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 Recently, I came across a song.

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 It's actually, I've heard this song many times.

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 You may have heard this song too.

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 It gets at something.

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 The title of the song is called

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 Stressed Out by 21 Pilots.

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 I was told when I get older,

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 all my fears would shrink.

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 But now I'm insecure and I care what people think.

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 My name's Blurryface.

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 It's an identity claim.

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 And I care what you think.

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 My name's Blurryface and I care what you think.

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 Wish we could turn back time to the good old days

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 when our mama sang us to sleep,

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 but now we're stressed out.

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 Wish we could turn back time to the good old days

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 when our mama sang us to sleep,

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 but now we're stressed out.

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 We're all stressed out.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out.

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 Maybe you're a student.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out.

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 Maybe you're a teacher of students.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out.

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 Maybe you're a manager of some kind of

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 manufacturing enterprise in town.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out.

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 Maybe you're working the line at that manufacturing establishment.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out.

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 Maybe you're a doctor or a nurse,

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 or maybe you have a responsibility at Kenosha Medical Center

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 to do some kind of housekeeping.

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 You know what it means to be stressed out at work.

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 There's something in our hearts that can identify with a song.

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 We wish we could turn back time to the good old days in the garden.

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 When not our mama sang us to sleep,

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 but our God sang us to sleep.

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 But now we're stressed out.

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 We used to dream of outer space,

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 but now they're laughing at our face saying,

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 wake up, you need to make money.

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 We've got a problem with our work, brothers and sisters.

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 Last week I started telling you that

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 we have essentially cut God out of our vocations,

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 and what we need to do is we need to reintegrate God

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 into everything that we do.

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 Whether that's school,

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 or whether that's where you put your time and you get paid for,

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 or where you volunteer,

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 your mom, your dad, your husband, your wife,

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 your sibling, your son or a daughter,

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 everything that we've been called to,

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 whether that's in a workplace,

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 in a home, in our church,

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 in our community,

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 we need to reintegrate God

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 back into all that we do.

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 Last week I pointed you to two things

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 from Genesis chapter 1.

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 That God,

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 at work in his creation making,

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 was sovereign, all-powerful.

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 He would say,

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 let it be,

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 and then it was so,

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 and then six times.

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 Do you remember?

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 Oh, this is good.

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 Oh, that's good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Good.

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 Very good.

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 I edged my lawn on Monday,

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 and I said,

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 that's good.

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 And it's out of that goodness,

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 God's desire to bless the inhabitants of the earth,

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 it's out of that goodness on day six,

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 God,

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 in his creation making,

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 gives the creation mandate

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 to image bearers,

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 and we alone,

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 of all of God's creation,

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 are image bearers.

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 We bear God's likeness.

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 We are his representatives

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 on earth

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 to carry out his work of blessing,

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 and we are to be fruitful,

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 multiply,

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 fill the earth,

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 put the kibosh on it,

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 subdue it for his purposes,

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 and then have dominion over it,

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 manage it to that end.

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 Amen.

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 But now we're stressed out.

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 What happened?

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 What happened?

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 What happened to work?

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 Well, this morning,

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 we're going to learn what's gone wrong with work.

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 Have you ever asked the question,

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 why is it that I put so much time

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 into this one thing,

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 and this one thing lasts for a moment,

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 and then I'm back to the grind?

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 Anybody experience anything like that before?

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 I see that hand.

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 This morning,

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 in order to see what went wrong with work,

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 we're going to go back to the garden,

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 the Garden of Eden,

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 in Genesis 2 and 3.

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 In order for you to reintegrate God

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 back into our entire lives,

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 including our work,

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 we got to first see how God got dissed,

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 disintegrated from our lives and our work.

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 So this morning,

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 I'm going to very simply point you to two things.

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 God is the giver of all good work.

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 We're going to see that in Genesis 2.

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 I mean, it's he that said on the sixth day,

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 oh, this is very good,

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 of our work.

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 And then the second point I want you to see

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 is that sin has corrupted the goodness of our work

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 because sin has corrupted the core of who we are.

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 That's Genesis chapter 3.

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 We go from the garden pristine

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 to the garden as a crime scene.

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 In order to understand the problem,

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 and understand the solution,

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 you got to first understand the problem.

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 So would you turn in your Bibles

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 to Genesis chapter 2

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 if you're not there already?

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 I'm going to move us quickly through it,

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 make a point,

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 and then jump to Genesis 3.

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 God is the giver of all good work.

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 As you're turning in your Bible

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 to Genesis chapter 2,

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 I just want to help you think

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 about Genesis 2

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 in relationship to Genesis 1.

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 Genesis 1 is a panorama

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 of God's creation making.

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 It is laid out in seven days,

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 and that seventh day

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 shows up in the first three verses

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 of chapter 2.

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 And what it is,

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 it's a big sweep of God's creation making,

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 His good work in creation.

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 And so what Genesis chapter 2 is,

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 is Moses coming in for a close-up

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 on day 6.

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 He slows it down

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 so that we can actually see

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 God at work creating man and woman

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 in the garden at peace

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 with each other and with God.

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 In verse 4, we read,

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 these are the generations

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 of heaven and earth.

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 And what you need to know

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 about these,

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 the generations,

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 these are the generations

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 of the heavens and the earth

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 when they were made,

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 that little phrase,

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 these are the generations,

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 that's repeated throughout

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 the book of Genesis.

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 Genesis.

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 And what it is,

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 is a way of structuring the book

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 in order for us to understand

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 this outworking of God's blessing

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 to all people

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 from one generation to the next.

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 And it's going to culminate

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 in an offspring of Eve

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 in whom all the nations of the world

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 will be blessed.

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 And you already know His name.

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 His name is Jesus.

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 In verses 5 through 9,

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 what we see going on there

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 is God busy at work.

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 In verse 5,

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 there is no one to work the ground.

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 Now, for an astute Bible student,

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 what you find yourself asking

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 are questions like this.

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 Is this the first time

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 that the word work

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 showed up in my Bible?

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 Because that would be

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 really interesting.

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 It turns out it's not.

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 The first time the word work

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 shows up in your Bible

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 is at the beginning of Genesis 2

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 in verse 2.

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 When God takes a break

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 from His work.

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 God is a working God.

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 And so the connection

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 that's being made here

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 is that God is a working God

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 in creation.

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 And on day 6,

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 He's looking to bless the world

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 through His creation.

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 And now He's looking for

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 someone in His image

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 to do the work for Him.

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 To represent Him.

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 So we got a need.

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 He's got a need of a worker.

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 Help wanted.

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 And in verse 7,

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 God forms man from the dust,

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 breathing life into Him.

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 And He becomes a living creature.

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 That's why we can call

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 each other creatures.

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 We're all creatures.

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 God is the creator

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 and we're distinct from Him

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 in that we've been made.

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 Creatures.

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 He gives us

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 our very breath.

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 Verse 8,

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 After creating the man,

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 the Lord God

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 plants a garden

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 in Eden

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 and it's in the east.

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 Now if you're wondering

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 what is that a reference to,

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 remember that

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 the first five books

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 of the Bible,

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 the Pentateuch,

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 were given to a people,

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 God's people,

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 the Jews,

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 who were in Canaan

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 at the time.

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 And so the east

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 is a reference

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 of being east of Canaan.

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 But what you need to notice

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 is He put the man

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 in the garden

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 and one would think

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 that God would make

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 the garden first

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 and then put the man

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 in the garden,

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 but God makes the gardener first

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 and after that

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 makes the garden

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 and puts him in it.

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 Why would He do that?

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 Because God built

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 the garden around them.

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 He's like a tailor.

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 He tailored the goodness

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 of the garden

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 for Adam,

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 for Eve,

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 and for him.

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 Because this was going to be

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 the dwelling place

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 of God with His people.

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 Verse 9,

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 Out of the ground,

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 the Lord God

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 causes all these trees

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 to spring up.

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 And if you read it carefully,

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 you read that they were

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 pleasant to the eyes

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 and they were full of fruit.

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 And so they're beautiful

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 and bountiful.

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 It was a picture

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 of delightful abundance.

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 And what you notice too

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 in verse 9

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 is that there are

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 two particular trees

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 that God plants

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 in the middle of the garden,

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 right in the middle

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 of it all.

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 The first is the tree of life

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 and we learn from later

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 in Genesis 3, 22

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 that by eating of this fruit,

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 one lives forever.

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 God provides eternal life

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 through this tree.

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 This same tree

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 shows up in Revelation 22

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 in the New Jerusalem,

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 bearing fruit every month

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 for all the inhabitants

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 of the New Jerusalem,

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 all of the redeemed

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 to partake of

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 and live forever

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 in God's presence,

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 in His place,

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 with His people.

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 But there's another tree,

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 the tree of the knowledge

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 of good and evil.

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 And God intentionally plants

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 both trees next to each other.

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 And for our purposes right now,

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 the way to think

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 of the tree of the knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 is think about it

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 as representative of God's law.

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 law.

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 There is going to be

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 a prohibition

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 to this eating

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 of this tree.

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 And so right next

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 to each other

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 in the middle

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 of the garden

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 is God's,

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 the source of life

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 and law

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 for Adam and Eve

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 in God's presence.

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 It's all by design.

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 In verses 10 through 14,

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 we learn more

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 very interesting details

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 of features of the garden.

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 It's got all these rivers

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 going through it.

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 It's well watered.

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 There's all this gold in it,

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 precious gems.

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 If you were looking

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 for a place to live,

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 you'd be like,

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 I'm moving to Eden.

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 But do you realize

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 that all these features,

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 water,

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 a river,

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 gold,

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 precious jewels.

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 Do you know

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 where else those show up?

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 The new Jerusalem.

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 In addition to the tree of life,

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 in addition to the throne

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 in the new Jerusalem

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 represents God's reign

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 and law.

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 There is rivers,

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 there is gold,

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 there is precious stones.

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 And once you realize

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 that this garden,

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 this place

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 that God is creating

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 around Adam,

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 it's a place

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 in which he will dwell

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 with Adam and Eve.

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 Now you've probably

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 got a clock going on

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 in your mind right now

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 and you're like,

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 Mike,

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 I thought this was going

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 to be a sermon on work.

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 And in verse 15,

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 Moses picks up

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 where he left off

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 in verse 8,

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 the Lord God

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 takes the man

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 and puts him

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 in this amazing place

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 of this garden

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 to work it

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 and to keep it.

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 To till the soil

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 and to guard the garden.

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 This was a gardener

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 slash guard

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 of the garden.

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 What you need to see here

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 is from the very beginning,

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 work is not a result

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 of the fall.

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 Work is a good gift

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 given by God

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 before the fall.

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 It is a holy occupation.

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 And not only that,

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 the law was given

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 before the fall as well.

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 God commands

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 in verses 16 and 17

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 that the man

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 not eat

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 of that second tree,

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 the tree of the knowledge

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 of good and evil.

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 And John Stott

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 very helpfully

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 points out three things

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 in verses 16 and 17 and 18.

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 God gave Adam permission

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 to eat of every tree

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 in the garden,

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 including the tree of life.

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 And in verse 17,

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 God puts a prohibition

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 on eating of the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil.

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 It's the only prohibition

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 in the garden.

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 And what God

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 is prohibiting right there

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 and what this tree,

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 you've got to think of,

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 representing is

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 moral independence

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 from God.

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 Moral autonomy.

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 What this tree represents

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 and the command

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 not to eat from it

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 is don't disregard

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 my commands, Adam.

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 Don't decide

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 for yourself

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 what is good

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 and right

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 in your eyes.

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 It represents law.

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 And not only

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 is there a prohibition,

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 there's a penalty.

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 In the day that you

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 should have eaten of it,

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 you shall surely die.

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 And so as we're walking

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 out of this paradise

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 right now,

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 what you need to realize,

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 it's amazing place.

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 There's work to be done

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 and God's law

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 is there too.

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 We are to live,

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 Adam and Eve,

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 we're to live

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 under God's reign

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 in the garden.

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 Freedom is not

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 an absence

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 of restraints

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 or limits,

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 but the very presence

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 of them.

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 God isn't done

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 creating.

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 There's one more piece

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 of creative work

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 he wants to do

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 in 18 through 25.

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 He creates

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 a helper fit

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 for the man

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 and after creating

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 this woman,

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 he gives her

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 to the man.

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 In verses 22

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 through 25,

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 it's the first wedding

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 ever recorded

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 and God gives

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 the bride away.

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 And so what we see

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 happening is

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 Eve joined Adam

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 in the garden

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 to fulfill

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 the creation mandate

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 of being fruitful,

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 multiplying,

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 filling,

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 subduing,

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 having dominion

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 over to bless

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 all the inhabitants

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 of the earth.

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 So here's the point.

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 The Lord is the giver

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 of all good things

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 and he's the giver

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 of work.

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 Work was originally

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 good.

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 And so if you're like,

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 if you want to throw

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 work under the bus,

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 don't.

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 Work was good

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 originally.

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 It was an experience

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 of minimum effort

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 for maximum result.

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 There was no toil,

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 no resistance,

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 no sweat,

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 no hardship,

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 no drama.

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 It was complete

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 and utter goodness

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 on multiple levels

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 that was uninterrupted,

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 no problems.

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 this is what was

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 originally meant

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 for us to experience

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 in God's presence

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 and in his place

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.720
 with his people

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 full and uninterrupted

00:17:13.820 --> 00:17:15.740
 peace with God

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 and others

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 in our work.

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 And so if you're a student

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 and you're going to

00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.620
 Eden High School

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:24.059
 before the fall,

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 you would love school.

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 and it would come

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.200
 to you

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 without toil.

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 If you were a nurse

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 or a doctor

00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.680
 serving at Eden

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:35.600
 Medical Center,

00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:37.600
 you'd come home

00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:38.279
 and your feet

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 would not hurt

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 and your spouse

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 would say,

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 hey, how you doing today?

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 And you'd say,

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 I'm great.

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 I'm ready to put

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.980
 another eight hours in.

00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.900
 Nothing but peace

00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.580
 in families,

00:17:49.820 --> 00:17:50.640
 nothing but peace

00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:51.200
 in churches,

00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.840
 nothing but peace

00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:54.380
 in nations

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:55.900
 before the fall.

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 So what happened?

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 Because certainly

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 that's not our experience now.

00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:05.980
 In fact,

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.299
 I'm guessing that

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 some of you in this room

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 have this deep longing.

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 You long like

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.400
 something like this.

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.900
 Oh man,

00:18:14.080 --> 00:18:14.420
 I just,

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 can't I just have like

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.980
 three hours of

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:19.140
 extended goodness

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.860
 and peace

00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:20.600
 in my life?

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:22.959
 Why is this so hard?

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:25.679
 Why is fulfilling

00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.579
 my responsibilities

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.500
 so hard?

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 And that's where

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.079
 we turn

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.439
 to point two.

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 Sin has corrupted

00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:34.759
 the goodness

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:36.199
 of our work

00:18:36.199 --> 00:18:37.079
 because sin

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.699
 has corrupted

00:18:37.699 --> 00:18:38.240
 the core

00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:39.019
 of who we are.

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 If Genesis 2

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:43.519
 is the garden

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.179
 pristine,

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:46.039
 Genesis 3

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.379
 is the garden

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 as a crime scene.

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 Here we have

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.879
 CSI,

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.119
 Eden.

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.740
 Crime scene

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.299
 investigation,

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.359
 there's a crime,

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 there's a trial,

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 there's a sentence,

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 and there's a judgment.

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.659
 In chapter 3,

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.879
 verses 1 through 7,

00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:05.159
 the crime.

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.720
 The serpent

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.759
 comes on the scene

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.440
 and he appeals

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.019
 to Eve,

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.680
 the woman,

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:14.059
 and questions

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:16.500
 God's very words.

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.700
 Did God actually say

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.539
 you should not eat

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.339
 of any tree

00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.900
 of the garden?

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.799
 And we all know

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:25.099
 that God actually

00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:26.059
 permitted Adam

00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:27.359
 to eat of every tree

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:27.859
 in the garden

00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.500
 but one.

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.480
 But in verse 3

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.920
 of chapter 3,

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.839
 the woman who seeks

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.900
 to correct the serpent,

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.440
 she starts to

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.299
 kind of reveal

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.019
 that she might not

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.139
 have this firm grip

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.700
 on what God

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.659
 has actually said

00:19:40.659 --> 00:19:42.519
 because she starts

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.700
 to add to what God

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.159
 says.

00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.940
 In addition to

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.859
 not eating of it,

00:19:46.899 --> 00:19:47.399
 she says,

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.539
 and we may not

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.119
 touch of it,

00:19:49.419 --> 00:19:50.839
 God didn't say that.

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.599
 And then she also

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.000
 adds,

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.259
 lest you die,

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.619
 which is a softening

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.879
 of on that day

00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:58.019
 you will surely die.

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:59.059
 So it doesn't seem

00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.539
 like she has a firm grip

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.460
 on what God

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.599
 has actually said.

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.139
 And the serpent

00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:05.119
 jumps on it.

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.079
 In verse 4,

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.440
 he blatantly

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:09.680
 denies

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.559
 what God

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.299
 has said.

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 You will not

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.559
 surely die.

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 It's a complete lie.

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 And furthermore,

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.359
 the serpent

00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.500
 goes on

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:23.259
 to start

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:24.440
 to question

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 God's goodness.

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 If you look

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.940
 at verse 4,

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.700
 we read this.

00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:33.759
 verse 5,

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.680
 but the serpent

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.680
 said to the woman,

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.240
 you shall not

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.960
 surely die.

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.819
 Verse 5,

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.660
 for God knows

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.259
 that when you

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.740
 eat of it,

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.460
 your eyes will be

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.559
 opened and you'll

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.360
 be like God,

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.380
 knowing good and evil.

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.580
 The serpent

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.580
 very craftily

00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.100
 is saying,

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.319
 hey,

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:47.759
 God's withholding

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.319
 something good

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.759
 from you.

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:51.500
 There's an area

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.680
 of being like him

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.460
 that he's not

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.420
 allowing you

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.200
 to be like.

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 But we already

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:58.059
 know that Adam

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.319
 and Eve

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.960
 were created

00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.039
 as image bearers

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 in the likeness

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:00.960
 of God.

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.299
 They're not

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.980
 missing anything.

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:07.500
 What the serpent

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.600
 is tempting

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.799
 Eve to do

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.819
 is to decide

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.720
 for herself

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.660
 what was good

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.380
 and right

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.519
 in her eyes

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.960
 regarding this tree

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.700
 that was forbidden.

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:21.080
 We see what's

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:21.580
 going on.

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.100
 We see where

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.819
 this is going.

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 And I don't know

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.380
 about you,

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.660
 but I start thinking,

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.039
 man,

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:28.039
 only if there was

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 a preacher

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.500
 right there.

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 Someone to say,

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:31.960
 Eve,

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.440
 he's misleading you.

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.620
 Don't do it.

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.500
 Someone who is

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.779
 guarding the garden

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.519
 at this point.

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 Only if someone

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 was there.

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.080
 Verse 6,

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.960
 the woman decides

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.039
 to take and eat

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.240
 of the forbidden fruit,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:49.620
 explicitly forbidden

00:21:49.620 --> 00:21:50.240
 by God,

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 and she also then

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:53.180
 gives to her husband

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:55.319
 who was with her.

00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.000
 Someone was there

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:02.620
 tasked with

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:04.059
 guarding the garden.

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 And he failed.

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.880
 He takes the fruit,

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.680
 no questions,

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.940
 no challenge,

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:14.160
 and there is the crime

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:15.019
 that changed

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.740
 the course

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.960
 of human history.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.779
 Eve sinned,

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.119
 deciding for herself

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:21.700
 what was good

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:21.960
 and right

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.639
 in her own eyes.

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.839
 Adam sinned,

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.259
 doing nothing,

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.859
 abdicating his role

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.980
 as the keeper

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.720
 of the garden

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 and the protector

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 of his wife.

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.799
 Verse 7,

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.700
 both of their eyes

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.259
 were open,

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.440
 but their eyes

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.319
 were not open

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.639
 to the wisdom of God.

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.160
 Their eyes were open

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:41.099
 to their own

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:42.500
 nakedness.

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.500
 shame.

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.759
 It's a way

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:45.140
 of describing shame.

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.440
 We all know shame.

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.420
 Ed Welch,

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.579
 in his book

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.500
 Shame Interrupted,

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.440
 defines it this way,

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.200
 shame is the deep sense

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.599
 that you are unacceptable

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.680
 because of something

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.279
 you did,

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.980
 something done to you,

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.940
 or something

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:03.779
 associated with you,

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.539
 you feel exposed

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 and humiliated,

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.519
 end quote.

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:10.639
 Everyone in this room

00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:13.160
 knows shame firsthand.

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.099
 Varying degrees,

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.660
 but we all know it.

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.720
 We know exactly

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:20.019
 what Adam and Eve

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:21.119
 were experiencing

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:23.059
 at this moment.

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:26.019
 Their sense of nakedness

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.700
 was their sense of shame

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:30.059
 of having disobeyed

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.900
 God's command.

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:34.120
 They knew it,

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.900
 and they knew

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.840
 that there was

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:38.580
 consequences to come.

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.980
 And so at this point,

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.620
 in the garden,

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.519
 shame enters

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:45.200
 the human experience.

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.220
 You could trace

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.980
 your shame

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:49.460
 all the way back

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.120
 to the garden.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.280
 And look what they do.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:24:00.579
 They make loincloths

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.299
 for themselves

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:02.639
 out of fig trees,

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.339
 fig leaves.

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:07.660
 They are self-atoning.

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:11.500
 They are covering

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.460
 their own shame

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:17.200
 with their own efforts.

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.680
 Many people today

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.259
 try to cover their shame

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.180
 against God,

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.920
 with God,

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.080
 by trying to

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:27.840
 impress people

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.880
 with their accomplishments.

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:29.660
 It's a way

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.220
 of trying to

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.279
 cover your shame.

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:34.680
 Just one of many ways.

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.360
 And ever since,

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.560
 men and women,

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.660
 boys and girls,

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.980
 have been trying

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.120
 to self-atone

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.980
 for their shame.

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.640
 Let's turn this

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.380
 to the workplace.

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.660
 Have you ever thought

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.740
 about your workplace

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:53.900
 as a gathering point

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:55.660
 of image bearers

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.759
 who are ashamed

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.980
 and trying

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.240
 to self-atone?

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:04.320
 You yourself

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:06.780
 know shame.

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.460
 You yourself

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.800
 know what it means

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.740
 to try to cover

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.500
 your shame.

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.960
 This is the crime

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.680
 that changed

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.860
 everything for us.

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:21.619
 God comes to the garden

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:27.559
 and it's a trial.

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.959
 God comes into the garden

00:25:29.959 --> 00:25:31.899
 and he knows full well

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.319
 what has already happened

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.319
 and he's coming

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.899
 to give Adam and Eve

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.619
 an opportunity

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:38.299
 to humble themselves

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.179
 and repent.

00:25:40.379 --> 00:25:41.399
 What you just need

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.639
 to notice in verse 8

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.939
 is God,

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.699
 knowing everything

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.500
 that happens,

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:48.479
 moves towards Adam and Eve

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.599
 in their disobedience.

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:51.579
 He moves towards them.

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:54.259
 And what do Adam and Eve do?

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.960
 They move away from God

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:59.059
 and they hide

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.259
 in their shame

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.980
 behind the trees

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.380
 in the garden.

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.259
 The very trees

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.240
 that God had planted

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.839
 to provide for Adam and Eve,

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.079
 they are now trying

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:09.000
 to find cover

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:11.759
 from God's eyes.

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.819
 But God sees them anyway.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:19.579
 Shame for our disobedience

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.819
 against God

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.119
 leads us

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.879
 to attempt

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.740
 to hide

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:25.200
 from God

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.059
 in His creation.

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:29.019
 And do you know

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.539
 where today's people

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.379
 go and hide?

00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:33.399
 We're more sophisticated

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:34.200
 than Adam and Eve.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.019
 We're not trying

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.740
 to hide

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.379
 behind trees.

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.579
 Where we try

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.220
 to hide

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.539
 from God's sight

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:44.319
 is in the very vocations

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.720
 He has called us

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.059
 to bless others.

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:49.859
 We hide in our work.

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.139
 We hide in our busyness

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:54.720
 hoping that God

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.799
 will not see us

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.119
 trying to push

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.379
 down the shame

00:26:58.379 --> 00:27:01.159
 and keep God's eyes,

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.019
 holy eyes,

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.180
 off us.

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:06.200
 People covering themselves

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.599
 with their own accomplishments,

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:10.679
 trying to hide

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.980
 in their various

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:13.119
 fair arms of work.

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.219
 You know why

00:27:17.219 --> 00:27:18.099
 we're all stressed out?

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.839
 Because we're hiding

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.359
 from God.

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.539
 This trial

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.219
 consists of

00:27:28.219 --> 00:27:30.299
 four gracious questions.

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.399
 Each one

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:33.039
 is aimed at Adam.

00:27:33.219 --> 00:27:34.119
 There's three to Adam

00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.199
 and one at Eve

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:36.819
 and they're all designed

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.599
 to elicit

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:39.240
 a humble

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:41.279
 repentant response.

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.659
 God is trying

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.319
 to help

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.419
 Adam and Eve here.

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.019
 Question one,

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.159
 verse nine,

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.859
 where are you?

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.399
 Where are you, Adam?

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.879
 God knows where he is.

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:03.220
 God knows exactly

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.980
 where Adam is.

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.099
 So think about

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.879
 this question,

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.059
 where are you?

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.959
 As a,

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.019
 come to me, Adam.

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.439
 I'm here, Adam.

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.980
 Come to me.

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:18.339
 Come out of hiding, Adam.

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:21.079
 Come and talk to me.

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.240
 What a gracious,

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.719
 wonderful God this is.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.119
 Inviting this sinner

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:29.279
 to come to him,

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.419
 to be honest with him,

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:33.079
 to come out of hiding.

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:35.339
 And if you're in the room

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.659
 and you have realized

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:38.039
 I am hiding

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.619
 from the living God,

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.740
 you also need

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.240
 to understand

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.179
 that today

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:43.799
 he calls you

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.859
 to come to him.

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.759
 Where are you?

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.599
 Come to me.

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.519
 Let's talk.

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.179
 Verse 10,

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.359
 Adam admits

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.359
 that he was hiding,

00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:00.299
 hiding from God,

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:02.859
 aware of his nakedness,

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.059
 afraid.

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.899
 It's the first time

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:07.619
 in all of creation

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:09.159
 that an image bearer

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.180
 is afraid

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.960
 of the living God.

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.960
 Fearful of God's condemnation

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.579
 for his disobedience.

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.619
 And here is God saying,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.720
 come to me, Adam.

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.240
 Let's talk.

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:29.700
 Questions 2 and 3

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.819
 are more questions

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.660
 put to Adam.

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.799
 The third question is,

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.559
 hey, have you eaten

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.140
 from the tree

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.819
 that I have forbidden

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.660
 you to eat from?

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.000
 And in verse 12,

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:41.099
 it is such a sad thing

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.660
 to see,

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.299
 but we all know it

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:44.099
 so well.

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.980
 In his shame,

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.180
 in his pride,

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:52.240
 Adam does not fully own

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:54.539
 his own disobedience,

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:56.059
 but tries to minimize

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.480
 his disobedience

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.200
 by casting blame

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.180
 on Eve.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.880
 The woman

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:05.140
 whom you gave

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.339
 to be with me,

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.559
 he's thrown God

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.220
 under the bus.

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.779
 She gave me fruit

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:12.660
 and I ate.

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.000
 She's responsible.

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:17.319
 He's diminishing

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.200
 his responsibility.

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.680
 He's trying to skate around

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.740
 what God and he

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.759
 know already

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.320
 to be true.

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:29.400
 He's abdicating again.

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.940
 Verse 13,

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.960
 the Lord turns

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.580
 to the woman.

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.940
 Question 4,

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.740
 what is this

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.480
 that you have done?

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.140
 And like her husband,

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.779
 she blame shifts.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.240
 She points

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.799
 to the serpent

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.519
 who deceived her

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.320
 and she ate.

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.900
 She doesn't own

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.880
 that she

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.960
 has disregarded

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.759
 God's command

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.620
 and decided

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.680
 for herself

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.600
 what is good

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:52.920
 and right

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.620
 in her eyes

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.840
 of the tree

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.440
 of the knowledge

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.240
 of good and evil.

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:58.079
 She skates around it

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.140
 by trying to point

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.900
 at the serpent

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.279
 and blames him.

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:07.420
 In this trial,

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.059
 we see God

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.819
 patiently,

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.900
 graciously

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.860
 drawing out

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.660
 Adam and Eve

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:13.539
 so that they would

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.420
 humbly confess

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.980
 their sin,

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.420
 but they choose

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.620
 in their pride

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.519
 to blame

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.320
 one another

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:21.060
 and to try

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:22.220
 to get out

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.480
 of full responsibility

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.340
 for their sin

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:25.160
 before God.

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.880
 The blame game.

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.720
 Has anybody

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.440
 experienced

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.279
 at work,

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.340
 in your home,

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.580
 in church,

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.460
 or somewhere

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.660
 in our community,

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.880
 blame shifting?

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.779
 Oh yeah.

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.840
 We all know it.

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.620
 Blame shifting.

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.220
 It flows out

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.320
 of this corruption

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.080
 of heart

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.160
 that took place.

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.259
 This shame

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.400
 and pride

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.519
 now tries

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.759
 to redirect,

00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:57.840
 misdirect,

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.720
 so we don't have

00:31:59.720 --> 00:31:59.920
 to bear

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.100
 the full responsibility

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:02.200
 of our actions.

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.940
 Eve's sin

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.820
 in the garden,

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.759
 millennia ago,

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.160
 Adam and Eve's sin

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:13.420
 reaches

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.220
 reaches into

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:16.019
 the 21st century

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:18.160
 in our shame,

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:20.060
 in our pride,

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:22.120
 in our blame shifting,

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:24.240
 in our work,

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.300
 in our homes,

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.440
 in our church,

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.460
 and around

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.620
 the community.

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.400
 Verses 14

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.140
 through 21,

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:37.900
 the sentencing.

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.259
 Trials over,

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.200
 questions made,

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.860
 Adam and Eve,

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:43.480
 having fully owned up.

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.480
 Verses 14

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.220
 through 21,

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.360
 sentencing.

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.620
 Curse.

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.220
 If blessing

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:53.200
 is the experience

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:55.340
 of God's

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:56.200
 full goodness

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.299
 and interrupted

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.940
 peace,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.180
 peace with God,

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.559
 peace with creation

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.519
 in your vocation,

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.980
 peace with one another,

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.279
 peace with yourself,

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.700
 fullness of that

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.779
 every day,

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.519
 every minute,

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.339
 if that is blessing,

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.759
 curse is the withdrawal

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.500
 of God's blessing

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:18.740
 and the introduction

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.079
 of hardship

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.359
 and hostility.

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.579
 Never meant to be.

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.460
 Not part of God's

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.279
 original design.

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:30.059
 And in this sentencing,

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.579
 we see God curse,

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.180
 withdraw his blessing,

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.259
 first on the serpent.

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.879
 He's to crawl

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.539
 on his belly.

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.720
 He is to be cursed

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.579
 above all

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:41.440
 the beasts

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.220
 of the field

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.140
 and of the livestock.

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.779
 Above all,

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.660
 he is cursed

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:47.220
 to be under them all

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.259
 in the dust.

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.420
 And not only that,

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.359
 verse 15,

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.279
 God will put enmity,

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.180
 hostility

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:56.180
 between the serpent

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.319
 and the woman

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.779
 and their offspring

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.519
 and will culminate

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:02.379
 in one of the offspring

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.539
 of Eve

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:05.639
 crushing his head.

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.019
 Here in the midst

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.639
 of the curse

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:12.239
 is a glorious promise.

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.059
 There's going to come

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.480
 one,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:17.440
 an offspring of Eve,

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.039
 an offspring,

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.820
 one person

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:22.900
 who will crush

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.059
 the head of the serpent

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.579
 and he will reverse

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.699
 the effects

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:29.019
 of the curse.

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.579
 God makes

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:33.079
 a huge gospel promise

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.880
 at this moment.

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.980
 He's going to withdraw

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.519
 what he withdrew

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:40.460
 so that there's fullness

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 of blessing.

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.139
 To the woman,

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.279
 verse 16,

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.219
 God doesn't use

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.920
 the word curse,

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.920
 but that's essentially

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.960
 what God does.

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:50.639
 He withdraws his blessing

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.779
 from a woman's

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:53.320
 unique calling

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.000
 and role

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.920
 in being fruitful

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.780
 and multiplying

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:58.300
 through childbearing.

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.340
 Instead of bearing

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.680
 image bearers

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:03.180
 with ease,

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.920
 now there's going

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:07.260
 to be multiplied

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:08.720
 pain.

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.340
 You see that

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.080
 in verse 16?

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.320
 Pain.

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:16.260
 This is a unique

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:18.080
 calling women have

00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:20.240
 and blessing

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.180
 is withdrawn.

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:25.039
 God withdraws

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.600
 his blessing

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:28.960
 from a woman

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.760
 in another way

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:30.440
 and man.

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:31.640
 A woman

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:33.080
 was originally

00:35:33.080 --> 00:35:34.059
 called as her

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.260
 husband's helpmate

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.960
 and instead

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.740
 of peace,

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.519
 God pronounces

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.860
 that his blessing

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:42.100
 would be withdrawn

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:43.700
 from her relationship

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.460
 with her husband

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.680
 and now there

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.860
 will be struggle

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:48.740
 from helpmate

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:50.800
 to stalemate.

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.080
 there will be

00:35:53.080 --> 00:35:53.480
 a battle

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.300
 of wills

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.820
 for control

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.820
 of the marriage

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:58.220
 relationship.

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.420
 Hostility

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.840
 now enters

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.460
 into

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.840
 the relationship

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.960
 between a husband

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.820
 and a wife

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.640
 and we've been

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.780
 experiencing it

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.420
 ever since.

00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:08.620
 It's a distortion

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:10.120
 of God's good design.

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:15.460
 the sentence

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.219
 on the woman

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.699
 is the

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.259
 withdrawing

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.819
 of God's

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.319
 blessing

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.199
 on child

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.619
 rearing

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.339
 in a marriage

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:21.019
 relationship

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.359
 and now

00:36:22.359 --> 00:36:23.759
 we experience

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:25.199
 as normal

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:27.480
 what God

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.460
 has withdrawn

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.440
 as blessing.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.319
 That's normal

00:36:31.319 --> 00:36:31.920
 for us now.

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:35.400
 It's not normal.

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.839
 It's not

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:38.279
 what God

00:36:38.279 --> 00:36:38.699
 intended.

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:40.039
 this is a

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.579
 consequence

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.919
 of Adam

00:36:41.919 --> 00:36:42.259
 and Eve's

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.519
 sin

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:43.119
 and it's a

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.579
 consequence

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:45.039
 we live with.

00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:47.199
 Verses 17

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.859
 through 19

00:36:47.859 --> 00:36:48.639
 God turns

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.179
 to the man

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.799
 and speaks

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:50.419
 curse

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.219
 to the man

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:52.539
 because he

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.099
 listened to

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.579
 Eve

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.739
 over

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.799
 listening to

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.339
 God

00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.179
 what God

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.739
 commanded

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:59.179
 he curses

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.239
 the ground.

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:02.079
 He withdraws

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.559
 blessing

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.539
 from the ground.

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:05.219
 Where God

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.980
 withdraws

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.460
 blessing

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.960
 from

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:08.159
 the production

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.699
 of Eve's

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.179
 fertility

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:13.940
 he withdraws

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.579
 blessing

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.119
 from

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.099
 Eve's

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.719
 production

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:17.239
 from the

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.659
 fertility

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.099
 of the

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.399
 ground.

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.059
 And now

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.719
 there's pain

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:24.299
 toil

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.500
 hardship

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:27.239
 what is

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.639
 normal

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.219
 for us

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.619
 now

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.340
 was not

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:29.960
 normal

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.179
 in the

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.519
 garden

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.099
 before the

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.380
 fall.

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.940
 Thorns

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.619
 and thistles

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:38.360
 now there's

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.659
 something

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.380
 resisting

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:40.219
 our work.

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:43.159
 Has anybody

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.900
 experienced this

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.219
 before?

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.920
 You're trying

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.400
 to get work

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.719
 done.

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:49.280
 Your computer

00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:50.460
 does something

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.860
 weird

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:52.519
 and for

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.200
 an hour

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.920
 to two

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.440
 hours

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.039
 you're

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.360
 just

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.740
 trying

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.180
 to

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.960
 kind of

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.360
 pull

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.960
 the weeds

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.460
 of this

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.960
 computer

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.740
 so that

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.140
 you can

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:00.820
 get back

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.460
 to your

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.900
 work.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.680
 Modern

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.059
 day

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.500
 thorns

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.140
 and thistles

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:10.180
 the earth

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:11.200
 resists

00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.800
 us

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.360
 now.

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:17.180
 Have you

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.660
 ever wondered

00:38:17.660 --> 00:38:18.059
 why

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.980
 highly

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.559
 productive

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.180
 days

00:38:20.180 --> 00:38:20.680
 are so

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.039
 rare?

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.519
 It's

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.840
 because of

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.140
 this.

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.380
 The curse

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.940
 as a

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.559
 consequence

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.460
 for Adam

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.780
 and Eve's

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.019
 sin.

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.340
 19

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:31.700
 by the

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:32.019
 sweat of

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.519
 your brow

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.200
 instead

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:34.280
 of minimum

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.780
 effort

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:35.420
 for maximum

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.180
 results

00:38:36.180 --> 00:38:37.059
 now it's

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.640
 maximum

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:38.120
 effort

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.900
 for limited

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.599
 results.

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:44.159
 In this

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.719
 sentencing

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.779
 God withdraws

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.539
 his blessing

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.719
 from Adam

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:48.719
 from the

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.299
 earth.

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.719
 Hardship

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.500
 pain

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.440
 hostility

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.139
 struggle

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.779
 are what

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.400
 follows.

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.380
 In verses

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.339
 20 to 21

00:38:58.339 --> 00:38:59.319
 we see

00:38:59.319 --> 00:38:59.960
 hope.

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:01.960
 Adam

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.779
 names his

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:03.559
 wife Eve

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.159
 the mother

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.699
 of all

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.000
 living.

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.500
 Even in

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.920
 the midst

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.360
 of all

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:09.299
 this cursing

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:11.160
 there's

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.560
 still this

00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:11.920
 sense

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.380
 of

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.880
 life.

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.840
 There's

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.160
 still going

00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:16.360
 to be

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:16.960
 multiplying.

00:39:17.620 --> 00:39:18.019
 There's

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.460
 still going

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.920
 to be

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.980
 filling.

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.600
 There's

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:20.880
 still going

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.060
 to be

00:39:21.060 --> 00:39:21.760
 subduing.

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.200
 There's

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.580
 still going

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:22.960
 to be

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.300
 having

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.860
 dominion

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.620
 but now

00:39:25.620 --> 00:39:26.240
 all of

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.480
 it's

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.120
 challenged.

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.580
 All of

00:39:28.580 --> 00:39:29.320
 it is

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.100
 resisted.

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:31.440
 Sin

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.740
 has

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.220
 entered

00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:32.920
 the world.

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.680
 Curse

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:33.920
 has

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.440
 come.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.200
 Now

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.700
 things

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.180
 are

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.780
 hard.

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.400
 In

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.680
 verses

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.100
 20

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.260
 through

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.720
 24

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.359
 there's

00:39:39.359 --> 00:39:39.539
 the

00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:39.919
 judgment.

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.259
 Genesis

00:39:43.259 --> 00:39:43.579
 3

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.000
 closes

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.279
 with

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:44.619
 Adam

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.779
 and

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:44.980
 Eve

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.539
 wearing

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.379
 the

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:46.799
 God

00:39:46.799 --> 00:39:47.319
 made

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:48.179
 garments

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.959
 that he

00:39:48.959 --> 00:39:49.199
 has

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.819
 put on

00:39:49.819 --> 00:39:49.959
 them

00:39:49.959 --> 00:39:50.119
 of

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.419
 animal

00:39:50.419 --> 00:39:50.859
 skins.

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.339
 Another

00:39:51.339 --> 00:39:51.739
 mercy

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:51.959
 of

00:39:51.959 --> 00:39:52.259
 God.

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.419
 They

00:39:53.419 --> 00:39:53.679
 are

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.480
 expelled

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.919
 from

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:55.119
 the

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.439
 garden.

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.359
 They're

00:39:56.359 --> 00:39:56.799
 driven

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.619
 away

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:57.980
 from

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.179
 the

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.459
 tree

00:39:58.459 --> 00:39:58.659
 of

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.139
 life.

00:40:00.459 --> 00:40:00.819
 No

00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:01.059
 eating

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.259
 of

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.539
 that.

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.279
 They

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:03.439
 will

00:40:03.439 --> 00:40:03.759
 die.

00:40:05.279 --> 00:40:05.339
 And

00:40:05.339 --> 00:40:05.699
 instead

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:05.980
 of

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.339
 Adam

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.360
 guarding

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.800
 the

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.240
 garden

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.940
 God

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.180
 has

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.660
 replaced

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:09.880
 him

00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:10.100
 with

00:40:10.100 --> 00:40:10.360
 an

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.000
 angel

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:12.440
 preventing

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.800
 his

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.320
 return.

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.420
 So

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:14.680
 here

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:14.880
 we

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.160
 have

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.660
 image

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:16.320
 bearers

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.900
 who

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.000
 have

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.160
 been

00:40:17.160 --> 00:40:17.500
 cast

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:17.880
 out

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.019
 of

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.380
 God's

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.880
 presence

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.900
 experiencing

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.519
 shame

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:20.900
 seeking

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.480
 to hide

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.059
 in

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.260
 their

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.660
 pride

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.240
 blaming

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.600
 one

00:40:23.600 --> 00:40:24.019
 another.

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.880
 Pain

00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:27.019
 hardship

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.039
 sweat

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.920
 toil

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.039
 difficulty

00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:30.780
 resistance

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.440
 does that

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.660
 sound

00:40:31.660 --> 00:40:32.019
 familiar?

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.219
 that's

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:33.400
 the

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.659
 world

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:33.860
 we

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.079
 live

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.920
 in.

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.239
 CSI

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.639
 Eden

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:40.360
 crime

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:40.880
 trial

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.400
 sentence

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.940
 judgment

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:43.739
 it

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.199
 all

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.860
 points

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.079
 to

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.280
 that

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.860
 sin

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.480
 has

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.119
 corrupted

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:48.179
 all

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.719
 of

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.139
 our

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.860
 humanity

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.679
 including

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.219
 the

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.679
 goodness

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.340
 of

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:52.960
 work.

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.480
 You

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.539
 know

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.719
 what I

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:54.860
 love

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.059
 about

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.239
 my

00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:55.539
 Bible?

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.559
 It's

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:58.099
 realistic.

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.519
 I'm

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.719
 a

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.019
 biblical

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.739
 realist.

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:02.419
 this

00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:03.619
 describes

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.359
 what all

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:04.639
 of us

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:05.359
 experience

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:06.039
 day in

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.319
 and day

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:06.579
 out.

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.239
 Yes

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:10.119
 God

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.359
 has

00:41:10.359 --> 00:41:10.779
 withdrawn

00:41:10.779 --> 00:41:11.039
 his

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.459
 blessing

00:41:11.459 --> 00:41:11.759
 from

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:11.919
 our

00:41:11.919 --> 00:41:12.539
 vocations.

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.479
 Yes

00:41:13.479 --> 00:41:14.059
 now

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.299
 there

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:14.539
 is

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.039
 hardship

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.459
 and

00:41:15.459 --> 00:41:16.179
 hostility

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:16.719
 but

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:16.939
 the

00:41:16.939 --> 00:41:17.319
 real

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:17.919
 problem

00:41:17.919 --> 00:41:18.319
 is

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.599
 a

00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:18.959
 God

00:41:18.959 --> 00:41:19.559
 problem.

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:21.119
 When

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.439
 we

00:41:21.439 --> 00:41:22.000
 cut

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.539
 God

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.919
 out

00:41:22.919 --> 00:41:23.219
 of

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.639
 all

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:23.799
 of

00:41:23.799 --> 00:41:24.039
 our

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.439
 lives

00:41:24.439 --> 00:41:25.000
 including

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.379
 our

00:41:25.379 --> 00:41:26.019
 vocations

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.379
 because

00:41:26.379 --> 00:41:26.679
 of

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:26.899
 our

00:41:26.899 --> 00:41:27.259
 sin

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.879
 something

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:29.319
 else

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:29.639
 takes

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:29.819
 his

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.259
 place.

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:34.559
 And

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.859
 often

00:41:34.859 --> 00:41:35.359
 times

00:41:35.359 --> 00:41:35.779
 it's

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.019
 our

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.399
 very

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:37.000
 work

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.339
 that

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:37.539
 he's

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.859
 called

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.079
 us

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.399
 to do

00:41:38.399 --> 00:41:38.939
 to bless

00:41:38.939 --> 00:41:39.439
 others

00:41:39.439 --> 00:41:39.759
 as

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.000
 his

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.639
 representative.

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.199
 I'm

00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:43.459
 wrapping

00:41:43.459 --> 00:41:43.739
 up.

00:41:43.919 --> 00:41:44.079
 Bear

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.359
 with

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.619
 me.

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.719
 In

00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:46.859
 her

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.179
 very

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.579
 helpful

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.119
 article

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.719
 called

00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:49.219
 Human

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:50.059
 Flourishing

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:51.459
 Danielle

00:41:51.459 --> 00:41:52.379
 Saladay

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:54.599
 points

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:54.939
 to

00:41:54.939 --> 00:41:55.839
 three

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.839
 mistakes

00:41:56.839 --> 00:41:57.399
 that

00:41:57.399 --> 00:41:57.659
 we

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.619
 experience

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.619
 because

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.039
 God

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.219
 is

00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:00.599
 removed

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.859
 from

00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:01.039
 our

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.480
 work.

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.000
 We

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.179
 are

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.460
 left

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.719
 with

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.019
 a

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.299
 self

00:42:04.299 --> 00:42:04.659
 centered

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:05.199
 view

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.619
 of

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.059
 work.

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:06.940
 We

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.239
 think

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.460
 that

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.859
 work

00:42:07.859 --> 00:42:08.219
 is

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:08.579
 for

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.039
 me.

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:09.759
 Work

00:42:09.759 --> 00:42:10.039
 is

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.500
 about

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.079
 me.

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.619
 When

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:12.079
 God

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.440
 said

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.739
 no,

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.319
 work

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:13.480
 is

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.739
 about

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:14.139
 you

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:15.019
 representing

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.880
 me,

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.400
 God,

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:16.980
 and doing

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.299
 good

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:17.500
 to

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.000
 others.

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:19.539
 So let

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:19.719
 me

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.159
 just

00:42:20.159 --> 00:42:20.579
 share

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.800
 with

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:20.980
 you

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.280
 in

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.719
 closing

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.179
 what

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:22.659
 these

00:42:22.659 --> 00:42:23.280
 three

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.719
 mistakes

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:24.199
 are,

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:24.840
 and I'm

00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:25.219
 going to

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:25.780
 point you

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:26.199
 to the

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.599
 one

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:28.820
 who will

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.380
 redeem us

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:29.780
 from these

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.219
 things.

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.900
 That's

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.059
 what we're

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.219
 going to

00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:33.659
 focus on

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.219
 next week.

00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:36.440
 Mistake

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.659
 number

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:36.980
 one,

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.679
 because

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.699
 we

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:39.159
 remove

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.599
 God

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:40.159
 from

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.440
 our

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:40.840
 work,

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:42.000
 we

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.980
 wrongly

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.780
 value

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.579
 certain

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.059
 types

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.639
 of work

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.280
 over

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:47.039
 others.

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.920
 we play

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.659
 favorites

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:49.420
 with our

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.800
 work.

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.480
 We

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:50.779
 think

00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:51.139
 some

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:51.420
 work

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.659
 is

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:51.880
 better

00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.059
 than

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.400
 other

00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.860
 work.

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:54.559
 If

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.719
 you're

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:54.860
 over

00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:55.000
 at

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.119
 the

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.599
 hospital,

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.159
 you

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:56.320
 could

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.519
 make

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.699
 the

00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.099
 mistake

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.820
 that

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.440
 doctors

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.840
 are

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.159
 more

00:42:59.159 --> 00:42:59.679
 important

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.099
 than

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.259
 the

00:43:00.259 --> 00:43:00.679
 housekeeping

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.279
 staff.

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.199
 Like

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:03.340
 they're

00:43:03.340 --> 00:43:03.519
 more

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.980
 valuable.

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.239
 They're

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:07.460
 more

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.000
 worth

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.559
 full.

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.460
 That's

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:12.099
 a result

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:13.539
 of

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:13.960
 sin.

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.659
 Jesus

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:17.420
 the

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.960
 offspring

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.460
 of

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.940
 Eve

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.420
 who

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:20.000
 came

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.719
 crushed

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:20.940
 the

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.099
 head

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.219
 of

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.420
 the

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.859
 serpent

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:22.519
 is

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:22.779
 seeking

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.019
 to

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.399
 reverse

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:23.659
 the

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:24.059
 curse.

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.199
 And so

00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:26.799
 instead of

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.559
 valuing

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:27.899
 certain

00:43:27.899 --> 00:43:28.259
 types

00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:28.440
 of

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:28.679
 work

00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.019
 over

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.500
 others,

00:43:29.799 --> 00:43:30.139
 we

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:30.679
 value

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.119
 all

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.579
 work

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:33.460
 in the

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.719
 image

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.119
 bearers

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:34.279
 that

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:34.440
 do

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.679
 them.

00:43:36.299 --> 00:43:36.899
 Second

00:43:36.899 --> 00:43:37.420
 mistake.

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.899
 This is

00:43:39.899 --> 00:43:40.339
 one that

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:41.759
 many of

00:43:41.759 --> 00:43:42.199
 us will

00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:42.519
 be able

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:42.940
 to relate

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.199
 with.

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.819
 we

00:43:44.819 --> 00:43:45.179
 place

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:45.480
 our

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.099
 identity

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.719
 in

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:46.960
 our

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.339
 work.

00:43:48.239 --> 00:43:48.619
 You

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:48.879
 cut

00:43:48.879 --> 00:43:49.319
 God

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:49.679
 out

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:49.839
 of

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:50.179
 work

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.679
 and

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:50.839
 what

00:43:50.839 --> 00:43:51.000
 you're

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.059
 going

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.139
 to

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.299
 try

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:51.399
 to

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:51.519
 do

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.659
 is

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:52.059
 find

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:52.279
 your

00:43:52.279 --> 00:43:52.759
 identity

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:53.119
 in

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:53.219
 it.

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:53.399
 You're

00:43:53.399 --> 00:43:53.460
 going

00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:53.539
 to

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.679
 try

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:53.839
 to

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.279
 hide

00:43:54.279 --> 00:43:54.579
 in

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:54.779
 your

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.139
 work.

00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:55.539
 You're

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.659
 going to

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:56.199
 cover

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.639
 yourself

00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:56.939
 with

00:43:56.939 --> 00:43:57.119
 your

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.539
 work.

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:58.879
 And

00:43:58.879 --> 00:43:59.299
 not

00:43:59.299 --> 00:43:59.460
 only

00:43:59.460 --> 00:43:59.619
 we

00:43:59.619 --> 00:43:59.879
 place

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.059
 our

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:00.439
 identity

00:44:00.439 --> 00:44:00.619
 in

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:00.759
 our

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:01.119
 work,

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.819
 we

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:02.259
 seek

00:44:02.259 --> 00:44:03.219
 justification

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.879
 through

00:44:03.879 --> 00:44:04.179
 our

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.599
 work.

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.299
 Why

00:44:06.299 --> 00:44:06.500
 I

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.039
 exist

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:08.439
 being

00:44:08.439 --> 00:44:09.119
 acceptable.

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:09.239
 people

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:11.259
 and

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:11.659
 Jesus

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.119
 the

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:13.139
 descendant

00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:13.319
 the

00:44:13.319 --> 00:44:13.799
 offspring

00:44:13.799 --> 00:44:14.099
 of

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:14.500
 ease

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.000
 came

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.219
 and

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:15.579
 crushed

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:15.799
 the

00:44:15.799 --> 00:44:15.940
 head

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.039
 of

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.219
 the

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.539
 serpent

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:17.159
 to

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.779
 reverse

00:44:17.779 --> 00:44:18.259
 this.

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:19.000
 So

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.279
 instead

00:44:19.279 --> 00:44:19.480
 of

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:19.839
 placing

00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.480
 identity

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:21.239
 in

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:21.699
 our

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:22.079
 work

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:22.500
 we

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:22.859
 place

00:44:22.859 --> 00:44:23.159
 our

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.759
 identity

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.039
 in

00:44:24.039 --> 00:44:24.219
 what

00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:24.380
 has

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.579
 come

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:24.799
 from

00:44:24.799 --> 00:44:25.119
 his

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:25.579
 finished

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:25.960
 work

00:44:25.960 --> 00:44:26.139
 on

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:26.259
 the

00:44:26.259 --> 00:44:26.699
 cross.

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.139
 And

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.259
 our

00:44:28.259 --> 00:44:28.480
 very

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.039
 justification

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.739
 comes

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:30.059
 through

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:31.219
 his

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:31.679
 cross

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.059
 work.

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.859
 You

00:44:35.859 --> 00:44:36.039
 need

00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:36.139
 to

00:44:36.139 --> 00:44:36.319
 be

00:44:36.319 --> 00:44:36.699
 rescued

00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.699
 from

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:38.159
 finding

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:38.440
 your

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.960
 identity

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.639
 in

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:39.900
 what

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.139
 you

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:40.420
 do.

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:41.980
 You

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.300
 need

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:42.740
 Jesus

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.000
 for

00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:43.240
 that.

00:44:44.920 --> 00:44:45.659
 The

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:45.960
 last

00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.440
 mistake

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:47.079
 is that

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.460
 we

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:47.880
 work

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.220
 as

00:44:48.220 --> 00:44:49.159
 independent

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:50.099
 operators

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.900
 solely

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.599
 responsible

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.019
 for

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:52.460
 our

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:52.800
 daily

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.340
 provision

00:44:53.340 --> 00:44:54.139
 forgetting

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:54.500
 that

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.860
 God

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.119
 is

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.300
 our

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.740
 ultimate

00:44:55.740 --> 00:44:56.980
 provider.

00:44:57.220 --> 00:44:57.300
 It's

00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:57.480
 what

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.880
 Paul

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.280
 Tripp

00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:58.699
 calls

00:44:58.699 --> 00:44:59.280
 God

00:44:59.280 --> 00:45:00.079
 amnesia.

00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:00.659
 We

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.380
 forget

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:02.159
 God.

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.380
 We

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.519
 are

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:04.880
 never

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.119
 meant

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.360
 to be

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:05.579
 this

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:05.820
 way.

00:45:07.740 --> 00:45:08.440
 Not

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.559
 in

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:08.700
 our

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:08.960
 work

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.200
 not

00:45:09.200 --> 00:45:09.340
 in

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:09.679
 anything.

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.559
 And

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:11.760
 so

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.179
 Jesus

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.740
 has

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.179
 come

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.860
 crushed

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.079
 the

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:14.320
 head

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.539
 of

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:14.720
 the

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.019
 serpent

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.940
 reversing

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.159
 the

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.500
 curse

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:16.900
 to

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.119
 make

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.800
 independent

00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:18.500
 operators

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.119
 into

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:19.740
 dependent

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:20.400
 creatures

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:20.960
 seeking to

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:21.220
 bless

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:21.679
 others

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.800
 through

00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:22.960
 our

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.179
 work.

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.200
 All

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:26.460
 these

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.880
 mistakes

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.240
 point

00:45:27.240 --> 00:45:27.360
 to

00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:27.599
 one

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.880
 thing.

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.880
 We

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.420
 have

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.820
 a

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:31.320
 tendency

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:32.720
 to

00:45:32.720 --> 00:45:33.280
 worship

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:34.360
 our

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.060
 work

00:45:35.060 --> 00:45:36.620
 to

00:45:36.620 --> 00:45:36.900
 make

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.100
 an

00:45:37.100 --> 00:45:37.540
 idol

00:45:37.540 --> 00:45:38.320
 of

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.540
 what

00:45:38.540 --> 00:45:38.780
 we

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.120
 do.

00:45:40.540 --> 00:45:40.660
 And

00:45:40.660 --> 00:45:41.180
 that's

00:45:41.180 --> 00:45:41.460
 why

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:41.640
 we

00:45:41.640 --> 00:45:41.740
 are

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:41.880
 in

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.120
 such

00:45:42.120 --> 00:45:42.680
 desperate

00:45:42.680 --> 00:45:43.120
 need

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:44.080
 of

00:45:44.080 --> 00:45:44.240
 the

00:45:44.240 --> 00:45:44.680
 promised

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:45.220
 offspring

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:45.500
 of

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:45.900
 Eve

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.660
 who

00:45:46.660 --> 00:45:46.800
 would

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.260
 come

00:45:47.260 --> 00:45:48.100
 crush

00:45:48.100 --> 00:45:48.300
 the

00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:48.420
 head

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:48.540
 of

00:45:48.540 --> 00:45:48.700
 the

00:45:48.700 --> 00:45:48.980
 serpent

00:45:48.980 --> 00:45:49.700
 and

00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:50.200
 reverse

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:50.480
 the

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:50.920
 curse

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.400
 bringing

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:51.920
 blessing

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:52.180
 to

00:45:52.180 --> 00:45:52.420
 all

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:52.880
 people.

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:53.740
 Jesus

00:45:53.740 --> 00:45:54.760
 alone

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:55.060
 is

00:45:55.060 --> 00:45:55.400
 able

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:55.660
 to

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.480
 reintegrate

00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:56.820
 God

00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:57.200
 back

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:57.400
 into

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:57.700
 all

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 of

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 our

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 lives

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 including

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 our

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 work

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:00.540
 blessing

00:46:00.540 --> 00:46:01.120
 us

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.599
 and

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 making

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:02.699
 us

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:03.059
 a

00:46:03.059 --> 00:46:03.460
 blessing

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:03.859
 to

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 all

00:46:04.259 --> 00:46:04.500
 that

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:04.719
 we

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 work

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:05.659
 with.

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.440
 So

00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:09.019
 students

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:11.440
 Jesus

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.880
 intends

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.199
 to

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.619
 redeem

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:14.440
 your

00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:14.980
 school

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:15.480
 work

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:16.299
 for

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:16.719
 God's

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:17.039
 glory

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.179
 and

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.279
 the

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.400
 good

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.559
 of

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:17.920
 others.

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:20.000
 Salesmen

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:20.759
 Jesus

00:46:20.759 --> 00:46:21.400
 intends

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:21.639
 to

00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:22.059
 redeem

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.519
 your

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:23.219
 work

00:46:23.219 --> 00:46:23.679
 as a

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.480
 salesperson

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 to

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 glorify

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 God

00:46:26.219 --> 00:46:26.500
 and

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:26.639
 to

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:26.960
 bless

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.480
 others.

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.559
 Managers

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.359
 Jesus

00:46:29.359 --> 00:46:30.019
 intends

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.259
 to

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:30.559
 redeem

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:30.799
 your

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.420
 managing

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:31.700
 to

00:46:31.700 --> 00:46:32.480
 glorify

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.920
 God

00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.440
 and

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:33.640
 to

00:46:33.640 --> 00:46:34.000
 bless

00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:34.700
 others.

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 And so

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 next

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 week

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:39.860
 this

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 week

00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:40.340
 we've

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.480
 looked

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.640
 at

00:46:40.640 --> 00:46:41.460
 work

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:41.980
 corrupted

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 next

00:46:42.640 --> 00:46:43.019
 week

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.519
 work

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.180
 redeemed.

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:45.700
 Jesus

00:46:45.700 --> 00:46:46.480
 at

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:46.920
 work

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:47.580
 in

00:46:47.580 --> 00:46:47.900
 our

00:46:47.900 --> 00:46:48.320
 work

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:48.800
 how

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:49.140
 his

00:46:49.140 --> 00:46:49.600
 cross

00:46:49.600 --> 00:46:49.920
 work

00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:50.640
 changes

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:50.960
 our

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.300
 day

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:51.420
 to

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 day

00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:52.019
 work

00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:52.360
 and

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:52.460
 if

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:52.539
 you

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:52.680
 want

00:46:52.680 --> 00:46:52.800
 to

00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:52.980
 put

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.160
 it

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:53.500
 in

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:53.660
 the

00:46:53.660 --> 00:46:54.480
 words

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.660
 of

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 Psalm

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 46

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 1

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 he

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 is

00:46:57.220 --> 00:46:57.700
 our

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:58.140
 ever

00:46:58.140 --> 00:46:58.700
 present

00:46:58.700 --> 00:46:59.180
 help

00:46:59.180 --> 00:46:59.600
 in

00:46:59.600 --> 00:46:59.920
 our

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.700
 callings.

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:03.539
 to

00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:04.000
 redeem

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.339
 it

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:06.519
 for

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:06.919
 God's

00:47:06.919 --> 00:47:07.419
 glory

00:47:07.419 --> 00:47:09.219
 and

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.359
 the

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:09.480
 good

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:09.619
 of

00:47:09.619 --> 00:47:09.859
 all.

00:47:11.859 --> 00:47:12.419
 What

00:47:12.419 --> 00:47:12.659
 sin

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:12.879
 has

00:47:12.879 --> 00:47:13.460
 corrupted

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:15.659
 Jesus

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.419
 alone

00:47:16.419 --> 00:47:17.179
 is able

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.460
 to

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:18.079
 sanctify.

00:47:19.659 --> 00:47:20.179
 All

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:20.819
 glory

00:47:20.819 --> 00:47:21.879
 and

00:47:21.879 --> 00:47:22.659
 praise

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.519
 and

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:24.159
 honor

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:24.980
 and

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:25.679
 power

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:26.500
 and

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.460
 majesty

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:28.460
 be

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:28.840
 to

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:29.079
 the

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.440
 name

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:29.699
 of

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.300
 Jesus.

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.659
 Amen.

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:35.740
 God

00:47:35.740 --> 00:47:37.639
 help

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.179
 us

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:39.480
 in

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:39.599
 the

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:39.740
 name

00:47:39.740 --> 00:47:39.920
 of

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:40.320
 Jesus.

00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.079
 Amen.