WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.740 Well, Lord, you know our hearts. 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:05.700 You see through this body of flesh, 00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:09.519 and you see the imagination, the inclinations of our hearts. 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:13.839 And Lord, as this song says, you know how messed up we can be, 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:18.339 that we can leave and we can be prone to leave the God that we love 00:00:18.339 --> 00:00:22.740 and the God who loves us and who's done everything to save us. 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:24.580 Lord, help us in our need. 00:00:25.300 --> 00:00:26.580 Help us in our brokenness. 00:00:27.219 --> 00:00:29.600 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:30.320 Amen. 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:32.600 You may be seated. 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:44.519 So just this week, I received a phone call to pick up a package that I had ordered. 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:50.240 And so I thought I had the option to just have it delivered to my place 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:51.240 or I can just go pick it up. 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:55.560 And I thought I'll just, if I go pick it up now, I'll have it sooner, 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:57.439 so I'll benefit from it. 00:00:57.859 --> 00:00:58.879 I'll just go pick it up. 00:00:58.879 --> 00:00:59.340 That's fine. 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:00.240 You don't need to deliver it. 00:01:00.360 --> 00:01:01.360 So I leave. 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:02.600 And I live in Vanier. 00:01:03.020 --> 00:01:07.359 So if some of you know what Vanier is like, you'll understand what I'm about to say. 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:09.240 So I leave my house. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:13.939 About one minute after I left my house, I'm still in Vanier. 00:01:14.300 --> 00:01:15.939 There's a lady who comes up to me. 00:01:16.740 --> 00:01:18.400 And I'm in my car, but she comes up to me. 00:01:18.460 --> 00:01:20.640 And she's probably mid-50s. 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.739 And so she's dressed up in a bathing suit top. 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:26.900 It probably cost about 10 cents to make. 00:01:26.980 --> 00:01:29.120 It's very, very small. 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:32.400 And she has these jeans that goes up here. 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:33.920 So I'm just wondering what's going on. 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:35.519 And that's not everything. 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:39.959 She has a big gas tank or gas can in her hands. 00:01:40.459 --> 00:01:42.819 And she comes up to me and she says, can I get a ride? 00:01:43.899 --> 00:01:50.159 And I'm just like, I thought I saw, I thought I knew I didn't see, I've never seen everything that has to be seen. 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:51.620 But this is something else. 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:54.020 Anyway, she comes up and she's very insistent. 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:55.140 So I'm like, okay, just get in. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:58.340 She's like, I need a ride to the gas station just down the road. 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:00.640 And she's already in my car. 00:02:00.740 --> 00:02:02.020 And I'm like, well, let's just go. 00:02:02.160 --> 00:02:03.219 It's not far, right? 00:02:03.260 --> 00:02:04.600 So I drive her there. 00:02:04.600 --> 00:02:07.420 And she's explaining to me how her car is out of gas. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:12.400 And how I'm probably thinking that she's a hooker with a gas can in her hands. 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.640 And in my head, I'm like, well, yeah, sort of. 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:15.759 But no, no, it's okay. 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:16.680 It's fine. 00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:17.099 I understand. 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:18.280 I'll drive you there. 00:02:18.700 --> 00:02:19.740 So I drive her there. 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:23.000 And once we get there, she thanks me. 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:24.420 She's very grateful. 00:02:24.820 --> 00:02:25.939 And she says, God bless you. 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:27.580 And so I say, God bless you, too. 00:02:28.060 --> 00:02:30.840 And then she says, your good deeds will come back to you. 00:02:31.140 --> 00:02:32.780 And I'm like, we were there. 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:34.159 God bless you was good enough. 00:02:34.219 --> 00:02:37.080 You didn't have to say your good deeds are going to come back to you. 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.160 I don't believe that. 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:39.860 It's not true. 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.340 But anyway, I left that place. 00:02:43.660 --> 00:02:47.040 And just thinking about what she said, your good deeds will return to you. 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:48.599 And so I go pick up my package. 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:49.780 And I get there. 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:55.979 And I didn't bring my number, the little code that you need to have to pick up your package. 00:02:56.099 --> 00:02:59.680 I deleted the call that they gave me, the voicemail that they left. 00:02:59.799 --> 00:03:00.939 I deleted it on my phone. 00:03:01.219 --> 00:03:02.159 I didn't have it with me. 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:03.199 And so I'm there. 00:03:03.399 --> 00:03:05.399 I drove out a little while. 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:07.079 I thought it would be a good drive. 00:03:08.219 --> 00:03:09.379 Didn't pick up my package. 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:10.539 I was pretty frustrated. 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:12.459 And then I was like, well, you know what? 00:03:12.459 --> 00:03:14.759 I'll just redeem my trip out of my way. 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.899 So I'll go to the store and pick up this thing that I need. 00:03:17.179 --> 00:03:17.679 Wasn't there. 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:21.239 I thought I'd just go grab a slice of pizza right next door. 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:29.159 Well, it turned out that I would have to drive about two miles out of my way because of all the one ways to get to that restaurant, which I could see from where I was parked. 00:03:29.899 --> 00:03:34.699 Anyway, if this was a sci-fi movie, I would have taken on my huge blasting gun thing. 00:03:34.979 --> 00:03:36.719 And I would have just, like, destroyed something. 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:37.899 I was so frustrated. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:49.960 So, with a story like this, it might seem a little bit odd that we're going to look at one of the commandments, the sixth commandment on you shall not murder. 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.379 But I think there's something pretty insightful when we look at the Bible. 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:55.840 So let's look at that. 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.000 If you have your Bibles with you, you can turn to Deuteronomy. 00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:00.879 We'll look at the Ten Commandments. 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:04.560 And we'll look at the sixth one today. 00:04:04.859 --> 00:04:05.599 You shall not murder. 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:15.859 Sorry, just flipping over here. 00:04:17.459 --> 00:04:20.360 Okay, so with the opening words of the Ten Commandments. 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:25.959 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 00:04:27.420 --> 00:04:29.060 You shall not murder. 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.279 So we come in a place in the Ten Commandments. 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:35.860 We're doing a series in the Ten Commandments. 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:39.420 And we come to this place where it might seem a bit strange. 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:40.579 You shall not murder. 00:04:41.019 --> 00:04:43.959 As Canadians, we think, you know, we're not murderers. 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:45.379 The murderers are over there. 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:46.899 And that we're fine. 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.939 And this might not apply to us. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:59.159 And so what we need to do with this commandment is that we look at the first few commandments that teach us to love God with all of who we are, all of our being. 00:04:59.160 --> 00:04:59.980 We love God. 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:02.540 And now we love our neighbor as ourselves. 00:05:03.620 --> 00:05:06.720 And part of loving our neighbors is not murdering them. 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:09.360 That seems to go without saying. 00:05:09.460 --> 00:05:18.400 And in fact, when Israel received this commandment, they weren't the only ones in the land where they believed that murder was wrong. 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.100 Their neighbors also believed that murder was wrong. 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:24.420 But here's the difference. 00:05:25.400 --> 00:05:27.520 How do we define what is murder? 00:05:28.520 --> 00:05:32.800 See, their neighbors might have had their definition of murder. 00:05:33.020 --> 00:05:34.280 But they were commanded not to murder. 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.800 So you would think things are all right. 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:37.620 Correct? 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:45.300 I was having a conversation with a co-worker about what is right and what is wrong. 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:55.560 And in that conversation, when I asked them if they could define what is right and what is wrong, they started telling me what they believed. 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:57.519 And so they said, you know, stealing is wrong. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:00.519 Murdering is wrong. 00:06:01.840 --> 00:06:02.879 Lying is wrong. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:05.459 And so I said, you're saying like the Ten Commandments, right? 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:06.579 Like, is that what you're trying to say? 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:08.360 And they're like, no, no, of course not. 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:10.459 But isn't that pretty obvious? 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:12.860 Like, isn't that what our society believes? 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:22.839 We hold on to some of the things of the Ten Commandments because they seem so true and so proved in time and in history. 00:06:23.019 --> 00:06:27.420 So in looking at this commandment, how do we define murder? 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:31.959 How do we understand murder in the Canadian context? 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:33.599 Those are questions that we're going to look at today. 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:39.019 So first of all, it's not hard to convince people that murder is wrong. 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.560 We can build a lot of bridges with people in our culture that murder is wrong. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:55.039 And even in Canada, we have laws that provide consequences for murder, despite the fact that they might be a little bit loose if we look at what the Bible says. 00:06:55.040 --> 00:07:06.340 But anyway, in a time when we're trying to avoid referring to the Bible, it's hard to come to a good conclusion of what is right and what is wrong. 00:07:06.960 --> 00:07:19.520 And in a time when the culture is shifting so quickly and deciding to put the Bible in a box or put it beside and not refer to it, it's difficult to come to a true understanding of right and wrong. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:30.519 And so when we open the Bible and we cross-examine our Canadian laws and what the Bible says, we'll probably come into a contradiction or some tension. 00:07:31.659 --> 00:07:39.959 And in fact, if we really look at it, we'll quickly see that in our age of moral relativism, there's a lot of conflict with what the Bible says. 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:43.180 So, first, let's define what is murder. 00:07:43.500 --> 00:07:46.000 If I can have the first slide, please. 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:55.639 So, murder, according to the Bible, is the act of killing a human being for personal and illegitimate reasons. 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.299 The fruit of withholding forgiveness and harboring anger. 00:08:02.599 --> 00:08:03.759 Can we say that together? 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:05.139 Let's just read that together. 00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:12.500 Murder is the act of killing a human being for personal and illegitimate reasons. 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:17.060 The fruit of withholding forgiveness and harboring anger. 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:25.620 Just last week, I was in Toronto and I was reading the news and there was a man in Peterborough, as you probably heard the story, 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:34.899 who got into some road rage with a cyclist and got out of his truck and took a bat and started beating the man. 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:37.399 And the other man was full of blood on his head. 00:08:37.779 --> 00:08:48.220 He was so angry that they both couldn't come to a right understanding of how they should divide the road and how they should drive and share the road together. 00:08:48.460 --> 00:08:50.759 And his anger led to that. 00:08:50.759 --> 00:09:03.279 And so, when we take revenge into our own hands and we continue that flow of anger that starts in our heart, 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:09.980 the conclusion, the logical conclusion of that is death, is taking death away or taking life away from the person. 00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:17.800 However, the opposite, withholding revenge, invites God into our circumstance. 00:09:19.300 --> 00:09:32.820 How tangible is the presence and power of God in our lives when our perpetrator expects retaliation, yet there is nothing, there is no retaliation but forgiveness. 00:09:32.820 --> 00:09:39.800 How powerful would God seem when we withhold revenge and show forgiveness? 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:49.859 See, taking revenge in our hands is easy, but it does never repair the damage or the hurt that's already created. 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:57.939 And so, we see here that the Bible defines murder as killing a person for personal and illegitimate reasons. 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:03.420 And you might be wondering, well, what about things like war or capital punishment? 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:07.100 Well, we can't really go too deep into that today. 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:08.740 There are other things we're going to look more in depth. 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:17.040 But just very basically, the Bible says that capital punishment is a thing that can be done. 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:20.000 It's talked about in Genesis chapter 9. 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:23.520 And I was having a conversation with someone saying, 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:27.340 you can't be pro-life because you Christians believe in capital punishment. 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:30.560 I said, I never said that I believe in capital punishment. 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.519 Like, I don't know if I would want to apply that in our land these days. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.980 But, so anyway, we got to talk about that. 00:10:39.139 --> 00:10:44.220 And the person was saying that's inconsistent, being pro-life and pro-capital punishment. 00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:45.720 But here's the thing. 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:55.060 If we don't value the life of an innocent person to the point where we would take away the life of the one who took it away, 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:58.719 doesn't that devalue the first life that was taken away? 00:10:59.859 --> 00:11:01.879 Shouldn't there be a price that is paid? 00:11:02.179 --> 00:11:07.199 And if there's no price, then the value of that life is reduced. 00:11:08.719 --> 00:11:10.079 And so, what about war? 00:11:10.199 --> 00:11:12.619 What about when two nations go to war? 00:11:12.699 --> 00:11:14.899 Doesn't the Bible say, do not murder? 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:18.500 But then two pages later, it gives prescriptions on how to have war. 00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:20.600 Isn't there a contradiction there? 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:29.720 Well, the Bible gives permission for nations to have the sword for justice. 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:39.059 So, when other nations try to destroy innocent people or try to abuse and oppress those who are vulnerable, 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:52.199 then another nation has the authority from God to come and establish his justice as long as they are following his path and following his rules. 00:11:53.659 --> 00:11:59.139 So, trying to understand all these nuances, I'm just giving a little bit so that when you look at the Bible, 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:04.679 you'll be able to navigate through those pages in Leviticus and Numbers and Deuteronomy. 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:08.779 When we try to look as Christians, and even for non-Christians, 00:12:09.239 --> 00:12:16.199 how does the Old Testament provisions for these things apply to Christians now? 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:18.679 How do we understand that? 00:12:18.819 --> 00:12:19.699 Is there a link there? 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:20.639 Is there no link? 00:12:21.099 --> 00:12:23.859 A lot of Christians seem to say that there's no link. 00:12:24.079 --> 00:12:26.039 How does that work? 00:12:27.659 --> 00:12:31.500 Well, we have a commandment that says, you shall not murder. 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:33.120 And I'll give you this example. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.039 When I was young, I loved to play with Legos. 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:41.600 And I loved it so much that I always tried to extend the amount of time I would play with Legos. 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.820 So, I'd always try to go later and later and try to push the boundary. 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:50.019 But my parents would say, put your Legos away at 7 o'clock because you need to sleep. 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:50.960 Okay. 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:51.980 So, I'd do that. 00:12:52.539 --> 00:12:53.860 Now, what if they would have told me, 00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:59.539 Jonathan, you have to put your Legos away before 7 o'clock when I was 15 years old? 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:00.680 It wouldn't have worked. 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:02.039 I didn't play with Legos then. 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.559 So, they would say, Jonathan, turn off the computer. 00:13:04.699 --> 00:13:08.159 Turn off the video games at 10 o'clock or something like that, right? 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:15.240 But the principle underneath all of these laws that my parents would try to, you know, 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.639 maybe not that. 00:13:16.699 --> 00:13:17.620 It wasn't that bad. 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:24.179 But that they would try to give me was to protect that sleeping time that I needed. 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:25.120 I needed rest. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:30.259 I needed to protect that so that I wouldn't be so tired the next day. 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:39.139 So, the principle of Jonathan needs rest was translated at one age, put your Legos away at 7 o'clock, 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:40.939 and then translated to another age. 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.419 When I was older, turn off your computer. 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.139 Turn off this. 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:49.100 So that the principle is weaved in through this. 00:13:49.699 --> 00:13:50.740 So, it applies throughout. 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:52.799 But it looks different. 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:58.139 So, I think this is similar to how we're going to look at you shall not murder, 00:13:58.259 --> 00:14:04.899 which is the clear commandment, the clear principle, and is given specific applications. 00:14:06.359 --> 00:14:09.039 And so, here we have specific applications in the Old Testament. 00:14:09.319 --> 00:14:12.519 How does that look like in the New Testament times? 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:13.919 How does it look like for the church? 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.919 How does it look like for the church? 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.860 Well, so we're going to look at that. 00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:19.939 But right before, I want to talk about the opening story 00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:25.719 so that this will help us understand what comes after when we're looking at murder in our day and age. 00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:31.979 So, thinking about the opening story, I was so frustrated. 00:14:32.099 --> 00:14:38.139 I was so angry at the circumstance, the things that happened. 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:41.500 What produced my anger in the opening story? 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:45.080 What produced my frustration? 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:53.480 See, I imagined to myself that I would be a winner picking up my package. 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:58.500 I idealized a picture-perfect scenario without conflicts or errors. 00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:04.559 See, I imagined, although it was going to cost me in gas and maybe a bit of time, 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.000 that, you know, I would go out for a drive and it would do me good. 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:10.700 You know, I can use a bit of a change of scenery from the downtown. 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:14.000 I could go out for a course and, you know, I would get my package sooner. 00:15:14.280 --> 00:15:17.280 I would waste minimal time because I'm going to be efficient, right? 00:15:17.640 --> 00:15:21.000 And I would do two or three things at the same time in the same trip. 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:23.640 And I imagined myself to be a winner at the end. 00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:26.420 But here's the problem. 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:31.140 When things don't work my way, I feel like I was cheated. 00:15:31.400 --> 00:15:33.520 I feel like something was robbed from me. 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.220 As though the universe now owes me something. 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:41.340 Or dare I say that God owes me something because I was a good boy this week. 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.439 See, I was good. 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.500 I was a good Christian. 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:45.000 I obeyed God. 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:48.960 I said no to some of the sins that I was able to see. 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:51.480 And, you know, doesn't God owe me? 00:15:51.480 --> 00:16:02.019 And oftentimes in life, we'll look at the big picture of life and we'll say, you know, this is what life ought to look like. 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.720 You know, we'll do well in high school. 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.960 We'll go get ourselves a university degree. 00:16:06.300 --> 00:16:07.320 Get a good job. 00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:11.259 We'll have a good pension plan and good health care benefits. 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:14.360 And then we'll, you know, get a nice house. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:16.019 We'll marry and have two kids. 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:20.200 And there shouldn't be anything that interrupts that plan because that's my goal. 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.279 Right? 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:34.059 And so, without even knowing it, without even noticing, we can refute the first three commandments by thinking in the depths of our hearts. 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:37.139 No, there isn't just one God. 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.460 I am one God too. 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:41.460 I am the master of my own destiny. 00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:43.340 And no one can stop me. 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.960 No one can prevent me from achieving what I want. 00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:50.400 And God will have to accept me for my reputation. 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:54.960 My name and my reputation will go on forever. 00:16:55.280 --> 00:16:57.620 And no one dare prevent that. 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.980 So what is the logical conclusion of this mentality, of this line of thinking? 00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:13.299 What happens when something interrupts this trajectory that we're creating, this plan that we have? 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:19.720 What if someone comes along the way and is a disturbance, very inconvenient to us? 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:25.559 Well, when one loses all sense of God's supreme authority, 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:32.519 they will take their destiny in their own hands, even at the cost of others' lives. 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:37.019 So here's the second slide. 00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:39.440 Here's my second point. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:45.500 Murder is an attempt to assume God's role as Lord and giver of life. 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:53.440 Murder is an attempt to assume God's role as Lord and giver of life. 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:59.860 See, when we try to tell God, no, you don't have any room in my life, 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:04.860 and that we're the ones who create the destiny of our lives, 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:08.360 and we don't allow God to have his word in it, 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:11.460 we can assume his role. 00:18:12.820 --> 00:18:18.340 And the logical conclusion of that is that if anyone dares to prevent us, 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:22.379 we will take God's role in anger and in wrath against this person 00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:24.779 and try to eliminate them from our lives, 00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:27.039 even at the cost of their lives. 00:18:32.699 --> 00:18:38.699 So let's look at what is considered murder. 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.679 And who is worthy to decide this? 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:44.179 So when Israel received this commandment, 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:47.660 I mentioned earlier that they had something in common with their neighbors. 00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.779 But at the same time, 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.920 as their Canaanite neighbors believed that murder was wrong, 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:57.759 they also sacrificed children for the worship of their gods. 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:04.440 See, part of their worship was to offer their firstborn child 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:07.860 or some of their children to these burning altars. 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:10.920 They would place them on there so that the child would burn to death, 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:12.880 and that would be their form of worship. 00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:16.799 And so when Christians today live in Canada, 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.799 they and their Canadian neighbors believe that murder is wrong. 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:24.340 But is there a parallel here? 00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:27.320 Like in the days of ancient Israel, 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:31.820 are there things that Canadian law allows that the Bible would consider murder? 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:35.920 Is there a disguised form of worship in Canada 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.980 that demands the lives of the innocent? 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:43.440 So when we open the Bible, 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:47.140 we look at texts that just appear there. 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:48.299 We'll look through a book of the Bible, 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:51.579 and we're going to look at what the Bible tries to say. 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:56.059 And sometimes it maybe feels more positive, 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.660 and other times it feels more negative. 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:59.620 And as you've already noticed, 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.720 today we're going to look at murder, 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:03.019 and we're going to talk about some things that are quite dark, 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:08.440 and things that I believe that the devil would not want us to talk about. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:11.420 And I would share from firsthand experience 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:14.559 that the devil doesn't want us to talk about these things. 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:25.899 And so let's just try to talk about things that involve life and death, 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:32.259 and how in Canada we might even support the killing of innocent human beings. 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.000 And so we're going to look first at abortion. 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:40.139 And I understand that some of you might not be pro-life. 00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:44.279 You might not believe that abortion kills a human being. 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:46.799 And I understand. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.500 I was there a few years ago. 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.679 I didn't really care. 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.759 I didn't really think about it. 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:54.599 And I didn't really try to understand. 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.500 So I understand where you're at. 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:59.359 So let's just, you know, if you can give me a few minutes, 00:20:59.619 --> 00:21:01.179 we're going to look at a case for life. 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:03.119 And this might be the first time you hear this. 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:07.980 It might be the first time you hear a case for the pro-life position 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:12.339 as to why abortion is the killing of a human being. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.480 So what is an abortion? 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:18.619 Is it actually killing a human being? 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:22.659 If you ever had a conversation about abortion, 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.200 you probably heard the slogan, 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:26.419 my body, my choice. 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:31.379 Now there's something very insightful about these words, 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.799 my body, my choice. 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:36.039 First, it says two things, 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.839 that science is important, 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:42.579 and that human rights are important to understand the issue. 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:44.500 When we talk about my body, 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:46.220 it talks about a scientific claim. 00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.980 When we talk about my choice, 00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.859 we're talking about a human rights claim. 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:53.099 So first, it says something about science and rights. 00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:58.619 Second, it assumes a definite scientific position. 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:01.119 I've talked to a lot of people about abortion, 00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:04.259 and I've talked to people, 00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.579 and they would often say, 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:07.059 well, we don't know when life begins. 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:09.099 Well, the slogan, my body, 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:11.819 says that the pre-born child 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:15.019 is definitely the mother's body. 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:16.700 It's not saying that we don't know 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:18.179 if it's the mother's body, 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.579 we don't know when it begins or whatnot. 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.379 It's a claim. 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.200 It is a claim. 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:23.740 And the third is that it assumes, 00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:26.319 if it is not the same body as the mother, 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.419 that it is not her choice. 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.679 If it is her body, 00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.879 if the baby is the mother's body, 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:35.800 then it is her choice to do 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:37.380 what she wants to do with her own body. 00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:40.660 If the baby is not the mother's body, 00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:43.040 then, by implication, 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.580 it is not her choice. 00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:48.580 That's just the logical implications 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:50.140 of what that claim is saying. 00:22:51.020 --> 00:22:53.360 And so first, let's look at the science. 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:56.120 When we look at biology, 00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:59.340 the claim is that an embryo or fetus 00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:03.420 is no different than the mother's tooth or nail. 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.400 It is her body. 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.039 But is that really true? 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.400 Is that really true? 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:09.120 If we were going to go on 00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:11.279 a crime scene investigation, 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:14.440 what would we look for 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:16.360 if we wanted to find the criminal? 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.220 We'd look for evidence. 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:20.240 We would look for pieces of hair, 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.180 handprints. 00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:24.000 We would look for, you know, 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.860 maybe a piece of skin that got scraped off. 00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.039 And what do we do with them? 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:29.019 We bring them to the lab 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.400 and we examine. 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:31.600 And we look at the DNA 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:34.399 because the DNA is unique 00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.500 for every human being 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:37.719 and is the same in all of our bodies. 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:42.559 So I have one DNA code 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:44.079 that is throughout my body. 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.959 My nails have it. 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:46.699 My eyelids have it. 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.019 Everything. 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:48.779 Okay? 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:52.339 So if the baby is the mother's body, 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.959 then we should expect 00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:55.740 that the DNA of the baby 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:58.139 is the same as the mother's. 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:03.520 So here's the thing. 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:08.120 When an egg is fertilized 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.600 by the seed, 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:12.520 there is a fusion 00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:14.360 that creates a new human entity. 00:24:14.800 --> 00:24:15.820 At that very moment, 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.120 there's no such thing 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.940 as a fertilized egg, by the way. 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.880 It doesn't exist. 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:21.560 The process is so fast 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:23.020 that instantly we have 00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:24.520 a new human being, 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.259 a whole, 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.059 a distinct, 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:29.059 and a living human being. 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.599 But, and here, 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.259 continue with the rights claim. 00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.079 So a claim that following, 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.920 a claim following 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.259 and depending upon the premise 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.379 to allow the killing 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.779 of a pre-born human being. 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:47.400 So if that is true, 00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:49.000 then we cannot give 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:50.000 the right as a nation 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.139 to the mother 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.100 to take away, 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:53.900 or to the physician, 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:55.500 to take away the life 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.520 of their child. 00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:00.340 You can look at 00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.900 science textbooks, 00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:04.180 even Dr. Christopher DiCarlo, 00:25:04.300 --> 00:25:05.680 who came to do a talk 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:07.440 just last year, 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.820 I believe, 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:10.220 at Dig and Delph 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:12.300 at the Ottawa Little Theatre. 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.420 He's the professor 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.160 of bioethics 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.020 at the University of Toronto. 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.440 He will say that life begins 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.800 at fertilization, 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.560 and he's an atheist. 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.920 Christopher Hitchens 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.540 is an atheist. 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.879 He would say that abortion 00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.839 is killing a pre-born human being. 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:28.839 So, just to give 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.139 a last illustration 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:31.700 about the argument 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.039 that we don't know 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:34.740 when life begins. 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.339 We don't know 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.859 if it's a whole, 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.399 distinct, 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.839 and living human being. 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:41.240 So let's suppose 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.000 that it's not clear. 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.579 Let's suppose 00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.539 that we don't know 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.940 when life begins. 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.119 If you've been 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.819 to a construction site, 00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:50.439 and they have to demolish 00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.279 an old building, 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.720 they'll place DNA 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.220 in the building 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.919 and they'll have people, 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.179 you know, 00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.919 put a, 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.220 sorry, 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.319 did I say DNA? 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.579 Sorry, dynamite. 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.439 Close. 00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:00.279 They'll place dynamite 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.799 throughout the building 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:02.079 and then they'll 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.839 explode the building. 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.519 They'll go poof, 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.079 like you've seen 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.859 in the cartoons. 00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.159 So, 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.359 let's imagine 00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.980 that the person 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.679 who's in charge 00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.859 of blasting the building 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:12.039 asks his fellow workers, 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.039 asks his fellow workers, 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:16.480 so do you think 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.159 there's anyone left 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.579 in the building? 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.500 And the person 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.200 comes back to him 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.440 and says, 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.740 well, I don't know. 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.019 Should we just go anyway? 00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.619 Maybe. 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.000 Let's just do it. 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.579 See, 00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:30.039 that would not pass, right? 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.980 That would not pass regulation. 00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:31.879 You have to make sure 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.920 that there's someone 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.659 in there or not. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.319 You have to make sure 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.339 that no one 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.420 is left in the building 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.379 before you blast it. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.200 Because 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.539 we err on the side 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.359 of caution. 00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.319 So, 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.259 if we don't know, 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.779 if we're not sure 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.740 if it's a human being 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.200 or not, 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.619 wouldn't we want to err 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.879 on the side of caution 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:52.680 in the mother's womb 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.680 to say that 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.639 we're going to 00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:56.039 take away the life 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.420 of this entity 00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.000 or not? 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.980 Wouldn't we want to be 00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.779 more careful 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.839 than just say, 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.779 I don't know. 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.579 Wouldn't we want to 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.240 look at science 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.700 and see 00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.379 if it is a human being, 00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.139 if it is whole 00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.799 and distinct 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.440 and unique? 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:12.140 So, 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.420 here's the next slide. 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.000 If I could have that, 00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.299 please. 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.519 So, 00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:20.960 abortion 00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.700 is the intentional 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.840 and deliberate 00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:24.299 killing 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.400 of a whole, 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.360 distinct, 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.279 and living, 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.980 pre-born 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:29.240 human being. 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.900 So, 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.660 I'm just saying 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.799 what science is saying 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:34.620 and even the Bible 00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.480 says that, 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.900 that human beings 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.980 are human beings 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.920 in the womb. 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.680 That Jesus 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:42.079 was called Jesus 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.859 and Lord 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.940 when he was in the womb. 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:45.799 that John the Baptist 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.100 leapt for joy 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.059 in the womb 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:49.759 and the Holy Spirit 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.640 fills human beings 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.440 and he was filled 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.160 with the Holy Spirit. 00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.480 So, 00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.799 he was a human being, 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.960 little John the Baptist, 00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.759 not born yet, 00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:56.580 human being. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.480 But, 00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.539 when we look at science, 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.519 we know that 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.259 fertilization 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:03.019 marks the beginning 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.420 of a human being's life 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:06.320 and that from that moment on, 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.340 they are whole 00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:09.320 because they have the DNA 00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:11.620 to grow 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.420 into being 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.500 full-grown adults 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:17.279 and they are 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.299 distinct 00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.799 because their DNA 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.599 makes them unique 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.980 and they are living 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.160 because they are growing 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.160 at a rapid pace. 00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.059 So, 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.980 even if, 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.039 if you are 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.140 pro-life, 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.319 you might not be pro-life 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.099 in every case, 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:33.940 you're, 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.680 you're thinking, 00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.519 well, 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.740 you know, 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:37.220 it is a compassionate answer 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.319 to some circumstances, 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.900 isn't it? 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.920 Like, 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.359 isn't it 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.539 the more compassionate thing 00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:45.180 to offer 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.619 when, 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.420 say, 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.480 a woman was raped? 00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.920 And I'll use that example 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.539 because that's usually 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.879 what people bring up. 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.960 And so, 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.759 we'll talk about that. 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.379 First of all, 00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.359 rape is a horrible thing. 00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:00.019 Absolutely horrible. 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.660 And as a nation, 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.539 we don't do enough 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.079 to prevent that. 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.819 We don't do enough 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.259 to punish that. 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.299 And so, 00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.579 we should do a lot more 00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:13.279 to punish the rapists. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:18.839 But here's the problem. 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.539 What if the child 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.819 of the mother 00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:24.299 who was conceived 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.839 by rape 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.519 was born, 00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.299 was brought to term, 00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.319 was born, 00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.399 and, 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.420 and the mother 00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.019 found out, 00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.740 discovered, 00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.519 or just thought 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.079 that the child 00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.799 looked a lot 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.579 and reminded her 00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.220 of the rapist. 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.240 Would it be okay 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.079 for her to kill 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.440 the child now 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.460 after the child 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.859 is born? 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:42.899 Of course not. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.399 That would be wrong. 00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.000 So, 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.599 what's the difference 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.419 between that 00:29:48.419 --> 00:29:50.839 and a couple weeks earlier 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.659 or a few days earlier 00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.839 or a couple months earlier 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.759 when the child 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.319 was in the womb? 00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.859 Science says 00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.959 there is no difference. 00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.199 That they are 00:29:59.199 --> 00:30:00.939 the same human being 00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:02.359 except they're smaller, 00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.659 maybe less developed. 00:30:04.179 --> 00:30:05.179 Do we give more rights 00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.579 to people 00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.659 who are more developed 00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.319 than others? 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.019 My nephew 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.919 is about this tall. 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.539 He's a little bit 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.099 quite less developed 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.619 than I am. 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.299 Do I have more rights 00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.899 than he does? 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.619 No. 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.339 I asked this question 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:19.500 to a university student 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.240 who was clearly 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.159 on the football team. 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.180 He must have been 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.059 6'5", 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.279 350 pounds, 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.259 just a big guy. 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.339 I asked him, 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.119 do you have more rights 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.599 than I do? 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.319 No. 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.799 Just because you're bigger, 00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.619 you're more developed, 00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.559 you're probably older than me. 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.180 No. 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.680 That's not how it works. 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.139 So we can't base 00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.859 our arguments 00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.899 on those things. 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.259 So, 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.940 where am I here? 00:30:42.060 --> 00:30:42.200 Yeah. 00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.000 Okay, 00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.880 so the question is, 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:46.620 if a mother delivers her child 00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.880 and the child reminds her 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.380 of a rapist, 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.120 is it okay for her 00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.519 to kill the child then, 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.660 after the child is born? 00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.700 No. 00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.140 Why would it be okay 00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.480 before the child is born 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.259 if the child is the same? 00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.080 So what is the difference 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:01.259 between a human being 00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.800 in the womb 00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.980 and one out of the womb 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.340 when we have already 00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.420 established scientifically 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.600 that a human being 00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:08.300 begins at fertilization? 00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:09.920 Now, 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.840 some of you might have 00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.600 had an abortion 00:31:11.600 --> 00:31:14.600 because a medical practitioner 00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.740 encouraged it to you, 00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:18.460 saying that in order 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.580 to remove the cancer 00:31:19.580 --> 00:31:22.900 or maybe an ovarian cyst 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:25.019 or different circumstances 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:27.180 maybe even alleviate 00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:29.220 some cultural pressures 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:31.500 and maybe even to save 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.700 the mother's life, 00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:34.580 that it would be necessary 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.539 to have an abortion. 00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:37.559 Well, 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.460 I can't spend 20 minutes 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.740 to give a full case on that, 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.600 but there are medical practitioners 00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:44.259 across the world 00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:46.420 who will say 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.360 that there's never 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:49.620 an actual need for abortion, 00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.299 that there are other procedures 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.279 that can take place, 00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.819 but there's never actually 00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.480 a need for that. 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.500 So, 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:57.380 if you have had an abortion, 00:31:57.380 --> 00:32:03.640 Jesus can bring forgiveness. 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:08.120 Jesus can cleanse you from that 00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:11.500 and send you off clean and free. 00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:14.300 I was talking to a man 00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.540 who, 00:32:15.020 --> 00:32:15.160 you know, 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.260 big guy 00:32:16.260 --> 00:32:17.580 in the streets of Toronto 00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.660 about abortion 00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.640 and he said, 00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.180 you know, 00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:22.740 like I had a girlfriend 00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.580 back in the day, 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.420 he was, 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.140 I think he was 50, 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.260 he looked much younger, 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.779 but he said, 00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.859 back in the 80s, 00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.700 we had two kids 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.579 and, 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:29.799 well, 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.180 she got pregnant twice, 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.440 rather, 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:34.140 and the child, 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.400 she decided to abort 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.539 the children both times 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:39.019 and here I am today, 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.319 20 some years later, 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.400 and I was just thinking 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.240 about it last week 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.339 and, 00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.920 like, 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.400 what do I do? 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.000 Do you think God 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.640 can forgive me? 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.339 The answer is 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.660 that there is good news, 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.700 that God is faithful 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.759 and just 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.440 to forgive us 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.960 our sins 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.099 when we come to him 00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.200 and confess them to him. 00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.599 So, 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.339 if that's you today, 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.839 if you've been through that, 00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:05.379 you can confess it to God, 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.359 confess it to a friend, 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.019 I would be more than thrilled 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.079 to talk to you about that 00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:10.319 and to go through 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.240 that process with you. 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.279 Now, 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.019 you might be wondering, 00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:14.879 Jonathan, 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:16.559 are you saying that, 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.160 actually, 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.319 no, 00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.099 I'll skip over here. 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:19.879 Sorry. 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.940 I know that this is an issue 00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:23.060 that's on your mind 00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:24.600 because it's coming up a lot. 00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.000 What about euthanasia? 00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:28.000 What about physician-assisted dying? 00:33:29.780 --> 00:33:30.640 Some of you might be thinking, 00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:32.160 why not help the people 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.960 out of their misery 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.040 if they have the right laws in place 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:37.340 with proper limitations 00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:39.260 and safeguards? 00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:41.080 It can be done safely, right? 00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.500 So, 00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:44.460 that's where we're heading 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:47.260 with our Canadian laws. 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.460 So, 00:33:47.540 --> 00:33:48.060 in a culture 00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:49.640 that used to consider 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:51.440 the needs of the vulnerable 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.200 and the dependent 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.600 people, 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.800 such as the young, 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.540 the elderly, 00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:56.480 the suffering, 00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.740 the disabled, 00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.080 it's hard to believe 00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:01.500 that when we can simultaneously 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.700 offer special parking spaces, 00:34:04.520 --> 00:34:06.340 wheelchair accessible ramps, 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.480 senior discounts, 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.720 children's hospitals 00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.660 to provide care 00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:11.160 and alleviate possible barriers 00:34:11.160 --> 00:34:13.140 to the more vulnerable population, 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.920 yet offer death 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:17.200 as an alternate solution. 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.379 at the same time. 00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.139 So, 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.919 let me propose to you 00:34:21.919 --> 00:34:22.439 a scenario. 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.960 Just recently, 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:27.379 I called the suicide helpline 00:34:27.379 --> 00:34:27.960 for a friend, 00:34:28.859 --> 00:34:31.019 but I want to create 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.579 a hypothetical situation here. 00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.539 Usually, 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.259 when you call them, 00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:36.480 they give you two options, 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.819 but we'll talk about three options. 00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.579 First option, 00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:39.799 they'll say, 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.239 I will equip you 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.579 so that you can talk 00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.119 to your friend 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.460 and that you can counsel 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.900 your friend. 00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.480 Second option, 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.559 you tell your friend 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.099 to call me 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.339 and I'll take care of it 00:34:49.339 --> 00:34:50.259 and I'll talk to your friend. 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.539 But let's think 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.619 of this other option. 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.420 Bring your friend over 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:57.039 and we'll help them 00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.639 out of their misery. 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.139 Wouldn't that be strange? 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.759 Doesn't that give you, 00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.259 doesn't that make 00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:05.339 your stomach twist? 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.299 That's what the laws 00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.199 are right now 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.699 in Canada, 00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:10.579 is that we want 00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.420 to protect those 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.179 who are in crisis 00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.859 of suicide 00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:14.579 and yet at the same time 00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:16.119 offer them death. 00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.619 My friend, 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.599 who's a police officer, 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.419 came back from work 00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:21.119 one day 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.739 when I was visiting 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.759 and said, 00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:23.679 well, 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.059 I asked him, 00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.179 like, 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.679 how was your day? 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.019 And he said, 00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.239 you know, 00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:26.259 I was on the highway, 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.239 gave a ticket 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:28.559 and brought three people 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.219 to the hospital 00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:30.159 because they tried 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.940 to kill themselves. 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:33.759 And that's what we do 00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.399 as a society. 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.299 We want to protect 00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:36.659 those who are 00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:38.519 thinking about suicide. 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:42.259 So, 00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:44.380 it is a bit strange. 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.380 And when we think 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.599 of the word euthanasia, 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:50.219 in the original language, 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.199 it talks about 00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.579 good, 00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.099 you, 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.780 good, 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.480 death, 00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.300 thanasos. 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.699 So it's talking about 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:57.179 suggesting a good death. 00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.280 For some of us, 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.139 death might feel 00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.539 like a compassionate solution 00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.900 to a crisis 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.900 or undesirable situation. 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.920 But let's remember 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:10.599 what the Bible says 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.380 about death. 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.960 That the Bible teaches 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.559 that death 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.700 is not a solution 00:36:14.700 --> 00:36:15.840 but an intruder. 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.300 And that death 00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:19.440 will be completely 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.180 eradicated 00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:21.700 from the created order. 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.300 If I can have 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.240 my second point, 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.619 please. 00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.320 So death 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.420 is the emblem 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:30.740 of human rebellion 00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.619 against God. 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.960 To side with death 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.700 is to side 00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.619 against God. 00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.619 who creates 00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.480 and sustains 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.160 life. 00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.800 So what do I mean 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.180 by that? 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.139 Death is the emblem 00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.039 of human rebellion 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.760 against God. 00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.039 In the garden, 00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.840 when human beings 00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.000 rebelled against God, 00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.680 God cursed creation 00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:49.599 and limited their days. 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.400 Death 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.800 was 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:53.059 on the earth 00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.420 now 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.240 for the first time 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:55.400 because of human sin. 00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.680 So death, 00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.840 when we think 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.320 of death, 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.500 when we think 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.240 of human rebellion, 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.240 death should be 00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.760 the first thing 00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.519 that comes to mind. 00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.039 death. 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.240 And to side 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:09.000 with death 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.200 is to side 00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.539 with that human rebellion 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.800 against God 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:14.400 who creates 00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.260 and sustains 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:16.180 life. 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.160 Now, 00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.320 it is an awful reality 00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.039 when suffering 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.480 is so difficult 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:24.139 and overbearing 00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:25.680 that death 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:26.360 seems to be 00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.200 a better friend 00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:29.400 than the suffering. 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.460 suffering. 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.180 But in the Christian 00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.700 worldview, 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:34.800 suffering produces 00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.619 perseverance. 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.240 Suffering is something 00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:38.220 that God uses 00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:39.660 to create in us 00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.700 his image 00:37:40.700 --> 00:37:41.780 that 00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:43.360 in our suffering 00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:45.000 we are not 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.800 doomed 00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.920 to destruction 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.920 but God 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.780 is there, 00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.320 he's alive, 00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.000 he's active 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.700 in our lives 00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:54.340 to produce in us 00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.660 something, 00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.740 a new creation 00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.599 that we've never seen 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.960 before. 00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.799 And it can seem 00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.199 helpless 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.119 and hopeless 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.219 especially when 00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.960 the glory of this life 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.380 is what we live for. 00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.279 See, 00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:08.480 for the common person, 00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.539 our hope is usually 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.000 centered 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.599 in the goodness 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.500 of life, 00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.940 the things that 00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.179 bring us 00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.920 great joy, 00:38:17.099 --> 00:38:17.759 maybe a particular 00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.699 time of health 00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.420 in our life 00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:21.059 or a great achievement 00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:22.639 or the breathtaking 00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:23.440 experience 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.179 of beauty 00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.820 and pleasure. 00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.960 Those are the things 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.420 that we can 00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.420 live for 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:28.860 and once 00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.619 that seems 00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.960 no longer attainable, 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.440 it seems like 00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.219 the best option 00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:33.920 is to cease 00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.980 from existing. 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.480 But for the Christian, 00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.619 our hope is centered 00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.719 on the person 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.139 of Jesus 00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.059 and his promise 00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.860 to make all 00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.619 things new. 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:45.559 And we are always 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.299 looking forward 00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.860 to this future glory. 00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.059 Paul summarizes 00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.960 the future glory 00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:51.440 in 1 Corinthians 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.539 and I'll read that. 00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.240 For this perishable body 00:38:55.240 --> 00:38:56.980 must put on 00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.820 the imperishable 00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:59.800 and this mortal body 00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.720 must put on 00:39:00.720 --> 00:39:01.400 immortality. 00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.340 When the perishable 00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.960 puts on 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.880 the imperishable 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.920 and the mortal 00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.840 puts on 00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.599 the immortal, 00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:09.039 then shall come 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.559 to pass 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.280 the saying 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.960 that is written, 00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.720 death is swallowed 00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.460 up in victory. 00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.179 O death, 00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:16.240 where is your victory? 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.320 O death, 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.360 where is your sting? 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:20.220 The sting of death 00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:21.000 is sin 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.200 and the power 00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.720 of sin 00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.400 is the law. 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.720 But thanks 00:39:24.720 --> 00:39:25.920 be to God 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:26.960 who gives us 00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.480 victory 00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.840 through our Lord 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.620 Jesus Christ. 00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.620 And so what we have 00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.420 in this situation 00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.880 of, you know, 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.640 you call the suicide 00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:37.160 helpline, 00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.039 we want to help 00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:38.519 the person 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.099 who is thinking 00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.019 of killing themselves 00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.260 and offer 00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.340 to kill the person 00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:43.559 who wants 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.300 to kill themselves. 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:45.840 we have a contradiction, 00:39:46.100 --> 00:39:47.600 a dissonance here 00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.340 in the way 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.080 we perceive 00:39:49.080 --> 00:39:51.380 the crisis. 00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.039 But 00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.780 euthanasia 00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.240 or 00:39:55.240 --> 00:39:55.940 assisted 00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.400 or 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:58.060 physician-assisted suicide 00:39:58.060 --> 00:39:59.080 lessens the value 00:39:59.080 --> 00:39:59.800 of the life 00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.920 and suffering 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.260 of the other person 00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.840 in crisis 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.980 seeking help. 00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:05.760 It lessens their life 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:07.000 and their value. 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:12.019 So here's 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:13.960 what I would suggest 00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.659 is one of the 00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.480 big problems 00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.039 in our culture. 00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:18.440 We often 00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:19.519 weigh our lives 00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.519 next to the 00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.320 American dream 00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.679 or the Canadian dream 00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:23.940 and we lose control 00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.599 or when we lose control 00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:26.699 or independence 00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:28.400 or we are abandoned 00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:29.260 to loneliness 00:40:29.260 --> 00:40:30.500 when we feel 00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.719 indignity 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.920 or lose 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.920 our self-image 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:35.500 and feel as though 00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.880 we are 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.980 burdens to others. 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:39.099 we 00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:41.840 this place 00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.619 we come to 00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.380 a place of 00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.619 struggle 00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.079 where we 00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.559 cannot 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.920 live up to the 00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.500 expectation 00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.059 that we set 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.420 ourselves 00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:50.559 to live up for. 00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.980 And so we strive 00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.659 for success 00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.619 in the eyes of the world 00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.659 or people 00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:56.039 that we seek 00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.539 to please 00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.659 whether it is 00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.639 the best grades 00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.239 at school 00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:00.260 or a university 00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.960 degree 00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.960 a promotion 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:03.079 at work 00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:03.860 a particular 00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.480 lifestyle 00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.900 and so on 00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.420 so forth. 00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:09.619 let's have 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.500 our next point 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.880 our next slide 00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:14.260 our worth 00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.079 is not measured 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:16.440 by our interests 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.500 abilities 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.680 knowledge 00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.599 success 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.800 or relationships 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:22.860 but by the costly 00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.300 death 00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.400 of Christ 00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.000 on the cross 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:28.820 there's a problem 00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:28.840 there's a problem 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.460 in our culture 00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.599 and that 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.840 wants us 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.639 lures us 00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.920 to place our worth 00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:35.199 in things 00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:35.920 in activities 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:38.239 in different pleasures 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:39.039 and experiences 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.639 of life 00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:41.360 but God is calling us 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.320 to put our worth 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.019 our value 00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.519 completely on him 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:45.880 not half and half 00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.980 completely 00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.300 on the death 00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:49.219 of Jesus Christ 00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.459 when we think 00:41:50.459 --> 00:41:52.359 of that value 00:41:52.359 --> 00:41:53.019 of the life 00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.500 of Jesus 00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:54.839 that God himself 00:41:54.839 --> 00:41:56.299 would die 00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:57.759 to save 00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.719 sinners 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:00.519 that place 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.259 is value 00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:02.599 that is 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:04.339 far surpassing 00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:04.699 anything 00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.919 on this earth 00:42:05.919 --> 00:42:07.119 and anything 00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.799 that can try 00:42:07.799 --> 00:42:08.980 to define 00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.599 your worth 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.919 that the person 00:42:10.919 --> 00:42:11.399 of Jesus 00:42:11.399 --> 00:42:12.519 dying on the cross 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.539 for you 00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.379 for me 00:42:14.379 --> 00:42:15.639 to make us 00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.299 right with him 00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:18.019 so that he can have 00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:19.200 us for all eternity 00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:20.320 and that we can have 00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.660 him 00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:22.120 for all eternity 00:42:22.120 --> 00:42:25.380 I'll read these words 00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.480 of one of my 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.400 favorite songs 00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.519 as of late 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.860 from 00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.140 the Gettys 00:42:31.140 --> 00:42:31.780 it's called 00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.539 My Worth Is Not 00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.620 In What I Own 00:42:33.620 --> 00:42:36.400 My worth is not 00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.220 in what I own 00:42:37.220 --> 00:42:38.820 not in the strength 00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:39.920 of flesh and bone 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:41.580 but in the costly 00:42:41.580 --> 00:42:42.580 wounds of love 00:42:42.580 --> 00:42:44.000 at the cross 00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:46.100 my worth is not 00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:47.159 in skill or name 00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:48.880 in win or lose 00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.860 in pride or shame 00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:51.920 but in the blood 00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:52.460 of Christ 00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.179 that flowed 00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:54.519 at the cross 00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.940 as summer flowers 00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.679 we fade 00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.339 and die 00:42:58.339 --> 00:42:59.839 fame youth 00:42:59.839 --> 00:43:00.500 and beauty 00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.279 hurry by 00:43:01.279 --> 00:43:03.159 but life eternal 00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:04.519 calls to us 00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.819 at the cross 00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:08.199 I will not boast 00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.900 in wealth 00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.799 or might 00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:11.799 or human wisdom's 00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:12.719 fleeting light 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.480 but I will boast 00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.619 in knowing Christ 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:17.940 at the cross 00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:20.259 and here's probably 00:43:20.259 --> 00:43:21.039 my favorite line 00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:22.239 two wonders 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:23.119 here 00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:24.799 that I confess 00:43:24.799 --> 00:43:26.279 my worth 00:43:26.279 --> 00:43:28.259 and my unworthiness 00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:31.079 my value fixed 00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:32.119 my ransom 00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.859 paid 00:43:32.859 --> 00:43:34.119 at the cross 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:36.799 see when 00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:38.559 when we try to 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:39.839 inflate 00:43:39.839 --> 00:43:40.500 our worth 00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.000 beyond 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.940 what we are 00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.519 and try to make 00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.659 ourselves into gods 00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.779 or whether 00:43:44.779 --> 00:43:45.559 we try to 00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.319 deflate 00:43:46.319 --> 00:43:47.119 our value 00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.679 and our worth 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:48.440 and make 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.960 ourselves 00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.819 like 00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.639 I don't know 00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:52.179 insects 00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:53.480 and think that 00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:54.319 we're no longer 00:43:54.319 --> 00:43:55.179 we no longer 00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:56.359 possess any worth 00:43:56.359 --> 00:43:58.980 we look to 00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.299 Jesus 00:43:59.299 --> 00:44:00.239 we look to the cross 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:00.980 and we cling 00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.659 onto Jesus 00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:03.199 he's our only hope 00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:04.679 he's the only one 00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:05.899 who places value 00:44:05.899 --> 00:44:07.019 on your life 00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.839 on my life 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:13.260 and so let me ask you 00:44:13.260 --> 00:44:14.539 what competes 00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.340 with Christ 00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:16.079 in your hearts 00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:16.840 this day 00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.019 to be the worth 00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.740 of your life 00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:23.320 and what competes 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.960 with 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.860 with that 00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:26.280 that will make you 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.000 in five years 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.440 from now 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.880 believe it 00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.700 believe the lie 00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:31.160 and not hold on 00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:31.539 to Christ 00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.180 as the worth 00:44:32.180 --> 00:44:32.740 of your life 00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:39.079 if the gospel 00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:39.699 grips you 00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:41.039 are you willing 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:41.559 to surrender 00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.759 your ideal life 00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.199 to God 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:44.799 will you allow him 00:44:44.799 --> 00:44:45.679 to move you 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:47.079 to inconvenient places 00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:48.719 will you pray 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:49.979 for God 00:44:49.979 --> 00:44:50.719 to show you 00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.379 his power 00:44:51.379 --> 00:44:52.759 in your weakness 00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:56.459 let's pray 00:44:56.460 --> 00:45:01.360 Father 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.079 we're thankful 00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.420 that 00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:04.099 that you are God 00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:05.000 and that we don't have 00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:06.019 to pretend to be 00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:07.460 or try to 00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:08.380 make ourselves 00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.099 into God 00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:10.559 but 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:12.019 that you are God 00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.440 and 00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:13.619 at the same time 00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:15.079 you are holy 00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:16.500 and you love us 00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:18.260 you love us 00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:19.559 more than we can imagine 00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:20.340 Lord 00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:21.159 even in the depths 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:22.000 of our sin 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:24.400 and our sinfulness 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:27.099 even though 00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:28.460 we can't see it all 00:45:28.460 --> 00:45:28.720 Lord 00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.519 you see it all 00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:30.460 yet you love us 00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.000 and you sent 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:31.639 Jesus 00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.619 to purchase 00:45:32.619 --> 00:45:33.380 all of us 00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:34.260 for all eternity 00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:35.039 Lord 00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.780 would you grip us 00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:36.500 with that truth 00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:37.220 Lord 00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.940 would you help us 00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.720 to come to you 00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:39.820 when it's difficult 00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:41.320 to seek forgiveness 00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.019 for things 00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.139 that we'd rather 00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:44.099 keep secret 00:45:44.099 --> 00:45:46.160 and to allow you 00:45:46.160 --> 00:45:47.539 to do the mighty work 00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:48.039 of cleansing 00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.760 in our lives 00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:50.680 Lord 00:45:50.680 --> 00:45:51.180 thank you 00:45:51.180 --> 00:45:51.800 for your love 00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:53.320 would you grip us 00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:53.900 with your gospel 00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:54.380 this day 00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:55.680 in Jesus name 00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:56.840 Amen