WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.620 Genesis chapter 3. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.380 But the serpent said to the woman, 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:45.439 You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. 00:00:46.340 --> 00:00:58.100 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of it its fruit and ate. 00:00:58.100 --> 00:01:04.240 And she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:09.140 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. 00:01:09.980 --> 00:01:13.700 And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:14.579 Amen. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.200 Nice to have the key stop by Jan. 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:24.780 I think many of us would be like Sarah. 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:28.260 We think Sarah can be a wizard or a witch at times. 00:01:28.659 --> 00:01:33.460 They can cast spells and change things in the world or change things in our life. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.200 And I think that is a good start for the sermon. 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:46.079 This is the picture of Paul with his big hammer. 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.539 Before we start, shall we pray? 00:01:52.039 --> 00:02:00.640 Almighty God, we thank you for creating us and also making us the people who have desire. 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:07.900 May you help us this morning as we consider your word and your world. 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:15.539 May you sanctify our desires that we might seek first your kingdom and your righteousness in all that we do. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:16.620 Thank you, Lord. 00:02:16.660 --> 00:02:17.860 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:18.760 Amen. 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:23.420 I'll read to you a quote. 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:30.040 God is dead. 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:31.820 God remains dead. 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:33.740 And we have killed him. 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:36.100 How shall we comfort ourselves? 00:02:36.860 --> 00:02:40.480 The murderers of all murderers. 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:48.039 What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet on has bled to death under our lives? 00:02:48.739 --> 00:02:51.519 Who will wipe this blood of us? 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:55.159 What water is there for us to clean ourselves? 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:57.739 What festivals of atonement? 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:00.899 What sacred games shall we have to invent? 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:05.479 Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:10.019 Must we ourselves not become God simply to appear worthy of it? 00:03:12.019 --> 00:03:19.839 A famous writing by Friedrich Leacher around 1880. 00:03:20.859 --> 00:03:23.839 Friedrich Leacher was born in Germany. 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:30.560 Some people consider him to be one of the greatest thinkers in the history of mankind. 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:31.659 Could be not sure. 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:34.319 But he only had a very short life. 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:36.319 He died at 56. 00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:41.120 From 1844 to 1900. 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:46.140 And the last 11 years of his life, 00:03:47.420 --> 00:03:49.319 he lived in a mental asylum. 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:52.259 So he had a mental breakdown. 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:59.379 So he lived only, basically he was productive until 45. 00:03:59.739 --> 00:04:02.719 But over all these years, he written many, many books. 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:07.419 And they're all very high quality books. 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:09.899 And he already was a great thinker. 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:15.859 He knew Greek, Hebrew, not Latin, besides German. 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:19.939 So you can imagine how intelligent he was. 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:23.540 He became a professor at 24 years of age. 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:28.180 But he only worked in the uni for about 10 years and he resigned. 00:04:28.699 --> 00:04:32.060 He couldn't work with all his colleagues. 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.120 I think because his mind is so different to other people, 00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:38.639 he basically resigned. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:40.720 And also he didn't enjoy good health. 00:04:41.339 --> 00:04:44.279 And he moved to a quite faraway place. 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:48.319 And they started writing books for about 10 years. 00:04:48.699 --> 00:04:54.339 He wrote all those books under the care of his mother and also his sister. 00:04:54.799 --> 00:04:57.119 He hated his mother and his sister, by the way. 00:04:57.579 --> 00:05:04.759 I suppose he just couldn't tolerate anyone who could not share his thoughts and his mind. 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.980 He had four major principles for people to know. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:11.459 Okay. 00:05:12.019 --> 00:05:13.860 One, envy is good. 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:16.579 Two, Christianity is bad. 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.079 Three, alcohol is bad. 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.860 And four, God is dead. 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:26.300 So, I suppose it's unfair to summarize this for this. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:30.379 But if you want to know just briefly about this man. 00:05:31.780 --> 00:05:36.060 He considered Christianity and alcohol to be equally bad, in a sense. 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:38.860 Because he drank, he drank alcohol. 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:40.300 And his father was a priest. 00:05:40.580 --> 00:05:43.100 So he knew the Bible better than us, actually. 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:45.759 He could use the Bible in the original language. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.300 And he also drank alcohol. 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:50.579 And he got drunk. 00:05:51.099 --> 00:05:57.439 And after that, he realized that both Christianity and alcohol were equally bad. 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:01.759 He thought that they both make people stupid and unproductive. 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:08.379 And what Lucha hated the most about Christianity was the suppression of envy. 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:13.300 So, envy is defined as the desire to get what someone else has. 00:06:13.300 --> 00:06:14.639 Well, I don't have. 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:15.539 Somebody has. 00:06:16.659 --> 00:06:18.519 Christianity told people not to envy. 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:21.779 And Lucha said, envy is good. 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:31.039 So, if you envy your classmates' good exam results, you will work hard, wouldn't you, to get a better result next time. 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:37.740 If you envy your friend's nice car, then you will work hard to get a better car. 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:43.039 So, envy gives you the motive to work harder and to improve yourself. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.600 Envy also improves the economy. 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:54.420 When everybody starts to spend more money to get what they envy, that will create more jobs and more tax for the government and more development. 00:06:54.420 --> 00:07:00.180 And that's true in one sense. 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:02.740 And in writing God is dead. 00:07:02.740 --> 00:07:08.379 And in writing God is dead, Lucha was not mourning for the fact that nobody believed in God anymore. 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.319 I mean, he's a thorough atheist. 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:18.459 He was simply stating the fact that God was no longer relevant to the modern society. 00:07:19.459 --> 00:07:23.719 He wanted people to admit this fact that God was dead and to go on from there. 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.400 He said, we do not want people to live illogically. 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:36.220 I mean, at this time or even now, many people believe in God, but we don't live as if God matters anyway. 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:38.360 So, for Lucha, why? 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:44.260 I mean, why believe in God if you don't even actually live in God's ways? 00:07:44.460 --> 00:07:45.540 It's illogical. 00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:54.439 And he said, you just think that God is dead and go on from there and you'll be free. 00:07:55.480 --> 00:08:00.580 And you can rise up to decide what is good and what is evil yourself. 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:10.300 And in his later years, Lucha realized that people do not necessarily follow the rules to get what they envy. 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:16.460 So, if I envy your exam results, I do not necessarily need to work hard to get the result. 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:17.600 I can cheat. 00:08:18.520 --> 00:08:23.020 Or I can do something to pull you down so that you don't get such a good result. 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:31.060 So, if I envy your car, I don't necessarily need to work hard to get one myself. 00:08:31.180 --> 00:08:31.920 I can steal yours. 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:35.919 Or I can cheat on my tax, return tax. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.919 So, I can't. 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:44.500 So, he realized that people don't follow the rules necessary to get what they want. 00:08:46.599 --> 00:08:54.319 And we can also see that we have so many new laws, rules in the society because people are very smart. 00:08:54.479 --> 00:08:59.919 We always think of some way and some loopholes to get what we want. 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:03.079 We don't usually necessarily to follow the rules of the government. 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:06.080 We don't usually do the rules of the government. 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:10.320 And then, who has the right to decide the rules anyway, to start with? 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:15.800 And then, why should we all be the rules that are decided by people? 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:25.480 So, that was what made Lucha thought the world needing some people or evolve into a better people. 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.180 So, he called these people Superman. 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:36.100 So, that's why he said, must we also not become God simply to appear worthy of it? 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:43.120 So, he knew that if we get rid of the idea of God, we need something to replace that. 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:46.100 You can't just without someone who is in charge. 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:51.820 And so, he think about this idea of Superman. 00:09:52.820 --> 00:09:57.460 And so, these people would guard the world from the destructive behaviors of envy. 00:09:58.460 --> 00:10:01.279 So, our generation has the same longing, don't we? 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:05.100 We see all these movies and games. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:12.759 We long for heroes or heroines who would maintain order and justice in the world. 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:17.700 And all expressing all the movies and stories. 00:10:17.700 --> 00:10:26.060 So, we see in ourselves and the world around us the desire to be God or desire to be in charge. 00:10:27.560 --> 00:10:35.460 If there is a God, if there actually is a God, why would he create creatures who want to replace him in the first place? 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:41.680 So, from Genesis, we knew that God created man in his own image. 00:10:42.860 --> 00:10:46.259 Humans can think, feel, and make decisions. 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:48.620 Humans can love. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:53.759 And such a creature needs to have a will. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:58.240 Such a creature needs to have a sense of self. 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:04.000 So, for me to be able to love, I need to have a sense of me as a person. 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:12.080 Once I have a sense of me being a person, I can choose to love myself or love God or love others more. 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:16.820 And we can see this in children as they grow up. 00:11:17.160 --> 00:11:20.020 When they are young, their sense of self is developing. 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:25.940 And you can see that they could sing and dance before other people without feeling embarrassed. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:33.980 But as they get older, they start to feel embarrassed because they are self-conscious. 00:11:34.560 --> 00:11:37.740 And also, when they are young, they adore their parents. 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:48.080 And as they become teenagers, they would feel that their parents are no longer relevant to their lives. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:53.580 So, the smarter the child, the sooner he will disobey his chief parents. 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.799 A smart mind wants to be in charge. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.680 A smart mind wants to decide what is good and evil. 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:09.079 It is easy to love God and obey God if loving God and obeying God makes us more successful in getting what we want. 00:12:10.479 --> 00:12:18.000 So, if I said, believe in Jesus and you will enjoy a good life, you have good health, and you will be wealthy. 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:21.299 I suppose the church will be full of people. 00:12:22.099 --> 00:12:24.559 But such a love is not real love. 00:12:24.719 --> 00:12:26.699 And such an obedience is not real obedience. 00:12:26.700 --> 00:12:35.540 But if our being God leads us to lose, or leads to us losing an opportunity to be wealthier or happier, 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:39.940 and if loving God leads to suffering, our love is then being tested. 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:45.600 And will we still love ourselves more or love God more in that circumstances? 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:50.940 So, God has created two smartest persons in the whole universe. 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:55.580 Adam and Eve would be conscious of themselves as persons. 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:59.340 They were the king and queen of the ancient world. 00:13:00.140 --> 00:13:02.560 They decided on the names of other creatures. 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:06.480 They decided on the way to manage their environment. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:14.500 And there was one thing they were not to decide, at least not while they were still immature. 00:13:15.140 --> 00:13:18.000 The thing was, what was good and what was evil. 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:24.800 God remained the one who decided on what was good and what was evil. 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:30.659 Smart people do not like to be told what to do, as James said. 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:33.959 They want to tell others what to do. 00:13:34.859 --> 00:13:40.939 And there was a chance that Adam and Eve would want to decide what was good and what was evil themselves. 00:13:42.599 --> 00:13:45.799 In Genesis 3.5, the servant said to Eve, 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:59.359 Up to that point, Adam and Eve had only known God's goodness. 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.379 They loved each other. 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:03.459 They had purpose in life. 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:06.719 They enjoyed their world. 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.320 They had great relationship with God. 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:13.560 I suppose they could still injure themselves while doing gardening. 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:17.899 However, they had access to fruits which can restore their health. 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:24.220 The only possible evil was eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:32.980 They might not know why God would play such a trade amid the garden and forbade them from eating its fruit. 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:36.180 But why would they want to eat that fruit anyway? 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.899 There are plenty of other good fruits to choose from. 00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:46.500 God left one chance in the garden for Adam and Eve to disobey him. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:51.180 It did not cost Adam and Eve anything to obey God. 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:57.159 In fact, God wanted them to eat from the trees whose fruits would keep them alive forever. 00:14:58.239 --> 00:15:00.659 There was one tree whose fruit would kill them. 00:15:02.099 --> 00:15:04.899 Does it take any intelligence to make the right choice? 00:15:05.739 --> 00:15:09.120 The fact is that it does not take much intelligence to obey, 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:12.859 but it takes a lot of intelligence to disobey. 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:18.419 The smarter a person is, the more likely he or she is going to disregard others. 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:24.699 If you tell a child not to play with power outlets to avoid getting electrocuted, 00:15:25.479 --> 00:15:29.439 the chance is that this will stir a smart child to explore the power outlet. 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:33.899 The child has not experienced a pain of electrocution before, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:37.579 neither has he seen someone getting electrocuted. 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:39.419 He will downplay the warning. 00:15:39.419 --> 00:15:43.659 He also thinks he's smart enough to do what he likes. 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.240 We all still do that. 00:15:46.459 --> 00:15:52.219 We downplay the adverse consequence of unhealthy lifestyles and unwise choices 00:15:52.219 --> 00:15:56.839 and think that we are smart enough to do whatever we like. 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:03.560 For example, there are lots of information about the harmful effect of tobacco, 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:07.600 but there are still young people wanting to try smoking cigarettes. 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:10.960 And why don't our government ban the sale of tobacco? 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:14.340 The government considers not only health issues, 00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:17.120 but they also need to take economy into account, 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.160 human nature into account. 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.539 And so, just like power outlets, even though it's dangerous, 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:26.879 but we don't build a house without power outlets, 00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:31.019 because they have other purpose. 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:35.919 So God's aim is more than simply avoiding sin and death. 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.699 His aim is to have a people of his own, 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.879 a people who will share his joy, 00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:44.519 a people who will love and obey him willingly. 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:49.120 We may not understand what role the tree of knowledge of good and evil 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.480 play in the bigger scheme of things, 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:54.360 but we cannot say that because it was dangerous, 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:57.179 God should not have put it in the garden. 00:16:58.299 --> 00:17:01.319 So the servant found a weak point in God's creation. 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:04.440 Creating human in God's image, 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:07.200 that is, human who are capable of love, 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:10.879 is both the glory of God's creation, 00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.420 the pinnacle of God's creation, 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:15.759 and the weakest aspect of his creation. 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:20.519 We know that love can bring us great joy or great sorrow. 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:25.400 Some of us have been hurt because we try to love someone, 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:27.740 and we will not dare to love again. 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:31.720 Love is God's love. 00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:35.400 And he created us in his image. 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:43.180 The fact that we can love also means that we can choose to love ourselves more than loving God. 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.660 The servant proceeded to redirect Eve's love towards herself. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.480 Look at the fruit. 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:52.920 Doesn't it please your eyes? 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.600 Go ahead and eat it. 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.420 You will enjoy it, 00:17:56.820 --> 00:17:58.080 and you will become like God, 00:17:58.300 --> 00:17:59.580 knowing what is good and evil. 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:02.280 Don't worry about death. 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.420 I have not listened to God's orders. 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.519 I am still alive. 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:07.700 Just enjoy your life now. 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:10.779 In the best way you can. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.519 Don't worry so much about the future. 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:15.039 You will be right, mate. 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:21.480 Eve started to think about herself. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.480 She wanted to improve herself, 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.119 to make herself a superwoman. 00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:29.460 She disregarded God's order and added the fruit. 00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:33.259 Adam listened to his wife and added the fruit as well. 00:18:34.340 --> 00:18:36.259 After their acts of disobedience, 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:39.319 they started to have guilt and shame. 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:42.840 Before this, they knew what was good, 00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.559 but not what was evil. 00:18:45.340 --> 00:18:47.940 Their disobedience revealed to them what was evil. 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:51.720 The seduction for them to disobey God was evil. 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:54.860 Their action of disobedience to God was evil. 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:58.139 Their thought of being independent of God 00:18:58.139 --> 00:19:00.199 and being in charge of evil. 00:19:02.199 --> 00:19:05.139 Did Adam and Eve really want to be God? 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.139 Yes and no. 00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:10.779 Yes, in the sense that they wanted to take charge of their life. 00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:12.779 They wanted to decide what was good 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:14.279 and what was evil for themselves. 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:19.559 No, in the sense that they did not even know who God is, 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.519 in the sense that they knew about God, 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:24.940 but not fully what God was. 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:29.859 They did not know God well enough to be God, 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.700 in that sense. 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:33.240 So you cannot become what you do not know. 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.559 When we say we want to be God, 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.940 what we mean is usually we want to be in charge. 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.960 We want to decide for ourselves 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:44.519 how we should live for our life. 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:49.299 Richard's idea of having a group of supermen 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.740 replacing the role of God 00:19:50.740 --> 00:19:53.579 was adopted by Adolf Hitler. 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:56.539 Hitler thought he was one of those supermen. 00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:59.799 He decided what was good and evil 00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.799 not only for himself. 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.000 For himself, he wanted to decide that for the world. 00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:06.460 He proceeded to modify the world. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:10.039 So his attempt, his failed attempt, 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.319 he failed attempt to nurture a superior race 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:17.460 and to eliminate inferior races. 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:20.819 And his attempt led to untold suffering 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.759 for the whole world. 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:25.919 Despite failed attempts of emperors, 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:27.539 presidents and individuals 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:29.240 in the history of mankind, 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.440 generation after generation 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:33.420 still wants to be God. 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:35.779 We can look at our own choices. 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.319 How do we decide what is good 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:40.079 or bad for ourselves? 00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.279 Does God have any say 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.799 in our choices of spouses, 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.960 our marriage, 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:46.279 our careers, 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.839 our purchases, 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.779 our entertainments? 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:53.279 Like Adam and Eve, 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:55.160 we all want to decide 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:57.559 what is good and evil for ourselves. 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:01.139 We are quite stuck then. 00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.440 The Bible and the history 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:05.160 tell us 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:06.859 that people who choose to live 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:08.700 who need to satisfy their own desires, 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.779 people who choose to ignore God, 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.279 will end in destruction. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.680 However, 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.399 we can hardly help ourselves 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.519 but to do things 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.399 our own ways. 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.660 For some of us, 00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:22.440 the destructive end 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.960 may not be the worst thing. 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.200 The worst thing is that 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.160 we do not even enjoy being our own God. 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.920 Do you think Adam and Eve 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.819 enjoy eating the forbidden fruit? 00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:35.359 After eating the fruit, 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.759 they were not filled with joy, 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.819 but they were burdened 00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.519 with shame and guilt. 00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.899 I think that is the effect 00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:44.339 the servant would like to see. 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.899 The devil delights in God's people 00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:49.099 being filled with shame and guilt. 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:52.220 If we want to be God ourselves, 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:55.039 we must kill God first. 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.659 Otherwise, 00:21:55.879 --> 00:21:57.519 we will not have any enjoyment in life. 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:59.799 If we say that we know God 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:01.700 but live a life 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.660 that have nothing much to do with God, 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.740 then there will not be much joy 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.880 and peace in our life. 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:09.980 So do we have any hope 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:12.019 of getting out of this? 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:16.080 Yes, if we know what God is like. 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.819 If God is like us, 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.480 then we will have no hope. 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.480 But God is not like us. 00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:24.200 So what did God do 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:26.279 in response to our desire to kill Him? 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.340 God became a man 00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:29.600 and lived among us? 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:32.339 God did not become a superman. 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.819 He became a lowly man. 00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.879 And it was a difficult life. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.919 Jesus did not have attractive appearance. 00:22:39.639 --> 00:22:40.679 He did not have wealth. 00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.879 He did not have position. 00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:44.439 He told people to repent. 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.240 He told people to give up 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.879 their own kingship 00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:49.759 because the kingdom of God 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.480 was at hand. 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:52.959 Most people ignore Him 00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:54.599 except those who 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:56.219 came near Him for healing. 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:58.860 Those in authority 00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.500 hated Him 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.500 because Jesus did not 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.339 follow their rules. 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.220 Eventually, 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.360 the rulers of the world 00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:04.960 killed Him 00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.380 with the support 00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.240 of most people. 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.539 To the first Adam, 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.440 sorry, 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.819 for the first man Adam, 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.519 obedience to God 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.500 meant rest 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:17.160 and life. 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.360 Adam chose 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.660 to disobey. 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.420 To the second man, 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.839 Jesus, 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.600 obedience to God 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:25.819 meant suffering and death. 00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.500 Jesus chose 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.639 to obey. 00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.039 Adam chose 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.579 to decide 00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.319 what was good 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.039 and evil 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.259 and resulted 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.859 in death 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.539 for himself 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.259 and the world. 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.799 Jesus chose 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.700 to let God decide 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.299 what was good 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.799 and evil 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.899 and resulted 00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.799 in resurrection 00:23:40.799 --> 00:23:42.200 for himself 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.439 and those who trust Him. 00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.700 The servant 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:47.059 wants to tend people 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.759 to love themselves 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.200 more than they love God. 00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.299 God lets it happen. 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.579 As people 00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.240 love themselves 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.939 more and more, 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.820 they want to kill God 00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:57.059 and God lets it happen. 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.380 But as Jesus 00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.259 died on the cross, 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.000 God also provided 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.940 a way for people 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.900 to love Him again. 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.660 We have betrayed 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.299 God's love 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.059 towards us 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.180 when we listened 00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:10.320 to another voice 00:24:10.320 --> 00:24:11.140 and decided 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:12.860 to be God 00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.380 ourselves. 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.740 We can hear 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.220 the servant 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.200 laugh and say, 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:19.120 and you have 00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.720 killed Him. 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.000 How shall you 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.940 comfort yourself, 00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.059 the murderers 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.019 of all murderers? 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.420 What was the holiest 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.039 and mightiest 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.600 of all 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:28.559 that the world 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.100 has yet on 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.640 has bled 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:31.160 to death 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.100 under your life? 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.559 Who will wipe 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.059 this blood 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.559 of you? 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.259 What water 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.700 is there 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:36.980 for you 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.779 to clean yourself? 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.519 The servant 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.140 was right. 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.100 The best way 00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.440 for us 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:43.160 to go forward 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.880 is to forget 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:46.200 what we have lost 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.680 and enjoy 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.560 what we still have. 00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:49.240 The servant 00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.220 is wrong as well. 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.540 On the cross, 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.360 Jesus provided 00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.920 the water 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.140 that cleanses. 00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.120 God has shown 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.160 His love to us 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.860 in that while 00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:59.000 we want to kill Him, 00:24:59.580 --> 00:25:00.380 He sent His Son, 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.120 Jesus Christ, 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.000 to die for us. 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.720 Smart people 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.400 think they have 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.340 managed to kill God. 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.560 If you tell them 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.620 that God redeemed us 00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.460 through this death, 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.600 they will laugh 00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:11.040 at God's foolishness 00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.800 and weakness. 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.200 But for those 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.039 who have eyes 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.419 to see 00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:14.960 and ears 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.480 to hear, 00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.879 they will bow 00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.700 before the glory 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.680 of God's grace. 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.339 Knowing that 00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.180 our attempts 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.740 to be God 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:24.559 lead to 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.299 miseries 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.000 and destruction, 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.819 knowing that 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.559 God has come 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.440 to redeem us 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.359 from our folly, 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.059 should we stop 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.139 desiring to be God? 00:25:34.399 --> 00:25:35.440 We should stop 00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:35.960 our desire 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.839 to be in charge, 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.960 but we should 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.740 indeed desire 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.879 to be like God. 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.399 God has done 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.800 everything 00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.519 so that we 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.100 can become 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.880 conformed 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.400 to the image 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.080 of His Son, 00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.000 Jesus Christ. 00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.540 God wants us 00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.320 to be like Him, 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.600 to be holy 00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.440 and kind. 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.800 The more we are 00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.300 like Jesus, 00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.360 the more freedom 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.019 we have. 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.200 The more we are 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.700 like Jesus, 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.519 the less the things 00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.019 of the world 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.240 trouble us. 00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.820 Even though 00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.620 Jesus was in 00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.500 the form of God, 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.600 He did not count 00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.600 equality with God 00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.940 a thing to be grasped, 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.180 but empty Himself 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.960 by taking the form 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.820 of a servant, 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.940 being born 00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.600 in the likeness 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.080 of man. 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.860 Jesus' joy 00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:17.120 was in God 00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.759 the Father. 00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.299 He lived 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.940 in joyful 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.420 obedience 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.820 to God. 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.440 Jesus did not 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.259 come primarily 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.920 to solve 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.519 any problem. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.500 He came in 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.259 obedience to 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.160 God the Father. 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.820 Jesus did not 00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.560 come as a 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.080 superman. 00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.900 He came to 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.759 fulfill God's will. 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.759 God the Father. 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.359 Jesus lived 00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.700 in perfect rest 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.379 regardless of 00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.339 His circumstances 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.619 because He did 00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:40.579 not live for 00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:40.980 Himself. 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.879 He did not 00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.359 need to be 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.839 in charge. 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.759 He did not 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.420 need to heal 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.900 all the sick 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.440 people in the 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.619 world. 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.599 He did not 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.259 need to solve 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.839 all the problems 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.339 in the world. 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.940 His earthly 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.940 life was not 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.319 easy, 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.200 but He remained 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.500 restful because 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.079 He knew that 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.740 God was in 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.099 charge. 00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.279 Do you know 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.240 why the child 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.220 went mad? 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:02.559 I suspect 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.180 that He was 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.079 trying too hard 00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.839 trying to solve 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.339 the problem 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.920 of the world. 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.180 Richard tried 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.799 to be God 00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.339 himself. 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.360 He tried to 00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.039 save the world. 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.460 He told people 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.220 what was good 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.519 and what was 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.980 evil. 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.579 He had a 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.700 mental broke 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:22.000 down at 45 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.420 when He was 00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:24.220 trying to save 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.019 a horse from 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.600 being frogged 00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.339 by His owner. 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.500 He could not 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.759 figure out 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.359 why people 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.700 would not 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.079 listen to 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.279 Him. 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.119 People were 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.660 still drinking 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:35.119 alcohol and 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.640 people were 00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:36.299 still following 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.920 religion. 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.359 What more 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.940 can He do 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.079 to end the 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.660 stupidity 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.339 around Him? 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.140 He just 00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.539 could not. 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.420 When He 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.519 ignored God 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.160 and tried to 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.480 be God 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.900 Himself, 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.379 He had to 00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:49.859 go mad 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.759 because He 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.220 just didn't 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.720 have anything 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.140 in Him 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.859 that even 00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:56.980 resembles God 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.680 for Him 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.079 to solve 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.660 any problem. 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.759 He had to 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.500 be 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.220 to 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.720 desire to 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:02.980 be in 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.359 charge all 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.799 the time. 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.200 When things 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.539 do not 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.700 go as 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.240 you expect, 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.319 you will 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.059 feel frustrated 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.099 and anxious. 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.500 Even 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:13.539 as things 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.259 do go as 00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.779 you expect, 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.420 you will 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.039 still worry 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:17.579 about what 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.000 else will 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.500 go wrong. 00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.539 We can 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.900 go through 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.740 life worrying 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.680 about many 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.059 things. 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.940 We worry 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.460 about our 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.900 families, 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.619 we worry 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.039 about our 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.379 work, 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.279 we worry 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.700 about our 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.039 health. 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:30.079 if we 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.519 can humble 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.879 ourselves 00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.759 and go 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.420 before Him, 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.259 and if 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.879 Richard would 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.259 have done 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.559 that, 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.819 Richard's 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.460 problem was 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.319 God because 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.279 he ignored 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.680 Him and 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:40.859 his 00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.259 thought also 00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.879 was also 00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.240 God, 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.139 but he 00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.559 couldn't 00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:43.799 humble 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.839 himself to 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.539 accept that. 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.220 But if we 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.579 can humble 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.359 ourselves and 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.940 go to Him, 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.639 we will have 00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.339 a new life 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:52.039 because our 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.500 old life 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.539 will be 00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.940 dead in 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.379 Christ. 00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.340 God 00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:57.740 will be 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:57.960 free. 00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:00.380 And when we 00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:02.360 can give out our 00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:04.200 right to decide 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.940 what is good and 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.200 what is evil, 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.220 then we will 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.720 be free, 00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.300 and then we 00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.040 will share the 00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.940 joy of Jesus 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.400 Christ. 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.880 You may have 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.600 disobeyed God 00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.320 too many times 00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.960 and think that 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.020 there is no hope 00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.480 for you to 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.920 change. 00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.500 Still come to 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.860 Jesus. 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.640 His mercy is 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.760 more than all 00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:23.420 our sins. 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.300 let us 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:25.560 pray. 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.440 Father, we 00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.500 thank you for 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.960 giving us a 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.740 great Savior. 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.900 And we 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.660 have hope 00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:40.380 because of 00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.779 who you 00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.100 are. 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.900 And we 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.779 want to 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.700 adore you 00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.980 and honor 00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.240 you. 00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.480 Thank you, 00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.700 Lord. 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.340 We pray in 00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.960 Jesus' name. 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:49.940 Amen.