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 My name's Dave, I'm one of the pastors here.

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 A warm welcome to you if you're new this morning.

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 If you're not new, a warm welcome to you too.

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 You're quite welcome as well.

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 Alright, why don't we pray as we come to God's Word.

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 Father, I pray that you would more clearly show each one of us

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 how beautiful you are in the face of Jesus

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 through your Word this morning.

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 And I pray that you would fill us who know you

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 with a deeper sense of privilege and calling

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 to bring honour and to show who Jesus is

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 in all of our life.

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 And I pray that your Word and your Spirit

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 might be working powerfully to open any eyes

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 that haven't seen the beauty of Jesus yet.

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 And I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Could I just ask Sam, would you mind turning this fan off?

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 I'm a bit worried.

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 Although it's lovely, my pages are going to go everywhere.

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 Okay.

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 Well, we all know glory when we see it.

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 Let me just get organised here.

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 One second.

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 Okay.

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 Alright.

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 Let's start again.

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 We all know glory when we see it.

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 We use that word even still.

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 Like even non-Christians will use that word.

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 Like what a glorious sunrise it was this morning.

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 Did you see the game last night?

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 That final play?

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 That was glorious.

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 Wow.

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 She's stunning.

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 People at a music concert,

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 just feeling like they're being lifted up,

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 that transcendence.

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 And it's just like feeling like they're sensing glory in that concert.

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 I think we all know glory when we see it.

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 And if you're struggling with that word glory,

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 just think beauty.

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 Awe-inspiring beauty.

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 We all know it when we see it.

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 Sometimes I think when we are enjoying a display of one type of glory,

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 like two great tennis players just battling it out,

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 sometimes a greater glory invades the moment and just surpasses it.

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 Like when one of the players sacrifices the point by being honest

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 that the opponent's ball actually landed in.

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 That's what makes the headlines the next day.

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 You think you're watching these great tennis players

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 and all of a sudden such a selfless act,

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 you just hit with a greater glory.

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 Or someone running in a race that they've been training for forever

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 give up the race to help an injured competitor.

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 You're just like, we all know glory when we see it

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 and sometimes we think we're watching glory

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 and a greater glory just invades the moment.

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 So where can people see the glory,

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 the awe-inspiring beauty of God?

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 Where can you see it?

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 Surely it's in the starry heavens, isn't it?

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 The heavens declare the glory of God.

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 Now, I've got a little video, if it works,

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 and I'm hoping I don't get in trouble for copyright

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 either from God or my dad.

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 You can see the aurora down the bottom.

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 Come on, surely that's where you see

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 the awe-inspiring beauty of God.

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 But then Genesis 1 tells us,

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 while the stars do declare God's glory,

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 it is most clearly designed to be seen in you.

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 In me.

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 Genesis 1, God made mankind as the pinnacle of creation,

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 the bridge between heaven and earth.

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 In 126, we get an insight into the eternal Godhead

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 making their plans.

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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 And just so we don't miss how special people are,

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 the word for create, that only God does this sort of creating,

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 not when you do an artwork or something.

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 The word for create in 1 verse 1 of Genesis,

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 when he makes everything out of nothing,

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 that special word is used again when animals are made.

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 So animals are obviously special as well.

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 But then three times when we're made, that word is used.

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 That's Hebrew way of going bold, italics, underline.

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 This is special.

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 And then in Genesis 2,

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 the Lord breathes breath of life into our nostrils

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 or into Adam's nostrils.

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 Somehow we're sharing in the spirit of the Lord.

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 We see Adam ruling over the animals,

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 which is what someone in authority does.

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 Only the parents get to name a child.

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 We're ruling over the animals.

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 But then the image is incomplete until Eve comes

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 and man and woman together

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 bearing the same image nature of God.

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 We see the covenant Lord walking with his people

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 and communicating directly with people, not to animals.

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 So contrary to what our society is saying at the moment,

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 we are not just advanced animals.

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 We are uniquely made to be like God,

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 to know God and to bring glory to God.

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 It is an incredible privilege to be a human being.

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 So what does it actually mean to be in the image

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 and likeness of God?

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 How are we different from animals?

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 And at this point,

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 you might have assumptions that you already know the answer,

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 but just take a moment to check those assumptions

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 because there's three traditional explanations

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 in Christian writing and thought.

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 What is clear from Scripture is that to be human

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 is to be in the image of God.

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 It's universal.

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 It's not to say that someone is greater in the image

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 or less in the image.

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 It's universal.

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 To be human is to be in the image of God.

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 To be in the image of God is to be human.

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 So that's got to be our reference point.

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 So the first explanation is we're in the image of God

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 because of some capacity within us as human beings.

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 So some point to our mind.

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 Yes, animals can think and be trained

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 like rats can be trained to find explosives in the ground.

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 That's pretty cool.

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 But you don't see rats composing music.

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 I haven't.

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 You don't see dogs playing poker.

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 I'm not advocating for poker, but anyway.

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 You don't see monkeys debating philosophical questions.

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 So some point to the mind.

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 Because the mind enables us to know God in a way that animals don't,

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 to speak and sing to God and hear him and understand him.

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 So some point to our mind.

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 Others point to our morality.

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 We've got a moral nature.

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 We are moral agents as we enter our world.

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 We might try and suppress our conscience, but try as we might,

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 we can't but relate to people and things and everything

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 in a sense of right and wrong.

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 Everyone has a deep desire for justice.

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 And this capacity helps us know God's moral purity.

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 He is holy.

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 And it helps us to have real choice, eternally significant choices,

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 where we can choose to obey God or disobey God.

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 So some look at our moral and spiritual capacity.

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 But to narrow the definition of image of God to our mind or our morality,

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 something within us, there's problems with that.

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 What becomes of a person's worth and purpose as a human being if they can show no capacity

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 as an unborn baby in the womb or because they're mentally disabled?

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 Whereas scripture says to be human is to be in the image of God.

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 So there's problems with that view.

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 Then you've got the second and the third definitions,

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 and they're trying to move away from an internal capacity that we have.

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 The second view is that we are relational beings.

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 As we relate to God and as we relate to one another,

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 that's how you see God.

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 Relationships in action.

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 And this has some backing from scripture, doesn't it?

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 Like the two greatest commandments,

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 love the Lord your God with all that you are

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 and love your neighbours as yourself.

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 You see God when you're relating.

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 But then this one has a few problems as well.

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 How can it be said of us before we knew the Lord,

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 of unbelievers who don't want anything to do with the Lord

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 or who worship a God of their own imagining and not the real Lord,

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 how do they have a relationship with God?

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 Wouldn't that mean they're not in the image of God

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 if they're not relating to him?

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 The other problem with this view is

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 they try not to describe anything within human nature

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 that says why can man have this relationship and not animals?

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 So it just seems incomplete at least.

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 The third view, if you're still with me,

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 is that we image God as we rule over creation.

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 Again, this has support from Genesis 1.

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 The very next verse of being made in the image of God

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 is God saying let them have dominion over the earth.

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 But then what becomes of our image bearing in our old age

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 when we can barely rule our own bodies,

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 let alone contribute?

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 And we need to be served.

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 What happens then?

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 Or I think another one I've heard is that

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 Christians identify ruling the world,

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 especially when we're being creative like the creator,

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 when we're doing an artwork or we're solving some problem.

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 But the problem with that is,

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 does that mean you start being an image of God

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 when you're doing something creative?

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 What about the rest of the time?

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 Have you stopped being the image of God?

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 So let's just recap.

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 There's three main views.

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 One is some internal capacity,

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 especially our mind and morality.

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 The second view is relationships with God and one another.

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 Third view is as we rule over the world in a meaningful way.

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 I think the problem with all three of these,

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 not that they're wrong in and of themselves,

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 but they're just too narrow a definition.

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 They're too incomplete.

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 I think we're helped in Genesis 5, verses 1 to 3,

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 where again Adam and Eve are said to be in the image

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 and likeness of God.

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 And then straight after that,

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 we hear that Adam fathered a son in his own likeness

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 after his image and named him Seth.

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 In what way was Seth like his father Adam?

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 Well, in every way that he was like his father

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 and yet a distinct person.

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 How do you define that?

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 In what way are we like God?

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 Well, in every way that we are like God,

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 all his attributes that he has shared with us,

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 we are like God.

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 So how are we in the image of God?

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 In every way that we are like God.

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 And some of you are like, oh, thanks for that.

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 That's such a broad definition.

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 Is that really helpful?

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 I think it is helpful because it's liberating,

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 because it means you will continually be learning

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 what it means to be in the image of God

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 as you get to know God.

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 It will take all of scripture and all of eternity

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 to be learning what that means.

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 I think it's liberating.

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 And I think this father-child picture with Adam and Seth

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 also helps us distinguish us from animals and angels.

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 Yes, animals display something of the glory of God,

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 but it's probably as different as a father loving a son

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 compared to loving his pet dog.

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 And there is a great difference.

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 There is a world of difference.

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 Or angels.

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 Angels, Hebrews teaches us, are servants.

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 They're very happy being servants.

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 That's what they are.

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 They're servants, whereas people are meant to be sons and daughters.

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 So I think it helps in that regard too.

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 So let's beware of identifying the value and purpose of human life

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 to one narrow primary aspect.

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 It is our moral and mental capacity.

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 It is our relating.

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 It is our ruling over the world.

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 And it's in every other way that we are like the creator.

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 To be in God's image is in every way we are like God.

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 But before we get ahead of ourselves,

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 we need to understand the purpose of an image.

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 So yes, we are like God, but what's the purpose of an image?

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 And this is where Gareth's kids talk has already probably said it better than I can.

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 In ancient Israelite times, kings were spoken of as the image of the gods.

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 They represented the authority and rule of the gods.

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 They were the gods on the earth,

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 which just tells us how radical this teaching was even in Moses' day.

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 Not just kings, but the poor, uneducated, powerless nobody

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 represents the king of kings.

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 This is radical stuff.

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 Or think of a statue of ancient idols, of gods.

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 The physical statue represents the gods.

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 Whereas scripture is saying God is represented at the moment in this earth

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 with over 8 billion living, breathing statues walking around.

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 The point of an image, you're probably not going to like this either,

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 is the image.

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 The point of an image is to reflect.

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 Like a mirror reflecting the light of the sun into the world.

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 People are to represent, to display, to reflect God to others and into the world.

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 Not display his physical appearance because God is spirit,

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 but display his character, display his purposes for life.

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 His character should be our character.

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 His purpose for life should be my purpose for life,

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 our purpose in life.

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 As we encounter another human being,

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 we should see in them a beauty, a light,

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 that isn't their own.

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 It is God-like.

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 And if people are representing the Lord,

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 then how you treat people is an extension of how you treat the Lord.

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 You can't separate the two.

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 If you consider the parable of the sheep and the goats that Jesus told,

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 how are we going to be judged at the end of time?

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 Whether you close those who are deprived,

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 whether you visit those who are sick and in prison,

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 what you did or did not do to people,

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 that's what you did to me, says the Lord,

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 or didn't do for me.

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 Because we all represent God,

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 you can't separate relationship with God with how you treat people.

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 The point of an image is to image, to reflect, to represent.

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 So we are like God in every way that we are like him

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 in order to display God to others

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 so that people see God through us

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 and rejoice in him and glorify him.

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 And I think this is true as an individual,

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 but I think Scripture talks about it's even more true.

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 I don't know if more true.

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 It's equally true as community.

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 Israel was meant to be a light to the nations.

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 The church is meant to be stars in this dark generation

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 as we love one another, Philippians 2 says.

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 So to be in the image of God is to be like God

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 in every way that we are,

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 like a child to a father,

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 so that we reflect God and represent God to one another

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 and into the world,

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 so that others might see God through us

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 and rejoice and give glory to God.

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 So where do you see the glory of God?

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 Well, because of sin,

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 it's no longer in people.

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 Has sin totally destroyed the image?

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 Surprisingly, the answer is no.

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 In Genesis 9,

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 after the flood,

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 sin is in the world.

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 Sin is in the world still to the point

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 where murder can occur

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 and God institutes a punishment for murder.

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 And the basis of the punishment

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 is that people are in the image of God.

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 Murder is going on

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 and yet

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 that kind of sinful person

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 still bears the image of God.

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 And then in James 3,

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 we see

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 you should not curse people,

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 you should not tear down people

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 with your words,

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 with your lips.

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 Why?

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 Because they're in the image of God.

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 So sin hasn't eradicated the image.

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 All people,

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 Christian,

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 non-Christian,

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 are in the image of God still.

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 Like a mirror that's been dropped,

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 it's been shattered,

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 it is fragmented at best.

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 I picture something like

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 an abstract artwork

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 of a portrait of a face

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 where you're looking at it

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 and you're just like,

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 I think it's human.

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 I'm not quite sure

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 what the person looked like originally.

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 This sinful condition

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 is spoken of in Romans 1.

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 The cause of our distortion of the image

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 is because we've done a swap.

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 We've done an exchange.

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 Instead of the glory of the immortal God,

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 we're going to worship

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 and serve created things.

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 We've done a swap.

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 And the result is

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 that all of our humanity

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 is tainted,

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 is disfigured.

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 Our thinking is corrupted

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 by falsehood.

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 Our speech now projects

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 gossip and slander

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 and full of pride.

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 And our relationships

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 are marked by selfish ambition

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 rather than self-sacrificial love.

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 Our ruling of the world

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 exploits rather than cultivates.

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 I picture just what we might call

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 an ordinary fight

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 between two people,

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 a verbal fight.

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 Think of those arrows

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 that we shoot at each other.

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 Just an ordinary fight

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 that we all do.

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 Even in an everyday spat,

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 you see something of the image

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 because we can formulate ideas

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 in our minds

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 and project words to one another.

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 There's something of an image there

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 but then it's not light.

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 It's characterised by darkness.

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 It's not life-giving.

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 It's trying to take life away.

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 So something of the image

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 is still there

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 even as we try

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 and tear each other down.

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 And yet it's so disfigured.

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 I think this sinful condition

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 we've inherited from Adam and Eve

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 is that we desire glory

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 for ourselves,

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 for our own sake,

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 rather than loving the fact

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 that we're reflecting God's glory.

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 I think it's like as a statue,

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 as a monument

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 to the greatness of self

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 rather than as a mirror

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 that reflects the greatness

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 of another.

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 I think we try to be a statue

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 to our own greatness.

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 We want to be the picture

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 of physical beauty.

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 My value, my purpose

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 is because I'm beautiful.

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 Isn't he intelligent?

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 We want people to think.

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 She is a great mother.

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 I'm so above my classmates.

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 It's not funny.

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 Isn't he powerful?

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 People respect that.

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 And it can take religious forms.

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 Isn't he a wonderful preacher?

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 Doesn't she pray well?

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 Isn't he so compassionate

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 and sacrificial?

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 I think we share

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 in Adam and Eve's desire

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 to be a statue

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 of our own greatness

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 rather than reflecting

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 the greatness of another.

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 We exchange the glory

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 of the immortal God

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 for created things.

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 We try and reach

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 to the heavens ourselves,

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 but all it does

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 is make us more animal-like.

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 So,

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 with sin,

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 the image hasn't been

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 totally lost,

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 but it is

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 unrecognisable.

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 It is so distorted.

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 We reflect darkness

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 more than light.

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 So if we don't see

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 God's glory

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 in people anymore,

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 where do we find it?

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 Well,

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 let's go to 2 Corinthians

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 and we're going to stay there

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 for the rest of the sermon.

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 Here,

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 Paul compares

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 the glory

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 that Moses

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 saw.

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 Now,

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 Moses got to speak

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.940
 to God

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 directly

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 up on the mountain.

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 and the glory

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 that Moses

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 saw

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 as God

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 revealed himself

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 partially

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 in the law,

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 comparing that

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 to the glory

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.120
 that the apostles

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 saw

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 and that we can see

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 in the face

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 It's

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 hardly

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:17.320
 worth comparing.

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 So Exodus 34

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.880
 tells us

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 of when Moses

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.280
 was out on

00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:22.500
 Mount Sinai

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 and he asked God,

00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.320
 show me your glory

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 and if you remember

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.059
 the story,

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 God hides him

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 in the rock

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 and he passes by

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 while declaring

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.899
 his name

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 and Moses

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 only sees

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.279
 the back

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 of God,

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.839
 only sees

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.679
 his back

00:25:36.679 --> 00:25:37.960
 and he is

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:40.119
 awe-inspiring

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.720
 and Moses

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.339
 didn't realise,

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.980
 he comes down

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.599
 from the mountain,

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 he didn't realise

00:25:44.379 --> 00:25:45.619
 that the reflected

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:46.859
 glory in his face

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 was like blinding

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.439
 and people

00:25:48.439 --> 00:25:49.179
 were afraid

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.539
 of him.

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 He didn't even realise

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.419
 his face

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.139
 was shining

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.980
 he was glowing

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.960
 and so because

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.640
 people were afraid

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.860
 of him

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 he put a cover

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.560
 he put a veil

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 over his face.

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 So the reflected

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.080
 glory that

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:07.080
 Moses had

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.400
 is nothing

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.000
 compared to

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.560
 what you and I

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.259
 can have today

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 is Paul's point,

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.200
 nothing.

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 It houses

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.660
 so much

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.100
 greater.

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 It is a

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:17.320
 greater light

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:18.040
 it is more

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.440
 permanent.

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.420
 So without

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.060
 going into all

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.420
 the detail

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.180
 Paul is saying

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.700
 that having

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.519
 the spirit

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.060
 of God

00:26:24.060 --> 00:26:24.880
 dwelling in us

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.720
 to show us

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.060
 Jesus

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:29.000
 is so much

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.400
 better

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:30.300
 than having

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:30.880
 the law

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.259
 because the law

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.400
 can only tell

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.300
 me how far

00:26:34.300 --> 00:26:34.900
 short

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:36.400
 I've fallen

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.180
 from the glory

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.640
 of God.

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.660
 In the message

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.259
 about who

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.019
 Christ is

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.360
 and what

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.820
 he's done

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:45.320
 we don't see

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.940
 God's back

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:47.140
 we see his face.

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:49.280
 verse 4

00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:49.780
 verse 6

00:26:49.780 --> 00:26:50.740
 For God

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.180
 who said

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.860
 that light

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.500
 shine out

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.040
 of darkness

00:26:53.040 --> 00:26:53.720
 has shone

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.380
 in our hearts

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.740
 to give

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.400
 the light

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.360
 of the

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.900
 knowledge

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.780
 of the

00:26:57.780 --> 00:26:58.480
 glory of

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.780
 God

00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.160
 in the

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.740
 face

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.200
 of Jesus

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.980
 Christ.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.160
 If you want

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.560
 to see the

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:03.920
 beauty of

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.240
 the Lord

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.400
 you must

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.820
 look at

00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.380
 his son

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.420
 Jesus

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.920
 Christ.

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.560
 He is

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:10.860
 what it

00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.300
 means

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:12.520
 to be

00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:13.320
 like God

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.200
 to be

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.400
 in the

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.820
 image of

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.080
 God.

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:19.599
 But can

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.139
 he really

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.579
 be that

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.039
 beautiful

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.859
 if so

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.480
 many people

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.859
 in our

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.299
 world

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:26.579
 don't see

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.819
 Jesus as

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.159
 glorious?

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:28.679
 Can he

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.220
 really be

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.960
 that good?

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.240
 Perhaps

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.799
 you've heard

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.259
 the story

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.659
 of Jesus

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.319
 many times

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.699
 yourself

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:38.419
 and you

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.839
 still

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.980
 maybe you're

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.579
 listening now

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.839
 and you're

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.139
 like

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.759
 yeah

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:45.420
 I can't

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.720
 wait till

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.119
 church is

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.339
 over

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.119
 I want

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.220
 to get

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.519
 on with

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:48.879
 life

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:50.079
 maybe you

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.599
 still haven't

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.319
 seen how

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.980
 appealing he

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.480
 is yet

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:56.000
 well verse

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.500
 four

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.660
 explains that

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.099
 and it's a

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.759
 warning to

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.059
 you

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:02.299
 the God

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.619
 of this

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.059
 world

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.000
 talking about

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.400
 Satan

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.720
 has blinded

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.279
 the minds

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.559
 of the

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.160
 unbelievers

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.839
 to keep

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.200
 them from

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.099
 seeing the

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.579
 light

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:10.619
 light

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.559
 of the

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.039
 gospel

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.539
 of the

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:12.859
 glory

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.399
 of Christ

00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.859
 who is

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.379
 the image

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.000
 of God

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.839
 I like

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.199
 how John

00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:19.559
 Calvin

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.039
 puts it

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.759
 the sun

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.740
 is no

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.619
 less bright

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.879
 because blind

00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.779
 men do not

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.339
 perceive its

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.699
 light

00:28:25.699 --> 00:28:26.960
 it's no

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.539
 less bright

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.599
 the God

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.179
 who made

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.559
 the sun

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.119
 to shine

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.559
 has to

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.299
 also give

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.099
 physical eyes

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.639
 to see it

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.279
 so too

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.839
 spiritually

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.879
 the sun

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.359
 of God

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.119
 is shining

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.659
 bright

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.340
 but if

00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:39.640
 you're not

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.120
 seeing it

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.880
 that's not

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.400
 his problem

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.640
 that's my

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:42.920
 problem

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.360
 that's your

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:43.759
 problem

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.440
 you need

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.880
 spiritual

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.420
 eyes

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:48.360
 you think

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.740
 money

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:50.380
 and looks

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.840
 and intelligence

00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:53.200
 and power

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.700
 is more

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.320
 beautiful than

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.560
 him

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:55.580
 you are

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.000
 blind

00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:02.740
 and the

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.100
 religious

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.660
 types of

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.259
 Jesus day

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.279
 they saw

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.019
 him forgiving

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.779
 sinners

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.800
 the glory

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.259
 of God's

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.539
 grace

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.839
 and they

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.480
 hated it

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.899
 and they

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.339
 wanted the

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.059
 statue of

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.539
 their self

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.980
 righteousness

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.839
 to remain

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.079
 the thing

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.519
 that people

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.079
 worshipped

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.460
 and they

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.460
 were blind

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.839
 to their

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.519
 own need

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.059
 of forgiveness

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:23.240
 we all

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.299
 start in

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.940
 this condition

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.680
 of being

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.299
 blind

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.279
 to who

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.579
 Jesus

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.099
 is

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:31.339
 that he

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.700
 would lay

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.180
 down his

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.799
 life for

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.059
 us

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:36.960
 and if

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.559
 you can

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.940
 if you

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.200
 are a

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.419
 believer

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.799
 here this

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.000
 morning

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.279
 if you

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.960
 can see

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.359
 something

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.799
 of the

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.139
 glory

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.679
 of Jesus

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.159
 there's

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.579
 only one

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.859
 reason

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.379
 for that

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:45.179
 the God

00:29:45.179 --> 00:29:45.980
 at creation

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.639
 who out of

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.039
 darkness

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.639
 said let

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:47.960
 there be

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.379
 light

00:29:48.379 --> 00:29:49.559
 and there

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.059
 was light

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.099
 in your

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.519
 heart

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.419
 let there

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:53.940
 be light

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.419
 and the

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:54.740
 gospel

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.319
 broke

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.759
 through

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:57.379
 gave you

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.980
 eyes to

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.359
 see

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.319
 that's the

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.879
 only reason

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.220
 you're a

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.599
 Christian

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:03.899
 all praise

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.319
 to him

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:07.619
 that's how

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:07.980
 we were

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.399
 saved

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.839
 whether it

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.199
 was in a

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.759
 moment or

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.559
 over years

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:14.359
 took as

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:15.079
 creative an

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.539
 act at the

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.359
 beginning as

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.659
 in our

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.159
 salvation

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.939
 let there

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.539
 be light

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.779
 and gave us

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.319
 eyes to

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.039
 finally see

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.619
 well where

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.959
 do you see

00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:25.319
 the glory

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.619
 of God

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.199
 you see in

00:30:26.199 --> 00:30:26.899
 the face

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.759
 of the

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.439
 crucified

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.179
 and risen

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.759
 son of

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.079
 God

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:34.679
 and now

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:36.179
 by seeing

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.779
 Christ

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:38.220
 we who

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.039
 have had

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.439
 our eyes

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:39.799
 opened

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.099
 we are

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.339
 being

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.019
 increasingly

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.759
 transformed

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.339
 into his

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.899
 image

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:48.480
 verse

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.699
 318

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:51.759
 and we

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.359
 all with

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.019
 unveiled

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.720
 face

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.199
 the

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.659
 blindness

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.059
 has been

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.579
 removed

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:59.220
 beholding the

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.720
 glory of

00:30:59.720 --> 00:30:59.740
 glory of

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.120
 the Lord

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:01.039
 are being

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.759
 transformed

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.220
 into the

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.980
 same image

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.559
 for one

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.779
 degree of

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.339
 glory to

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.700
 another

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:07.079
 for this

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.600
 comes from

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.000
 the Lord

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.319
 who is

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.860
 the Spirit

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:10.480
 the Spirit's

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.980
 role

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.799
 we're told

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.200
 in John

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.640
 16

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.180
 is to

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.680
 guide us

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.120
 into all

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.480
 truth

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.180
 he wants

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.880
 the spotlight

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.579
 to be on

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.920
 Jesus

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.799
 he wants

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.779
 the scriptures

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.240
 that the

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.920
 Spirit wrote

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:21.019
 about

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.440
 Jesus

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:21.980
 for us

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.720
 to understand

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.920
 them

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.300
 so that we

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.000
 see him

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.259
 in the

00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:24.539
 scriptures

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.960
 and our

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.759
 hope is

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.300
 that while

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.039
 yes we

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.120
 are by

00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:29.700
 degree

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.519
 growing in

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.960
 our knowledge

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.400
 of Jesus

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.840
 through the

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.140
 scriptures

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.880
 1 Corinthians

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.600
 talks about

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:36.000
 that's still

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.240
 just a dim

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.980
 reflection of

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.280
 Jesus

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:39.900
 as good as

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.280
 the word of

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:40.700
 God is

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.660
 we're looking

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.240
 forward to

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.780
 when we see

00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:43.360
 him face to

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:43.759
 face

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.640
 directly

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.060
 it says

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.980
 now I know

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.600
 in part

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.840
 then I

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.220
 shall know

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.680
 fully

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.860
 even as I

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.220
 have been

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.080
 fully known

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:55.520
 when we see

00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:56.320
 him we will

00:31:56.320 --> 00:31:56.900
 be totally

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.660
 like him

00:31:57.660 --> 00:32:01.080
 but until

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.380
 then

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:03.220
 we should

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.660
 trust

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.400
 that we

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.680
 are being

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.259
 changed

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.120
 degree by

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:06.580
 degree

00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:07.920
 into the

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.519
 likeness of

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.840
 Jesus

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.519
 as we

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.440
 behold him

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.340
 as we

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:12.040
 look to

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:12.300
 him

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:14.320
 there's no

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:14.860
 shortcut

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:17.600
 spiritual

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.160
 maturity

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.279
 you can't

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.880
 shortcut it

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.840
 you can't

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.360
 just get

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:22.960
 the

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.920
 supernatural

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.680
 gifts of

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.160
 the spirit

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.940
 and suddenly

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.519
 you're a

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.779
 mature

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.200
 Christian

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.580
 no

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.559
 spiritual

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.079
 maturity

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.859
 comes from

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.639
 growing in

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.099
 your knowledge

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.460
 of who

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.099
 Jesus is

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.399
 it's bit

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.939
 by bit

00:32:33.939 --> 00:32:36.839
 what's the

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.139
 point of

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.599
 the image

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.579
 to image

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.960
 for others

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.720
 to see the

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.179
 glory of

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:41.619
 God through

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.019
 us

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:44.439
 what a

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:44.899
 privilege

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.819
 what a

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.339
 purpose

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.720
 young or

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.079
 old

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.579
 we are to

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.619
 display

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.779
 in every

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.519
 conversation

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.000
 whatever

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.619
 hardship

00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.339
 we're facing

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.899
 at all

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.379
 times

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:57.199
 we have

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.240
 the privilege

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.039
 of displaying

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.559
 the beauty

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.059
 of God

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.440
 so that

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.700
 others

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.380
 see him

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.700
 that's an

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.180
 amazing

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.799
 purpose

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:09.960
 even in

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.240
 our

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.039
 weak

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.600
 attempts

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.420
 at trying

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.940
 to tell

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.519
 other people

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.000
 isn't

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.319
 Jesus

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.779
 great

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.700
 the

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.960
 sovereign

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.240
 lord

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.759
 can use

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.980
 those

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.299
 weak

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.740
 words

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.559
 to go

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.240
 let there

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.700
 be light

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.860
 he can

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:23.200
 use

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.480
 us

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.860
 as we

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.319
 try and

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.539
 make

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.100
 clear

00:33:25.100 --> 00:33:26.960
 truths

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.360
 about

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.900
 Jesus

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.160
 to

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.539
 others

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:33.000
 before

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.660
 verse 7

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.480
 we have

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.740
 this

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.160
 treasure

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.160
 in jars

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.720
 of clay

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:39.380
 to show

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.340
 that the

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.940
 surpassing

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.700
 power belongs

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.220
 to God

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.620
 and not

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.519
 to us

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:46.680
 I don't

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:46.879
 know about

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.220
 you but

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.240
 I think we

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.619
 can fall

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.980
 into the

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.339
 trap of

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.619
 thinking

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.920
 if I'm

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.259
 really

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.759
 advancing

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.480
 in Christ's

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.980
 glory as

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.519
 an individual

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.180
 or as a

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.519
 church

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.299
 then it's

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.559
 going to

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.259
 feel like

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.859
 strength

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.660
 it's going

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.160
 to feel

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.319
 like success

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.139
 and victory

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:02.400
 that I'm

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.559
 going to

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.599
 have persuasive

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.460
 words that

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.359
 come easily

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:06.039
 and just

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:07.099
 win my

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.879
 family member

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.559
 over to

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.300
 know Christ

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.820
 then and

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.059
 there

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:11.920
 that I'm

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.139
 going to

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.840
 totally get

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.159
 rid of

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:13.699
 the sin

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.320
 the private

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.980
 sins I'm

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.380
 struggling

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.299
 with totally

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.880
 so that I'm

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.900
 strong to do

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.420
 great things

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.880
 for God

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.940
 that if

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.059
 I remain

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.699
 faithful to

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.299
 Jesus people

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.940
 will respect

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.279
 that

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:25.460
 but

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.820
 that's not

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.460
 the path

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.099
 that Christ

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.519
 walked

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.119
 it's not

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.679
 the path

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.279
 the apostles

00:34:30.279 --> 00:34:30.699
 walked

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.420
 it's not

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.940
 the path

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.880
 to glory

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.239
 that we

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.579
 walk

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.840
 the path

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.599
 is weakness

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.320
 it is

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.860
 rejection

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.759
 it is

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.299
 suffering

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.759
 it is

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.299
 struggling

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.039
 why

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:42.599
 well when

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.279
 the world

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.440
 what the

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.099
 world counts

00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.659
 as glorious

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.519
 is stripped

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.059
 away

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.340
 and yet

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.820
 we have

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.099
 a peace

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.480
 and a hope

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:53.119
 and a joy

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.460
 and a love

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.960
 for others

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.519
 that still

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.099
 remains

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.719
 even though

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.559
 other things

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.219
 are gone

00:34:58.219 --> 00:35:00.380
 death is at

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.940
 work in us

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.340
 so that

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.219
 the light

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.639
 of Jesus

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.099
 is more

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.480
 clear

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:06.320
 what a

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.659
 wonderful

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:08.139
 what a

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.400
 wonderful

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.940
 purpose

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.340
 there's

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.640
 not one

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:10.980
 drop

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.539
 of suffering

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.200
 is wasted

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.900
 the Lord

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.380
 can use

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.680
 that

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.620
 for others

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:14.960
 to see

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.360
 the life

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.800
 of Jesus

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.320
 in us

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:19.800
 for those

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.400
 he plans

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.920
 to open

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.400
 eyes

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:34.340
 so how

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.340
 how will

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.139
 people in

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:37.300
 your family

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.680
 in

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:39.700
 your social

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:40.200
 circles

00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:40.639
 how will

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.019
 they see

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.460
 the glory

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.940
 of God

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:45.880
 through you

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:48.940
 as we

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.400
 point to

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.820
 Jesus

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.900
 hear me

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:50.920
 hear me

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.220
 right

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:52.900
 it's not

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.340
 us we

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.780
 proclaim

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.660
 we proclaim

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.059
 him as

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.380
 Lord

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:58.240
 how will

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.600
 people in

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.039
 this church

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.920
 family see

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.380
 the glory

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.940
 of Christ

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:02.360
 through you

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:03.240
 as we

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.800
 learn who

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.600
 Jesus is

00:36:05.600 --> 00:36:06.019
 through the

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.320
 scriptures

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:07.000
 and through

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:08.080
 how you

00:36:08.080 --> 00:36:08.840
 model him

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:12.200
 but we'll

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.700
 only do

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.240
 this if we

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.640
 keep our

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.120
 eyes on

00:36:14.120 --> 00:36:14.340
 him

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:16.320
 and learn

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.720
 to love

00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.160
 him more

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.519
 and more

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:20.679
 and I

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:20.960
 think it

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.500
 will depend

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.480
 on whose

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.119
 glory we

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.559
 want people

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.980
 to see

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.739
 whether we

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.079
 want to be

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.699
 a statue

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.799
 to our

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.399
 own glory

00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:29.879
 or whether

00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:31.519
 we want

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.539
 people to

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.899
 see through

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.460
 us

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.940
 to the

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.440
 glory of

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.859
 Jesus

00:36:36.859 --> 00:36:41.879
 let me

00:36:41.879 --> 00:36:42.099
 pray

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:57.380
 so

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.619
 sovereign

00:36:57.619 --> 00:36:57.900
 Lord

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:59.160
 I want

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.519
 to praise

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.800
 you for

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.340
 your mercy

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:00.980
 to each

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.300
 one of

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.480
 us

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.720
 that

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:03.260
 you

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.460
 have

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.700
 given

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:03.900
 us

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.220
 eyes

00:37:04.220 --> 00:37:04.660
 to see

00:37:04.660 --> 00:37:04.860
 your

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.140
 son

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:06.559
 while we

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.880
 were

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.780
 chasing

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.220
 after

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:08.720
 our

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:08.940
 own

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.340
 glory

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.619
 and

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.119
 created

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.599
 things

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.860
 you

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.200
 broke

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.519
 in

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.440
 and

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:14.099
 showed

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.440
 us

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.820
 who

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:14.980
 you

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.240
 are

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.519
 and

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.619
 I

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:16.820
 thank

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:16.960
 you

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.099
 for

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.340
 that

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:19.260
 and

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.480
 I

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.760
 thank

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:19.940
 you

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.300
 for

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:21.380
 such

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.940
 a

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:23.440
 privileged

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:24.340
 calling

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.660
 that

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:26.559
 you

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.840
 want

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.039
 us

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.440
 to

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.140
 individually

00:37:28.140 --> 00:37:28.460
 and

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.880
 together

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.620
 display

00:37:30.620 --> 00:37:31.400
 to the

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.820
 world

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.100
 the

00:37:33.100 --> 00:37:33.400
 death

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.539
 of

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.700
 your

00:37:33.700 --> 00:37:34.019
 son

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.980
 and

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.480
 the

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:35.900
 life

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.100
 that

00:37:36.100 --> 00:37:36.240
 is

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.720
 found

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:36.960
 in

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.100
 the

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.380
 death

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.640
 of

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:37.780
 your

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.039
 son

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:40.640
 we

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:40.880
 thank

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.019
 you

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.180
 Lord

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.380
 that

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.680
 you

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:41.820
 are

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.160
 risen

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:43.640
 that

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:43.760
 you

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:43.920
 have

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.120
 all

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.680
 authority

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:46.320
 that

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:46.539
 you

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.820
 can

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.760
 turn

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:47.940
 the

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.160
 most

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.640
 hardened

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.140
 sinner

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.640
 to

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.180
 yourself

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:52.340
 and

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.460
 we

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.720
 thank

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:52.860
 you

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.019
 that

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.160
 you

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.400
 will

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.860
 return

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.240
 and

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.539
 that

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.660
 we

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:56.800
 will

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.059
 see

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.240
 you

00:37:57.240 --> 00:37:57.460
 face

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.620
 to

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:57.960
 face

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.180
 and

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.760
 finally

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.039
 we

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.280
 will

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.940
 be

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.120
 in

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.460
 awe

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.680
 of

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:01.920
 you

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:03.320
 totally

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.820
 and

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.380
 permanently

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:06.320
 as

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.480
 you

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.940
 deserve

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.940
 and

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.079
 for

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.280
 our

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.559
 joy

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:11.059
 in

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:11.300
 Jesus

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.660
 name

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.120
 Amen