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 that reminder. Children, you can now go to Sunday school. Have a good time.

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 And the rest of us, please, can we be turning to Genesis chapter 1?

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 I went looking for the booklets on Genesis that I'd done up. I couldn't find any, so they've

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 probably all gone. I'll try and print some more for next week if you haven't got them.

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 But do read that little booklet. It will give you an introduction to the first 11 chapters

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 that we're going to be looking at over this term.

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 So let's read Genesis chapter 1. We're going to start at verse 1. We're going to go down

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 to verse 25. And then next week we'll look at that creation of humanity.

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 Next week. So starting at verse 1.

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 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty.

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 Darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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 And God said, let there be light and there was light. God saw that the light was good and

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 he separated light from the darkness. God called the light day and the darkness he called night.

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 And there was evening and there was morning the first day. And God said, let there be a vault between

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 the waters to separate water from water. So God made the vault and separated the water under the

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 vault from the water above it. And it was so. And God called the vault sky. And there was evening and

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 there was morning the second day. And God said, let the water under the sky be gathered to one place

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 and let dry ground appear. And it was so. God called the dry ground land and the gathered waters he called

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 seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, let the land produce vegetation, seed bearing plants

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 and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it according to their various kinds. And it was so.

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 The land produced vegetation, plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit

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 with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there

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 was morning the third day. And God said, let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day

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 from the night and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times and days and years. And let them be

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 lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth. And it was so. And God made two great lights,

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 the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

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 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth to govern the day and the night and to

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 separate light from darkness. And God saw it was good. And there was evening and there was morning the fourth day.

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 And God said, let the water team with living creatures and let birds fly above the, across the earth and the vault

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 of the sky. So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing within them. The water teams

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 and that moves about in it according to their kinds and every winged bird according to its kind.

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 And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, be fruitful and increase in number and fill

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 the water in the seas and let the birds increase on the earth. And there was evening and there was

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 morning the fifth day. And God said, let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds,

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 the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground and the wild animals, each according to its

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 kind. And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according

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 to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.

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 and God saw that it was good.

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 Well, God's word is good.

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 It's the voice that speaks

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 and we want to listen to it now.

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 Let's pray and ask for God's help as we do so.

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 Father, we thank you for this record,

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 this account of creation,

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 so wonderfully and precisely written.

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 Amen.

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 We thank you for all that we see and hear here.

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 And we pray that this wouldn't just be words on a page,

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 but it would be the very voice of God

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 speaking into our hearts and lives today,

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 helping us to see who you are,

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 the kind of God that you are,

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 and all that you are seeking to do in this world today.

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 So help us, we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, Genesis chapter 1 has so much to teach us, doesn't it?

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 There's a lot here.

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 But here's the problem.

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 We don't always get very far into the story

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 because people start arguing over how old the world is

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 and how long it took to make.

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 Now, it's important for us to recognise

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 that there are faithful, Bible-believing Christians

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 who have very different views on this.

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 And I'm not going to go into them now.

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 It will take too much time.

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 I was going to, but I'm not.

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 If you want to talk to me about that afterwards,

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 I'm very happy to talk to you about it.

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 And while healthy debate is good to have,

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 getting stuck on this issue of how long it took

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 is to miss the point entirely.

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 Genesis hasn't been written to answer all our questions

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 about the age of the earth.

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 So, it's primarily been written to tell us about God

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 and who he is and who we are.

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 So, three things we're going to look at from our text this morning.

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 First, God speaks.

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 Second, God speaks and acts.

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 And then third, God speaks and acts to redeem.

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 So, let's get straight into it.

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 First, God speaks.

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 So, those are the four views which we've moved on very quickly.

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 First, God speaks.

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 God is introduced to us as a speaking God.

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 And we see this emphasis all the way through the first chapter.

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 So, verse 3,

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 And God said,

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 and it's probably there in the paragraphs,

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 verse 6,

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 And God said,

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 verse 9,

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 And God said,

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 verse 14,

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 And God said,

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 God speaks.

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 It's hard to miss the point, isn't it?

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 He speaks to tell us who he is

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 and what he is like.

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 We don't have to speculate.

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 We don't have to come up with a God of our imagination.

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 God is a speaking God

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 and he reveals himself to us through his words.

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 In fact, God is showing us that he is different

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 from any other man-made God or being

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 because he speaks.

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 Follow with me on screen.

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 This is from Psalm 115.

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 Why do the nations say,

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 Where is their God?

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 Our God is in heaven

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 and he does whatever pleases him.

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 But their idols

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 are silver and gold

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 made by human hands.

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 They have mouths,

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 but they cannot speak.

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 Eyes,

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 but cannot see.

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 They have ears,

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 but cannot hear.

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 Noses,

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 but cannot smell.

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 They have hands,

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 but cannot feel.

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 Feet,

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 but cannot walk.

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 Nor can they utter a sound

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 with their throats.

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 Those who make them

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 will be like them

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 and so will all

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 who trust

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 in them.

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 Psalm 115.

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 As we'll discover,

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 God speaks

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 so that we can

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 know him

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 and how we should

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 relate to him,

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 how we should speak.

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 He speaks to us

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 to commune with us,

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 to be in fellowship with us.

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 Our creator,

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 God,

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 is not some

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 impersonal force

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 somewhere away out there

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 raging from the heavens,

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 distant and unknown.

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 God speaks with words,

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 with language,

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 that we can understand

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 to communicate with us

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 just as we talk

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 with one another.

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 Now,

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 that doesn't mean

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 we can expect God

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 to have private,

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 audible conversations

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 with us.

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 No,

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 God's word

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 has been spoken

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 and it has been

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 written down

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 for us today.

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 So as we read

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 God's word,

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 we hear his voice.

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 That's why

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 Genesis was written.

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 Moses wrote it

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 with the help

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 of God's spirit

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 and it was written

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 for the Israelites

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 as they were

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 entering into

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 the promised land.

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 God was speaking.

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 He had his words

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 written down

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 so that every other

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 generation to come

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 could also learn.

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 God doesn't have

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 a private audience

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 with individuals

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 to say,

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 here,

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 I just want to

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 talk with you

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 a minute

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 and tell you

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 all about creation.

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 No,

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 he's written it down

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 so we can read

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 and we can know.

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 So if you want

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 to hear the voice

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 of God today,

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 we open up our Bibles

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 and we read

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 and we listen.

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 That's what we're

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 doing this morning.

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 It's what we do

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 every week.

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 We want to hear

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 God speak.

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 Second,

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 God speaks

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 and acts

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 because as God

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 speaks,

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 things happen.

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 His words

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 have power.

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 Look at the repetition

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 that we see

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 in Genesis 1.

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 So look at the

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 beginning of verse 6

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 and God said

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 and the end of verse

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 7

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 and it was

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 so.

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 Verse 9

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 and God said

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 the end of verse 9

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 and it was

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 so.

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 Verse 11

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 is the same.

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 Then God said

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 and it was

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 so.

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 All the way

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 through

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 verse 14

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 and God

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 said

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 end of verse 15

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 and it was

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 so.

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 God's words

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 do

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 what he commands

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 them to do.

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 His words

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 never rebel

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 against God.

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 They never

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 fail God.

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 His word

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 acts

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 as God

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 speaks.

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 Now I don't

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 know if you've

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 ever noticed

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 that your

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 words and my

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 words are not

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 like that.

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 We don't have

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 power.

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 If you've got

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 pets or if

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 you've got

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 young children

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 you'll know

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 that your

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 words have

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 no power

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 whatsoever.

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 They don't

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 have the

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 power to

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 control or

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 order or

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 bring things

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 into existence.

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 Our text

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 this morning

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 will show

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 us three

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 things about

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 the action

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 of God's

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 word when

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 he speaks.

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 Here's the

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 first one.

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 God speaks

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 order.

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 Look at

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 verse 2.

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 Now the

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 earth was

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 formless

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 and empty.

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 So verse 1

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 God created

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 the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 What did it

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 look like when

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 God began the

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 process of

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 creation?

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 Well verse 2

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 tells us it

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 was formless

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 and empty.

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 Darkness was

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 over the

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 surface of

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 the deep

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 and the

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 spirit of

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 God was

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 hovering over

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 the waters.

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 So the

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 picture we

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 have here is

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 if you can

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 imagine in

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 your minds

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 a misshapen

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 lifeless mass

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 suspended in

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 darkness.

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 A watery

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 sphere

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 suspended

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 in the

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 universe.

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 It was

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 formless

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 formless

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 and empty.

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 God speaks

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 and as he

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 speaks the

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 earth is

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 formed

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 and the

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 earth is

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 filled.

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 His words

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 bring order

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 where there

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 is disorder.

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 So I have a

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 table here that

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 you can follow

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 on the screen.

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 It's not unique.

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 If you have a

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 study Bible you'll

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 probably find it

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 there.

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 formless world

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 on the left

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 the formless

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 world, the

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 empty world

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 on the right

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 and then God

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 begins the

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 process of

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 forming

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 on days

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 one, two

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 and three

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 and the

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 process of

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 filling

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 on days

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 four, five

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 and six.

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 So let me go

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 through that

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 with you on

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 day one

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 which we see

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 in verse three

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 God forms

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 the light

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 and separates

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 light from

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 darkness.

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 and then on

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 day four

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 in verse

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 fourteen

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 God fills

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 that formation

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 with the

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 sun, the

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 moon and

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 the stars.

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 On day two

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 verse six

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 we're told

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 that God

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 forms the

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 sea and

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 separates the

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 sky from

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 the waters.

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 Then on day

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 five in verse

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 twenty God

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 fills the

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 sea with

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 all the

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 sea creatures

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 and fills

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 the sky

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 with birds.

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 and then on

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 day three

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 God forms

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 the land

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 and he

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 forms the

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 vegetation

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 on the

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 land.

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 And then on

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 day six

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 which is

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 verse twenty

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 four and

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 into verse

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 twenty six

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 as well

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 God fills

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 the land

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 with animals

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 that crawl

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 along the

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 ground and

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 the creatures

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 of the ground

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 and as we'll

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 see next

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 week he

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 fills it

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 with people.

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 So it's

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 very clear to

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 see this

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 formless

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 emptiness

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 this void

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 which is

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 then formed

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 and then

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 filled.

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 The world

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 we live in

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 is not

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 random is it?

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 It's not an

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 accident.

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 The world

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 we live in

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 is carefully

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 ordered and

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 structured

00:14:40.219 --> 00:14:41.659
 by God's

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 word.

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 So God

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 speaks

00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.079
 order.

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 Second

00:14:47.579 --> 00:14:48.099
 God

00:14:48.099 --> 00:14:48.759
 speaks

00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:50.699
 design.

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 Everything

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 that God

00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:53.019
 makes

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.759
 has a

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.100
 place

00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.379
 and a

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 purpose.

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 There's

00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.720
 a design

00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:56.179
 to this

00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.600
 world

00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:57.360
 that we

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:57.740
 can't

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.159
 escape.

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 So look

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 at verse

00:14:59.500 --> 00:14:59.960
 11.

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 Then God

00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.500
 said let

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 the land

00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.939
 produce

00:15:04.939 --> 00:15:06.340
 vegetation

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 seed

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 bearing

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:08.840
 plants

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 and trees

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 on the

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 land

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 that bear

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 fruit

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 with seed

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 in it

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 according

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 to its

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 various

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 kinds.

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 Verse

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 twenty

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 nine.

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 Sorry

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 verse

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 twenty one.

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 So God

00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:24.500
 created

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 sea

00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.379
 creatures

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.740
 of the

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 sea

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 and

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 every

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.179
 living

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 thing

00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:28.279
 with

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 which

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 the

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 water

00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.740
 teems

00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.519
 and that

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:30.919
 moves

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:31.259
 about

00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:31.639
 in it

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 according

00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.439
 to

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:32.759
 their

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 kinds

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 and

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.179
 every

00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:35.600
 winged

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:35.840
 bird

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.259
 according

00:15:36.259 --> 00:15:36.620
 to

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.079
 its

00:15:37.079 --> 00:15:37.779
 kind.

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 Down

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.100
 to verse

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.419
 twenty

00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.879
 five.

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.620
 God

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:41.899
 made

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.319
 the wild

00:15:42.319 --> 00:15:42.720
 animals

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.139
 according

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.379
 to

00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:43.579
 their

00:15:43.579 --> 00:15:44.340
 kinds

00:15:44.340 --> 00:15:44.960
 the

00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.379
 livestock

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:45.939
 according

00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.179
 to

00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:46.379
 all

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:46.600
 their

00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.220
 kinds

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.500
 and

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.059
 all

00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:48.220
 the

00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:48.559
 creatures

00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:48.779
 that

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.059
 move

00:15:49.059 --> 00:15:49.319
 along

00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:49.500
 the

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:49.779
 ground

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.179
 according

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.539
 to

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.240
 their

00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:51.919
 kinds.

00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:53.419
 Can you

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:53.839
 see the

00:15:53.839 --> 00:15:54.500
 design

00:15:54.500 --> 00:15:54.919
 that's

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.199
 taking

00:15:55.199 --> 00:15:55.779
 place?

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.279
 Everything

00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.799
 according

00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.039
 to

00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.319
 its

00:15:58.319 --> 00:15:59.240
 kind.

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 So

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.679
 an

00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:00.939
 oak

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.159
 tree

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.579
 is an

00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:01.939
 oak

00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.159
 tree

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.299
 and

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:02.459
 it

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:02.759
 doesn't

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.059
 grow

00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:03.579
 rose

00:16:03.579 --> 00:16:04.059
 petals.

00:16:05.339 --> 00:16:05.679
 And a

00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:06.019
 robin

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.379
 is a

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.659
 bird

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.000
 and it

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.279
 doesn't

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.939
 have an

00:16:07.939 --> 00:16:08.620
 ostrich

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.399
 neck.

00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:10.740
 It's

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.159
 according

00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:11.579
 to its

00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:12.059
 kind.

00:16:12.459 --> 00:16:12.839
 And a

00:16:12.839 --> 00:16:13.159
 mouse

00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.899
 doesn't

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.240
 have an

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:14.799
 elephant's

00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.240
 trunk.

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.120
 Each

00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:17.399
 to

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:17.740
 its

00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.719
 kind.

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:20.759
 Now

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:20.920
 it's

00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.360
 important

00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:21.980
 that we

00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:22.600
 understand

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:22.879
 this

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.160
 because

00:16:23.160 --> 00:16:23.600
 when we

00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:23.980
 come to

00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:24.340
 human

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:24.980
 beings

00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.960
 God

00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:26.580
 designed

00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.120
 men

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.060
 and he

00:16:28.060 --> 00:16:28.560
 designed

00:16:28.560 --> 00:16:29.040
 women

00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:29.519
 according

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.040
 to their

00:16:30.040 --> 00:16:31.320
 kinds.

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.320
 We're

00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.560
 not

00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.759
 interchangeable.

00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.639
 What God

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.420
 designs

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:37.060
 has their

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.560
 purpose.

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:39.180
 So look

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:39.500
 at verse

00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.040
 12.

00:16:40.800 --> 00:16:41.060
 The

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.800
 kinds of

00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.440
 vegetation

00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.000
 have their

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.460
 purpose.

00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:43.759
 Verse

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.259
 12.

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.080
 The

00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:45.340
 land

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:45.740
 produced

00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.440
 vegetation

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.180
 plants

00:16:47.180 --> 00:16:47.940
 bearing

00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.540
 seed

00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:48.980
 according

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.219
 to

00:16:49.219 --> 00:16:49.399
 their

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:49.839
 kinds

00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:50.079
 and

00:16:50.079 --> 00:16:50.419
 trees

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:50.779
 bearing

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.439
 fruit

00:16:51.439 --> 00:16:52.120
 with

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.419
 seed

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.599
 in

00:16:52.599 --> 00:16:52.759
 it

00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:53.120
 according

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.399
 to

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.659
 their

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.839
 kinds.

00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.099
 So the

00:16:56.099 --> 00:16:56.599
 trees

00:16:56.599 --> 00:16:56.919
 and the

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.379
 plants

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.779
 have all

00:16:57.779 --> 00:16:57.959
 been

00:16:57.959 --> 00:16:58.500
 designed

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.039
 by God

00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.699
 to produce

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 fruit,

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.699
 food

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.719
 for human

00:17:02.719 --> 00:17:03.099
 beings.

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 And we

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.740
 know from

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.399
 science that

00:17:04.399 --> 00:17:05.440
 they take

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.420
 in carbon

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.440
 dioxide and

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:08.200
 they produce

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.240
 oxygen.

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.720
 Verse

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.359
 16.

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.839
 We read

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.339
 about the

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:17.119
 lights in

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.720
 the sky.

00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.299
 God

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.859
 made two

00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.180
 great

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.559
 lights.

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:20.819
 The

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.279
 greater

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:21.680
 light,

00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:22.119
 that is

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.720
 the sun,

00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.639
 to govern

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:24.180
 the day

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:25.279
 and the

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.539
 lesser

00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:25.980
 light,

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.619
 the moon,

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.779
 to govern

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.619
 the night,

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.319
 to rule

00:17:29.319 --> 00:17:29.980
 the night.

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.619
 Verse

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.079
 17.

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 God

00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.579
 set them

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:33.899
 in the

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.379
 vault of

00:17:34.379 --> 00:17:34.819
 the sky

00:17:34.819 --> 00:17:35.240
 to give

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.859
 light to

00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.259
 the earth,

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:37.319
 to govern

00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.059
 the day

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.639
 and the

00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.099
 night and

00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.700
 to separate

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.759
 light from

00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.240
 darkness.

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 So the

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.559
 sun has

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.119
 a job

00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:44.180
 which is to

00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:44.720
 produce the

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:44.960
 lovely

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.559
 sunshine

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.819
 upon the

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 world,

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.659
 helping

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.179
 things to

00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:48.579
 grow.

00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.119
 The moon

00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:50.559
 has a

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:50.919
 job,

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.599
 it reflects

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.220
 the sun's

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.679
 light in

00:17:52.679 --> 00:17:53.119
 the evening

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.559
 times.

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.299
 We also

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.679
 know the

00:17:54.679 --> 00:17:55.559
 moon is

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.440
 there to

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:56.879
 keep the

00:17:56.879 --> 00:17:57.659
 tides going

00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:58.579
 and all

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.220
 that happens

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.839
 with that.

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 The world

00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:02.659
 is wonderfully

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.500
 designed,

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.000
 isn't it?

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 It's not

00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.460
 just a

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:05.899
 random

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.559
 jumbled

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.079
 mess.

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.099
 Everything,

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.659
 the different

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.460
 kinds of

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.000
 creation,

00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:11.859
 have their

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 place and

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.960
 purpose

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.900
 within

00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:15.600
 God's

00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:16.420
 world.

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:17.940
 So God

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:18.339
 speaks

00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.920
 design.

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.519
 And then

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.759
 third,

00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.600
 God speaks

00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.240
 beauty.

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 Because

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.680
 everything

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.819
 God does,

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.900
 God makes

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 and he

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.700
 says it

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.779
 is good.

00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.759
 He delights

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.360
 in everything

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:31.860
 that he's

00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.180
 made.

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 So again,

00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.600
 look at the

00:18:33.600 --> 00:18:34.140
 repetition,

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.200
 that's a

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.839
 theme through

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.400
 the chapter,

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.279
 just look at

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.019
 what's repeated,

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.620
 that's the

00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.339
 main point.

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.140
 Verse 10

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:41.460
 at the

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.819
 end,

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:43.559
 and God

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.700
 saw that

00:18:44.700 --> 00:18:45.379
 it was

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:46.819
 good.

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.419
 Same at

00:18:48.419 --> 00:18:48.679
 the end

00:18:48.679 --> 00:18:49.339
 of verse 12,

00:18:49.419 --> 00:18:49.819
 and God

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.519
 saw that

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.019
 it was

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.139
 good.

00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:54.079
 All the

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.599
 way through,

00:18:54.919 --> 00:18:55.460
 everything

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.059
 God did,

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:56.819
 it was

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:57.579
 good.

00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.639
 Nothing

00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.559
 is bad

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.639
 or ugly

00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.939
 or unwanted

00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:03.200
 or useless.

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.500
 It's all

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.200
 wonderfully

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.299
 good.

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.220
 The stunning

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.960
 colours of

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.740
 a peacock's

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.079
 tail,

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.099
 the roaming

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.980
 rhino with

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.860
 his armoured

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.440
 body,

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:14.059
 the magnificent

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.039
 corals in

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.480
 the depths

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:15.799
 of the

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.099
 ocean,

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.019
 the scent

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.339
 of an

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.860
 orchid or

00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.660
 those great

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:20.140
 tall pines.

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.640
 Creation

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.839
 is God's

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.400
 canvas,

00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:24.980
 his gallery

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.000
 of beauty,

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:28.079
 his masterpiece

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:29.720
 on display

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.180
 to the

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.559
 world,

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.559
 and he

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.120
 is saying

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.839
 it is

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.839
 all good,

00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.160
 just as

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.559
 I am

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.900
 good.

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:40.140
 God's

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.860
 speaking,

00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:42.340
 none of

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.700
 this would

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.140
 happen.

00:19:44.280 --> 00:19:44.920
 Of course

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.259
 there will

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.680
 be those

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:45.920
 who will

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.400
 argue and

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.560
 say,

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:46.740
 no,

00:19:46.780 --> 00:19:46.880
 no,

00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.019
 no,

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.140
 no,

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.200
 no,

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.320
 no,

00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:47.380
 no,

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.840
 no,

00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.100
 we don't

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.840
 need God.

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.440
 It all

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.220
 evolved from

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.160
 a big bang,

00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:52.580
 there was

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.360
 matter that

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.240
 kind of all

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.780
 came in

00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:55.420
 together and

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.420
 it just

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:57.380
 went bang.

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:59.840
 I don't

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:00.080
 know if

00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:00.580
 you believe

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.040
 that or

00:20:01.040 --> 00:20:01.400
 not.

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.780
 Well,

00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:03.040
 if you

00:20:03.040 --> 00:20:03.300
 do,

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.860
 consider

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.300
 this.

00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:05.960
 Because if

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.500
 everything was

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:06.880
 to begin

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.160
 with a

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.640
 big bang,

00:20:07.760 --> 00:20:08.100
 just a

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:08.780
 chance where

00:20:08.780 --> 00:20:09.500
 it just

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.040
 happened,

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.700
 the chances

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.580
 of a world

00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.580
 being created

00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.020
 where you

00:20:14.020 --> 00:20:14.880
 have order,

00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.280
 design and

00:20:16.280 --> 00:20:16.920
 beauty,

00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.580
 is like

00:20:18.580 --> 00:20:19.200
 putting the

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.060
 parts of a

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.460
 car,

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.540
 so your

00:20:21.540 --> 00:20:22.160
 car that you

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.780
 came in this

00:20:22.780 --> 00:20:23.140
 morning,

00:20:23.560 --> 00:20:24.240
 stripping it

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.960
 back to every

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.780
 nut and bolt,

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:27.060
 every wire and

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.519
 fuse,

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.539
 the doors and

00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.940
 windows,

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.779
 the bumpers and

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.240
 every little

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.639
 gadget,

00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:31.720
 stripping it

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.299
 down to its

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.919
 tiny little

00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.259
 parts,

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.079
 putting it

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.879
 all into a

00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.480
 massive big

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.379
 washing machine

00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:37.720
 and turning it

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.079
 on and when

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.759
 you open the

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.159
 door,

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.119
 whoa,

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.940
 you have a

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.700
 fully working

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.679
 driving car

00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:45.359
 with every

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.960
 bit in its

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.419
 place.

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.099
 That's what

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.879
 we're expected

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:50.159
 to happen if

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.779
 we believe the

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.139
 big bang that

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.119
 somehow it all

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.899
 just came into

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.519
 being in this

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.839
 wonderful order,

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.639
 design and

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.019
 beauty.

00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:59.319
 no,

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:00.079
 this world is

00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:00.740
 not a product

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.700
 of chance,

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.319
 it has been

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.480
 spoken into

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:06.259
 being by

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.960
 God.

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.059
 Whether you

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.740
 believe it's a

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.579
 literal 24

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:12.159
 hour day or

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.639
 whether you

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.539
 take that day

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.519
 as an age or

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.339
 a period of

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.819
 time,

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.059
 it's all into

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:20.779
 being by

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.240
 God.

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.039
 God speaks to

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.400
 act and

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.819
 when he

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.460
 acts,

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.120
 he brings

00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.740
 order,

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.819
 design and

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.319
 beauty.

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.839
 Listen to

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.059
 this,

00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.880
 John Stott,

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.339
 who's now

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.720
 with the

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:35.960
 Lord,

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.500
 a Christian

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.099
 writer and

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.480
 speaker,

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.200
 so good

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:39.279
 with his

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.839
 words.

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.680
 This is

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.059
 what he

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.480
 says.

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.259
 God speaks

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.779
 to act and

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.160
 when he

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:46.559
 acts,

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.180
 he brings,

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.940
 oh sorry,

00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.940
 God preaches

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.259
 and the

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.740
 world is

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.180
 made.

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.500
 God said,

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.000
 let there be

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.460
 light and

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.900
 there was

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:53.299
 light.

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:55.039
 Six sermons

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.779
 are preached

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.500
 in wonderful

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.119
 sequence.

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.559
 The word of

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.059
 God is

00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.779
 proclaimed in

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.200
 the heavens

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.720
 pulpit and

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.299
 it all

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.559
 comes to

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.059
 pass.

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.539
 The preaching

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.420
 forms the

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.920
 universe.

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.839
 The word

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.559
 preached is

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.279
 no empty

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.640
 word.

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.660
 it accomplish

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.500
 what it

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:13.120
 pleases and

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:14.160
 never returns

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.880
 void to

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.900
 him who

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:16.740
 speaks.

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.980
 God's

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.200
 spoken word

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:21.759
 is a

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.360
 powerful

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.600
 creating

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:23.920
 word.

00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:24.720
 It changes,

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.740
 it transforms,

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.040
 it achieves

00:22:27.040 --> 00:22:27.640
 the purpose

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.240
 that God

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.800
 intends.

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.560
 Or as

00:22:29.560 --> 00:22:30.480
 Psalm 33

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.140
 verse 6

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.720
 tells us,

00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:32.400
 by the

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.100
 word of

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.620
 the Lord

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.240
 the heavens

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.880
 were made.

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.400
 Their

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.100
 starry

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.700
 host by

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.020
 the

00:22:37.020 --> 00:22:38.040
 breath

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:38.440
 of his

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.800
 mouth.

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.540
 For he

00:22:40.540 --> 00:22:41.440
 spoke

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.920
 and it

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.520
 came to

00:22:43.520 --> 00:22:43.800
 be.

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.720
 He

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.480
 commanded

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:47.300
 and it

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:47.720
 stood

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.160
 firm.

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.460
 So God

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.100
 speaks

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:53.020
 and God

00:22:53.020 --> 00:22:53.640
 speaks

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.420
 and acts.

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.080
 But third,

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.560
 there's a

00:22:58.560 --> 00:22:59.200
 reason for

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.980
 God speaking

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.880
 and acting.

00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:01.960
 And the

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.759
 reason is

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.940
 he speaks

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.720
 and acts

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.080
 to redeem.

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.520
 Imagine for

00:23:08.520 --> 00:23:08.900
 a moment

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.560
 that God

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.599
 did not

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.119
 speak.

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.079
 So,

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.740
 verse 1,

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.539
 in the

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.179
 beginning God

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.899
 created the

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.259
 heavens and

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.539
 the earth.

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.659
 He did

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:18.899
 that,

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.440
 he spoke

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.960
 that into

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.399
 existence,

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.379
 but then

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.859
 after that

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.480
 he didn't.

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.740
 What would

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.159
 we have?

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.799
 Verse 2,

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.139
 well without

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.919
 God speaking

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.419
 the world

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.079
 would remain

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.980
 formless

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.279
 and empty.

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.240
 Without

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.000
 God's

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.440
 word,

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.519
 darkness

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.980
 would pervade

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.200
 the universe.

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.740
 There would

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.859
 be no

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.460
 life

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.759
 without

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.319
 God's

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.660
 word.

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.299
 Now,

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.500
 that's really

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.400
 important because

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.960
 the biblical

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.059
 authors pick up

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.680
 on that theme

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.240
 and they use

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.119
 this picture of

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.639
 pre-creation

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.480
 where it's

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.200
 formless and

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.940
 empty to

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:56.119
 describe

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.200
 humanity

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:58.720
 without

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.940
 God's

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.339
 word.

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.480
 So,

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.079
 turn with me

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.559
 please to

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.160
 Jeremiah

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.980
 chapter 4

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.320
 and we'll

00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:06.340
 see how

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:06.700
 this is

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.060
 true.

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.920
 Isaiah

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.720
 chapter 4,

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.500
 or Jeremiah

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.440
 chapter 4.

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.759
 Jeremiah

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.180
 begins with

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.920
 explaining to

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.279
 us that

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:22.960
 God's people

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.800
 have rebelled

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:25.340
 and turned

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.840
 their back

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.420
 on God

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.820
 and his

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.100
 word.

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.640
 They don't

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:27.940
 want to

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.500
 listen to

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.140
 God anymore.

00:24:29.300 --> 00:24:29.680
 They've

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.060
 had their

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:31.180
 fill of

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.500
 everything

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.060
 God has

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:32.560
 to say.

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.400
 And we're

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.960
 told in

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.500
 chapter 2

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.000
 that they've

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.900
 exchanged the

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.600
 glorious God

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.640
 for worthless

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.279
 idols.

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.840
 Remember we

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.500
 read about that

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.779
 earlier.

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.820
 Worthless idols

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.279
 who have

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:45.040
 mouths but

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:46.160
 cannot speak.

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.960
 Throats that

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.700
 don't utter a

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:48.980
 sound.

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.540
 They don't

00:24:49.540 --> 00:24:49.820
 want to

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:50.240
 listen.

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.440
 They've got

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.900
 their own

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.300
 gods.

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.680
 Now listen

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.380
 to what God

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.880
 says to

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.060
 them.

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.000
 Chapter 4

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.980
 verse 22.

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.320
 To those

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.800
 who don't

00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:02.120
 listen.

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.000
 My people

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:04.240
 are fools.

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.700
 They do

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.200
 not know

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.400
 me.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.819
 They are

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.559
 senseless

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.079
 children.

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.500
 They have

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.740
 no

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.400
 understanding.

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.240
 They are

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.119
 skilled in

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.839
 doing evil.

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.900
 They know

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.640
 not how

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.119
 to do

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.480
 good.

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.259
 That's what

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.140
 happens when

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.619
 there is an

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.500
 absence of

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.140
 God's word.

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.539
 But look now

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.960
 at how he

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.519
 describes

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.160
 humanity.

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.359
 Verse 23.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.980
 I looked at

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.460
 the earth

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.359
 and it was

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:27.740
 formless

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.880
 darkness and

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.339
 empty.

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.720
 And that

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.279
 the heavens

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.819
 and their

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.599
 light was

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.019
 gone.

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.299
 You see

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.039
 when God's

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.740
 word is not

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.359
 heard there

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.299
 is chaos

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.480
 and darkness.

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.440
 Now isn't

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.759
 that a

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.339
 remarkable

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.319
 description of

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.200
 humanity today?

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.940
 It's lifting it

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.720
 straight out of

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.059
 Genesis 1 and

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.980
 showing to us

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.220
 that God's

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.900
 word when it

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.599
 is rejected

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.420
 and ignored

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.240
 becomes chaotic.

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:55.859
 humanity, the

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.539
 world in which

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.180
 we live is

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.500
 formless and

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.359
 empty.

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.579
 There's division

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.019
 in our

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.559
 relationships,

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.559
 disorder in

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:02.900
 our own

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.220
 lives.

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.960
 There's no

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.740
 purpose, no

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.099
 meaning.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.559
 We're just

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.900
 here trying

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.500
 to figure it

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.099
 all out.

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.339
 The light

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.880
 has gone

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:13.019
 out and

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.740
 darkness

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.960
 prevails.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.380
 We were

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.019
 reminded of

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.700
 that yesterday

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.220
 weren't we

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.539
 with the

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.519
 20th anniversary

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.460
 of 9-11.

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.819
 It's still

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.579
 going on in

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.660
 Afghanistan and

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.259
 Syria and

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.620
 in many

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.279
 nations in

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.720
 our world.

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.019
 There's

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.980
 something very

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:33.460
 dark that

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:34.500
 pervades this

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.099
 world of

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.480
 ours.

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.480
 We see it in

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.839
 our own

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.400
 communities,

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.740
 the tragic

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.900
 murder-suicide

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.539
 in North

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.160
 Kerry this

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.440
 week.

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.660
 How awful

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.480
 that is.

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:46.839
 The

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.279
 continued

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.039
 items in

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.539
 the news

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.599
 of rise

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.339
 in domestic

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.980
 abuse.

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.960
 And if

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.340
 we should

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.120
 dare peer

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.700
 into our

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.360
 own hearts

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.980
 and lives,

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.500
 if we

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.059
 would dare

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.519
 to look

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.019
 inside

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.539
 ourselves,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.519
 we see

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.220
 things there

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.559
 that we

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.940
 would not

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.840
 want anybody

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.319
 to ever

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.500
 know or

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.840
 see.

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.319
 I see it

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.600
 in my

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.220
 own life.

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.340
 There have

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.940
 been seasons

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.620
 of struggle

00:27:11.620 --> 00:27:13.180
 and God's

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.900
 word is not

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.579
 opened or

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.259
 read and

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.819
 well I know

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.360
 what happens,

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.880
 my life

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.360
 becomes

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.380
 dysfunctional.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.120
 Work and

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.860
 home become

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.619
 imbalanced,

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.139
 marriage

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:24.699
 becomes

00:27:24.699 --> 00:27:25.379
 joyless,

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.379
 relationships

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:27.559
 break.

00:27:28.439 --> 00:27:29.259
 When God's

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.819
 word is

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.119
 not heard,

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.639
 verse 23,

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.240
 life becomes

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.639
 formless and

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.259
 empty,

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.579
 the light

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:39.299
 goes out.

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.039
 In fact

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.500
 when the

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.079
 word is

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.659
 rejected,

00:27:44.979 --> 00:27:45.139
 a

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:46.500
 decreation

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.379
 takes place.

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.979
 Follow on

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:48.539
 with Jeremiah

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.759
 in verse 24.

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.339
 I looked

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.720
 at the

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.119
 mountains

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.559
 and they

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.299
 were quaking

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.200
 and the

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.940
 hills were

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.680
 swaying.

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.299
 I looked

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.619
 and there

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.119
 were no

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.559
 people.

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.920
 Every bird

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.660
 in the sky

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.240
 had flown

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.599
 away.

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.440
 I looked

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.819
 and the

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.279
 fruitful

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.019
 land was

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.740
 a desert

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.000
 and all

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.720
 its towns

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.319
 lay in

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.160
 ruins before

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.660
 the Lord

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.400
 before his

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.839
 fierce

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.779
 anger.

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:11.940
 Isn't

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.420
 that true

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.740
 of the

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.480
 world today?

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.859
 There is

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.180
 a

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.420
 decreation,

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.160
 an

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:18.039
 undoing

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.839
 taking place

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.359
 of all

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.899
 that God

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.480
 made that

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.159
 was good.

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.159
 Not only

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.619
 do we

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.079
 take the

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.599
 place of

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:24.920
 God,

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.440
 but we

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.460
 order our

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.059
 lives as

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.839
 we please.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.859
 Gender

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:30.139
 is redesigned,

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.359
 life is

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.920
 ended in

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.359
 the womb,

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:32.960
 our

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.639
 environment

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.379
 is polluted,

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.059
 our world

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.899
 is breaking

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:38.119
 and our

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.259
 personal lives

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.099
 spiral out

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.759
 of control.

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.799
 Instead of

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.399
 flourishing,

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:42.779
 we have

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.339
 become a

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.019
 fruitless,

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.639
 parched

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.579
 desert.

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.799
 the world

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.799
 is starved

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.099
 of the

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.779
 very thing

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.339
 that gives

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.039
 nourishment

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.759
 and life,

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.299
 God's

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.920
 word.

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.879
 But notice

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.480
 that this

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.000
 isn't all

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.940
 the consequences

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.339
 of rejecting

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.079
 God's word.

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.379
 Again,

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.700
 look at

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.519
 verse 26.

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.399
 I looked

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.720
 and the

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.039
 fruitful

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.619
 land was

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.200
 a desert,

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.240
 all its

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.879
 town lay

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.379
 in ruin

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.279
 before the

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.539
 Lord,

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.539
 before his

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.420
 fierce

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.220
 anger.

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.899
 Not

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.319
 hearing

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.839
 God's

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.339
 word

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.859
 is

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.579
 judgment.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.639
 Removing

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.259
 God's

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.879
 word from

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.399
 a people

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.740
 and a

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.240
 community

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.079
 is a

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.579
 sign of

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.559
 God's

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.339
 displeasure.

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.740
 It's

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.139
 God's

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:29.819
 response to

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.240
 a world

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.740
 who says,

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.419
 I don't

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:31.899
 want you,

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.259
 I don't

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.500
 want to

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:32.919
 listen to

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.119
 you,

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.980
 and God

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.019
 listens to

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.379
 that and

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.619
 says,

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.019
 well I'll

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.679
 be silent

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.200
 and I'll

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.819
 remove my

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.579
 word from

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.659
 you and

00:29:39.659 --> 00:29:39.980
 you will

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:41.539
 see what

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.039
 becomes.

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.259
 In other

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.639
 words,

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.399
 it's a

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.120
 mercy of

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.600
 God.

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.759
 It's a

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.340
 gracious

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:49.040
 act of

00:29:49.040 --> 00:29:49.640
 God when

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.860
 we hear

00:29:50.860 --> 00:29:51.780
 his word

00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:52.180
 in our

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.900
 lives and

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.240
 in our

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.820
 communities.

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.940
 So that

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.820
 is humanity

00:29:58.820 --> 00:30:00.480
 without

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.240
 God's

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.600
 word.

00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:03.880
 Second,

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.700
 humanity

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.320
 with

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.240
 God's

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.560
 word.

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:08.960
 You see,

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.360
 we can

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.000
 see how

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.700
 desperately

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.640
 we need

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.940
 the word

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.420
 of God,

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:13.720
 that

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.660
 creative,

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.019
 powerful

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.720
 act of

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.160
 God that

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.559
 we read

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.000
 about in

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.360
 Genesis.

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.400
 We need

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.079
 that same

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.720
 voice,

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.400
 that same

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.180
 word to

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.799
 renew and

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.220
 restore.

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.420
 We need

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.980
 a new

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.860
 creation in

00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:26.240
 our own

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.720
 lives.

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.019
 So let's

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.420
 have a look

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.860
 at 2

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.339
 Corinthians

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:32.160
 chapter 4.

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.019
 2

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.500
 Corinthians

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.460
 chapter 4.

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.579
 chapter 4.

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.620
 Once again,

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.600
 the authors

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:43.400
 of scripture

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.240
 pick up on

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.920
 this theme

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.779
 of creation

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.400
 to explain

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.000
 the world

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.620
 in which we

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.180
 live and

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.440
 what needs

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.039
 to happen.

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.019
 Look at

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.660
 verse 4.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.039
 2

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.420
 Corinthians

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.920
 4,

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.620
 verse 4.

00:30:56.619 --> 00:31:03.339
 The God

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.799
 of this

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.339
 age,

00:31:04.739 --> 00:31:05.339
 that is

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.339
 Satan,

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:06.939
 we'll meet

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.239
 him when

00:31:07.239 --> 00:31:07.539
 we get

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.759
 to

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.219
 Genesis

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:09.159
 3.

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.459
 The God

00:31:10.459 --> 00:31:10.799
 of this

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.279
 age has

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.079
 blinded

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.599
 the minds

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:12.779
 of

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.319
 unbelievers

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.779
 just as

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.599
 he blinded

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.099
 the minds

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.519
 of Adam

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.879
 and Eve.

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.779
 He's still

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.299
 doing it,

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.839
 that's his

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.279
 job,

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.699
 so that

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.199
 they cannot

00:31:20.199 --> 00:31:21.039
 see the

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.699
 light of

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.319
 the gospel

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.459
 that displays

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:25.399
 the glory

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.079
 of Christ

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.199
 who is

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.639
 the image

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.179
 of God.

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.419
 So the

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.859
 gospel,

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.599
 the gospel

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.319
 word,

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.579
 which is

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.139
 all about

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.799
 Christ,

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.539
 is not

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.279
 seen and

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.799
 it's not

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.460
 understood.

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.839
 People are

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.759
 blind to

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.399
 its truth

00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:41.139
 and reality.

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.079
 They're in

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.599
 darkness.

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.379
 They can't

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.159
 see how

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.919
 destructive

00:31:45.919 --> 00:31:46.759
 their lives

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.460
 are becoming.

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.299
 People think

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.079
 that, well,

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.619
 if I don't

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.179
 have God's

00:31:51.179 --> 00:31:51.399
 word,

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.099
 that's actually

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.639
 freedom.

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.319
 No,

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:55.500
 it's

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.019
 judgment.

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.480
 They are

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:59.339
 blind to

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.799
 the truth

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.359
 of God's

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.639
 word.

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:02.019
 So how

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.379
 are we,

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.759
 how are

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.259
 people ever

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.720
 going to

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.179
 see the

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.659
 light of

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.299
 Christ and

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.159
 understand who

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.599
 he is?

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.079
 Well,

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.359
 look at

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.039
 verse 6.

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.720
 For God

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.439
 who said,

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:13.799
 let light

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.599
 shine out of

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.039
 darkness,

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.279
 Genesis 1

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.859
 verse 3,

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.439
 made his

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:19.599
 light shine

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:19.960
 in our

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.139
 hearts to

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.779
 give us the

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.480
 light of the

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.059
 knowledge of

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.980
 God's glory

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.740
 displayed in

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.379
 the face of

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.659
 Christ.

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.240
 We're taken

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.879
 right back

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.480
 again to the

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.940
 beginning of

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.399
 creation,

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.839
 aren't we?

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.139
 To the

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.500
 God who

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.899
 spoke.

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.579
 And he's

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.700
 saying,

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:31.960
 look, I

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.399
 want you to

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.740
 remember,

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.299
 imagine,

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.579
 go back to

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.159
 creation.

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:36.179
 The God who

00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:36.960
 speaks and

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.539
 acts is the

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.980
 God who

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.679
 speaks and

00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.379
 acts to

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.379
 redeem.

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.379
 The power of

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.079
 God's word

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.019
 that formed

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:46.460
 this formless

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.259
 world and

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.599
 his word that

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.659
 filled this

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.740
 empty void.

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.860
 The power

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.540
 that brought

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.560
 light into

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.220
 the darkness

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.140
 is this

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.980
 same God

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.519
 who by

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.220
 his spirit

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.560
 speaks his

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.820
 creative word

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.500
 and his

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.259
 life-giving

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.320
 word into

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.160
 our hearts

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.380
 today.

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.380
 How does

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.100
 he do that?

00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:08.540
 Well, go back

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.080
 to the verse

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:10.320
 before, verse 5.

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:13.360
 For what we

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.300
 preach is not

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:16.420
 ourselves, but

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.400
 Jesus Christ

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.560
 as Lord.

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:21.480
 as the

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.240
 word about

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.040
 Christ, the

00:33:24.040 --> 00:33:25.000
 living word is

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:26.420
 preached, his

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.420
 word takes

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.960
 effect in our

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.380
 hearts.

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.380
 It's like the

00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.240
 lights go on,

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.860
 it's like being

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.700
 in a room full

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.500
 of darkness and

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.220
 someone comes

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.380
 in, maybe

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.160
 you're asleep,

00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:39.160
 windows, blinds,

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.759
 curtains are

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.600
 closed, it's a

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:41.220
 dark, dark

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.580
 room and

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.640
 somebody comes

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.240
 in, switches

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.779
 on the light,

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.400
 bright lights.

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.060
 God's word

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:49.019
 begins to

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.519
 act.

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.920
 And we

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.700
 can begin to

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.580
 see that the

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:54.440
 decreation in

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.580
 our lives, all

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.740
 that disorder and

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.660
 disruption, we

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.740
 begin to see it

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.279
 and we turn to

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:01.700
 our creator God

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.980
 in faith.

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.940
 As Paul will

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:07.480
 put it in the

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.380
 following chapter,

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:10.480
 if anyone is in

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:12.780
 Christ, the new

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:14.500
 creation has come,

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.639
 the old has gone,

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:19.480
 and the new is

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:19.879
 here.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.639
 You see, when we

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:24.779
 turn to God in

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.759
 repentance, when we

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:27.259
 turn in trust to

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.639
 his word about his

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:30.259
 son, it's like a

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:31.779
 new creation takes

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.659
 place in us

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.379
 personally.

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.039
 As we begin to

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.960
 live under his

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.299
 word and submit to

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:38.440
 his word, our

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.980
 disordered lives

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.059
 are reordered.

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.639
 spirit, what is

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:45.099
 chaotic in our

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:46.360
 life, is now

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.980
 wonderfully

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.539
 redesigned.

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:49.900
 Where there is

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.079
 brokenness, there is

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.239
 now a magnificent

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.099
 beauty.

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:54.739
 He takes empty

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:56.059
 vessels such as

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.980
 us, who are

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.920
 formless and

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:59.460
 shapeless, and he

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.880
 fills us with his

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.159
 life-giving spirit.

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:05.819
 God is not

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:07.219
 distant from us

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:09.079
 today, raging

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:10.119
 from the heavens

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.679
 in chaos and

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.239
 disorder.

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.579
 God has come

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.559
 close to us

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.119
 through his

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.759
 word to redeem

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.319
 us.

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.339
 His word is

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:21.440
 powerful, renewing

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.779
 and restoring.

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.500
 So think about

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.819
 your life today,

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:30.079
 where you're at.

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.139
 Maybe there are

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.860
 things that are

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.579
 in chaos.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.739
 Maybe there's

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.739
 disruption and

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.219
 disorder.

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.279
 Maybe there's

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.340
 relationships that

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.799
 are broken.

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:40.139
 Maybe marriage

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.279
 isn't as it

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.860
 should be.

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.079
 Things aren't

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.519
 right.

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.619
 Nothing seems

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.659
 to be in sync.

00:35:48.299 --> 00:35:49.400
 Come under

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.279
 God's word.

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.119
 Submit yourself

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.299
 to God's word.

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:56.539
 Let him speak

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:58.219
 his word into

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:59.360
 your life and

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.000
 bring about

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:01.260
 an order and

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:02.159
 a design and

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.059
 a beauty to

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.599
 the chaos that

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.159
 is there.

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.139
 Let him bring

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.039
 about a new

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.800
 creation, new

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:11.679
 relationships, new

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.239
 beginnings.

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.739
 He can do that

00:36:14.739 --> 00:36:16.500
 for you as we

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.219
 turn to his

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.659
 word.

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:20.039
 Think about

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.920
 where you live,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.340
 your neighbours.

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.360
 Think about the

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.139
 people you work

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.920
 with, maybe your

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.360
 family.

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.260
 And you look at

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:32.099
 their lives and

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.700
 you see how

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.880
 painful it is,

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.639
 how disordered

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.240
 things have

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:37.740
 gotten, wrong

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:39.240
 choices, bad

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:40.860
 decisions, ignoring

00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:42.420
 God, I can go my

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.860
 own way.

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.099
 And you see the

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.880
 mess.

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.559
 What's going to

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.619
 make it right?

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:54.659
 speak the word of

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.799
 God's truth.

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.400
 Let them hear the

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.119
 voice of God speak

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:01.759
 into their lives and

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:04.139
 watch how God

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.859
 renews and restores

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:07.019
 and transforms,

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:10.440
 bringing order and

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:12.519
 design and beauty

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.699
 in the darkness

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:16.400
 bringing light.

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.460
 God speaks

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.239
 and when God

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.460
 speaks he acts

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:24.940
 and when God

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.840
 acts

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:28.239
 he redeems.

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.980
 Listen

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:34.380
 to the voice of God.

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.340
 Have confidence

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:38.519
 and speak his word

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:40.539
 into this broken

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.059
 world.

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.259
 Let's pray.

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:56.100
 Father, we so

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:58.660
 often look at

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.420
 your word, we

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.300
 open up our

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.100
 Bibles, we

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:02.400
 have it on our

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.480
 laps in front of

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:06.000
 us and we

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.920
 just treat it

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:08.620
 as perhaps like

00:38:08.620 --> 00:38:09.380
 any other book,

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.360
 any other word.

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:13.019
 but you've

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.760
 reminded us

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.280
 again and

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.079
 afresh today

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.740
 that your

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.500
 word, your

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.620
 voice is

00:38:17.620 --> 00:38:18.980
 powerful.

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.400
 Your spoken

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.099
 word

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:24.640
 creates,

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.620
 it acts,

00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.440
 it redeems.

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.099
 Father, help us

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.240
 right now, even

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.760
 now, we

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.420
 confess

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:37.320
 where we have

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.599
 intentionally

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:40.059
 ignored you.

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:42.480
 help us to

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.980
 come under

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.500
 your word

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:45.599
 afresh and

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.940
 would you

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.840
 restore what

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.380
 is broken.

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.840
 Would you

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.420
 please,

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:50.460
 Father, bring

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:52.260
 order and

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:53.820
 design and

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:55.780
 beauty to

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.160
 what is

00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:56.539
 broken.

00:38:58.620 --> 00:38:59.840
 We confess

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:01.900
 and humbly

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.579
 ask that you

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.260
 would do that

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.960
 in us today.

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.880
 We pray for

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.519
 those known

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.579
 to us, friends

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.259
 or family.

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.699
 Father, would

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.840
 you use us

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.299
 to speak the

00:39:16.299 --> 00:39:17.059
 word of God

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:18.239
 into the life

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.139
 of another.

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.319
 And will you

00:39:21.319 --> 00:39:21.980
 be gracious

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:24.279
 and bring

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:25.179
 about a new

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.880
 creation.

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.699
 May the

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.840
 old go

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:31.679
 and may the

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:33.139
 new come.

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:41.659
 Jesus

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.659
 for the glory

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.319
 of God

00:39:43.319 --> 00:39:45.699
 and for our

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.059
 good.

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.579
 Amen.

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:51.079
 you