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 Open up your Bibles again to Genesis chapter 6.

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 The Christian life can often feel like a tug of war, can't it?

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 That the gospel is going out, there are real encouragements, ministries grow, the kingdom advances, but then we feel a pushback.

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 That church gets an email saying they can't meet at their venue anymore because of what they believe.

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 The building application gets rejected.

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 The government implements laws to make Christian parenting even harder.

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 Whatever it may be, life in God's kingdom, it feels like a tug of war.

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 A back and forth with this world.

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 You go one way, you get pulled back the other.

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 And if you've been following along in Genesis, these early chapters east of Eden, it feels like that too.

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 There's been this constant tug of war of progress and setback with God's plan of salvation.

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 We know God has promised salvation.

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 It's going to come through a family of believers.

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 God is creating an immortal bloodline to belong to himself.

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 And we know from that immortal bloodline, there's going to come a son to crush Satan's head, to end evil, to save the world.

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 But there's been this tug of war in these chapters.

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 The promise makes progress, but then there's this pullback.

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 Adam has a son, but it's Cain.

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 Then Adam has Abel, but Cain murders Abel.

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 But then Seth is born, but Seth's line is dying.

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 But Seth's line is escaping death.

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 God is creating an immortal bloodline.

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 There's been this tug of war, this back and forth over the past two chapters.

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 The promise has been working.

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 Sons have been coming, but not smoothly.

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 It's been a tug of war, just like the Christian life.

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 But there's a reason behind all of this.

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 A reason why there is a tug of war east of Eden, even today.

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 Don't forget what God promised.

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 What did God promise in Genesis 3.15?

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 Yes, there will be a godly family, an immortal bloodline.

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 But that bloodline will have enmity with Satan.

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 Satan and his unbelieving family, unbelievers,

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 they're going to be in conflict with the godly family.

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 Two bloodlines, belief and unbelief, will be at war.

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 The reason this tug of war exists in Genesis,

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 and in our own lives, and the church,

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 is because Satan is at war with belief.

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 That's the promise.

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 Satan doesn't want the immortal bloodline to keep going.

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 He doesn't want the son to arrive.

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 And so with chapter 5, last week, we make progress in the war.

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 The promise is working, that the godly family grows,

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 the immortal bloodline is created,

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 and already a son, Noah, has come to bring rest.

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 But don't forget Satan.

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 Don't forget the war.

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 If grace is pulling the rope one way,

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 Satan is going to pull back the other.

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 And so as we enter chapter 6 now,

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 we need to wonder,

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 well, how is Satan pulling back?

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 What is his next step going to be in this war?

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 And we find there is a threat to the immortal bloodline on the horizon.

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 Because if salvation is coming through the immortal bloodline,

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 Satan wants to blur the bloodlines.

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 That's my first point today.

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 Satan wants to blur the bloodlines.

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 Now, this chapter, it contains heavy things.

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 And it contains lots of unusual things.

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 There are sons and daughters,

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 children and Nephilim, mighty men of old.

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 And I can't address every question in this passage,

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 but the big thing I want us to see that's going on here

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 is that all of this is still related to the genealogy in chapter 5.

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 It's not a coincidence that we get the genealogy of the immortal bloodline

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 and then we get this.

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 Because what's going on here

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 is the immortal bloodline,

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 the godly offspring,

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 is disappearing

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 by being merged with the ungodly bloodline.

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 And this is Satan's tug in the war.

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 So do you see that there are two families mentioned here in verse 1?

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 When man began to multiply on the face of the land

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 and daughters were born to them,

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 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive

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 and they took as their wives any they chose.

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 So do you see that there are the sons of God

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 and the daughters of man?

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 So two families, two bloodlines,

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 and they began to marry.

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 Now the question is, who are these bloodlines?

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 Well some say that the sons of God are fallen angels,

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 demons essentially.

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 Sons of God, it's the name given to fallen angels in the book of Job.

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 And according to this approach,

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 those angels fell from heaven,

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 came to earth,

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 started to breed with humans,

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 that they married human daughters.

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 And that's what's going on here.

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 Now I know that sounds pretty out there,

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 but I think that is a possible option,

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 that that could be the case.

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 But the better option,

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 I think,

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 is that

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 these are the two families mentioned in Genesis 3.

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 The sons of God are the godly family of Seth,

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 the immortal bloodline,

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 and the daughters of man

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 are the daughters outside of that bloodline,

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 not friends with God,

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 but basically Cain's unbelieving bloodline.

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 That's what I think is more likely the case here.

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 And just an aside,

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 the Nephilim,

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 I can't get into this,

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 but the Nephilim aren't the product of these marriages,

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 they're not the children of these marriages,

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 it's just saying that

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 these marriages happened

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 whilst a group of people called the Nephilim

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 were on the earth.

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 And the Nephilim,

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 they also appear in Numbers 13 as well,

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 they're just a group of big warrior people.

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 And so this passage,

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 it sounds unusual,

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 but really what it's saying

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 is the sons of God,

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 the believing bloodline,

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 married the daughters of man,

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 the unbelieving bloodline.

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 And so as these two bloodlines

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 began to multiply on the earth,

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 something happened,

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 they started to marry each other,

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 to blur.

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 And you might think,

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 so what?

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 Why is this such a big deal?

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 Well, because God sees it as a big deal.

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 Because look how God responds.

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 He looks upon the earth,

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 sees these marriages,

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 and he pronounces judgment,

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 verse three.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 my spirit shall not abide in man forever,

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 for he is flesh.

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 His days shall be 120 years.

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 It's like God sees these marriages

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 and says,

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 I can't have this happen.

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 I can't encourage this.

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 This needs to stop.

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 And so I'm going to remove

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 my spirit of life from humanity.

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 And I'm going to drop their lifespan even more.

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 It was going down already because of sin,

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 but now I'm dropping it way down to 120 years.

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 That's the maximum.

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 God did something to our genetics.

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 Now why?

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 Why is Seth's bloodline,

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 marrying Cain's bloodline,

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 such an issue?

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 Why such a severe judgment from God?

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 Well, the problem,

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 it's more sinister than you think.

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 Look at how the sons of God

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 were choosing their wives,

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 verse two.

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 They took as their wives

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 any they chose.

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 They weren't thinking about God

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 when they chose a wife.

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 They weren't thinking about the promise.

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 They weren't thinking about the promised son,

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 but they weren't thinking about the promised family.

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 Salvation just left their minds,

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 and they thought,

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 I'm just going to marry whoever I want.

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 And so the bloodline of believers,

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 it starts to blur

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 with the bloodline of unbelievers.

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 Which means,

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 what's going to happen to the godly family?

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 It starts to get diluted

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 and phased out.

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 It's like,

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 you know when you make squash?

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 You know, orange squash,

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 blackcurrant squash.

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 And you have the concentrator squash,

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 and it's bright purple,

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 and then you add water,

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 and then it gets diluted, doesn't it?

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 It gets less purple.

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 And then if you add more and more water,

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 it gets less and less purple, doesn't it?

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 And what happens if you keep doing that,

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 keep adding water and water and water,

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 soon,

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 it's not purple at all.

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 It's gone.

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 Well, that's what's going on here.

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 If Seth's line

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 is like the concentrated purple,

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 that's where the promise is,

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 that's where the belief is,

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 that's the immortal bloodline

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 where the Saviour Son is coming from.

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 But the unbelieving bloodline,

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 it's like the water.

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 No promise there.

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 And as the two bloodlines

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 start marrying and mixing,

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 the promise starts to dilute.

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 But belief

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 and friendship with God

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 starts to disappear.

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 And so what will happen to the Son?

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 How will the serpent crusher appear?

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 Well, if there's no family,

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 there's no Son.

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 These marriages are salvation

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 getting diluted out of existence.

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 And this is what Satan wants.

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 This is his side of the tug of war.

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 Just think about it.

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 If you were Satan,

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 and you knew the serpent crusher

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 is coming to kill you,

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 and you know he's coming

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 from the immortal bloodline,

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 and you've tried killing

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 that bloodline, Abel,

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 but that didn't work

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 because God just brought

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 another son, Seth,

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 then what is your next option?

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 Well, if I can't kill the bloodline,

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 then I'll dilute it.

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 I'll breed the Son out of existence.

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 This is Satan trying to stop

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 Christ being born.

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 This is Satan's pull

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 in the tug of war.

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 Satan wants to blur

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 the bloodlines.

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 And this is why God

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 is so severe about this.

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 His people

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 are forgetting about their God,

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 abandoning the promise,

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 abandoning Christ.

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 And so God shortens

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 their lifespan even more.

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 You walk away from God,

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 there's only death.

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 The immortal bloodline

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 was doing so well.

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 But now it's like

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 the promised people

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 have fallen again.

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 And you can even see that

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 in the language of verse 2.

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 Did you notice,

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 it sounds just like the fall.

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 The sons of God

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 saw that the daughters of man

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 were attractive.

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 attractive.

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 In Hebrew,

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 that's literally good.

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 They saw that they were good.

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 And they took

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 as their wives,

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 as any they chose.

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 Saw,

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 good,

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 took.

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 It's just like Eve.

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 She saw the fruit

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 was good

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 and she took it

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 and ate.

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 It's the fall 2.0.

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 Godliness is disappearing

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 off the face of the earth.

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 And this is such a threat

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 because this works.

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 Satan isn't stupid

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 with this tactic

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 because we know

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 God's people

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 have always been prone

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 to abandon his promise

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 because of relationships.

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 We see this warning

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 throughout the Bible.

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 As Israel enters Canaan,

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 God says,

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 do not marry the Canaanites

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 because you're going

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 to end up serving their gods.

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 Solomon married

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 many unbelieving women

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 and what happened to him?

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 His heart turned away

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 from God.

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 In Malachi,

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 Israelite men

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 started divorcing

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 their wives

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 and marrying unbelievers

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 and God condemns it

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 because the Lord says

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 he's seeking

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 godly offspring.

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 God knows

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 if our hearts

00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.040
 go after

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 an ungodly spouse,

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 it affects

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 the heart

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 of the whole home.

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 And so it starts

00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:07.860
 to affect our children.

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 Who we marry

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 matters for our godliness

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 and for the godliness

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 down the line.

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 And sadly,

00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.480
 we see Satan's tactic

00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:20.440
 work in Genesis,

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 in Solomon's life,

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 and even today.

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 I'm sure

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 almost every adult here

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 can think of

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 at least one person

00:13:31.280 --> 00:13:32.920
 who has walked away

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 from the faith

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 because of a relationship.

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 I'm sure

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 you can think

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 of one right now.

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 I can think

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 of at least five.

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 And they started

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 texting that guy

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 from work.

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 They started

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 pursuing that girl

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 at uni.

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 They thought

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 it would be fine.

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 They said

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 don't worry about it.

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 And then a year later,

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 no church,

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 no interest,

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 no faith.

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 And it's not

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 a coincidence

00:13:58.419 --> 00:13:59.519
 they end in disaster.

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 It's the same

00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.240
 tug of war

00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.899
 as in Genesis 6.

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 and it works.

00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.019
 Satan is trying

00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:08.919
 to phase out

00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.559
 God's grace,

00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.379
 dilute it out,

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 and he couldn't

00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:12.360
 do it with Christ.

00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.039
 He couldn't

00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:13.980
 dilute out Christ

00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:15.039
 and so Satan

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 goes for the church

00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:16.340
 instead.

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 And so if you're

00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:19.899
 not married

00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:20.539
 here today,

00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:22.639
 we need to be

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 very careful

00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:25.279
 with who we marry

00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:25.759
 as Christians.

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 We can be tempted

00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:29.100
 to just go

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 for whoever we want.

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 Someone that simply

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 looks good to the eyes

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 and we take.

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 And we do so

00:14:36.659 --> 00:14:37.439
 without thinking

00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:37.939
 about God,

00:14:39.079 --> 00:14:39.799
 without thinking

00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:40.299
 about the promise,

00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:41.179
 without thinking

00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:42.059
 about the bloodline.

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 But we need

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:46.000
 to take Genesis 6

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 very seriously here.

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 Don't be like

00:14:48.799 --> 00:14:49.480
 these sons of God.

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.339
 Always have God

00:14:52.339 --> 00:14:52.919
 in mind

00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.559
 when you're seeking

00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:54.039
 a spouse.

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 Our hearts

00:14:55.719 --> 00:14:56.659
 are too prone

00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.179
 to wonder

00:14:57.179 --> 00:14:58.599
 that this is

00:14:58.599 --> 00:14:59.399
 how Satan

00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:00.579
 loves to

00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.559
 pull at your heart.

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 And so

00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:05.019
 just let me be

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 very direct

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 with you,

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 especially the

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.719
 young people here.

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.120
 Christian,

00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.979
 do not date

00:15:10.979 --> 00:15:11.679
 a non-Christian.

00:15:12.979 --> 00:15:14.039
 Just do not

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:14.379
 do it.

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 Or if you're

00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:17.199
 dating one now,

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 end it.

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 Or if you're

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.620
 like Eve

00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.539
 and you have

00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.319
 someone in mind

00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:23.120
 and you're texting

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.959
 and you see

00:15:23.959 --> 00:15:25.159
 and you're close

00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.759
 to taking,

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.980
 end it now.

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.980
 Don't let this

00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.699
 be your fall.

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 And I know

00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.539
 it's easy.

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.279
 I know you

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.719
 could get a

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 boyfriend like that.

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.139
 I know you

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:36.019
 want to be married.

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.659
 I know you

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.159
 could download

00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:37.559
 an app

00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.199
 and the loneliness

00:15:38.199 --> 00:15:38.919
 would be over.

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 And I know

00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.620
 that this is

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.459
 particularly hard

00:15:41.459 --> 00:15:42.240
 for Christian girls

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.139
 because there

00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.759
 are just more

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.519
 Christian girls

00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.419
 than guys out there.

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 The numbers

00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:48.079
 make it so difficult.

00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.220
 And it feels

00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:51.000
 like a constant

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.639
 tug of war

00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.259
 in your heart.

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 I know the

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.980
 temptation is there

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.879
 but please

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.700
 think about

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.320
 the bloodline.

00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:58.100
 Think about

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.360
 the promise.

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 Just think

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 about God.

00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:03.080
 Now it needs

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.600
 to be said

00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:05.539
 if this is

00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.379
 already you,

00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:08.200
 if you're

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.480
 already married

00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.120
 to an unbeliever,

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.800
 you must never

00:16:11.800 --> 00:16:12.300
 ever think

00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:12.740
 you're hopeless.

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.960
 In fact,

00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:15.740
 the New Testament

00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.659
 acknowledges that

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.460
 there will be

00:16:17.460 --> 00:16:18.180
 Christians in the

00:16:18.180 --> 00:16:18.639
 church married

00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.159
 to unbelievers.

00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.300
 It does not

00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:21.879
 exclude you

00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:22.420
 from grace.

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.039
 Never,

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:23.659
 never ever

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.120
 think that.

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 In fact,

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.279
 there is

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:27.199
 extraordinary

00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.959
 grace for you.

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.539
 The fact

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.000
 that you are

00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.419
 here shows

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.000
 God's grace

00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:33.519
 in your life.

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.419
 It shows

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:36.299
 Satan does

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:36.740
 not win

00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.179
 this tug

00:16:37.179 --> 00:16:37.519
 of war.

00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:38.299
 The fact

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:38.679
 that you are

00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.639
 still holding

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.360
 on to Christ

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.519
 is God's

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.000
 grace in your

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.299
 life.

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:44.759
 And even

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.199
 more so,

00:16:45.839 --> 00:16:46.480
 God is so

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:46.799
 gracious.

00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:48.500
 This grace

00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:48.939
 is for your

00:16:48.939 --> 00:16:49.259
 children.

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.939
 God calls

00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.600
 your children

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.140
 holy,

00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.020
 that they're

00:16:54.020 --> 00:16:54.620
 special to

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:54.800
 him.

00:16:56.680 --> 00:16:57.140
 And so the

00:16:57.140 --> 00:16:57.940
 promise has

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.520
 not disappeared

00:16:58.520 --> 00:16:59.220
 in your life.

00:16:59.560 --> 00:16:59.700
 No,

00:16:59.800 --> 00:17:00.600
 God's grace

00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.480
 is for you

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.460
 and for your

00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.760
 children.

00:17:04.320 --> 00:17:04.980
 Satan has

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.320
 not won.

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.940
 And that's

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.820
 because even

00:17:08.820 --> 00:17:09.980
 Satan's plans

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.360
 aren't enough

00:17:11.360 --> 00:17:11.840
 to dilute

00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:12.360
 God's grace.

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.960
 Because look

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.539
 how this passage

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:14.940
 ends.

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.220
 Satan tries to

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.059
 blur the bloodlines,

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.680
 he's trying to

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.240
 dilute it out,

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.819
 but verse

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.200
 8,

00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:20.799
 but Noah

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.599
 still comes

00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:21.920
 from these

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.900
 bloodlines.

00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:25.099
 But Christ

00:17:25.099 --> 00:17:26.240
 still comes.

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.740
 Satan

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.779
 cannot wash

00:17:29.779 --> 00:17:30.180
 out God's

00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:30.480
 grace.

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.500
 Whatever

00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.160
 your past

00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.700
 relationships,

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.460
 whatever that

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.099
 tug of war

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.620
 you feel,

00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.779
 God's grace

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.579
 cannot be

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.019
 washed out

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:38.259
 of your

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.539
 life.

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.259
 But at the

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.799
 same time,

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.400
 the point

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.799
 mustn't be

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:43.380
 lost about

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:44.099
 going into

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.480
 marriage.

00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.200
 The Lord

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.579
 is seeking

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:46.900
 godly

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.200
 offspring.

00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.099
 The real

00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.700
 blessing in

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.120
 this world,

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.819
 it's not

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.380
 going after

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.880
 whoever you

00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:52.079
 want,

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.279
 no.

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.220
 It's not

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.859
 just seeing,

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.319
 liking,

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:54.900
 and taking,

00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.680
 the real

00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.240
 blessing,

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.240
 it's with

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.559
 God.

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.539
 It's a

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.339
 life holding

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:01.059
 onto his

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.539
 promise,

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.579
 waiting,

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.539
 a life waiting

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.960
 for Christ

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.380
 to come.

00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.059
 And so

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.680
 this is the

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.140
 tug of war.

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.339
 And you

00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:11.019
 might expect

00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.539
 for God to

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.079
 pull back,

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.740
 and he

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.120
 does,

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.920
 but not

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.680
 before we

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.339
 see what

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:18.039
 happens when

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.180
 godliness is

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:19.980
 diluted out

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.220
 of this

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.500
 world.

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.259
 And we

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.980
 see when

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.399
 the blood

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:23.940
 lines get

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.319
 blurred,

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.339
 sin comes

00:18:26.339 --> 00:18:27.019
 into focus.

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.000
 It's my

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.420
 second and

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:28.859
 final point

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.119
 today,

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.740
 sin comes

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.399
 into focus.

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:33.019
 So without

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:34.039
 the godly

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.599
 bloodline,

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.480
 look what the

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:36.059
 world becomes,

00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:36.619
 verse 5,

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.420
 the Lord

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:40.180
 saw that

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.940
 the wickedness

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.500
 of man

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.720
 was great

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:42.980
 in the

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.180
 earth.

00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:44.960
 God

00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.180
 is

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.539
 like all

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:45.700
 the

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.740
 concentrated

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.259
 purple

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.220
 has gone

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.560
 from the

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:48.840
 world,

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.299
 and everything

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.740
 becomes

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.440
 transparent.

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.320
 Humanity

00:18:52.320 --> 00:18:53.340
 is shown

00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:53.680
 for what

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.140
 we really

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.440
 are,

00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:54.840
 and God

00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.560
 looks and

00:18:55.560 --> 00:18:56.120
 sees,

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.460
 and there's

00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:58.240
 just wickedness.

00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:00.420
 It's like

00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.080
 God's grace

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.700
 and godliness,

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.759
 we're containing

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.360
 the monster

00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:03.700
 of sin,

00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.320
 reigning it

00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:04.519
 in,

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.180
 but now

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.620
 with no

00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:06.019
 godliness,

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.820
 the monster

00:19:06.820 --> 00:19:07.120
 is just

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.720
 let loose.

00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.460
 Like the

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.019
 tug of war

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:10.360
 is being

00:19:10.360 --> 00:19:11.160
 launched to

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.660
 Satan's

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:11.940
 side.

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:14.160
 And with

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.940
 grace removed,

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.519
 God looks

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.140
 not only

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.360
 at the

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:17.700
 face of

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.180
 the earth,

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.539
 but he

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.100
 looks into

00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:20.519
 the human

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.080
 heart.

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:23.259
 He opens

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.799
 us up

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.420
 and looks

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.259
 deep within

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.840
 to see

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.220
 what we

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.799
 really are

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.299
 deep inside,

00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.320
 what humanity

00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:29.100
 is really

00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:29.720
 like east

00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:30.039
 of Eden,

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.700
 and what

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.000
 does God

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.340
 see?

00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.420
 Every

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.340
 intention

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:35.400
 of the

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:35.740
 thoughts

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.019
 of his

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.460
 heart

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.759
 was only

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.400
 evil

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.380
 continually.

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 I remember

00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:43.920
 in English

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.640
 lit class

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.019
 in year

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.299
 11

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.880
 GCSE,

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 our teacher

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.299
 asked us

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.580
 all,

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 put your

00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.180
 hand up

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.519
 if you

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.259
 think we

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.860
 are born

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.420
 naturally

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:52.759
 good.

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.440
 And about

00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.140
 half the

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.559
 class put

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 their hand

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.080
 up.

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 I wonder

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.140
 if you

00:19:57.140 --> 00:19:57.519
 would put

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:57.860
 your hand

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.120
 up.

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.240
 To my

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.480
 shame,

00:19:59.559 --> 00:19:59.799
 I did

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.100
 put my

00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.259
 hand

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.519
 up.

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.279
 But how

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.660
 does God

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.180
 answer that

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.580
 question?

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.380
 Well,

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.660
 it's verse

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:05.960
 five.

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.960
 this is

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.340
 how we're

00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:08.579
 born.

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.980
 And God

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.539
 doesn't pull

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.039
 his punches

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.579
 with this

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:12.980
 description.

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.759
 It's like

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.039
 God

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:15.059
 heaps up

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.259
 these

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.860
 phrases

00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.600
 to describe

00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:18.039
 us.

00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:18.840
 So just

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.299
 look again.

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.259
 What is

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.660
 the human

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.220
 heart like?

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.079
 God saw

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.480
 that his

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.000
 heart was

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.920
 evil.

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.720
 But not

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.140
 just that,

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.340
 the thoughts

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:28.660
 of his

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:29.279
 heart were

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.539
 evil.

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.120
 And not

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.440
 just that,

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:31.840
 but the

00:20:31.840 --> 00:20:32.400
 intention

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.759
 of the

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.019
 thoughts

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.259
 of his

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.539
 heart

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.019
 was evil.

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.059
 evil.

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.539
 And not

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.940
 just one

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.279
 intention,

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.099
 but every

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.819
 intention of

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.220
 the thoughts

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.460
 of his

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:38.740
 heart

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.299
 was evil.

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.099
 And not

00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.420
 just that,

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.359
 every intention

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.759
 of the

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.259
 thoughts of

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.559
 his heart

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.660
 was only

00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.139
 evil.

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.099
 And this

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:47.460
 isn't just

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.819
 now and

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.019
 again,

00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.940
 but every

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.440
 intention

00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.819
 of the

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.119
 thoughts

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.359
 of his

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.619
 heart

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.400
 was only

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.940
 evil

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:53.119
 continually.

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:55.400
 This is

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.039
 every heart

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.500
 of every

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.859
 human,

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.379
 of every

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:57.680
 second,

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.160
 of every

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.519
 day.

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.879
 This is

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.500
 what happens

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.480
 when godliness

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.220
 is diluted

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.559
 out.

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.240
 This is

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.839
 what remains.

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.059
 This side

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.359
 of Eden,

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.119
 no one

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.419
 can put

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:08.720
 their hand

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:08.960
 up in

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.099
 that

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.440
 glass.

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.059
 Yes,

00:21:12.139 --> 00:21:12.480
 the image

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:12.819
 of god

00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:13.299
 continues,

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:13.740
 but the

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.279
 image has

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.679
 shattered.

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.700
 There is

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.659
 no place

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:17.980
 in the

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.779
 human heart

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.700
 where sin

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.220
 hasn't

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.679
 touched.

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.599
 And so

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.119
 this says

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.599
 something that

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.399
 we must not

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.859
 forget about

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.200
 the human

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.539
 heart.

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.619
 The heart

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.159
 cannot be

00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.500
 trusted.

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.839
 God

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.720
 is

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.299
 a man

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:31.720
 recently.

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.079
 He

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.380
 recently

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.819
 left his

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.279
 wife for

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:34.480
 another

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.759
 woman.

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.339
 And this

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:36.579
 man,

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.140
 he was a

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.579
 church-going

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:37.900
 man.

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.359
 And when

00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:39.599
 he was

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.079
 confronted

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.619
 about it,

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:41.440
 he said,

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.740
 but when

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.119
 I'm with

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.460
 this other

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.680
 woman,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.099
 I feel

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.519
 true to

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.059
 my heart.

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.799
 That's a

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.279
 church-going

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.859
 man saying

00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:48.099
 that.

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:50.759
 we have

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.500
 drunk too

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.099
 much of

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.679
 the lie

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.480
 that our

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.959
 hearts can

00:21:53.959 --> 00:21:54.399
 be trusted.

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.159
 That just

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.639
 because a

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.139
 feeling is

00:21:57.139 --> 00:21:57.759
 natural,

00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:58.399
 it must

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.000
 be followed.

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.519
 No.

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.719
 Look what

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.419
 comes naturally

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.779
 from the

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.039
 heart.

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.079
 And so

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.639
 the moral

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.459
 decline of

00:22:05.459 --> 00:22:05.799
 the world

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.199
 right now,

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.619
 it can be

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.399
 explained here.

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.859
 It is

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.719
 because godliness

00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.179
 is being

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:11.339
 abandoned and

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.019
 the heart

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.559
 is being

00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.139
 trusted.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.279
 This is

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.839
 why such

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.579
 outrageous

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.419
 immorality

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.480
 is celebrated.

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.220
 This is

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.580
 why such

00:22:20.580 --> 00:22:21.580
 crazy things

00:22:21.580 --> 00:22:21.840
 are being

00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.200
 believed.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.880
 God is

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.420
 getting pushed

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.900
 aside,

00:22:24.800 --> 00:22:25.200
 godliness

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.660
 is getting

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.600
 diluted out,

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.279
 and the

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.740
 heart is

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.160
 just being

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.759
 let loose.

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.440
 And this

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.980
 is why we

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.400
 feel that

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.900
 tug of war

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:34.460
 in ourselves.

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.600
 It's because

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.320
 our heart is

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.820
 like this.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.940
 The tug of

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.800
 war pulls

00:22:40.800 --> 00:22:41.240
 in that

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.720
 direction.

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.539
 And when we

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.960
 follow our

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.720
 hearts, we

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.200
 can think,

00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:47.180
 so what?

00:22:48.300 --> 00:22:48.759
 So what?

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.039
 I'm not

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.720
 hurting anybody.

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.200
 So what?

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.640
 I'm being

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.060
 true to

00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:51.480
 myself.

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.779
 Well, this

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.600
 passage shows

00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:54.100
 us, so

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.380
 what?

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.980
 Verse 7.

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.000
 So what?

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.700
 So the

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.279
 Lord said,

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.660
 I will

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.180
 blot out

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.400
 man whom

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.640
 I have

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.600
 created from

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.000
 the face

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.220
 of the

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.500
 land,

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.920
 for I am

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.640
 sorry that

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:05.820
 I have

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.160
 made them.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.340
 So what?

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.300
 So judgment.

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:13.360
 God sees

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.300
 the state of

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:15.019
 his once good

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.420
 creation,

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.500
 his precious

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.019
 image,

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.300
 now this,

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.560
 and it

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:19.840
 grieves

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.080
 him.

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.600
 He hates

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:22.900
 it.

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.820
 And when we

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.259
 see the word

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.440
 regret and

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.120
 the sorry

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:29.000
 describing God

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.900
 here, it's not

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.800
 saying that God

00:23:30.800 --> 00:23:31.480
 made a mistake.

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.000
 It's not saying

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.840
 that God

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.560
 messed up his

00:23:33.560 --> 00:23:34.420
 plan, whoops.

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.820
 No, it's human

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:38.560
 language describing

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:39.680
 God's divine

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.019
 judgment.

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.119
 judgment.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.799
 It's human

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:44.000
 terms describing

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.039
 God's response

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.500
 to sin.

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.579
 He hates

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.079
 what man

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.599
 has become.

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.539
 And so he

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.259
 says, I must

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.779
 blot out

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.019
 man.

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.440
 It's like when

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.099
 someone drags

00:23:55.099 --> 00:23:55.700
 dirt into your

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.420
 house, you

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:58.200
 see it, and

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.599
 you have to

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.119
 wipe it away,

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.799
 don't you?

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.539
 Well, God

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.740
 sees the dirt

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.359
 of our hearts

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.819
 in his house,

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:04.519
 and he must

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.079
 blot it out.

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.980
 And that is

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.539
 why the flood

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.259
 comes next.

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.460
 But for now,

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.659
 it feels like

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:14.420
 Satan is winning

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.079
 this tug of

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.440
 war, doesn't

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.579
 it?

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.559
 He's winning

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.019
 it in this

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.759
 world with

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.079
 the moral

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.480
 decline.

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.180
 He's winning

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.639
 it in our

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.879
 hearts as we

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.579
 give in to

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.519
 evil again and

00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:23.799
 again.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.539
 It's like

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.139
 East of Eden,

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.519
 all the colour

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.680
 of godliness is

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.359
 getting diluted

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.680
 out.

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.319
 But not

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.740
 completely.

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.859
 Because look

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.519
 how this passage

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.940
 ends.

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:38.100
 But Noah

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:39.640
 found favour

00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:40.059
 in the eyes

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.440
 of the Lord.

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.400
 It's like

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.680
 God has

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.519
 preserved this

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.539
 one flash of

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.059
 colour in the

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.320
 world.

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.000
 And it's

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.600
 found in a

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.080
 man, a

00:24:50.080 --> 00:24:50.580
 man who

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.420
 finds favour

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.920
 with God,

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:54.019
 a son who

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.700
 walks with

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:54.980
 God.

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.559
 And that is

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.080
 where we can

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.519
 find colour

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.820
 in this

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.059
 world.

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.420
 Because if

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.580
 Satan is

00:25:03.580 --> 00:25:04.080
 diluting

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.820
 godliness out

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.039
 of this

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.340
 world, if

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.019
 evil is

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.559
 continually

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.059
 there in

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.159
 the

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.939
 heart, what

00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.259
 do we

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.439
 need?

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:08.839
 What do

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.139
 we need?

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.779
 We need

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.399
 righteousness.

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.019
 And when

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.899
 Christ came

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.720
 and walked

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.299
 amongst the

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.000
 wickedness of

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.480
 this world,

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.019
 he was like

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.419
 the most

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.279
 intense,

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.720
 saturated,

00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.619
 flash of

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.980
 colour in

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.579
 this washed

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.079
 out world.

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.799
 A colour

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.639
 that Satan

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.379
 can never

00:25:27.379 --> 00:25:27.919
 dilute.

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.779
 The son

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.419
 who walked

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.779
 with God

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.299
 perfectly,

00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:32.199
 the man

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.579
 who found

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.679
 complete favour

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.159
 with God.

00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:36.139
 And if

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.579
 you looked

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.059
 into his

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.500
 heart,

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.480
 looked deep

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.019
 down and

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.639
 stared into

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.079
 that colour,

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.839
 what do you

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.299
 find in

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.559
 Jesus'

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.099
 heart?

00:25:42.679 --> 00:25:43.240
 Every

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.419
 intention of

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.960
 the thoughts

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.259
 of his

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.759
 heart was

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.699
 never evil

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.279
 continually.

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.399
 Every

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.299
 intention of

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.799
 the thoughts

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.039
 of his

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.699
 heart was

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.919
 only holy

00:25:53.919 --> 00:25:55.599
 and pure

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:57.059
 and good

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.939
 and God

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.480
 honouring

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.159
 all the

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.480
 time.

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.179
 Satan

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.899
 tries to

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.439
 dilute out

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.779
 godliness

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.740
 but nothing,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.079
 nothing can

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.480
 wash out

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.959
 the righteousness

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.579
 of Christ.

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.539
 And this

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.859
 is what we

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.259
 need right

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.500
 now.

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.779
 If you're

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.259
 not trusting

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.619
 in Jesus

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.079
 today,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.619
 but you

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.139
 see this

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.619
 washed out

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.000
 world,

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.980
 you see

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.459
 the state

00:26:20.459 --> 00:26:20.740
 of your

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.279
 heart and

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.659
 you wonder,

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.299
 is there

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.659
 any hope?

00:26:22.719 --> 00:26:22.939
 Is there

00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.679
 any answer

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.379
 to all of

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.719
 this?

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:26.240
 Well,

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.679
 there is.

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.659
 There is a

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.740
 way to be

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.199
 right with

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.439
 God,

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:32.099
 to find

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.719
 favour with

00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:32.899
 him,

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.459
 and it's

00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:34.779
 found in

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.099
 a man.

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:36.859
 It's

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.179
 found in

00:26:37.179 --> 00:26:37.539
 Christ.

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.139
 And when

00:26:40.139 --> 00:26:40.939
 you trust

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.059
 him,

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.359
 something

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.059
 remarkable

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.599
 happens.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.819
 All the

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.599
 colour of

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.899
 his

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.539
 righteousness

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.939
 he gives

00:26:46.939 --> 00:26:47.519
 to you,

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.639
 all his

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.319
 righteousness

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.019
 he puts

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.619
 to your

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.019
 name,

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.959
 he is

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.559
 the only

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.179
 relief in

00:26:54.179 --> 00:26:54.599
 this washed

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.000
 out world.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:57.879
 And that

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.139
 is what

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.779
 has already

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.199
 happened to

00:26:59.199 --> 00:26:59.319
 you,

00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.599
 Christian.

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.279
 This

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.919
 passage is

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.219
 heavy,

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.699
 it can

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.139
 weigh on

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.319
 us,

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.599
 can't

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.759
 it?

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.740
 We

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.159
 might look

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.539
 back at

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.419
 how our

00:27:08.419 --> 00:27:09.000
 hearts were

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.839
 pulled in

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.179
 all those

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.679
 directions,

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.159
 how we

00:27:12.159 --> 00:27:12.579
 gave into

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.019
 that tug

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.319
 of war

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.779
 too many

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.319
 times.

00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:15.159
 We may

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:15.459
 look at

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:15.879
 our hearts

00:27:15.879 --> 00:27:16.519
 now and

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.879
 it's like

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.339
 we see

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.879
 no colour

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.339
 at all,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.659
 and our

00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:20.339
 sin just

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.959
 weighs on

00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.219
 us.

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:23.279
 take

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.579
 comfort

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.079
 Christian,

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.360
 in

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.860
 Christ,

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.279
 God does

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.740
 not see

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:27.960
 that

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.480
 anymore.

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.839
 All the

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.420
 righteousness

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:32.180
 of Christ

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.079
 belongs to

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.299
 you,

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.039
 all that

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.640
 colour

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:35.660
 is now

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.180
 yours.

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.740
 In

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.160
 Christ,

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.360
 you really

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.079
 have found

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.579
 favour with

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:40.799
 God.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.799
 This life

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.480
 may feel

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.960
 like a tug

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.380
 of war,

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.400
 but praise

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.620
 God,

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.120
 there is

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.699
 relief,

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.899
 there is

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.219
 the

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:51.599
 righteousness

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.279
 of Christ,

00:27:53.479 --> 00:27:54.459
 and in

00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:54.719
 him,

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.699
 you will

00:27:55.699 --> 00:27:56.319
 never lose

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:56.719
 this war.

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.759
 Nothing

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.259
 can drown

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.619
 him out,

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.179
 nothing

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.519
 can wash

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.839
 out that

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.059
 colour

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.379
 from your

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.699
 life.

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.619
 Let's

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:04.819
 pray.