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 Thank you, Alex. Good morning, everyone. Good to see you all. Oh, actually, space. Breathing room. Isn't that good?

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 So it turns out the only way we had to do it was just to see who chooses to travel on a public holiday weekend to celebrate Buddha.

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 And now we know who are the ones who are going to be saved and those who are not.

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 It is a good day. Thank you for being here with us. Today is a good day. It's a day that the Lord has made and we rejoice.

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 We rejoiced. Why? Because today is the day that Arsenal Football Club will be crowned champions.

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 Yes. Yes. It's been a long wait. And here we are. So we are. And it's going to be an even better day.

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 We pray hard because it's also the day that Tottenham Hotspur may end up in the championship.

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 That will be the day. That is. Sorry, I have to get that out of the way before I go into the word of God.

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 But it's important. We've been going through Genesis.

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 I don't know if you've been like me, but as I've been going through Genesis, it almost feels like I've been going through it for the first time.

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 Because I've been looking at, wow, the creation account.

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 And then just from the beginning all the way to where we are now in Genesis chapter six,

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 which is probably the first famous story in Genesis that most of us, whether we grew up in church or not, will know about,

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 which is the story of Noah.

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 I realized there's so many things that I missed.

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 There's so many things that I missed.

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 And if you have your Bibles, please open it up with me just from the very beginning.

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 Genesis is the first book in the Bible.

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 And we're just going to go from the beginning.

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 And I'm going to do a quick recap.

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 Previously in Genesis, this is what happens.

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 Genesis chapter one, God speaks creation into life.

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 He keeps making things on the six days.

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 And then he says, what does he say after he makes every day?

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 It was good.

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 So he looks and he saw creation.

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 He said it was good.

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 But then in chapter two, he said something wasn't good.

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 What wasn't good in chapter two?

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 He saw, I think I heard it, he saw that man was alone and man could not be left alone because man is hopeless on his own.

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 And so he says, I will make a helper, a complimentary strength to help him.

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 And so chapter two zooms in to day six.

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 And then chapter three is where it really all goes wrong.

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 The man stays silent.

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 The woman listens to the serpent and eats the fruit.

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 And you think, what could be so bad about that?

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 Well, here it is.

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 The original sin, the original cause of sin is just the mistrust of God.

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 And Gabe told us it was also the misvaluing of God.

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 It's saying, God, you're not really worth as much as you should be to me.

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 And so I'm going to go in this direction first.

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 So the fruit is eaten.

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 And then Genesis chapter four, just when you thought it was just about fruit, it wasn't about fruit.

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 The fruit then leads to murder.

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 It leads to the first murder where a brother murders his other one.

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 And then you're like, whoa, that's bad.

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 And it's bad for Cain and he gets banished away.

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 But yet somehow God is still gracious.

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 And he says, hey, actually, I will still protect you.

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 But sadly, sin gives birth to more sin.

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 And the slippery slope of sin begins.

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 And what was a fruit then led to a murder.

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 Then at the end of chapter four led to Lamech, who I talked about last week.

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 The first gangster rapper who was rapping to his two wives and saying, I killed a man because he just looked at me wrong.

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 And he was proud of it.

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 And civilization was starting to build.

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 And culture was starting to happen.

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 But it wasn't the culture that God wanted.

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 This line of Cain that came down to Lamech was one that was violent, one that was aggressive, one that was oppressive.

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 And then you think, well, what hope do we have?

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 And then at the end of chapter four, you see there's a replacement for Abel and it comes in the name of Seth.

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 And then there's a line of Seth that happens.

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 And that group, that group is different.

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 And it's from that moment at the end of chapter four, it says, and people started to call upon the name of the Lord.

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 So while there was a group that was so hell bent on violence, there was another group that was starting to call upon the name of the Lord.

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 And then we started going down the genealogy from Adam all the way to Noah.

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 And one of the things that we notice there is we look at a boring list like Genesis chapter five.

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 You're looking at the rhythms.

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 You're looking at what's actually happening in the details.

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 And what you see, the first is, and he died.

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 And he died.

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 And he died.

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 And it was a constant reminder of the consequence of sin.

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 A constant reminder of the justice of God.

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 And he died.

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 And he died.

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 And he died.

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 And it reminds us that there is an end date to our lives.

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 Whatever we do, there is an end date.

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 Why?

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 Because we chose to go the other way.

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 Until that line, that rhythm was disturbed.

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 It was interrupted.

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 It reaches a guy called Enoch in the middle of Genesis chapter five.

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 And then suddenly, Enoch doesn't die.

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 The first person to not die.

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 Can you imagine everyone at that moment go, wait, everyone else died?

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 Why did Enoch not die?

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 Okay.

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 His life got cut short though, because he wasn't even middle-aged at that time.

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 He was only 365.

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 And most people at that point were living to 900.

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 But for some reason, Enoch did not die.

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 He walked with God.

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 And then he was not.

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 So God took him.

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 One of two people, Elijah and Enoch, who was taken.

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 Enoch then gives birth and fathers a line of people who actually do walk with God.

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 There's Methuselah.

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 Methuselah, the longest, the oldest man in the Bible, recorded in the Bible, 969.

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 His name meant, when he dies, it shall be sent.

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 Can you imagine growing up in school as Methuselah?

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 And everyone going, hey, what's your name?

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 Oh, my name is, when I die, it will come.

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 Can you imagine the jokes that would be thrown at Methuselah?

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 Hey, what's going to happen when you die, Methuselah?

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 What's going to come?

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 And so everyone knows that's his name.

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 Everyone knows that something's going to happen when Methuselah dies.

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 But before he dies, he fathers someone else called Lamech, not the gangster rapper Lamech in chapter four.

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 This is a Lamech who is a godly man.

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 And actually, we get to see in this list, this boring list of genealogies, we get to hear what he has to say.

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 And he says, I'm going to have another son.

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 And this son is going to bring rest and relief.

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 This son is going to be called Noah.

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 And out of the cursed ground, there will be relief.

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 And you're like, whoa, where did he hear that line from, right?

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 Where did Lamech, all these generations away from Adam, where did he hear that term that the ground is cursed?

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 Well, we discovered, I discovered last week, he heard that from Adam himself.

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 Because Adam had lived all the way through those different generations.

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 So Methuselah and Lamech would have actually spent time with the original man,

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 would have spent time with Adam and said, Adam, why did you eat the fruit?

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 And Adam would have had to explain.

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 Adam could have described what the garden would have been like.

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 So Methuselah and Lamech, Noah's dad and grandfather, would have lived with Noah in those years when Noah was given a very specific instruction.

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 And what was the instruction?

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 To build an ark.

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 And let me just stop there for a second.

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 What do you know about Noah?

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 When I say Noah, let's form a bass line.

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 What are you thinking about here?

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 The first thing I thought about was the song that I used to sing all the time.

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 The animals went in two by two.

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 Did you remember that song?

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 The animals went in two by two.

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 The elephant and the kangaroo.

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 And they all went into the ark for to get out of the rain.

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 This nursery rhyme that we read to our children about the animals going into the ark.

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 But we seem to have missed the point that this story is about the wrath of God wiping out mankind.

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 Hey, two-year-old, come and sing this song with me about how God killed everyone.

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 And so we look at this story and we go, well, what was it about?

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 Why was Genesis chapter 5 so intent on telling us the connection from Adam to Noah?

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 Adam lived with all the people in that list apart from Noah.

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 He missed Noah.

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 And so we're going to find out today.

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 And I hope as we look through this book, this chapter on Genesis chapter 6 and 7 today,

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 you'll find out something a bit more than just the animals went in two by two.

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 That there is a little bit more to the story.

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 There's a little bit more than what meets the eye here.

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 And so I'm going to invite Kara up to come and read the word of the Lord to us.

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 Can I invite you to stand for the word of God?

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 Today I'm going to read from Genesis 6, chapter, well, Genesis 6, verse 1 to 8.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 When men began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

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 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive,

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 and they took as their wives any they chose.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 My spirit shall not abide in men forever, for he is flesh.

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 His days shall be 120 years.

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 The Nephilim were on the earth on those days, and also afterward.

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 When the sons of God came in to the daughters of men,

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 they bore children to them.

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 These were the mighty men who were old, the men of renown.

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

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 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth,

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 and it grieved him to his heart.

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 So the Lord said,

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 I will blot out men whom I have created from the face of the land,

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 men and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens,

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 for I am sorry that I have made them.

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 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Praise be to God.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Thank you, Cara.

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 So there was hope.

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 There was another line, the Seth line,

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 that was call upon the name of the Lord.

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 But somewhere as the lines kept going,

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 five chapters in, ten generations down,

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 no one, even in the line of Seth,

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 actually makes it other than one family.

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 What happened there?

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 Honestly, this is one of the more confusing parts of the Bible

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 that are just hard to understand.

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 Because if you look at this,

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 there's things going on here that we're going to try and unpack.

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 But I want us to try and keep the main point the main point here.

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 Because we can actually go down rabbit holes

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 where we chase and actually look at things

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 that are maybe not necessarily unimportant,

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 but just things that we are,

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 it's impossible for understand.

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 Okay?

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 I was talking to a friend here who was reading C.S. Lewis recently.

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 And he was actually saying,

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 C.S. Lewis is really hard to read.

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 And I'm like, absolutely.

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 Mere Christianity is a book that maybe I've started five times.

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 And it's taken me time and time again to get to.

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 Because the English is just different.

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 If you think about the Chronicles of Narnia,

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 which you wrote,

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 you look at the English and you're like,

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 that is just,

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 it's actually from a different time.

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 It's actually a little bit harder to understand.

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 So can you imagine then,

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 if we find C.S. Lewis a little bit hard sometimes,

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 can you imagine going into the original book of the Bible

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 and looking at Genesis?

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 Undoubtedly, there are going to be things here

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 that we do not fully, fully get.

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 And I want to try and address some things.

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 I want to try and keep us on track

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 to what this passage is also really talking about.

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 But there are a few things that we can look at here.

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 So the lions start 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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 How did we end up with one lion

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 that was calling on the name of the Lord?

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 And eventually at the end,

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 there was only one family that survived.

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 The one word, compromise.

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 Compromise.

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 Remember from Genesis chapter three,

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 he already said to the serpent,

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 he said, hey,

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 there's going to be two lions of people.

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 There's going to be two types.

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 There's only two types of people in the world.

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 One that trusts God

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 and one that does not trust God.

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 That's what he's saying in Genesis chapter three.

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 And now you see here,

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 those two lions are happening.

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 It's in play.

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 But the problem here,

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 where it really goes wrong,

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 where it ends up to the point

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 where God wipes out everyone,

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 is because those two lions started to mix.

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 Let's find out what happens here.

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 The sons of God saw that the daughters of man

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 were attractive.

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 Now, there was a recent movie called Noah,

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 starring Russell Crowe,

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 maybe that I say recent,

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 but it was a good few years ago now,

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 where it really kind of fantasized

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 and dramatized this story here.

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 And some people are like,

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 oh, the sons of God,

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 were they the angels?

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 So did angels come

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 and actually start mixing with the human race?

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 If we look at the context of what's happened here,

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 the answer,

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 I don't think it is the case.

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 What we see here are two lions of people,

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 the sons,

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 the children,

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 the lion,

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 the offspring of Cain,

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 and the offspring of Seth,

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 and they are starting to mix.

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 What does it mean here?

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 The sons of God,

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 which would be the lion of Seth,

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 the good lion,

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 okay,

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 they 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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 We go back now,

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 Genesis chapter one,

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 God created and saw creation

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 and said that it was good.

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 But then Eve in chapter three says,

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 I saw the fruit

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 and the fruit looked good,

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 attractive.

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 It's actually the same word there.

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 And so suddenly in chapter three,

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 man takes control

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 and makes discerning choices themselves.

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 I think this is good.

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 And you see here in chapter six,

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 the same thing.

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 The sons of Seth look across

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 and see the attractiveness of the daughters

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 of the lion of Cain.

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 And they say,

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 I would like to choose that person as my wife.

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 It starts to unravel

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 when two lions start to mix.

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 It starts to get corrupted

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 when there is compromise.

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 This is actually a good place

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 to talk a little bit about,

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 as those who are followers of Christ,

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 one of the decisions that we're making,

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 especially when it comes to those we are dating

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 and those we are wanting to marry,

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 are these people,

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 ones that are in line with us.

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 Later in the New Testament,

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 talks about to not be yoked,

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 to not be tied to unbelievers.

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 Why?

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 Because it's a bad idea.

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 Because one person wants to go in this direction

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 and the other wants to go in this direction.

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 End of story.

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 Why would you want to tie yourself

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 to someone who is going in the opposite direction?

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 We see here a good case study

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 of when one lion that's supposed to be trusting in God

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 looks over and says,

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 I'm interested in that lion.

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 I think they're attractive.

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 I'm going to go over there.

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 And you can see that starts to happen.

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 And 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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 Again, going back to the beginning,

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 he creates us out of dust

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 and then he breathes life.

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 We are both dust and the life of God.

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 And God says here,

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 okay, they are just flesh.

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 They are alive because of my spirit.

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 But now I'm going to limit it.

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 And now it's going to be 120 years.

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 There's a couple of interpretations with this

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 that I'm not going to go through today.

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 One is actually that timer,

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 that countdown is basically saying,

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 I'm going to give mankind 120 years to repent.

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 This is the time for them to repent

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 and to turn back.

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 Why?

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 Because if they don't,

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 the flood's coming.

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 That's one interpretation.

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 Another one is that actually,

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 remember last week,

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 people lived up to 900 something years.

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 But as you see,

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 eventually mankind,

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 maybe because of the decisions that we made,

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 we actually end up around,

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 everyone lives under 120 years.

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 Whichever way you go,

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 it's basically God saying,

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 now there is a countdown.

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 There is a countdown to repent.

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 There is a countdown to go back

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 and choose me again.

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 And then carry on.

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 Verse four,

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 the Nephilim,

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 who were the Nephilim?

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 The word simply means the fallen ones.

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 But if you carry on going,

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 these were the sons of God

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 and they bore children

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 and these were the mighty men

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 who were of old,

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 the men of renown.

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 So there are some places

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 where it would depict giants,

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 sons of angels who are coming.

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 But really,

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 I would just say that these are just big men.

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 These were just big men who were warriors.

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 And this isn't that hard to understand.

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 There are big human beings around,

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 even in our world right now.

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 We probably live in the place,

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 in the world,

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 where maybe those here are

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 of more smaller stature.

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 But if you go to the west,

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 if you go to the north,

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 there are big human beings.

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 Something that we have to

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 kind of surrender here

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 is we simply don't truly understand

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 what mankind was developing like.

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 Imagine someone's living for 900 years

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 and he's eating,

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 or she's eating fruit

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 that comes from paradise.

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 This food was nutritious.

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 They're also working and farming

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 for 900 years.

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 Can you imagine how?

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 So these human beings,

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 it stands to reason,

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 do not look the same as us.

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 Does that make sense?

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 I go back to England sometimes

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 and I look,

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 I go from average height here in Hong Kong

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 to tiny, tiny in England.

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 And if I went to America,

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 it would be even worse.

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 And I look and I'm like,

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 okay, well, these human beings,

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 there were probably some

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 that were just bigger.

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 And the Nephilim here

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 were describing people

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 that were mighty warriors.

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 There are people in this world right now

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 that are seven feet tall.

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 These could be the ancestors

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 of even someone like Goliath,

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 around nine feet tall.

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 So what we have here then

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 is basically two lines,

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 mixing, compromising.

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 And what you end up is corruption.

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 And this is where God looks.

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 Remember chapter one,

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 God sees creation,

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 sees man and sees woman

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 and says it was good,

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 it was very good.

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 But sadly,

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 it only takes five chapters.

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man

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 was great in the earth

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 and that every intention

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 of the thoughts of his heart

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 was only evil continually.

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 Theologians call this concept

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 total depravity.

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 You look and you see

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 the heart of man

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 and you see the sin that exists.

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 You're like, okay,

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 I can see that people

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 are not truly pure.

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 This is the first thing

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 that I really think

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 we need to understand.

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 That we sat here

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 are not really good people.

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 Psalm 14 says,

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 there's no one who's good.

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 Jeremiah 17 says,

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 the heart is deceitful.

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 Have you ever described someone,

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 hey, no,

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 but that person has a good heart.

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 Yeah?

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 That's actually unbiblical.

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 Jesus himself said,

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 there is no one good.

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 And they're like,

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 okay, well, what about,

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 and I've joked about this before

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 and I truly do mean it.

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 What about the little babies?

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 What about those little helpless babies

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 like Lily?

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 Like,

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 Joe and Alex will tell you,

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 Lily's a sinner.

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 She'll scream

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 whenever she doesn't get

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 what she wants.

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 Connor, you teach

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 two to three-year-olds,

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 you see the depravity on show

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 amongst tiny little kids.

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 Psalm 51 says,

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 we were born in sin.

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 But you're like,

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 oh, yes, I know,

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 but there are some people

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 that are good.

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 Here's the thing.

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 There are some people

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 who are really honest

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 and really humble.

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 Well, actually,

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 I am inspired by something

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 that Tim Keller said

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 that actually there is no such thing

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 as true humility

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 amongst human beings.

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 I look at someone,

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 Caleb,

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 I don't mean this about you,

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 you're just here.

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 I look at Caleb

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 and I think he's just

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 a really prideful kind of guy.

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 Just really cocky.

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 And I'm like,

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 you know what?

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:06.980
 I don't want to be like Caleb.

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.960
 I want to be better than Caleb.

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 I want to be more humble than Caleb.

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 What am I doing?

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 What am I exhibiting?

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 Pride.

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 Because I'm saying

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 I'm better than him.

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 Can you see?

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 Even our thoughts.

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 Think about the other

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.480
 good things that you do.

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 Maybe the charity work

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 that you do.

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 Maybe the good intentions,

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.779
 the things that you do

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 to try and care for other people.

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 If you keep peeling back

00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.579
 while you're doing those things,

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 I think there's a

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:34.779
 people-pleasing element to it.

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 I think there's a

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 seeking people's approval

00:19:37.900 --> 00:19:39.059
 in it.

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 Even the good things.

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 Can I convince you of this?

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 That you are a sinner

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 through and through.

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 That there is no ability

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 in us

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.539
 to have

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 pure

00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:50.080
 and good

00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.840
 thoughts.

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 Even when on the outside,

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.240
 it looks like it.

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:54.940
 Caleb,

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 I'm just going to keep

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.880
 picking on you here.

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:57.819
 Here's a glass of water.

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 Would you like to drink

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.279
 this water?

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.620
 It's quite hot in here.

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.259
 You would love to drink

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.620
 this water

00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.120
 because it looks,

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.539
 it's clean.

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.660
 I got it from the water fountain

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.400
 that's just around there.

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.220
 Okay,

00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:07.840
 you can drink it.

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 One second.

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 Sorry,

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 that's gross.

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.500
 That's gross.

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 Would you still like

00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:18.900
 to drink this water?

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:21.900
 Okay,

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.640
 I may have picked

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.240
 the wrong person

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 because I think Caleb

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.660
 really would just

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 drink from this cup.

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:26.960
 Yeah.

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 Even I won't drink

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 from this cup anymore.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 this is us.

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 You may look

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 and you see

00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:36.979
 that you are,

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.039
 I'm a good person.

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 I'm not that bad.

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.219
 Well,

00:20:41.239 --> 00:20:41.759
 here's the point.

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:43.599
 You might even be 99%,

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:46.079
 but you're not 100%.

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:49.559
 And if we're not 100%,

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.479
 that means we can't

00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:51.359
 truly rely on

00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:51.939
 the thoughts

00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:52.959
 that we have going on.

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:54.279
 There's something about us

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.699
 that is filled with sin.

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 We are not good people

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:59.000
 who sin every now and again.

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 We are sinners

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.119
 who are living out

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.979
 the way that we're living out.

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 That's why we need a savior.

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.360
 I'm not going to drink from this.

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 I'm just going to leave

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.319
 this right here.

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.980
 Please no one drink from it.

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:10.059
 Can you see,

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:11.579
 that's what total depravity is.

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:14.539
 And once you understand that,

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.980
 we will start to understand

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.599
 the rest of the passage here.

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 The Lord saw that

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.240
 the wickedness of man

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.660
 was great

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.660
 and that every intention

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.539
 of the thoughts of his heart

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.839
 was only evil continually.

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.079
 And then the Lord regretted

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.900
 that he had made man

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.339
 on the earth

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.259
 and it grieved him

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.880
 to his heart.

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 And later it says

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.220
 he was sorry for it.

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:35.220
 Just an interesting point here,

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.140
 an important point here.

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.359
 God's not like,

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.279
 oh my goodness,

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.839
 I'm so sorry,

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:40.180
 I wish I could have,

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.640
 I'm changing my mind

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.119
 about mankind.

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.839
 It's not that.

00:21:43.619 --> 00:21:44.119
 What it is,

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.400
 is that it's anguish.

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:46.519
 It's anger.

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.220
 It's like a parent

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.480
 looking at a child

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:51.099
 who's living

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.160
 in a destructive way,

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.059
 not just to themselves,

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.900
 but to other people.

00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.279
 It's the heartbreak

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.980
 that comes

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.400
 with looking at a child,

00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.859
 looking at your own child

00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:00.439
 and seeing them inflict pain

00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:00.879
 on themselves

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.579
 and other people.

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.859
 It's that kind of regret.

00:22:02.959 --> 00:22:03.919
 It's that kind of sorrow.

00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:05.339
 It's that kind of anguish.

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.939
 And remember,

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:09.599
 God saw that his own children,

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.199
 Cain and Abel,

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.179
 were murdering each other.

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 So if you're a parent,

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.319
 imagine one of your own kids

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.419
 murdering someone else,

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.759
 murdering one of the siblings.

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.459
 It's that kind of anguish.

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.459
 It's that kind of pain.

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.740
 It's that kind of regret.

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.839
 And he looks and he says,

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.439
 this is not good.

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 Verse seven,

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:25.519
 and I will blot out man

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.279
 whom I have created

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.460
 from the face of the land,

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.460
 man and animals

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.359
 and creeping things

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:31.000
 and birds of the heavens,

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 for I am sorry

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.539
 that I have made them.

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:33.920
 Of course,

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.720
 the fish survive

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:36.859
 because fish can swim

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.879
 in the ocean,

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:40.079
 which I need to ask God about.

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.180
 There's some really scary fish.

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.559
 I'll ask him about rats

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.359
 and pigeons as well,

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.500
 how they manage.

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.039
 You're right.

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:45.859
 I'm like,

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.039
 God,

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.039
 you wiped them out

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.500
 the first time.

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.139
 Just let them be.

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.539
 But somehow the rats

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.940
 and the pigeons,

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.539
 they came back.

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.160
 But the Chinese

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.899
 redeemed the pigeons

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.779
 and we added a little bit

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.440
 of salt onto it

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.579
 and it ends up being

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.299
 something delicious.

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:58.279
 Sorry,

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.259
 that's completely side note.

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.519
 And he wipes everyone out.

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.480
 And you're like,

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.700
 okay,

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:03.879
 well,

00:23:03.899 --> 00:23:04.339
 this is it.

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.480
 This is the end.

00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:07.980
 And then the most powerful

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:10.200
 word in scripture

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.119
 comes,

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:12.799
 but.

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.819
 Just like the but

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.879
 in Ephesians 2,

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.299
 when we were dead

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.879
 in our sins,

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.779
 but God.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.599
 Now we see,

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:23.119
 verse eight,

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.099
 but Noah found favor

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:27.039
 in the eyes of God.

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.639
 So in the midst

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:30.219
 of both lines now,

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.839
 mixing to the point

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.619
 where actually

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.339
 there's no one left.

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.899
 Can you imagine

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:35.219
 within 10 generations,

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.980
 there is no one left

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.699
 who is worth saving.

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.839
 That's what compromise does.

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.939
 And if you're sat here going,

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:42.079
 I need to make a decision

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.799
 about a relationship.

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.679
 I need to make a decision

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.240
 about a job.

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:45.279
 I would encourage you,

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.259
 look at this passage

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.559
 and go,

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:46.799
 wait,

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.079
 where am I compromising

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.619
 in my life?

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.799
 Where am I actually

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.759
 making decisions

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.419
 that I am trying

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.419
 to justify myself

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:53.939
 based on my own flesh

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:55.140
 about what I like to see,

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.320
 but actually,

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.140
 it's ending up

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.720
 in compromise

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.340
 that ends up

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.980
 in corruption

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.860
 that ends up

00:23:59.860 --> 00:24:01.360
 being really evil.

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.000
 If we're truly

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.539
 to understand

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.120
 the love of God

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.779
 and the grace of God,

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.620
 we must understand

00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.360
 the wrath of God

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.299
 and the holiness of God.

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.240
 We have to understand

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.460
 both together.

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.340
 And we'll find out

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.039
 a little bit more here.

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.340
 But Noah found favor

00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:16.259
 in the eyes of the Lord.

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.180
 Just a little bit more,

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.860
 let's keep going down.

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.320
 Verse nine,

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.180
 these are the generations

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.600
 of Noah.

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.860
 Noah was a righteous man,

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.920
 blameless in his generation.

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.059
 Noah walked with God.

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.319
 Whoa, we heard that before.

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.639
 We heard that in Enoch,

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.940
 that he was someone

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.539
 who walked with God together.

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.339
 What does that mean?

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.919
 In the midst of this generation,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.179
 there was someone

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.139
 who was actually saying,

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.779
 hey, I'm just going

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.279
 to be different.

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.559
 I'm going to walk

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.200
 in a different way.

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.379
 Doesn't mean he's perfect.

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.299
 Next week,

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.700
 we're going to look

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.539
 at the end of Noah's life

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.039
 and it doesn't really

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.539
 end that well.

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.720
 So he's not perfect.

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.960
 When it says blameless here,

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.379
 all it means is that

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:46.919
 this was someone

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.500
 who was pursuing righteousness,

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.480
 who was trying

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.259
 to walk with God.

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.299
 That's all it was saying here.

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.579
 And now this family

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:55.139
 would be chosen.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.299
 They would find favor

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.240
 in the eyes of God.

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.139
 And a little bit more,

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.579
 scripture expands here.

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.460
 Now, verse 11,

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.460
 now the earth was corrupt

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.079
 in God's sight

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:03.019
 and the earth was filled

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.960
 with violence.

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.159
 And God saw the earth

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.579
 and behold,

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.339
 it was corrupt.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.059
 For all flesh

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.039
 had corrupted their way

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.839
 on the earth.

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.639
 You have to understand

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.240
 something about this

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.639
 because you're like,

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.539
 you might be sitting here

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.720
 going,

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.680
 I don't understand

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.680
 why God had to wipe that out,

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.559
 wipe the whole thing out.

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.680
 That's just cruel.

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.259
 It's just mean.

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:16.859
 It was unnecessary.

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.779
 He could have just helped

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.899
 the people who were kind of good

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:20.060
 and that would have been enough.

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.220
 But if you look into

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.840
 the word corrupt,

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.280
 the word corrupt there

00:25:24.280 --> 00:25:26.320
 really meant that actually

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.640
 creation was getting destroyed.

00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.500
 And so what he's doing,

00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:31.960
 he's destroying the destroyed.

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:35.160
 As he was looking at mankind,

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.600
 spiraling out of control,

00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.300
 following down

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:38.600
 this slippery slope of sin,

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.480
 what was happening

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.280
 was everything

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:41.280
 was becoming corrupt.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.480
 At the beginning,

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:44.019
 it looked like a pure glass of water

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.860
 that had spit in it,

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.820
 but eventually now

00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.320
 it just becomes

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:47.480
 this murky water

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.779
 that you see in oceans

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:50.099
 besides Hong Kong.

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.980
 Just unclear waters

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.140
 and then it gets worse

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.799
 and worse.

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.059
 And so he's like,

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.400
 the water is already destroyed.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:59.019
 Society is already destroyed.

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.960
 And because it's destroyed,

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:02.160
 I must clean it all out

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.900
 and start again.

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.160
 That's what he's saying here.

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.339
 It's saying

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:07.819
 this is beyond repair.

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.039
 And something else

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.779
 that I think

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:11.059
 those of us who live in Hong Kong,

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.420
 we find this hard to understand.

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.140
 If you've spent time abroad,

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:15.259
 then you'll probably understand

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.960
 this a little bit more.

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.140
 It was said creation

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.380
 or culture was corrupt

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.539
 and that it was filled

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.160
 with violence.

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.880
 Hong Kong so happens to be,

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.519
 in my opinion,

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.579
 one of the safest places

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.160
 in the world.

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:26.380
 I'm happy to send my children

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:28.259
 on the MTR

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.059
 to go to wherever

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.900
 they need to go to

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:31.319
 and I'll be okay

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:34.319
 in terms of just how I feel

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.360
 whether they'll be safe.

00:26:35.620 --> 00:26:36.559
 I remember telling Christina,

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.299
 isn't that good

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.819
 that our kids can find

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.640
 their own way home now?

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.140
 We don't even need to go

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.819
 pick them up anymore.

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.059
 We feel safe on the MTR

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.700
 because the signs

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.460
 are always there.

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.340
 If you've lived in London

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.900
 and if you've been

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.799
 in the underground system,

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.620
 it's confusing.

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.380
 New York is even worse.

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.860
 But Hong Kong,

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.220
 you'll be able to do it.

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.900
 And actually,

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.500
 she said something

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.039
 that was interesting.

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.420
 She was like,

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.480
 well, it is a good thing,

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.740
 but it's also a bad thing

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.440
 because then they're not

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.920
 really aware

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.660
 of the outside world.

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.559
 They're not really aware

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.380
 of what's going on outside,

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.200
 so when they go back,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.720
 they'll be living

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.460
 in a way that's

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.700
 just unsafe.

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:09.420
 I remember this happened to me.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.019
 Do you remember those,

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.340
 do you remember

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.039
 that thing called COVID

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.819
 where we spent three years

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.659
 trapped in one city

00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:16.159
 and trapped in a very safe city?

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.480
 And so I remember

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.500
 just living life here

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.459
 to doing the COVID life here

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.279
 and it was all very safe

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.539
 and easy.

00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:22.179
 And then three years on,

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.099
 we went back to England

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.879
 to visit our family

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:27.899
 and was just in a shopping center

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:30.339
 and pushing one of the kids,

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.039
 I can't remember which one,

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.500
 pushing one of the kids.

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.859
 And then I saw something

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.319
 in the shop.

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.679
 I was like,

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.419
 it's too hard to get to it.

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.779
 So I just left the pushchair

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.920
 with the child inside.

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:38.720
 And I was like,

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.259
 oh, you wait here.

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.660
 I'm going to go.

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.860
 And I'm saying,

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.279
 Hong Kong,

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.860
 that's pretty safe.

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.080
 You're all judging me now

00:27:45.080 --> 00:27:45.580
 because I'm not even

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.259
 in Hong Kong, James.

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:48.480
 It was pretty safe.

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:50.740
 But then I walked like 10 steps

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.100
 and I was like,

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.200
 wait, we're not in Hong Kong.

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.140
 That could all disappear

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.640
 very quickly.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.660
 I put the wrong child

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.060
 in the stroller.

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.779
 They can take the other one.

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:02.620
 So we lose that memory

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.380
 of actually what it's like

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.200
 to live in a society

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.140
 that's filled with violence

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:05.700
 and corruption.

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.920
 What are we actually

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.820
 fearing for our lives?

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.380
 And when you look at that,

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.759
 you're thinking,

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.780
 God, where is your justice?

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.220
 Where is your justice?

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.660
 Why aren't you judging

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.200
 those people?

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.900
 Why aren't you looking

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.900
 at those people and saying,

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.200
 why aren't you dealing with them?

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.360
 Why aren't you dealing

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.940
 with that evil?

00:28:22.020 --> 00:28:22.800
 And yet you see here,

00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:24.420
 God is dealing with that evil.

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.540
 He is dealing with it

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:27.860
 through what we can see here

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.520
 as wrath.

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:31.440
 Now, the word wrath there

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:33.980
 makes us think of just

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.259
 a violent, aggressive God

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.099
 trying to lash out,

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.220
 but that's not what it is.

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.259
 What he's doing is

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.440
 when he's defending something

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.180
 that he loves,

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.420
 something that he cherishes,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.039
 and he sees it as getting corrupt,

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.400
 he sees it as getting evil,

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.599
 he sees that it's destroyed,

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:49.200
 then he has to operate.

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.079
 And we'll talk a little bit more

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:51.920
 about the wrath of God later.

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.360
 But Noah,

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.400
 but Noah found favor

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.500
 in the eyes of God.

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.519
 A lot of us,

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.420
 if we grew up listening

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.400
 to the song about Noah,

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:01.259
 we will then automatically think,

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.579
 whether we realize it or not,

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.859
 that the way to get saved

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.759
 is to be a good person.

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.759
 How am I going to be saved by God?

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.779
 How am I not going to drown

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.220
 in the flood?

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.839
 I just have to be like Noah,

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.180
 be a good person.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.359
 That is not what Scripture

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.980
 is saying here.

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.279
 You can see here

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.099
 that verse eight,

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.640
 Noah finds favor

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.440
 in the eyes of God

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.500
 before it's described

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.180
 what he's like.

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.740
 When we see the words,

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.900
 Noah found favor,

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.420
 what we think it means,

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.940
 society has trained us

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.779
 to think it means

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:31.080
 Noah earned the right

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.820
 to be saved.

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.640
 Noah was good enough

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.519
 that the teacher

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.279
 looked kindly on him

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.519
 and decided to save him.

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:38.460
 That's not what it means.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.680
 What it means is

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:42.720
 Noah found undeserved grace,

00:29:43.100 --> 00:29:44.340
 unmerited favor.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.779
 You look at the families around,

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.759
 whether it's church,

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.980
 missionaries that go out

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.320
 and are really just living

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:51.259
 all out for the Lord

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.860
 and you look at them,

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.100
 you're like,

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.360
 they are good, good people.

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.059
 And if you ask any single one of them,

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.480
 they would say,

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.600
 no, we are not good.

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.859
 We are only good

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.859
 because of the grace of God.

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.639
 So what we see here is

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:02.500
 Noah is only good

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:04.259
 because of the grace of God.

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.299
 If you ask Noah,

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.059
 if you were lucky enough

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.740
 to actually spend time

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.619
 with Noah and his family,

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.339
 it would be,

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.819
 we don't really know

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.000
 why we're picked.

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.639
 We probably deserve to be

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:15.059
 in society outside

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.719
 and yet somehow

00:30:16.719 --> 00:30:18.119
 grace found us.

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:20.240
 I think that's something else.

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.139
 If we have to understand

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.919
 total depravity,

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.599
 we have to understand

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.199
 something else,

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.980
 which is the concept of grace.

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.839
 that we didn't do anything

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:28.680
 to deserve what we have.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.940
 That is a key component

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.240
 to us then repenting

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.480
 and actually living lives of love,

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.380
 giving freely

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.920
 because we received freely.

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.839
 Noah found favor

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.920
 before he was described

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.680
 to be a righteous man,

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:43.019
 blameless in his generation.

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.700
 But then he speaks to Noah.

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.299
 In verse 13, it says,

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.980
 God said to Noah,

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.620
 I have determined

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.720
 to make an end of all flesh

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.180
 for the earth

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.960
 is filled with violence

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.319
 through them.

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.839
 Behold, I will destroy them

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.259
 with the earth.

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.139
 And then he goes

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:57.000
 and gives instructions

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:59.319
 on how to make an ark.

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.859
 We don't actually know

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.779
 whether it's rained

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.899
 up until at this point,

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:04.659
 but it's probably reasonable

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:06.099
 to assume that there was no flood.

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.019
 So God says to Noah,

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.939
 hey, you're going to need

00:31:08.939 --> 00:31:10.059
 to build something very big

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.859
 on dry land

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:13.339
 and it's going to take you

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.519
 about 100 years to build.

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:17.759
 This makes me think,

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.500
 grace finds Noah

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:23.599
 and then God gives him instructions

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.319
 to do something

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.740
 that is completely countercultural.

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.240
 Imagine,

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.960
 he has to sacrifice

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.240
 everything that he's been doing

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.839
 for about 100 years

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.700
 to go and build this ark.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.500
 Now, remember,

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:39.660
 granddad Methuselah is around.

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:43.279
 dad Lamech is around

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.880
 and they spoke to Adam

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:46.940
 so they would have described

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.900
 to Noah,

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:49.680
 hey, Adam had told us

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:51.060
 about the original creation.

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.560
 He's told us about Eden.

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.940
 And so when Noah received

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.180
 the instructions from God

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.940
 to build this ark,

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.100
 no doubt them two

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.940
 would have been in his ear

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.500
 saying, do it.

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:00.720
 Do it.

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.339
 We are so exhausted

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.220
 from the corruption.

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.240
 We are so exhausted

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.519
 from the violence.

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.200
 God needs to come

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.900
 in judgment

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.860
 to save us.

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.799
 Save us from who?

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.559
 To save us from ourselves.

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.680
 Both our lines

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.779
 are now compromised.

00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:18.380
 We need to do this.

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.819
 And so, no doubt,

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.420
 with granddad

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.519
 and with dad in his ear,

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.779
 he starts to build

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.920
 this ark,

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.660
 which would have been

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.059
 just an outrageous thing to do.

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.019
 It would have taken

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.660
 a long time.

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.680
 And it makes me think,

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.579
 when was the last time

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.620
 we received instructions

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:31.519
 from God,

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.119
 or we felt convicted

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.819
 to be different

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.759
 to the people around us.

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.779
 Not necessarily to go out

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.479
 and build an ark,

00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:40.399
 but to just follow God

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.299
 and obey him.

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.879
 So even though grace

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.959
 found Noah,

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.579
 yet Noah still

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.299
 had to do something.

00:32:47.459 --> 00:32:48.099
 Because at this point,

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.759
 he could have said,

00:32:48.979 --> 00:32:51.019
 God, that sounds crazy.

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.459
 I'm not going to build the ark.

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.659
 Has anyone watched

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.259
 Evan Almighty?

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:57.319
 Steve Carell?

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.259
 Quite a funny movie.

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:01.200
 Not an actual depiction

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:02.000
 of what happened here

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.200
 in Genesis 6 and 7,

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:05.319
 but funny and close enough.

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.519
 To do something

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.720
 completely outrageous

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.079
 that your friends

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.799
 and that your family

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.960
 don't truly understand.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.059
 That is what Noah did here.

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.940
 That is what made him blameless,

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.140
 not because he was perfect,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:21.119
 but because he was obedient.

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.180
 But because he was willing

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.680
 to follow God.

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:27.580
 Interestingly,

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.279
 in 2 Peter 2,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.820
 it talks about Noah

00:33:30.820 --> 00:33:31.700
 how he's not only

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.480
 building the ark,

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.360
 he's actually also

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:34.580
 warning people around him.

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.799
 He's actually preaching

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.740
 righteousness to those

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.200
 around him.

00:33:38.060 --> 00:33:38.700
 So he was actually

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.620
 trying to build a church

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:41.259
 whilst he was doing this.

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.440
 So he gives up his career,

00:33:43.060 --> 00:33:43.980
 gives up all the things,

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.900
 it must have come

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.740
 at great expense

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.799
 in every single way,

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.900
 starts to build the ark,

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.580
 and then he starts

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.200
 to tell people,

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.700
 his friends,

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.160
 his family,

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:50.700
 his neighbors,

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.539
 repent.

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.620
 Repent because the flood

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.019
 is coming.

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.639
 But your grandfather

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.239
 is still alive.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.079
 Yes, but repent.

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.579
 He's going to come

00:33:59.579 --> 00:33:59.859
 to him.

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.879
 He's going to die soon

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.819
 and repentance

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.699
 will be necessary.

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.459
 And how many people

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.519
 does Noah

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.199
 successfully evangelize to?

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.460
 Zero.

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:13.319
 He tries to bring people

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:14.099
 to God

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.380
 and they refuse

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.880
 to go in.

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.440
 This blesses me

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:19.900
 as someone who tries,

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.880
 not perfectly,

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:22.299
 tries to walk with God,

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.599
 tries to pursue God,

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:25.119
 tries to be obedient

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.880
 to God,

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:27.259
 sometimes not knowing

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.420
 the fruit that will

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.119
 come out of it.

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:32.039
 It brings me great comfort

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.579
 to know there was

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.059
 someone else

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.900
 who was told

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.699
 to build a boat

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.960
 in the middle of land

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.079
 for a hundred years

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.339
 preaching the same message

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:40.119
 and yet he got no one.

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.980
 What about that good neighbor?

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.159
 Okay, surely,

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.779
 yes, there were violent people

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:46.259
 on the other side of town

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:47.839
 that weren't listening,

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.659
 but surely that friendly neighbor

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:51.460
 that lived on the plot of land

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.220
 next to Noah.

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.860
 Surely they would have been okay.

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.920
 At the very least,

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.199
 they probably weren't

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:57.320
 trying to sabotage

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.119
 his building project

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.980
 in the middle of the night.

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:00.440
 They were letting him continue

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:02.199
 to build this crazy thing

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:04.159
 on the boat.

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.139
 Surely they would be okay.

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:10.379
 But again,

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:10.940
 here we have

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.739
 no one response.

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.539
 No one.

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.599
 Not even the kind

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.159
 of good people.

00:35:16.759 --> 00:35:17.699
 Not even the ones

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.599
 who were kind of kind.

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.639
 That every intention

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.239
 of the thoughts

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.759
 of his heart

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:27.379
 was only evil

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:28.299
 continually.

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:32.380
 And so what do we have?

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:34.380
 Why is this story

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.039
 even here?

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.700
 So then he builds the ark.

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.820
 Okay, verse 22

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.900
 at the end of chapter 6.

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.260
 Noah did this.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:43.360
 He did all that God

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.980
 commanded him.

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.420
 Didn't question.

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.680
 Didn't add to it.

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.440
 Didn't subtract to it.

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.300
 Didn't make a deal

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.800
 and negotiate

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.160
 and say,

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.580
 okay, God,

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.660
 I hear you.

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.780
 Something's going to happen

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.780
 when granddad dies.

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.800
 Okay, I'll build it,

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.800
 but can it not be so big?

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:56.900
 Because it will take forever.

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.019
 You're only having

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.880
 my family in any way.

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.539
 We'll figure it out.

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.019
 Or what about

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.760
 you do this for me?

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.840
 It wasn't.

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.320
 It was just

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.180
 he got the instructions

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.720
 from God

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.360
 and then he said,

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.519
 and scripture just says,

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:07.300
 and Noah did

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.900
 all that God

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.639
 had commanded him.

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.380
 Again,

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.220
 the true obedience

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:10.820
 that comes,

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.300
 the grace that is needed,

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.700
 but also the obedience

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:14.420
 that is needed

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:16.619
 for mankind

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.519
 to be saved.

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.059
 And so he makes it.

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.180
 Chapter 7 now.

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.019
 Then the Lord said to Noah,

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.740
 go into the ark,

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.680
 you and all your household,

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.559
 for I have seen

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.200
 that you are righteous

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:25.360
 before me in this generation.

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.180
 And then he gives

00:36:26.180 --> 00:36:26.760
 some instructions.

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.900
 on what kind of animals

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.240
 to bring.

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.900
 I always thought

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:30.300
 it was just two by two,

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.740
 which is how the song goes.

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.019
 But actually,

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.680
 there were also

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.680
 seven pairs of animals

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:35.539
 that he would have to bring on,

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.980
 some clean and some unclean.

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.760
 God was starting

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.639
 to prepare the way

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.079
 for a sacrificial system

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:41.320
 where mankind

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:42.119
 can be covered

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:43.240
 and made holy again

00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:44.160
 in front of a holy God.

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.099
 We won't talk about that today,

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:48.440
 but he instructs him.

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:49.099
 And again,

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.700
 chapter 7,

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.160
 verse 5,

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.820
 and Noah did all

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.119
 that the Lord

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.840
 had commanded him

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.960
 again.

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.460
 And then,

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:56.079
 when he was 600 years old,

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:57.140
 after 100 years

00:36:57.140 --> 00:36:57.920
 of building the ark,

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.400
 it's time to get on.

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:02.120
 He gets onto the ark,

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.820
 and scripture here,

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.160
 and it's really interesting,

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.760
 it just says this,

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.220
 verse 10,

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.720
 and after seven days,

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.720
 the waters of the flood

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.680
 came upon the earth.

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.579
 After seven days.

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:13.079
 Imagine building something

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.200
 for 100 years

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:15.500
 with people laughing

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.280
 at you constantly,

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.900
 ridiculing you constantly,

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.140
 going,

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:19.220
 what on earth are you doing?

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.339
 This has never been done.

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.939
 We don't even know

00:37:20.939 --> 00:37:21.619
 what you're building.

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.019
 And finally,

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:23.799
 there comes the day

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.539
 after 100 years,

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.259
 you get on the boat,

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:27.139
 and the rain doesn't come.

00:37:28.819 --> 00:37:29.739
 For seven days.

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.299
 Can you imagine

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:32.119
 being the family,

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.899
 just sitting on the boat,

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.159
 going,

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:37.000
 Dad,

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:39.679
 did we just give up

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.419
 all of our lives,

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.759
 lost all of our friends,

00:37:43.459 --> 00:37:46.939
 and now we're still sat here

00:37:46.939 --> 00:37:47.500
 with no rain?

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.300
 Again,

00:37:49.699 --> 00:37:50.900
 not only was he preaching

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:52.280
 righteousness for 100 years,

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.559
 not only was he obeying

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.440
 for 100 years,

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:57.000
 it doesn't make sense sometimes.

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:59.239
 And it doesn't come

00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.860
 at the time

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.820
 that you want it to come.

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.199
 Can you imagine

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.739
 the people,

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.900
 the neighbors,

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.599
 looking in

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.480
 at the boat,

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:05.960
 hey Noah,

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:08.039
 what's up,

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.300
 how's that flood working out?

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.420
 How's the boat?

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.320
 Is it comfy?

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.519
 Is there Wi-Fi?

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.519
 Hey,

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.480
 when are you going to come out?

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:19.980
 The ridicule.

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.000
 I don't know,

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.780
 I can't even guarantee

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.400
 that I wouldn't be

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.079
 one of those people

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:24.059
 that woke up.

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.760
 And yet,

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.639
 seven days they waited.

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.440
 But then,

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.559
 finally,

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.880
 chapter 7,

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.380
 verse 11,

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.539
 in the 600th year

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.139
 of Noah's life,

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.820
 in the second month,

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.960
 on the 17th day

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.119
 of the month,

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.679
 you can have no doubt

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.599
 that Noah would remember

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.059
 that day.

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.900
 Exactly that day.

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.800
 When after all those years

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.280
 of obedience,

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:46.080
 it happens.

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.400
 And it isn't just

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.120
 a drizzly rain.

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.860
 And the fountains

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:52.200
 of the great deep

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:52.900
 burst forth,

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.680
 and the windows

00:38:53.680 --> 00:38:54.240
 of the heavens

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:54.700
 were opened.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.380
 This wasn't just

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.940
 a heavy rain,

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.260
 people.

00:38:56.620 --> 00:38:57.420
 This was God

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:59.060
 decreating creation.

00:39:00.160 --> 00:39:01.220
 The great depths

00:39:01.220 --> 00:39:02.260
 were opening up again.

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.340
 God was saying,

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.160
 we're going to start again.

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:05.360
 This was the great reversal.

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:07.940
 And no one,

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.740
 no one,

00:39:10.160 --> 00:39:11.220
 that Noah had preached to

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:12.180
 would get on.

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.740
 But now it's starting to rain.

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:15.620
 Now the floods are happening.

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.220
 So you would have no doubt

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:18.240
 there would be some people

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:19.660
 who were starting to go,

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.059
 oh,

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:22.400
 maybe Noah was right.

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.940
 Quick, quick,

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.700
 grab your stuff.

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.360
 Let's go.

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:27.220
 Let's see if there's still time

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:28.720
 for us to get onto that ark.

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.960
 Can you imagine

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.860
 the screaming,

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.700
 the wailing,

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.980
 the death

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.880
 that would be coming

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.780
 upon creation

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:36.480
 at that point.

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.360
 Later in the New Testament,

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.059
 it talks about it,

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:40.219
 that the people

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:41.019
 in the days of Noah

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.980
 were eating,

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.440
 drinking,

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.219
 marrying,

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.380
 just living life

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:44.960
 as normal.

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.740
 But when that moment comes,

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.980
 when that day comes,

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:50.179
 it is already too late.

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.519
 And so they get on the boat.

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.139
 They stay on the boat.

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:56.880
 And maybe the key word here

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.760
 is this,

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.740
 chapter 7,

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.360
 verse 16.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.719
 And they went in

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.780
 as God had commanded him,

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.780
 and the Lord

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.920
 shut him in.

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:07.139
 Do you remember

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:08.639
 in Genesis chapter 2,

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.539
 I said there was a change

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.019
 in word,

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:13.159
 God and Lord.

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.099
 The word God

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.659
 was the one

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:16.699
 that was in Genesis chapter 1,

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.340
 which talks about

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:18.340
 the all-powerful God

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.240
 creating things.

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.480
 And then in chapter 2,

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.280
 he turns it

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:21.800
 because he creates

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.340
 man and woman,

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.719
 and then it becomes Lord,

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.539
 which means Elohim,

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:26.460
 which was not just

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.119
 the power of God,

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.019
 but the presence of God.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.840
 It was the relational

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.780
 aspect of God.

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.780
 So you see here,

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.119
 again,

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.319
 the writer shows

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.880
 two differences.

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:33.779
 Chapter 7,

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.559
 verse 16,

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:36.059
 and God had commanded them,

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:37.019
 but then the Lord

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:38.839
 shut him in.

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.440
 The writer's here

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.940
 showing us,

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.079
 hey,

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.420
 it's not,

00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:43.319
 God is all-powerful,

00:40:43.420 --> 00:40:44.279
 but the one who saves

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:45.960
 is a relational God.

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:47.259
 The one who saves

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.039
 isn't just power,

00:40:48.279 --> 00:40:49.480
 it's presence,

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:51.599
 it's being with

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.219
 his people.

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:54.099
 It tells you something else,

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.460
 Noah himself

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.679
 could not have

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.420
 shut that door.

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.700
 The Lord,

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.420
 can you imagine,

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.780
 the family gets on,

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.780
 it's starting to flood,

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.960
 the water is starting

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.480
 to go up,

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.400
 the boat's starting

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.860
 to move,

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:06.079
 and then his wife

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.340
 will say,

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.619
 Noah,

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.880
 get everyone on,

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.639
 close the door,

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.340
 close the door,

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.500
 and then Noah runs

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.039
 and closes the door,

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.079
 but he's 600 years old,

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.460
 so he's probably

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.099
 running quite slowly,

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.260
 and then eventually

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.180
 he closes the door,

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.019
 and then it's like,

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.940
 did you close it properly?

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.340
 Are you sure?

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.720
 Because if we have a leak,

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:22.039
 we could have a problem.

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.220
 It is not that.

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.680
 Sometimes we,

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:26.180
 as Christians,

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:26.539
 we think,

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.759
 okay,

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.599
 what do I need to do

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:28.099
 to be saved?

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:28.840
 Do I need to do

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.659
 the best that I can?

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.719
 And then you might

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.400
 ask that question,

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.059
 is it enough?

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:34.279
 Am I being good enough?

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:37.440
 Am I reading the Bible enough?

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.320
 Am I praying enough?

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:41.079
 From this story of old,

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:42.420
 that is not the way

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.139
 you get saved.

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.559
 The way you get saved

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:45.679
 is if God looks at you

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.679
 and has favor on you.

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.440
 You then trust

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:49.259
 and obey him

00:41:49.259 --> 00:41:50.360
 and follow his instructions,

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.360
 and the Lord

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:52.500
 will ultimately be the one

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.460
 that shuts you in.

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:54.800
 Can you imagine

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.500
 that door would have been

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.119
 so heavy,

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.960
 too heavy for Noah

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.400
 to close,

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:58.440
 and yet God,

00:41:58.880 --> 00:41:59.400
 the Lord,

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.699
 sorry,

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.780
 is the one

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.559
 who shuts him in.

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.940
 Can you imagine

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.739
 just the assurance

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.380
 that he would have felt?

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:05.300
 Oh,

00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:06.039
 thank goodness

00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:06.840
 it's not down to me.

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:09.340
 I have that same fear

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:11.059
 when my wife tells me,

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.180
 did you close all the windows?

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.900
 Did you clean the toilet?

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.220
 And I'm like,

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.300
 yes?

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.340
 And yet Noah here

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.400
 knows for sure,

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:25.120
 I had nothing to do with this.

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.920
 The Lord is the one

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.700
 who's shutting us in.

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.019
 If we're going to survive,

00:42:28.100 --> 00:42:29.059
 it's going to be because of him.

00:42:29.180 --> 00:42:30.700
 It's because he shut the door.

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:34.699
 One last thing

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.359
 I want to show us.

00:42:37.379 --> 00:42:38.279
 We look at this

00:42:38.279 --> 00:42:39.139
 and we see some

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.759
 of the misconceptions

00:42:39.759 --> 00:42:40.559
 that we had

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:41.500
 about our own faith,

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.239
 about ourselves.

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:43.460
 We thought that maybe

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.919
 we are kind of good people.

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:46.039
 This passage tells us

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.519
 we are not.

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:47.599
 There is total depravity.

00:42:47.759 --> 00:42:48.980
 We are not capable

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:50.099
 of pure,

00:42:50.419 --> 00:42:51.239
 good thoughts.

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:52.699
 Even our best intentions

00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.279
 and our best actions

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:55.279
 are still laced

00:42:55.279 --> 00:42:56.319
 with selfishness

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:56.819
 and fear

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.439
 and insecurity

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:58.519
 and pride.

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.320
 Total depravity

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.519
 is what we see here.

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.760
 We don't find favor

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.420
 because we are

00:43:03.420 --> 00:43:04.440
 an A plus student.

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:05.260
 We find favor

00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:06.700
 because God shows us favor.

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.139
 And yet then

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:09.599
 our response is obedience.

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:11.000
 Our response is obedience

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.659
 in light of when

00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:13.740
 we're told to do something

00:43:13.740 --> 00:43:14.920
 that doesn't really

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:16.179
 truly make sense.

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.679
 And from that,

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.659
 the Lord saves us

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:20.800
 and shuts us in.

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.639
 But there's one

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:22.420
 final thing here.

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.900
 If we go back

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.619
 to chapter 6,

00:43:24.740 --> 00:43:25.519
 verse 18,

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.760
 God tells him

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:27.420
 to build the ark

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:28.019
 and he gives him

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.619
 the dimensions.

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.440
 Remember,

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.760
 he doesn't have

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.639
 an instruction manual.

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.380
 Maybe that's why

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:35.000
 it takes so long.

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.960
 He does not have

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.860
 Gemini to help him.

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:39.139
 But then after that,

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.440
 verse 18,

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.900
 God says this,

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:43.340
 but I will establish

00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:44.519
 my covenant with you

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.960
 and you shall come

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:46.619
 into the ark.

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.360
 It's the first time

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:49.039
 the word covenant

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.599
 is used.

00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.260
 This relational God,

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.099
 this God of love,

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.619
 that's about to pour out

00:43:53.619 --> 00:43:54.079
 his wrath

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:56.119
 onto creation.

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:56.960
 Says,

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:58.039
 I will give you

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.599
 a promise.

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.820
 If you trust me,

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.280
 if you obey me,

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:03.280
 I promise you,

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:05.519
 you and your family

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:07.119
 will be saved.

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.780
 Would you come

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:10.740
 into the ark?

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.519
 Wait,

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.539
 God,

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:14.119
 you're already

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:14.740
 in the ark?

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.460
 Why are you saying

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:18.420
 come into the ark?

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.280
 You should say

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.860
 build the ark

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:20.820
 and go into the ark.

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:22.840
 But yet you tell me

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.580
 to come in

00:44:23.580 --> 00:44:24.400
 to the ark.

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.559
 Brothers and sisters,

00:44:27.680 --> 00:44:28.480
 this is where we see

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.300
 the foreshadowing

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:30.400
 of Christ.

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:34.120
 Where Christ says,

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.140
 come,

00:44:36.300 --> 00:44:36.680
 abide

00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:37.640
 in me.

00:44:38.600 --> 00:44:39.360
 I am the ark.

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.680
 I am the only way

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:43.120
 that you can be saved.

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:44.120
 Not that friendly

00:44:44.120 --> 00:44:44.460
 neighbor

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:46.559
 who's giving you

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:46.940
 cookies

00:44:46.940 --> 00:44:47.800
 while she's trying

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.260
 to build the ark.

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:48.500
 Sadly,

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.260
 she won't make it.

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.420
 Not just because,

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.340
 because it can't just be

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:52.180
 because she's a kind

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:52.500
 person.

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.880
 Not how you are

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.800
 striving to be

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.820
 that grade A

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.240
 student.

00:44:59.720 --> 00:45:00.320
 That's not going to

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:00.620
 help you.

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:02.299
 The only way

00:45:02.299 --> 00:45:03.440
 that we can be saved

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.440
 is if we get

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:05.519
 into the ark.

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:06.719
 You realize something.

00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:07.960
 When we look at

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.359
 Christianity,

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.000
 when we look at

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:09.480
 how we live,

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:10.199
 we're always thinking

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.940
 about how do we

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.579
 earn our way there?

00:45:11.759 --> 00:45:12.339
 How do we not

00:45:12.339 --> 00:45:12.920
 break the rules

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:13.359
 is what we're

00:45:13.359 --> 00:45:13.799
 trying to say.

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:14.839
 And again,

00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:15.799
 I think we need

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:16.599
 to tweak it a little bit.

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:17.639
 That when we're

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.299
 breaking the rules,

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:19.199
 we haven't got this

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:20.159
 angry God who's

00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:21.119
 trying to punish us.

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.559
 When we're breaking

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.119
 his rules,

00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:23.679
 what we're actually

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.199
 doing is we're

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:24.880
 breaking his heart.

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:26.000
 And again,

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.900
 every parent knows

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:27.119
 this.

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:27.960
 When you tell

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.460
 your child,

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.539
 don't do that.

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:31.099
 Don't touch

00:45:31.099 --> 00:45:31.880
 that hot stove.

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.079
 Okay?

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:34.239
 From this moment

00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:34.579
 forth,

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:35.099
 this is one of

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.480
 the commandments

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:36.039
 in the kitchen.

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:37.199
 Do not touch,

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.199
 do not put your

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:39.239
 hand into that

00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:39.639
 thing that's

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:40.139
 called the oven.

00:45:40.300 --> 00:45:40.960
 Do not do it.

00:45:41.619 --> 00:45:42.279
 And then you see

00:45:42.279 --> 00:45:43.159
 your children do it.

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.159
 Because that's

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:45.619
 what we do.

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.239
 Right?

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:47.880
 And then what

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.199
 happens?

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.239
 Yes,

00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:49.940
 they broke the rule,

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:51.179
 but they've also

00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:51.980
 broke themselves,

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:52.619
 their hand.

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.779
 But most of all,

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:54.159
 they've broken

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.759
 your heart as a

00:45:54.759 --> 00:45:54.980
 parent.

00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:56.279
 Right?

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:57.239
 Because they

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:57.860
 didn't trust you.

00:45:57.860 --> 00:46:00.260
 And in doing

00:46:00.260 --> 00:46:00.440
 so,

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:00.800
 they've hurt

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:01.180
 themselves.

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.860
 When we see

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:06.460
 it that way,

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.260
 we realize that

00:46:07.260 --> 00:46:08.039
 actually God is

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.820
 a God of promise.

00:46:08.920 --> 00:46:09.559
 God is a God

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:10.200
 of relationship.

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:11.280
 God is a God

00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:12.280
 of love.

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:13.300
 And he is the

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:14.039
 one who shuts

00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:14.800
 us in.

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:15.920
 It says,

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:16.860
 everything dies.

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:17.980
 Everything

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.680
 goes.

00:46:19.940 --> 00:46:20.680
 He starts

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:20.980
 again.

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:23.200
 But next week,

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.820
 we're going to see

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.920
 actually some hope.

00:46:25.220 --> 00:46:25.800
 We're going to see

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.539
 what he means

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:27.400
 when he talks

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:27.559
 about,

00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:28.039
 I'm never going

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.420
 to do this

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.659
 again.

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.199
 We're going to

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.719
 see what he

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:30.679
 means when he

00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:31.219
 puts the

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:32.059
 rainbow into

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:32.480
 the sky.

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.000
 We're going to

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.559
 see what he

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.039
 means when

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.940
 creation starts

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.239
 again.

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:36.320
 But for now,

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:37.059
 I want us just

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.619
 to stop here.

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:40.039
 There is going

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.739
 to come a time

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:41.500
 where the Lord

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:41.800
 is going to

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:42.099
 say,

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:44.519
 I'm going to

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:45.039
 shut the door

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.460
 and it's going

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:45.779
 to be too

00:46:45.779 --> 00:46:46.000
 late.

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.940
 In that moment,

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:50.279
 we won't have

00:46:50.279 --> 00:46:50.860
 a chance anymore.

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.679
 It's in this

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.920
 moment that we

00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:54.699
 can still say,

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.099
 Christ,

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.839
 I follow you.

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.980
 I trust you.

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:58.819
 And only you,

00:46:58.879 --> 00:46:59.480
 I realize you

00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:00.119
 are the only

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.679
 way for me

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:01.219
 to survive

00:47:01.219 --> 00:47:03.379
 is if I

00:47:03.379 --> 00:47:04.480
 obey you,

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.960
 if I worship

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.119
 you,

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:06.719
 if I believe

00:47:06.719 --> 00:47:07.139
 in you.

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.919
 I don't know

00:47:09.919 --> 00:47:10.439
 where you are

00:47:10.439 --> 00:47:11.019
 on the scale

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.759
 of kind of

00:47:11.759 --> 00:47:12.359
 full-blown

00:47:12.359 --> 00:47:13.279
 sinner or

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.939
 kind of sinner

00:47:13.939 --> 00:47:16.079
 or doing well,

00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:16.839
 trying your best,

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.179
 but still sinner.

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.879
 I'm here saying

00:47:19.879 --> 00:47:20.399
 it doesn't really

00:47:20.399 --> 00:47:20.639
 matter.

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:21.939
 We all fall

00:47:21.939 --> 00:47:22.519
 short of the

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:23.059
 glory of God.

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:26.139
 but,

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:26.980
 it doesn't,

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:27.559
 again,

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:27.899
 but,

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:28.179
 but,

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:28.500
 but,

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:30.179
 but we all

00:47:30.179 --> 00:47:31.059
 justified freely

00:47:31.059 --> 00:47:31.679
 by his grace

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.039
 as a gift

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.559
 through the

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:32.939
 Lord Jesus

00:47:32.939 --> 00:47:33.339
 Christ.

00:47:33.759 --> 00:47:34.219
 Get into

00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:34.599
 the ark.

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.699
 Get into

00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.059
 the ark

00:47:38.059 --> 00:47:38.759
 before it's

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.119
 too late.

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.259
 It is in

00:47:40.259 --> 00:47:40.819
 Christ alone

00:47:40.819 --> 00:47:42.000
 that we can

00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:42.439
 be saved.

00:47:42.819 --> 00:47:43.139
 And you

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:43.819
 might still

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:44.319
 have questions

00:47:44.319 --> 00:47:44.719
 about the

00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:45.219
 wrath of God.

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:46.159
 You might

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.460
 still have

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:47.019
 questions about

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.319
 the love

00:47:47.319 --> 00:47:47.619
 of God.

00:47:48.439 --> 00:47:48.839
 And that's

00:47:48.839 --> 00:47:49.159
 where I

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.480
 point you

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:49.739
 to the

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.000
 cross,

00:47:50.359 --> 00:47:50.699
 where the

00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:51.019
 wrath of

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:51.659
 God and

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:51.919
 the love

00:47:51.919 --> 00:47:52.199
 of God

00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:52.579
 meets.

00:47:52.819 --> 00:47:53.099
 Because the

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:53.799
 God is also

00:47:53.799 --> 00:47:54.259
 God of

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:54.600
 justice.

00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:57.400
 But in

00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:57.700
 that one

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.160
 moment on

00:47:58.160 --> 00:47:58.540
 the cross,

00:47:59.280 --> 00:47:59.840
 he fulfills

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.120
 both.

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:02.840
 Mankind

00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:03.600
 can only be

00:48:03.600 --> 00:48:05.440
 saved by

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:05.960
 clinging on

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.360
 to the

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:07.580
 tree.

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.540
 Let us

00:48:10.540 --> 00:48:10.720
 pray.

00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:10.800
 Amen.

00:48:10.800 --> 00:48:22.600
 as we

00:48:22.600 --> 00:48:23.019
 finish up

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:23.200
 here,

00:48:23.240 --> 00:48:23.820
 instead of

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:25.220
 responding in

00:48:25.220 --> 00:48:25.440
 song,

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.720
 we're going

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:27.000
 to respond

00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:27.500
 in a moment

00:48:27.500 --> 00:48:29.300
 of just

00:48:29.300 --> 00:48:29.720
 reflection.

00:48:29.719 --> 00:48:35.359
 Lord,

00:48:35.359 --> 00:48:35.679
 if there is

00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:36.279
 any evil

00:48:36.279 --> 00:48:36.739
 thought in

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:37.079
 us,

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:40.239
 any

00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:40.739
 mistrust

00:48:40.739 --> 00:48:41.119
 of you,

00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:43.739
 any

00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:44.459
 misvaluing

00:48:44.459 --> 00:48:44.980
 of you,

00:48:47.359 --> 00:48:52.480
 we come

00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:52.739
 to you

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:52.919
 and we

00:48:52.919 --> 00:48:53.219
 repent.

00:48:53.219 --> 00:48:53.299
 repent.

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:59.840
 we see

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.580
 that the

00:49:00.580 --> 00:49:00.860
 flood

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:02.340
 is not

00:49:02.340 --> 00:49:02.580
 just

00:49:02.580 --> 00:49:02.920
 judgment,

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:05.080
 but it's

00:49:05.080 --> 00:49:05.500
 salvation

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:05.860
 through

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.200
 judgment.

00:49:07.940 --> 00:49:08.820
 The same

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.600
 waters that

00:49:09.600 --> 00:49:10.500
 clear the

00:49:10.500 --> 00:49:12.519
 earth of

00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:13.420
 sin are

00:49:13.420 --> 00:49:13.760
 the same

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:14.320
 waters that

00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:15.300
 lift us

00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:16.019
 up towards

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:16.240
 you.

00:49:16.239 --> 00:49:21.199
 And for

00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:21.459
 that we

00:49:21.459 --> 00:49:21.599
 are

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:21.919
 grateful.

00:49:28.659 --> 00:49:29.239
 Let us

00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:29.639
 each spend

00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:30.000
 the moment

00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:30.639
 now just

00:49:30.639 --> 00:49:33.699
 in quiet

00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:34.159
 reflection.

00:49:38.759 --> 00:49:39.339
 As we

00:49:39.339 --> 00:49:39.799
 repent

00:49:39.799 --> 00:49:45.779
 and ask

00:49:45.780 --> 00:49:46.240
 Jesus for

00:49:46.240 --> 00:49:46.519
 you to

00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:46.700
 come.

00:50:10.620 --> 00:50:11.540
 Lord Jesus,

00:50:11.700 --> 00:50:11.980
 in some

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:12.500
 ways we

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.220
 sat here

00:50:13.220 --> 00:50:15.680
 today as

00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.399
 recipients of

00:50:16.399 --> 00:50:16.879
 your grace,

00:50:17.839 --> 00:50:20.759
 but also

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:21.960
 observers of

00:50:21.960 --> 00:50:23.139
 violence and

00:50:23.139 --> 00:50:23.759
 corruption and

00:50:23.759 --> 00:50:24.219
 darkness in

00:50:24.219 --> 00:50:24.619
 the world.

00:50:29.779 --> 00:50:30.480
 We sit

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.799
 here on

00:50:30.799 --> 00:50:31.179
 this ark

00:50:31.179 --> 00:50:31.460
 that is

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:31.679
 you,

00:50:33.079 --> 00:50:33.980
 and we

00:50:33.980 --> 00:50:34.359
 are grateful.

00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:38.679
 We know

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:39.099
 that every

00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:39.659
 thought and

00:50:39.659 --> 00:50:40.199
 intention of

00:50:40.199 --> 00:50:40.699
 ours is

00:50:40.699 --> 00:50:42.440
 still evil

00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:43.000
 continually,

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:43.639
 but we also

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:44.019
 know that

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:44.539
 you now

00:50:44.539 --> 00:50:45.000
 live in

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:45.299
 us.

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:53.759
 And that

00:50:53.759 --> 00:50:54.139
 you are

00:50:54.139 --> 00:50:55.219
 working in

00:50:55.219 --> 00:50:56.199
 every part

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:56.440
 of our

00:50:56.440 --> 00:50:56.759
 hearts,

00:50:57.759 --> 00:51:01.480
 cleaning

00:51:01.480 --> 00:51:03.960
 over our

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:04.279
 sin,

00:51:05.759 --> 00:51:08.440
 covering us

00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:09.940
 with your

00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:10.480
 sacrifice.

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:14.940
 and so

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.460
 today we

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:15.900
 sit and

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.320
 we wait.

00:51:20.099 --> 00:51:20.719
 Just as

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:21.300
 Noah did

00:51:21.300 --> 00:51:21.900
 for those

00:51:21.900 --> 00:51:22.440
 seven days

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.719
 on the

00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:22.900
 boat

00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:23.480
 before the

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:23.940
 rain came,

00:51:24.740 --> 00:51:26.880
 just as

00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:27.219
 he did

00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:27.519
 for the

00:51:27.519 --> 00:51:28.360
 150 days

00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:29.519
 after the

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:30.219
 rain subsided

00:51:30.219 --> 00:51:32.019
 and all

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:32.280
 he could

00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:32.679
 see was

00:51:32.679 --> 00:51:33.000
 water.

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:37.780
 and so we

00:51:37.780 --> 00:51:41.079
 sit and

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:41.440
 we wait

00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:41.840
 for you.

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:49.659
 And as we

00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:50.019
 wait, Lord,

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.300
 would you

00:51:50.300 --> 00:51:50.659
 speak to

00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:50.940
 us?

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:53.039
 Would you

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:53.820
 remember us,

00:51:53.820 --> 00:51:55.960
 your covenant

00:51:55.960 --> 00:51:56.440
 with us,

00:51:56.500 --> 00:51:56.940
 your promise

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:57.519
 to us?

00:51:57.519 --> 00:52:10.239
 we thank you,

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:10.440
 Lord.

00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:17.059
 Thank you that

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:17.519
 you came to

00:52:17.519 --> 00:52:17.980
 save us

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:19.239
 while we

00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:19.519
 were still

00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:19.860
 sinners.

00:52:19.860 --> 00:52:24.960
 in your name

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.240
 that we

00:52:25.240 --> 00:52:25.500
 pray.

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:27.880
 Amen.