved

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:34.580
 us,

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.080
 and he

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.480
 deeply

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.360
 cares for

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.680
 us.

00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.860
 And let's

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.220
 talk more

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.480
 about the

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.259
 word death,

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.820
 or taste

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.240
 of death.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:43.240
 This idea

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.640
 of taste

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.220
 it is an

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.900
 experience.

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.539
 When you

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.960
 eat something,

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.539
 there's a

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.779
 taste.

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.339
 You experience

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.460
 it,

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.980
 you feel

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.160
 it.

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.160
 And when

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.539
 it says

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.380
 that Christ

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.079
 tasted

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.539
 death,

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.059
 it's saying

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.240
 that he

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.559
 experienced

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.380
 death,

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.440
 that although

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.779
 he did not

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.359
 deserve this

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.660
 death,

00:27:57.859 --> 00:27:58.420
 Jesus tasted

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.839
 it for our

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.079
 sake.

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.120
 And ultimately

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.480
 he tasted

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.960
 death so

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.259
 we could

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.920
 have life.

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.779
 Since

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.559
 Christ tasted

00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.000
 death,

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.380
 we are now

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:06.099
 resurrected with

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.960
 resurrection life,

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.700
 and we can

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.319
 now taste the

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.759
 goodness of

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.039
 God.

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:11.220
 1 Peter 2,

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.120
 2-3 says,

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.779
 like newborn

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.240
 infants,

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.259
 long for the

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.859
 pure spiritual

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.380
 milk that you

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.000
 may grow into

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.500
 salvation,

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.620
 if indeed you

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.039
 have tasted

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.480
 that the

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.079
 Lord is good.

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.279
 So because

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.779
 Lord Jesus

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.620
 has died for

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.059
 us, we can

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.480
 now really

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.620
 live and

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.000
 grow into

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.599
 our salvation,

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.960
 knowing and

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.559
 tasting that

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.960
 God is

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.640
 actually good.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.559
 This is a

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.180
 reality in our

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.079
 lives, that

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.740
 he is good

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.140
 and he's also

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.920
 good to us,

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.420
 and he deeply

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.519
 cares for us.

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.359
 Therefore,

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.440
 let us

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.359
 remember that

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.799
 before the

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.480
 marvelous grace

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.819
 of our

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:41.779
 Savior and

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.099
 almighty

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.759
 justice of

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.539
 God that

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.000
 he lavished

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.440
 upon his

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.779
 son, if

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.500
 we are

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.099
 harboring any

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.700
 sins in our

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.160
 hearts this

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.900
 morning, we

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.360
 need to turn

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:50.660
 from these

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.059
 sins and

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.339
 turn to

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:51.599
 God.

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.759
 We need to

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.299
 repent from

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.799
 our sins and

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.259
 turn to God

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.279
 who sent

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.940
 his son for

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.180
 us, that

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.779
 deeply cares

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.319
 for us.

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.819
 We need to

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.120
 turn from

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.660
 our rebellion.

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.640
 And ultimately,

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.039
 if there is

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.599
 anyone here

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.960
 that does

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.420
 not know

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.279
 God, there

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.880
 is anyone

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.680
 here that

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:03.880
 does not

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:03.980
 have a

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.220
 relationship

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.500
 with God

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.700
 and has

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.200
 no evidence

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.500
 of God

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.680
 in their

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.059
 lives,

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.720
 this truth

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.039
 needs to be

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.659
 wrestled with.

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.700
 We need to

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.039
 wrestle the

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.440
 good news of

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.919
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.079
 Deeply consider

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:12.599
 eternity.

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.579
 Where are you

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.879
 going?

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.440
 Why are you

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.819
 here?

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.440
 But also, we

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.319
 need to deeply

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.179
 consider what

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:18.980
 would happen if

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.440
 you died.

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.299
 And ultimately,

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.960
 if you don't

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.359
 know Christ,

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.759
 one day you're

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.179
 going to die

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.460
 and you have

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.960
 to face this

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.299
 reality.

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:26.099
 So, I

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.460
 plead with you

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.980
 now, today

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.579
 is a favorable

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.099
 time.

00:29:28.659 --> 00:29:29.159
 Now is the

00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.440
 day of

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.859
 salvation.

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.339
 God has

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:30.619
 made every

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.379
 day and now

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.740
 is the right

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.879
 time if this

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.200
 is something

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.579
 you're wrestling

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.879
 with.

00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:35.960
 But ultimately,

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.580
 we do need

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.060
 to stop and

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.400
 think the

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.920
 wondrous thing

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.300
 that Jesus

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.800
 Christ has

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.300
 suffered for

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.540
 us.

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:40.940
 And in

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.760
 him, we

00:29:41.760 --> 00:29:42.500
 find salvation.

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.040
 But the

00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.780
 good news of

00:29:44.780 --> 00:29:45.300
 the gospel

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.600
 does not

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.560
 stop at

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.060
 the life

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.380
 and death

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.760
 of Jesus.

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.680
 He not

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.160
 only lived

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.620
 as the

00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:49.980
 Lamb of

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.860
 God, but

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.260
 he also

00:29:51.260 --> 00:29:51.640
 rose from

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.020
 the dead

00:29:52.020 --> 00:29:52.540
 and conquered

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:52.920
 death.

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.540
 And the

00:29:54.540 --> 00:29:54.800
 Son of

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.120
 God was

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.660
 raised by

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.140
 the almighty

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.800
 power of

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.480
 God from

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.900
 the dead.

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.800
 And what

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.160
 does Hebrews

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.580
 1 say?

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.040
 He took

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:01.280
 a seat at

00:30:01.280 --> 00:30:01.640
 the right

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:01.920
 hand of

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.300
 the majesty

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.840
 on high.

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.680
 So this

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:03.960
 brings us

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.200
 to our

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.700
 last point

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:04.880
 in the

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.140
 text.

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.700
 Jesus

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.120
 Christ is

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.440
 the reigning

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.880
 king and

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.400
 secures a

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:08.039
 great salvation

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.600
 from man.

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.820
 Hebrews 2

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.360
 9 continues

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.900
 to say,

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.779
 Jesus is

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.200
 crowned of

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.779
 glory and

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.299
 honor because

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.519
 of the

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.060
 sufferings of

00:30:16.060 --> 00:30:16.460
 death.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.580
 This brings

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.140
 us back to

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.560
 psalm 8.

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.360
 In this

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:20.759
 psalm 8,

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.400
 man is

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.759
 crowned of

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.100
 glory and

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.680
 honor and

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.060
 everything is

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.279
 put in

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.840
 subjection to

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.019
 him.

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.340
 Now Jesus

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:26.100
 Christ is

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.380
 crowned of

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.720
 glory and

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:26.920
 honor.

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:27.620
 In 1

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.039
 Corinthians

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.500
 15 27 says

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.279
 that God

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.759
 has subjected

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.420
 all things under

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.799
 his feet.

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.319
 the original

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.079
 intention of

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.500
 man is

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.720
 ultimately

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.819
 fulfilled in

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.220
 Christ.

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.139
 And

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.819
 Jesus

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.279
 Christ's

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.460
 life,

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:40.659
 death,

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:40.819
 and

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.240
 resurrection

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.180
 on our

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.579
 behalf.

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.659
 Now that

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.279
 Jesus sits at

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.559
 the right hand

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:44.960
 of God

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.539
 and reigns

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.919
 of God,

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.419
 we can

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:47.240
 better understand

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.899
 this passage

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.460
 and understand

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.159
 Philippians 2,

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.319
 the last part

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.579
 of it.

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:52.139
 therefore God

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.740
 has highly

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.460
 exalted him

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.159
 and bestowed

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.500
 on him the

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.779
 name that

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.079
 is above

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.579
 every name,

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.539
 so that at

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.000
 the name of

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.500
 Jesus every

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.899
 knee should

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.240
 bow in

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.039
 heaven and

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.639
 on earth and

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.000
 under the

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.000
 earth,

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:01.639
 and every

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.159
 tongue confess

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.480
 that Jesus

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.919
 Christ is

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:03.419
 Lord to

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.539
 the glory of

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:06.139
 God the

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:06.399
 Father.

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.480
 So at

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.960
 the present

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.359
 time,

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.500
 presently where

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.919
 we're at

00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:11.359
 now,

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.419
 we see

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.179
 Jesus who

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:14.960
 willfully

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.619
 subject himself

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.119
 from heavenly

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.619
 glories to

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.279
 sinful flesh.

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.419
 For our

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.960
 sake he did

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.240
 this,

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.759
 and he has

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.440
 now been

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.880
 restored to

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.259
 his rightful

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.700
 place as

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.100
 his son.

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.220
 At this

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.539
 point,

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.059
 it reminds

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.340
 us of

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.940
 chapter 1

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.220
 and how

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.519
 Jesus'

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.980
 name as

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.700
 the son

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.240
 is greater

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.539
 than the

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.819
 angels.

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.400
 Jesus'

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.799
 throne is

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.360
 forever and

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.620
 ever,

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:32.900
 and his

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.600
 scepter is

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.340
 the uprightness,

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.860
 and he

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.519
 loves righteousness

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.140
 and despises

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.660
 wickedness.

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.100
 This also

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.519
 reminds that

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.059
 Jesus has

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.680
 inherited

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.680
 this heavenly

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.279
 glory as

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.700
 the son

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:41.940
 and the

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.200
 firstborn

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.480
 from the

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.720
 dead.

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.799
 So what

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.079
 does this

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.440
 mean to

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.799
 us?

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.360
 Why does

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.779
 it matter

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.140
 that Jesus

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.420
 suffered and

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.759
 was crowned

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.100
 of glory and

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.460
 honor since

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.700
 he already

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.240
 that before

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.660
 he suffered?

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.059
 What this

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.380
 means is

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.920
 answering the

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.299
 text.

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.880
 It says,

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.000
 so that by

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.319
 the grace

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.720
 of God,

00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.259
 he may

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.740
 taste death

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.259
 for everyone.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.819
 Jesus'

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.240
 work,

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.940
 this great

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.640
 salvation we

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.059
 have spoken

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.720
 thus far,

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.740
 not only

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.160
 saves us

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.840
 from our

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.220
 sins,

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.220
 but it's

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.720
 also our

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.759
 security in

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.160
 this heavenly

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.579
 home,

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.440
 this eternal

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.120
 dwelling to

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.480
 come.

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.900
 Jesus Christ

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:14.220
 has reconciled

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.840
 us to God.

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.059
 He is

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.620
 restoring to

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:17.180
 us a beautiful

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.799
 crown in the

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.319
 new heavens and

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.819
 new earth.

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.059
 the scripture

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.240
 has informed

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.879
 us that we

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.599
 are crucified

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.639
 with Christ

00:32:23.639 --> 00:32:24.259
 in his death

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:25.599
 and we will

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.220
 be raised with

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.700
 him in his

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.439
 resurrection life.

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.460
 He is the

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.899
 resurrection.

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.599
 So in

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.899
 closing,

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.519
 can you turn

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.319
 your Bibles

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:32.839
 to Ephesians

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.099
 2?

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:50.500
 starting in

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.939
 verse 4?

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.679
 But God,

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:56.219
 being rich in

00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:56.939
 mercy because of

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.679
 his great love

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.500
 with which he

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.219
 has loved us,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.119
 even when we

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.519
 were dead in

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.219
 our trespasses,

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.099
 made us alive

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.559
 together with

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.919
 Christ,

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.059
 by grace you

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.259
 have been

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.619
 saved,

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.779
 and raised

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.319
 up with

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.639
 him and

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.559
 seated us

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.199
 with him in

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:08.839
 heavenly places

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.259
 in Christ

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.599
 Jesus,

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:12.179
 so that in

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:12.480
 the coming

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.939
 ages he

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.439
 might show

00:33:13.439 --> 00:33:14.480
 the immeasurable

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:16.179
 riches of

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:16.799
 his grace and

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.399
 kindness towards

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.079
 us in Christ.

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.000
 For by grace you

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 have been saved

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 through faith,

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 and this is not

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.819
 your own doing,

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 it is the gift

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.819
 of God,

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 not a result of

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.359
 work so that

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 no one may

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.439
 boast.

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 For we are

00:33:26.219 --> 00:33:26.779
 his workmanship

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.559
 created in

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.079
 Christ Jesus

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 for good works,

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.959
 which God

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 has prepared

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 before us,

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 that we may

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 walk in

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.159
 them.

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 Isn't it

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 beautiful that

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 God cares about

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.659
 man from

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 creation to

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.619
 new creation,

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 that he has

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 set his love

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 on a people

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 and treasured

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 us and has

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.059
 sent his son

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.799
 to die for us

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 and ultimately

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.720
 will be raised

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 with his son.

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 The beauty of

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.259
 Ephesians 2

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.240
 should warm

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.899
 our hearts that

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:49.039
 we were crucified

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.599
 with him,

00:33:49.679 --> 00:33:50.500
 our sins were

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.500
 placard on him

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.399
 in his death,

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 and now since

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.839
 he's conquered

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:54.220
 death we're

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.419
 going to be

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:55.059
 raised with

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.200
 him,

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 and our

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.159
 security isn't

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:57.099
 in things

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.839
 that change,

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.740
 things that can

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.319
 be destroyed,

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 but things

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.259
 that are

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.279
 indestructible,

00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.319
 and it's

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.759
 in something

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.559
 secure,

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.179
 ultimately in

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.619
 the Son of

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.839
 God,

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.439
 Jesus Christ.

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.439
 In the

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.819
 Lord's Supper

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.139
 this morning,

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:09.279
 Francis talked

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.980
 on suffering

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.719
 and suffering

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.259
 for Christ.

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:12.440
 He says,

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:13.079
 Christians

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.900
 participate in

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.239
 Christ's

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.759
 sufferings,

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:16.420
 and I was

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.719
 thinking about

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.440
 that and I

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.900
 just wanted to

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.420
 continue the

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.799
 phrase with

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.019
 this term,

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.360
 I think it

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:19.940
 flowed really

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.460
 beautifully,

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.599
 that Christians

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.420
 participate in

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.739
 Christ's

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.000
 suffering,

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.679
 and they

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.440
 will participate

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.179
 in Christ

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.199
 as he is in

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:26.759
 glory too.

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:27.940
 Not only do we

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.400
 participate in

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:28.960
 his sufferings,

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.539
 we participate

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.159
 in his glory,

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.900
 because the

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.240
 Bible says

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.720
 that we are

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.400
 co-heirs with

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:32.860
 Christ.

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.420
 Therefore,

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.500
 as these

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.500
 Hebrew believers

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.519
 are in this

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.340
 afflicted time

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.159
 and struggling

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.639
 with their

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.099
 lives,

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.340
 and experiencing

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.099
 deep sorrow

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.059
 and pain,

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.960
 this is the

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.800
 truth that I

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.179
 believe the

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.559
 Hebrews are

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.980
 trying to tell

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.159
 them,

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:47.559
 that although

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.039
 things are

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.579
 hard,

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.420
 that God

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.000
 had a purpose

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.519
 for man,

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:50.980
 and although

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.800
 man lost that

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.099
 purpose,

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.820
 he sent his

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.099
 Son,

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.860
 Jesus Christ,

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.760
 who is the

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.340
 better man,

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.599
 the second Adam,

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.500
 who tasted

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.300
 death for him,

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.559
 that by this

00:34:59.559 --> 00:34:59.920
 better man,

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.599
 Jesus Christ,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.980
 we have walked

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.099
 from our sins

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.619
 to life,

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.099
 we've been

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.900
 resurrected,

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.820
 we were dead,

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.400
 and now we're

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.139
 alive.

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.159
 But then he

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:08.840
 also goes on

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.360
 to say that

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.940
 we have a

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.019
 security based

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.059
 in this new

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.199
 heaven,

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.599
 new earth,

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.460
 that we are

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:14.219
 not those who

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.179
 walk looking

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.400
 at this

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.460
 physical present

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.260
 reality in

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:17.719
 this suffering

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.079
 and say,

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.420
 I'm forsaken,

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.099
 I'm destroyed.

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.380
 No,

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.300
 we are those

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.239
 who walk for

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.019
 the heavenly

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.440
 reality,

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.840
 that we are

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.599
 considering that

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.820
 this momentary

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.380
 and light

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.240
 affliction is

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.900
 building for us

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.700
 in a heavenly

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.580
 way to glory.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.980
 That's our hope

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.460
 and that's our

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.160
 reality today

00:35:33.160 --> 00:35:35.039
 as we linger

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.200
 before Hebrews 2.

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:37.280
 So let's pray.