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 I got a free kick tonight.

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 That means that I could preach what I like.

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 So I thought I'd talk to you about something which has been on my mind since Deb first preached three weeks ago

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 when she preached from Genesis 3 in the series that we've just had in Identity.

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 Because she sowed a few seeds with me which I thought about in another way beyond there.

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 And anyway, let me go into it.

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 One of the things that she showed us in terms of the Garden of Eden between Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 is what is lost.

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 So in the Garden of Eden, Adam has a place of significance.

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 He's safe.

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 He meets God face to face.

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 He's in a very secure place.

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 And with the fall, all that is lost.

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 Now one of the things for me, which is a major personal struggle which I grapple with often,

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 and I have to remind myself the Gospel in terms of being able to deal with it,

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 I think it's a struggle which is not just mine, but I think it's probably the struggle for a number of you as well.

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 You come to the New Testament.

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 You come to the Bible.

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 You read things about who we are in Christ.

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 And in some places, the Bible speaks in very exalted terms about who we are.

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 So say in Ephesians 2, verse 6, it says,

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 And I think what it's doing is it's speaking about a future reality,

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 but it's bringing it into the present and saying,

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 that is our status right now.

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 That is who we are in Christ.

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 But my experience, which is a present reality for me,

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 is that even as a Christian believer, I have an ongoing struggle with sin.

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 And so when I read my New Testament, I read Romans chapter 7,

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 and Paul says, it is mine.

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 And he says, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death?

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 And then he goes on and says, but thanks be to God.

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 And I think what, so you've got this struggle between what it feels like still to struggle with sin,

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 and also the Scriptures saying to us how great we are and how safe we are in Christ.

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 And people do various things with that struggle to try to make sense of it.

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 So one of the things that people do is they say, look, I'm complete, I've made perfect in Christ,

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 I've already arrived, almost as though we've got this state of sinless perfection now,

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 I can no longer offend God ever again.

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 So if I go back to the Bible study group that I was first a member of when I became a Christian,

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 we had a woman there who was associated with a Christian cult,

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 and she used to claim that she didn't get sick anymore because she's been made perfect in Christ.

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 And one night she's missing from our small group, and one of the members goes to see her,

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 knocks on the door, no answer, knocks on the door, no answers,

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 hammer on the door, and finally she answers it, and she's very embarrassed because she's very sick.

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 And she didn't want anybody to see how sick she was,

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 because being sick was contrary to what she had come to believe.

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 I've heard a story, I don't really know if it's true or not, I think it might be true,

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 but in the 1800s there was a really famous preacher in London called Charles Spurgeon,

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 and he had a member of his congregation come to him one day,

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 and he said, I just want to talk to you pastor,

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 I want to tell you that I've really been growing in Christ,

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 and I have achieved this, I just feel like I'm free of sin.

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 God's been doing this work of grace in my life,

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 and I no longer have the struggles, the sin,

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 that used to be part of what was going on for me.

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 And Spurgeon said, we've got to come and have dinner with us,

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 and tell us some more about it.

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 So he goes for dinner at the pastor's house,

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 and in the middle of dinner he tells a bit more about what's been going on for him,

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 and Spurgeon picks up this jug of ice cold water,

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 and pours it on his dinner guest.

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 And the guy goes off his nut,

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 and Spurgeon says, there you see,

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 the old man isn't dead yet,

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 he just needed a glass of water to revive him.

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 See, to move to that extreme and think that we've moved beyond sin is absurd.

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 That's one way that we deal with life this side of heaven,

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 and it's to claim future realities and bring them into the present in a way which is just absurd.

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 But the other way is to go,

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 woe is me,

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 and live a life as a believer of absolute despair.

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 Almost as though there's nothing good in me,

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 there's nothing worthy in me,

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 rather than seeing the promises of the gospel,

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 which say we are made new in Christ,

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 and we are now regarded differently by our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

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 Genesis 3, which is where I do want you to look at as I'm talking,

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 is something which could only be described as a sheer tragedy for humanity.

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 Genesis 2, Adam's in God's presence,

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 he's doing what God gave him to do,

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 he's safe in the garden,

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 he's not on his own,

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 he's got work to do,

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 he's quite secure.

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 And God gives him just one command,

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 just one restriction on his life and on his behaviour.

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 He says to Adam,

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 and he gives him this command even before Eve is created.

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 So Eve does not hear God give Adam this command.

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 And he says to Adam,

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 God says to Adam,

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 you can eat from any tree in the garden,

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 except one,

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 the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 for when you eat of it,

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 you will certainly die.

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 And we know the story,

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 the serpent's crafty,

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 he approaches the woman,

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 and there's this really strange interaction which goes on,

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 which is like this clever mix of truth and deception.

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 Did God,

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 remember he's speaking to the woman who never heard the command from God herself,

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 did God really say,

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 you can't eat from any tree?

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 Oh no,

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 no,

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 that's not what God said.

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 We can eat fruit of the trees,

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 yes,

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 but we can't eat

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 or touch the tree in the middle of the garden,

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 because if we,

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 if we touch that tree,

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 if we eat from that tree,

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 we'll die.

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 Which is not what God said,

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 because he said eat from,

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 but he didn't talk about touching it.

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 And then,

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 the serpent tells what is a bald-faced lie.

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 You won't die.

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 You'll be like God.

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 You eat a bit of this,

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 and you'll be like God.

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 God's the one who's really trying to stop you

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 enjoying all the things that he knows

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 that you can't participate in.

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 And she looks,

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 and she desires the wisdom

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 that the tree might give her,

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 and she eats,

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 and she gives to Adam,

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 and both become very vulnerable before God.

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 They become aware of their own nakedness.

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 And there's a whole lot of questions go with that.

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 You can ask bucket loads of questions about that passage.

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 Why did the serpent approach Eve?

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 Now, she'd only heard the command secondhand.

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 She'd heard it from Adam.

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 She hadn't heard it from God.

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 In my community group the other week,

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 I did something really risky.

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 And in my community group here tonight,

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 and I can say this,

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 I thought I'd play,

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 I'd take a risk.

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 Oh, sorry, James and Katrina.

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 Uh-oh.

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 I could say,

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 you know,

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 did the serpent work on the weakest link?

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 Did he go to the woman rather than to the man?

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 And I've put considerable distance between you

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 when I say that tonight.

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 Let's not go there, eh?

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 But then you ask the question,

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 where's Adam in all this?

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 Verse 6 says that

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 she gave some to her husband who was with her.

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 He was there.

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 And it seems like Adam has heard the whole thing.

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 And yet,

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 he's totally passive in this story.

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 He doesn't step up and correct the serpent and say,

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 no, God didn't say that.

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 He said, don't eat from the tree.

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 He didn't say, don't touch it.

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 And he doesn't tell his wife,

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 you're a fool woman if you eat from that.

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 You'll die.

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 God said we would die.

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 He just stands there weak and inactive

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 while his beautiful naked wife says,

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 have a bite, dear.

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 Men.

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 Men.

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 Now, Larry Carab wrote a book called

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 The Silence of Adam.

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 And I think it's what you see here,

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 the silence of Adam

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 in terms of this interaction.

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 He's passive.

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 He's quiet.

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 There's no leadership.

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 And it's a sin that is reflected in families

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 when dads don't step up

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 and take spiritual leadership.

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 Now, I've been talking about this

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 in my Ephesians group this afternoon.

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 We're not talking to blokes and saying,

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 you've got to step up

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 and take control of your family.

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 But you do need to step up

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 in a Christ-like way

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 and love your wife

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 as the scriptures call you to

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 and to lay down your life

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 on behalf of others

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 rather than it all being about you.

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 So taking initiative to serve,

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 taking initiative to read the Bible,

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 taking initiative to pray,

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 taking initiative to go the extra mile.

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 Marriage is not about you, Dad.

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 It is about how you serve your family under Christ.

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 And God comes visiting.

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 He's been visiting up till now.

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 This is not new.

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 He's been walking with them in the garden.

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 And there's three questions.

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 Where are you?

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 No.

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 We're hiding.

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 We're naked.

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 Who told you you were naked?

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 And then the crucial question,

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 have you eaten from the tree

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 that I commanded you not to eat from?

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 Adam,

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 the man,

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 stands there and said,

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 she gave it to me.

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 In fact,

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 he says more than that.

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 He says,

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 the woman you gave me

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 made me eat from it.

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 What's he do?

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 Blames God,

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 blames her.

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 And she blames the snake.

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 It's your fault.

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 You gave it to me.

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 See,

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 it's something.

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 I've been thinking about this for a couple of weeks

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 and I see it in myself

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 and I see it in what others do to me sometimes.

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 But we use the language of blame

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 when the spotlight starts to fall on us

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 about our sin and our weakness.

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 If you're in a marriage,

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 your husband or wife

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 will sometimes point out things about you

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 that you perhaps don't really want to hear.

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 Or you might think of yourself as humble

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 and think I'm really open,

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 I really want to hear those things,

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 but the truth is

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 we often only want to hear them

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 when we're ready to hear them,

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 not when they're ready to tell us to us

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 about it.

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 And when I do that,

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 I think it's pride which is driving me

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 because I want to be exposed on my terms

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 and not on their terms.

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 But this is on God's terms.

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 He asks the question

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 and he's not ready to fess up.

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 And Adam just blames.

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 And if you read the rest of the story,

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 God does judge,

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 but it's with mercy.

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 They do die spiritually.

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 They're cut off from direct contact with God,

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 cast out of the garden.

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 It's an incredibly lonely place to be.

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 It's a huge loss.

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 They don't die physically then and there,

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 but they're destined to die physically as well.

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 Life now becomes difficult for men in work.

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 Life becomes difficult for women in childbirth.

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 Relationships between men and women

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 become difficult in terms of marriage.

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 So your desire will be for your husband,

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 but your husband will rule over you.

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 They're shut out from the garden.

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 They're cut off from God.

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 The consequences of this

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 are absolutely tragic.

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 And yet despite the tragedy and the fall,

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 God's mercy is on view

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 because he takes away their fig leaves

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 and he gives them clothes

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 which are made of animal skin.

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 An animal needs to die

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 to hide their nakedness.

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 And they're also shown mercy

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 because they're shut out from the garden

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 before they can also reach out

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 to the tree that they had permission to eat from,

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 which was the tree of life,

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 and eat from it.

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 And that's merciful

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 because it means that God prevented them

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 from making sin eternal.

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 And so cut off from God,

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 life in the world becomes lonely,

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 it becomes uncertain.

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 There's this tragic disconnect from God.

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 Damage is done.

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 And this is damage

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 that Adam himself

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 is unable to change.

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 Ephesians chapter 2

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 describes our state without God.

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 It says we're powerless.

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 We are dead in our trespasses and sins.

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 We cannot atone for our own sin.

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 It uses the language of death.

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 A dead person cannot bring themselves to life.

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 We need action from totally outside of us.

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 Romans chapter 5

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 says that this is such a significant failure

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 it can only be reversed by a second Adam,

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 a new Adam.

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 And so in Romans chapter 5 verse 6

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 it says at just the right time

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 when we were still powerless

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 Christ died for the ungodly.

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 And then in Romans chapter 5 verse 14

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 And then in verse 15

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 For if by the trespass of the one man

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 death reigned through that one man

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 how much more

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 will those who receive

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 God's abundant provision of grace

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 and the gift of righteousness

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 reign in life

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 through the one man Jesus Christ.

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 And I think if you look

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 and if you think about this

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 you see

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 that untold

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 and irreversible damage

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 is done

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 at the fall

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 which people like Adam

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 were unable to deal with themselves.

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 And there's some things that we can do

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 that are just not reversible.

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 In terms of sin

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 I don't think there is anything

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 that we can do

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 which is beyond hope

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 and the grace of the gospel.

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 But there are some things

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 that we can do

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 that become irreversible

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 in terms of say relationships.

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 I was going to break a glass out here tonight

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 and I thought better of it.

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 But smash a glass

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 it's broken

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 and you're not going to want

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 that glass again

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 even if I glue it together

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 with arrow dot all over it

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 or something like that.

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 You're just not going to want it.

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 It's gone.

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 It's done.

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 It's finished.

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 And we can do some things

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 in relationship

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 that cause great harm.

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 So you know

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 husbands and wives

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 they can be unfaithful

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 and it can absolutely

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 smash a relationship.

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 Or within all sorts of relationships

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 we can speak a word

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 which is wrong

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 or out of place

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 or harsh

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 or unloving

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 or untruthful

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 or whatever it is

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 that word's not easily

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 taken back again.

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 It goes out there

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 and does its damage.

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 damage

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 and sometimes

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 that damage

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 is great harm.

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 But it doesn't mean

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 that we're without hope.

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 I listened to this

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 the other week

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 and I thought about it.

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 What if

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 what if

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 Adam had gone

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 another way?

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 And this is what

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 I think you must have

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 heard it kick.

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 What if when God

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 came to him

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 in the garden

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 he'd actually

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 not blamed

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 but left himself

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 in the spotlight

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 and in that moment

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 when God said

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 have you eaten

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 from the tree

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 that I commanded

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 you not to eat from

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 what if Adam

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 had said

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 yes Lord

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 I did

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 and yes Lord

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 I neglected

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 my family

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 I did not

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 correct my wife

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 and yes Lord

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 all these things

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 have happened.

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 Being the man

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 and he'd said

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 I'm a fool

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 I have sinned

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 against heaven

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 and against earth

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 and I am no longer

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 worthy to be called

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 your son.

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 Now in some ways

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 we don't really know

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 what God would have done

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 because Adam

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 because Adam didn't

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 do it.

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 But can you see

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 that in the gospel

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 we have a different

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 way to answer

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 that question

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 that God

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 asked Adam.

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 We have a different

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 way of dealing

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 with that moment

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 from the way

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 that Adam

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 dealt with that

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 moment.

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 We have been

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 given the tools

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 in the gospel

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 which allows us

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 to stand there

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 and face Adam's

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 sin in us

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 not to live a

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 perfect life

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 because we can't

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 live a perfect life

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 we can't do that

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 we can't self-atone

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 but we can face

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 sin and we can

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 face failure

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 knowing that we

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 have one who

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 has atoned

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 for our sins

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 and allowed us

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 therefore to stand

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 there and say

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 yes Lord

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 I have done wrong.

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 We come to God

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 not in independence

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 but in dependence

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 and in faith

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 and we trust him

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 in that moment.

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 And so this side

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 of heaven

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 we're called

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 perfect

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 and yet what

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 are we doing

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 we're still

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 struggling with

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 sin and weakness

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 and offence

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 in between us

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 and God

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 and in all

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 the relationships

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 we have

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 with other people

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 but we have

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 this ability

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 to function

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 because we have

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 one who has

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 reversed Adam's

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 sin and gives

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 us a different

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:02.359
 way of answering

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:02.940
 the question

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 where are you

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 we do not

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 have to hide.

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 Now I reckon

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 you see this

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 worked out

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 all through

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 the New Testament

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 but a couple

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 of places

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 in particular

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 Luke's gospel

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 a rich young

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.680
 bloke comes

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.399
 up to Jesus

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 in Luke 18

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 in Luke 18

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 and he says

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 to Jesus

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 good teacher

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:30.120
 what must

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 I do

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.500
 to inherit

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.500
 eternal life?

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 and Jesus

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 says

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 well why do

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 you call

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 me good?

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 No one's

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:41.779
 good

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 only God

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 alone is

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 good

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 and he says

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 well you know

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 the commandments

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 don't commit

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 adultery

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 don't murder

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 don't steal

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 don't tell lies

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 only your father

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 and mother

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 and he says

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.460
 to Jesus

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 I've done

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 all those

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 since I

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 was a

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 little boy

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 and Jesus

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 said to him

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 you only

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 lack one

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 thing

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:10.680
 sell all

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 that you

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 have

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 and distribute

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 to the

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 poor

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 and you

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 will have

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 treasure in

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:15.880
 heaven

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 and come

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 follow me

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 and when

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 he heard

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 these things

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.279
 he became

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 very sad

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 because

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 he was

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 extremely

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 rich

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 but it's

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 a bit

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 subtle

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 because he

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 sort of

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 comes to

00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:39.759
 Jesus

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 and says

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 what must

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 I do

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.039
 what's the

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 big thing

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 that I

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 might do

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.279
 to get

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:45.659
 eternal

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 life

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 it's

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 sort of

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 actually

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 a

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 me

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 focused

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 question

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 if it

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 was Adam

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 it's

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 almost

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 like

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 how

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 can I

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 work

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 my

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 way

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 out

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 of

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 this

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.660
 mess

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.040
 what's

00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:01.200
 the

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 one

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.740
 thing

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:01.980
 I

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 can

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 do

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.700
 that

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:02.880
 would

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:03.180
 trump

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 all

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 the

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 bad

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.100
 stuff

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.380
 that's

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.640
 happened

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:04.920
 which

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.120
 would

00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:05.640
 guarantee

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.340
 I'm

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 back

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:06.860
 with

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.020
 you

00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:07.259
 I've

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.460
 got

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.860
 eternal

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.400
 life

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 and I

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 think

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 Jesus

00:22:13.780 --> 00:22:14.380
 with this

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.920
 particular

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.240
 man

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 I'm

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 not

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 saying

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.000
 to

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.380
 everyone

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.779
 but to

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.059
 this

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.640
 particular

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.019
 man

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.319
 he's

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:18.599
 showing

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.960
 him

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.420
 by what

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 he

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.779
 asks

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 him

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.079
 to

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.400
 do

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.359
 that

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 there's

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:21.940
 something

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.319
 that he's

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 really

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 unwilling

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.299
 to do

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:23.720
 for God

00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:26.559
 and he

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.059
 goes away

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 very sad

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.539
 and Jesus

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:30.140
 is sad

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.660
 but he's

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.019
 tried to

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.319
 come to

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.519
 God

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.819
 on his

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.039
 own

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 terms

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:35.799
 but then

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 there's

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.319
 the other

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.720
 story

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.099
 which is

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 just

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 before it

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.359
 in Luke's

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.720
 gospel

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.519
 Jesus

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.440
 tells this

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.779
 parable

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.220
 to some

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.819
 who trusted

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:44.759
 in their

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:44.960
 own

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.480
 righteousness

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.399
 and who

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.839
 looked down

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.159
 on other

00:22:47.159 --> 00:22:47.599
 people

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:49.839
 two men

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 he said

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.480
 went up

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.720
 to the

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 temple

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 to pray

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.599
 one of

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:51.759
 them's

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:51.879
 a

00:22:51.879 --> 00:22:52.259
 Pharisee

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.539
 a really

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:52.740
 good

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.059
 religious

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.599
 person

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 and the

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:54.980
 other

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 is a

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.139
 tax collector

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.539
 he's

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.099
 scum

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.480
 and filth

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.879
 and traitor

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 and all the

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.799
 rest of it

00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:00.440
 and the

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.919
 Pharisee

00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:01.539
 stands by

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.879
 himself

00:23:01.879 --> 00:23:02.200
 and he

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.700
 prays

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.779
 God I

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.059
 really

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.879
 thank you

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.059
 that I'm

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.480
 not like

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.139
 other people

00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.879
 I really

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.379
 thank you

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.659
 I'm not

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.419
 an extortioner

00:23:11.419 --> 00:23:11.759
 I'm not

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.220
 unjust

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.680
 I'm not

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.240
 an adulterer

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:13.539
 I've never

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.940
 done any

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.139
 of that

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.399
 dirty

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:14.819
 stuff

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.779
 or even

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.159
 like

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.680
 especially

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.159
 I really

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.599
 thank you

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:17.879
 that I'm

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.299
 not like

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.619
 him

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:25.539
 see

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.500
 his

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.019
 response

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.599
 to Adam's

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.879
 nature

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.220
 is to

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.440
 say

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.160
 God

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.980
 and it's

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.160
 with

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.660
 thanksgiving

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.000
 to God

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.380
 God I

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.759
 thank you

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:31.960
 that I'm

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.380
 such a

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.920
 good boy

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:35.880
 I thank

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.140
 you that

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.600
 I've really

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.400
 done so

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.180
 much that's

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.720
 just right

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.059
 in your

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.440
 eyes

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:46.220
 and the

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.840
 other man

00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.940
 won't even

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.980
 raise his

00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.460
 eyes he

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.059
 knows he's

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.380
 a bad

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.779
 boy for

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.120
 want of a

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.740
 better word

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:55.759
 he beats

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.440
 his chest

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.960
 and he

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.240
 says

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.920
 God have

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.680
 mercy on

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.000
 me

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.480
 the

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.819
 sinner

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:05.220
 God

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.539
 have

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.279
 mercy on

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.519
 me

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.759
 the

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.059
 sinner

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:12.460
 he knows

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.140
 his life

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.960
 is absolutely

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.660
 barren

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:16.539
 he knows

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.980
 he's got

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.579
 nothing to

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:17.960
 commend

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.519
 himself

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.160
 he knows

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.860
 that life

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.640
 and relationship

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.259
 with God

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.240
 is absolutely

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.299
 shattered

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:26.359
 he knows

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.720
 that he's

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.519
 despised in

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.039
 the eyes of

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.659
 other people

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.259
 and they can

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.019
 see his sin

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.599
 for all that

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.099
 it is

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:34.279
 and yet he

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:35.440
 comes to

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.720
 God

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.339
 he comes to

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.659
 Jesus

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:38.299
 and he

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.099
 throws himself

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.799
 on his

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.220
 mercy

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:42.119
 God have

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.579
 mercy

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.639
 on me

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.319
 the sinner

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:47.539
 doesn't pretend

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.240
 to be anything

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.919
 other than what

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.399
 he is

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:52.259
 and he

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.040
 does

00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:55.200
 what Adam

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:56.680
 never did

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:59.960
 he owns

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.540
 his sin

00:25:00.540 --> 00:25:02.100
 he throws

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.680
 himself on

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.080
 the mercy

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:03.640
 of God

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.880
 and Jesus

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.480
 says

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.900
 I tell you

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.380
 that this

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.759
 man

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.320
 went down

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.740
 to his

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.080
 house

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.800
 justified

00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:11.840
 rather than

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.300
 the other

00:25:12.300 --> 00:25:14.080
 for everyone

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:15.060
 who exalts

00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:15.740
 himself will

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.340
 be humbled

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.459
 but the one

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:17.980
 who humbles

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.559
 himself will

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.119
 be exalted

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:20.759
 and so

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.259
 brothers and

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.500
 sisters

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.839
 I think

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.399
 where I want

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.759
 to leave you

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.019
 tonight

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.319
 and what I

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.599
 want to say

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:23.839
 to you

00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:24.359
 I want to

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.720
 go back

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.000
 to the

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.299
 what if

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.779
 question

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.319
 in that

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.679
 moment

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.240
 when we're

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.699
 shamed

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.480
 and we're

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.220
 exposed

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.659
 and we're

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.199
 seen for

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.959
 all that we

00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:33.459
 were in

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:33.899
 terms of

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:34.259
 rebellion

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.919
 against God

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.359
 which Adam

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.359
 certainly was

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:39.240
 not to

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.599
 take a

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.019
 defiant

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.599
 stand and

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.159
 still blame

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.939
 everybody else

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.579
 for what I'm

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:42.919
 like

00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:44.899
 and what's

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.339
 happened to

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.720
 me

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.920
 but in

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.519
 that moment

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.039
 to throw

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.720
 ourselves on

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.140
 the mercy

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.460
 of the

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.019
 Lord Jesus

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.819
 and say

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.299
 Father

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:55.380
 yes

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.759
 Father

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.220
 I have

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.620
 sinned

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:56.940
 against

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.339
 heaven

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.839
 and I've

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.120
 sinned

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.460
 against

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.000
 earth

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.600
 and I

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.120
 deserve

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.539
 nothing

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.339
 of your

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.799
 mercy

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:05.240
 but I

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.940
 throw myself

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:06.339
 on your

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.740
 mercy

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:08.140
 and ask

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:08.480
 for your

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.000
 grace and

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.539
 your forgiveness

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.079
 in my

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.460
 life

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:12.200
 and we

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.039
 are empowered

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.519
 to do

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:13.880
 that

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.120
 because

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.759
 God has

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.079
 acted

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.979
 apart from

00:26:16.979 --> 00:26:17.500
 us in

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.979
 Christ

00:26:17.979 --> 00:26:19.239
 and sent

00:26:19.239 --> 00:26:19.799
 his son

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.319
 to be

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:20.919
 the atoning

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:21.539
 sacrifice

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.099
 for our

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.419
 sin

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:23.779
 he has

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.379
 put things

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.899
 right that

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.359
 were broken

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.719
 in the

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.059
 garden

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:27.459
 and because

00:26:27.459 --> 00:26:27.879
 he has

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.399
 put things

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.819
 right that

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.299
 were broken

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.719
 in the

00:26:29.719 --> 00:26:30.199
 garden

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.119
 we are

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:31.579
 safe

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.559
 and do

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.119
 not need

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.759
 to fear

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.839
 confessing

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.319
 what we

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.759
 are really

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.159
 like

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.979
 and what

00:26:36.979 --> 00:26:37.439
 we really

00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:37.799
 need

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.479
 from God

00:26:38.479 --> 00:26:38.619
 our

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:38.839
 heavenly

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.259
 father

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.000
 amen