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 A few weeks ago, we considered one of those great existential questions.

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! Why is there something rather than nothing?

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! And of course, we discovered that the Bible's answer for that the eternal, triune, covenant creator God has made all that exist.

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 And then He steps back in His perfection and He evaluates what He's made by the power of His word.

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 And He declares that every piece of it is very good.

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 And through that, in these first two chapters of the Bible, we've contemplated the wonder of the created world.

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 We have discovered the glory of humanity made in God's image as His special creation.

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 We have looked at the beauty of human life and marriage in God's garden.

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 Genesis 1 and 2 really is an incredible utopian picture of God's goodness and glory.

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 And we read that and we're in wonder over it and then we immediately become discouraged about it.

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 Because what we read in Genesis 1 and 2 is not matching up with our experience now.

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 Our experience here, now, in this place is not the same as what we're reading was true at the beginning.

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 Every human being can sense that things are not as they ought to be or even as they were meant to be.

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 Which forces us to ask another of those great questions.

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 After discovering the Bible's answer for why is there something rather than nothing, we must then ask, what happened?

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 Where did it all go wrong?

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 And that's what our text begins to answer for us today.

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 Genesis 3, verses 1 to 7.

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 Let's read it together.

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 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman,

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 Did God actually say, you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 And the woman said to the serpent,

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 We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

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 But God said, you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden.

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 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 But the serpent said to the woman,

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 You will not surely die.

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 For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened,

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 and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

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 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,

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 that it was a delight to the eyes,

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 and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,

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 she took of its fruit and ate.

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 And she also gave some to her husband, who was with her,

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 and he ate.

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 Then the eyes of both were opened,

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 and they knew that they were naked,

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 and they sewed fig leaves together,

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 and made themselves loincloths.

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 Amen.

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 Two statements bracket this section and give us the aim of the text.

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 The first one is the last verse of chapter 2.

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 If you just want to set your eyes on it again,

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 we concluded our time of study last week with this phrase,

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 The man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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 That's bracket number one.

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 And then we immediately get into what we just read.

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 We come to the end of it in verse 7.

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 What is it that we read again?

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 It's the closing in of that section, another bracket.

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 What does it say?

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 Well, the man and the woman, their eyes were opened,

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 and they were aware now of their nakedness in such a way that they were ashamed.

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 The text then is about humanity's descent.

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 It's humanity's descent from purity and innocence into guilt and shame.

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 It's the record of the original sin,

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 a catastrophic moment in human history

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 that affects each and every one of us still today.

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 And it does so much for us.

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 Of course, it doesn't do everything.

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 We go on in the Scriptures to discover more and more about what this means,

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 but it does so much for us.

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 Remember, Genesis is a book of foundations.

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 It's a book of origins.

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 It's laying a foundation for us to understand something of our sin

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 and what it is, how we're drawn into it,

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 the pattern of human sin that is established here

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 in the very beginning with the first man and woman.

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 But then even here,

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 we have a finger pointing forward

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 to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ

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 as our true and sufficient Lord and Savior.

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 I just want to walk through the narrative with you

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 and explain a few things that we find here

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 and then see how we can get to anything good in this text

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 or from this text.

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 Notice first, we have a diabolical devil.

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 We're going to have a lot of Ds today, right?

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 A diabolical devil.

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 Look at verse 1 again.

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 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field

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 that the Lord God had made.

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 A new character is suddenly introduced into the narrative

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 and this character will play a significant role

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 in the original sin.

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 It's a subtle serpent

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 that enters into dialogue with the first woman, Eve,

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 which is a rather bizarre twist to the story

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 as we've been reading it.

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 It's unexpected,

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 not only that this creature would be there,

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 but that it would have a voice

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 and that it would enter into dialogue

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 and some kind of reasoning and rationality.

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 It's a bit bizarre.

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 Before we jump into explanations

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 of the purpose of this serpent

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 and the identity of the serpent,

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 let's just think first about the three descriptors

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 that are given to us right here in the verse.

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 What does the verse itself say about this creature?

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 Well, first, we find that the serpent

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 is part of the Lord God's very good creation.

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 This is a created being.

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 This is a created creature

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 that after having been created,

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 God steps back, the Lord God,

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 and says, with this creature,

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 everything is very good,

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 meaning that the animal itself

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 is not intrinsically evil.

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 That's just not what we're finding here in this text.

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 It's not a tale of some ongoing conflict

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 between humans and snakes,

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 though that conflict is great in the Blankenship house.

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 That's not what this text is about.

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 There's a second thing that we find here.

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 It's a categorization for the serpent.

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 It's categorized as a beast of the field.

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 If you'll think back to chapter two in several places,

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 even back to chapter one,

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 when we see the creation of the land animals,

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 God divides them into three different categories.

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 We see this particular creature

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 is categorized as a beast of the field,

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 which may indicate

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 that its presence in the garden sanctuary

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 is atypical, perhaps,

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 maybe suspicious.

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 Moses, perhaps, is laying the groundwork here

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 for the possibility that the serpent

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 is an imposter and an intruder.

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 And then we get to a third thing.

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 Finally, we note that the serpent

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 is noted especially for his shrewdness

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 and his cunning.

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 Certainly something that characterizes the animal

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 and is used throughout the scriptures

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 for both positive and negative explanations.

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 Jesus in Matthew chapter 10

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 tells his disciples

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 that as they go into the world on mission,

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 that they are to be wise as serpents,

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 crafty as serpents,

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 shrewd as serpents,

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 innocent as doves.

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 It's positive.

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 We go just a few chapters later

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 in Matthew 23

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 and we find that Jesus is confronting

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 the Pharisees of his days

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 and he calls them a brood of vipers

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 with venom on their lips.

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 They are destructive.

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 They are using cunning then for evil.

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 And what we find here in this text

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 is that as an animal,

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 the serpent's craftiness,

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 its shrewdness and cunning

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 is part of its God-given nature

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 and is good.

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 And yet Moses is also signaling

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 how this creature will,

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 with great cunning,

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 attempt to deceive the woman in the garden.

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 And we put all of that together.

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 What becomes clear to us in this text

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 is that it is not intending to convey

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 that a mere animal

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 is the source of temptation.

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 That's not the takeaway from this text.

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 An unnamed moral being is at work here.

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 At this point,

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 we don't know who this being is.

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 We don't know where he has come from.

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 We don't know what is motivating his actions.

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 All we know is that he represents

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 a clear and present deadly threat

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 to life in the garden.

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 And either he has taken possession

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 of a real serpent,

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 beast of the field,

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 in order to use that beast for his purpose

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 or else perhaps Moses

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 is just stylistically presenting

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 the tempter to us

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 with the imagery of a cunning serpent.

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 Either way,

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 this is not about a snake.

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 It is about a sinister adversary

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 of God and of his people.

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 And of course,

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 as we read our Bibles,

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 we find that this adversary

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 goes by other names.

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 We find him as Satan

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 or the devil,

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 that great adversary of God

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 and of his people.

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 All of these names

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 kind of come together in one place

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 in Revelation chapter 12

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 at the end of the Bible

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 when it's showing Christ

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 as victorious over evil.

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 It says that the great dragon

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 was thrown down.

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 That ancient serpent

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 who is called the devil

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 and Satan,

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 the deceiver

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 of the whole world,

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 he was thrown down to earth

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 and his angels

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 were thrown down

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 with him.

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 He is the tempter

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 who seeks to destroy

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 God's people

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 through his rebellion.

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 His tactics are cunning

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 and they are effective.

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 And one goal

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 of this text,

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 I think,

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 is to demonstrate

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 that the way

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 he deceived Eve

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 and influenced Adam

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 is precisely

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 how he works

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 to devour

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 you and me.

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 It's all here.

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 Jesus said

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 he's the father

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 of all lies,

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 that he was a murderer

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 from the very beginning.

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 He seeks your death

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 by enticing you

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 to disbelieve God

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 and to rebel

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 against his word.

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 Loved ones,

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 if there's anything

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 we need to take

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 from verse number one

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 and moving forward,

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 it is this.

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 It is that you have

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 a real sinister

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 and powerful enemy

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 that is seeking

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 to destroy you

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 and you must be careful

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 and vigilant,

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 watchful of his tactics.

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 And this passage

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 helps us see

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 what to watch for.

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 1 Peter 5,

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 you probably know

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 the verse well.

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 Peter says,

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 be sober-minded,

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 be watchful.

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 Your adversary,

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 the devil,

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 prowls around

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 like a roaring lion

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 seeking someone

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 to devour.

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 Resist him,

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 Peter says.

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 How, Peter?

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 Firm in the faith.

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 Both resisting

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 the temptations

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 that he presents

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 in effectiveness

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 here in this passage.

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 Well, that's the

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 diabolical devil,

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 but then we immediately

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 move into

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 another portion

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 of the text.

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 We see a deceptive dialogue.

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 Deceptive dialogue.

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 Look again

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 at the end of verse one.

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 The serpent speaks

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 and he says

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 to the woman,

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 did God actually say

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 you shall not eat

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 of any tree

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 in the garden?

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 And the woman

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 said to the serpent,

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 we may eat

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 of the fruit

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 of the trees

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 in the garden,

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 but God said

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 you shall not eat

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 of the fruit

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 of the tree

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 that is in the midst

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 of the garden.

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 Neither shall you

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 touch it,

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 lest you die.

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 But the serpent

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 said to the woman,

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 you will not surely die.

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 God knows

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 that when you eat

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 of it,

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 your eyes will be opened.

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 You'll be like God,

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 knowing good and evil.

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 This might be

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 the most famous

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 conversation

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 in all the Bible.

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 Serpent enters

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 into dialogue

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 with the woman

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 and his goal

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 is to deceive her

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 into eating

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 the fruit

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 of the only tree

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 in the garden

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 that God

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 has actually prohibited.

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 Except he doesn't

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 present it that way,

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 does he?

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 It's in this dialogue

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 that we can discern

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 a kind of definition

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 for sin

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 and of course

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 the tactics

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 that Satan uses

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 to deceive us.

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 And here it is.

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 Sin is fundamentally

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 an act of rebellion

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 that results

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 from distrusting God,

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 disbelieving God,

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 distorting God's word,

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 and denying God's judgment.

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 Three features there.

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 Did you catch them?

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 Distrusting God,

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 distorting God's word,

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 denying God's judgment.

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 These are the three

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 main elements

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 of temptation

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 that are presented

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 to us here.

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 Let's just walk

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 through them.

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 First we see

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 the diminishment

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 of God's benevolence.

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 The diminishment

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 of God's benevolence.

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 Again,

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 verse one,

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 he said to the woman,

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 did God actually say

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 you shall not eat

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 of any tree

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 in the garden?

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 And she responds,

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 something of a lack

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 of God's benevolence

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 still yet.

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 God said,

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 you can eat

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 of the trees

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 of the garden.

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 That's not exactly

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 what he said.

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 But she's a little bit

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 closer than the serpent

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 at least.

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 You just can't eat

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 of the fruit

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 of the tree

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 that's in the midst

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.899
 of the garden.

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 sin.

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 Sin is the inevitable

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 result of believing

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 that God is not good

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 and generous.

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 That he is restricting

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 you from something

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 that is beneficial

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 for you,

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 that will be satisfying

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 for you

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 and helpful

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 to you.

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 And in his cunning,

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 the serpent

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 intentionally misquotes

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 God's command.

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 He insinuates here

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 a lack of benevolence

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 on God's part

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 and even when

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 the woman

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 corrects him,

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 she somewhat

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 softens the abundance

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 of God's blessing

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 that he had freely

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 given them

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 in the garden.

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 The serpent

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 insinuates

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 that God

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 had kept them

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 from every tree.

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 The woman

00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:36.699
 implies

00:16:36.699 --> 00:16:37.219
 that God

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 had kept them

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 from some

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 of the trees.

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 In reality,

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 God had given

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 them every tree.

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 Every tree.

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 Save one.

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 Do you see

00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:48.959
 the deception

00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.519
 that's here?

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 The cunning

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.539
 that's at play here.

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 Notice what God

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 actually said.

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 Just look back

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 at chapter 2

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 and verse 16.

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 And the Lord

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.860
 God commanded

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 the man saying,

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 you may surely

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:05.119
 eat of every tree.

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 Surely,

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 certainly,

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.160
 definitely,

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 every.

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 That's all of them.

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 Save one.

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 That's what God

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 actually says.

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:16.660
 There's an infinite

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.680
 emphasis on

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.980
 God's benevolence

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.740
 and his kindness

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 and his free gift

00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:22.140
 of blessing

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 that's overflowing

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.240
 in the garden

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 for Adam

00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.240
 and Eve

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 and yet

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 far from

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 indicating

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.019
 anything of

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.319
 benevolence in God,

00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:32.420
 the serpent comes

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 in and actually

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.640
 questions,

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.380
 did God say

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 you couldn't eat

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.920
 of any of the trees?

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 And then she even

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:40.200
 softens it up somewhat

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 and says,

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 well,

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.700
 she doesn't say

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.440
 that he said

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.120
 we could surely

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.960
 eat of every tree.

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 She says,

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.400
 well,

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.820
 we can eat

00:17:46.820 --> 00:17:47.380
 of the trees.

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 We shouldn't

00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.140
 eat of one.

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 Isn't this the tactic

00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:52.660
 that Satan

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.820
 often uses

00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:54.620
 with us?

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:55.720
 The serpent

00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:56.640
 plants the seed

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:57.580
 of distrust

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:59.519
 by suggesting

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.679
 a stinginess

00:18:00.679 --> 00:18:02.439
 in God's nature

00:18:02.439 --> 00:18:04.099
 and so he does

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.740
 with us.

00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:06.980
 Second,

00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:08.139
 we see a distortion

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:09.139
 of God's word.

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.220
 We, of course,

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.240
 see it with the serpent

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.379
 in verse 2.

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.099
 Did God

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.960
 actually say

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:18.579
 cunning,

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.299
 crafty?

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.419
 Kent Hughes

00:18:21.419 --> 00:18:22.199
 says the serpent

00:18:22.199 --> 00:18:23.139
 here introduces

00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:24.940
 the assumption

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.700
 that God's word

00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:27.520
 is subject

00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:29.180
 to our judgment.

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.640
 He questions

00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.440
 what God says.

00:18:34.540 --> 00:18:34.780
 Eventually,

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.400
 he's going to outright

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.880
 deny it.

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.720
 He hasn't done that yet,

00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.800
 but he's questioning it.

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.800
 He's luring

00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:40.120
 the woman

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:41.640
 into this idea

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:43.120
 and then we see

00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:43.759
 in verse 3

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.980
 that she herself

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.900
 distorts a bit

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:47.120
 of what God

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:48.100
 had actually said.

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:50.240
 Look at what she says.

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:50.840
 Verse 3,

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.040
 God said,

00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.680
 you shall not eat

00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.100
 of the fruit

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:53.500
 of the tree

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.160
 that's in the midst

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.620
 of the garden

00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.640
 and here's the distortion.

00:18:56.060 --> 00:18:57.580
 Neither shall you touch it

00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:59.160
 lest you die.

00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:00.940
 She adds something,

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.460
 doesn't she?

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.400
 That's not what God said.

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.840
 Look back at chapter 2,

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.519
 again,

00:19:06.600 --> 00:19:07.180
 verse 16.

00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.400
 You may surely eat

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.680
 of every tree

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.299
 in the garden.

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.180
 That's benevolence,

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.720
 that's goodness,

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.539
 that's blessing,

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.580
 but of the tree

00:19:13.580 --> 00:19:14.140
 of the knowledge

00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:14.820
 of good and evil

00:19:14.820 --> 00:19:15.799
 you shall not eat

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.759
 for in the day

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.420
 that you eat of it

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:19.080
 you shall surely die.

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.700
 There's no prohibition

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.560
 against touching here.

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.639
 She adds something here

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:25.039
 and her motivations

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.519
 for that

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.960
 are not immediately clear.

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.299
 It could be that

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.419
 she was just motivated

00:19:30.419 --> 00:19:31.859
 by caution,

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.619
 just not wanting

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:35.339
 to get even close

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.119
 to what God

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.659
 had forbidden them

00:19:37.659 --> 00:19:38.639
 and of course,

00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:40.159
 we could sympathize

00:19:40.159 --> 00:19:40.619
 with that.

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.299
 Those of you

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.960
 who are not

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:45.700
 avid endorsement

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.799
 like the Blinken ships

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.940
 maybe go on hikes

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.839
 from time to time

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.939
 and perhaps you take

00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:51.019
 your kids on those hikes

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.980
 and there's maybe

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.740
 a cliffside

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.819
 and mom says,

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.019
 you know,

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.359
 if you go over the cliff

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.039
 you're going to get hurt

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.659
 so why don't we just

00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.319
 stay about 10 feet

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.039
 back from it,

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.559
 right?

00:19:58.959 --> 00:20:00.179
 The danger is over the cliff.

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.939
 You can really go

00:20:00.939 --> 00:20:02.500
 probably another few feet over

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.579
 but with great caution

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.099
 we say,

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:04.919
 you know,

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:06.000
 let's not get

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.919
 any closer

00:20:06.919 --> 00:20:08.119
 than what we already are

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:10.179
 unless something happens.

00:20:10.699 --> 00:20:11.019
 Of course,

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:12.079
 if that's what Eve's

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.619
 got going on

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.459
 we can sympathize

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:14.259
 with that in some way,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.659
 can't we?

00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.279
 Of course,

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.459
 there's another explanation.

00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:19.299
 Perhaps it wasn't caution

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.299
 that motivated her.

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.720
 Perhaps she's already

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:25.559
 begun to believe

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.779
 some of the deception

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.960
 of the serpent.

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.180
 It could be a blatant

00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.819
 mischaracterization

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:33.259
 of God

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.660
 making his prohibition

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:36.039
 seem more extreme

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:37.759
 than what it actually is.

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.799
 We are certainly familiar

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.400
 with that too,

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.720
 aren't we?

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:42.059
 We have a rule

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.720
 we don't like

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.440
 or we get in trouble.

00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.400
 We see this with our kids

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:44.980
 all the time

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.539
 and suddenly

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.799
 what actually happens

00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.720
 gets embellished

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:49.180
 to make the person

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:50.339
 who has done the thing

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.319
 seem worse

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.440
 than what they actually are

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:53.460
 or more extreme

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.500
 than what they actually are.

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.099
 Perhaps there's

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:56.399
 something of that here

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:58.079
 in what the woman

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.559
 is doing.

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.579
 I don't know.

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.440
 Either way,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.519
 she puts words

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.680
 in God's mouth

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.899
 that were not his.

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.460
 That's a problem.

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 It's a problem

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.159
 to take away

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:14.460
 from God's word

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.500
 as the serpent does.

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.640
 that immediately leads us

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.599
 into liberalism

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:19.460
 which is going to result

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.119
 in sinfulness.

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 It's just as much

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.960
 a problem

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.819
 to add

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.079
 to what God has said.

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.900
 That's going to lead us

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.079
 to legalism

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.420
 which is also

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.579
 going to take us

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:31.279
 into sinfulness.

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.440
 It's part of the temptation.

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 But there's a third element here.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.839
 It's the denial

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.859
 of God's judgment.

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.839
 Verse 4.

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:43.199
 Now the serpent

00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.980
 puts all his cards

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.619
 on the table.

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.619
 He outright denies

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.319
 what God said.

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:48.879
 You will not surely die.

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.740
 You won't die.

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:53.399
 God just doesn't

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.939
 want you to be like him.

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.139
 If you eat it,

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:58.099
 your eyes will be opened

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.599
 in a way

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.459
 that you have never

00:21:59.459 --> 00:22:00.639
 experienced before.

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.459
 You'll know good and evil

00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:05.079
 in a way that only God

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.899
 can know it.

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 And you won't need him anymore.

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.480
 That's the gist.

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:10.740
 It's a denial

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.460
 of God's judgment.

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 It's the climactic moment

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.640
 of this dialogue.

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 The serpent

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.759
 outright denying

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.400
 God's word

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.480
 as he has lured

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.380
 the woman

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:22.120
 into this conversation.

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.380
 He accuses God

00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.120
 of withholding

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.799
 a superior good

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.200
 from her.

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:31.620
 But even she

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:34.940
 downplays

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.059
 the reality

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.920
 of God's judgment.

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.480
 Doesn't she?

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.539
 The end of verse 3.

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 The gist

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.299
 of what she says here,

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.039
 you shall not touch

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.460
 the tree

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 that's in the midst

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.620
 of the garden

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 lest you die.

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.700
 The gist of that

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 is perhaps

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.360
 we might die

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.400
 if we do.

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 It's downplaying,

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:53.420
 isn't it?

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.660
 God had told Adam

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.220
 that if he ate

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.720
 of the tree,

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.319
 he would

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:58.360
 surely

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.559
 die.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.700
 Chapter 2.

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.539
 Eve downplays

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.039
 that thread

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.539
 of judgment

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.299
 to say that

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.000
 perhaps

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.319
 they would die.

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.159
 and then Satan

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:09.259
 rightly quotes God

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.799
 but just says

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.539
 it's all a lie.

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.319
 And such is the lie

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.960
 that entices

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.379
 every one of us

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.500
 into our sin

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.139
 against God.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.539
 Temptation says

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.079
 that God

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.839
 is a liar,

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.359
 that he selfishly

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.379
 wants to keep you

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.079
 from something

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.879
 good,

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.220
 that his judgment

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.379
 is an empty threat

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:29.339
 to control you.

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:31.279
 and in our

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.019
 sinfulness

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.119
 we downplay

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.819
 the reality

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.939
 of what sin is

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:36.059
 and how God

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:37.159
 intends to judge it.

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.379
 We think it's just

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.179
 not that big

00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:39.779
 of a deal

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.720
 and we do so

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.159
 to our own demise.

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.259
 Elements of temptation

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:45.799
 are here.

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.899
 They're present

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:48.039
 in our own temptations.

00:23:48.959 --> 00:23:49.819
 There's a third part

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.339
 to the narrative,

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.859
 isn't there?

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.139
 We've seen

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:53.379
 a diabolical devil

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:55.559
 and a deceitful dialogue.

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.419
 Now we get

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.659
 to deliberate

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.339
 disobedience.

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.019
 Disobedience.

00:23:59.419 --> 00:24:00.159
 Emphasis being

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.439
 on the deliberation

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.299
 that is here

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.099
 in verse 6.

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.199
 Deliberate disobedience.

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.579
 So when the woman

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.619
 saw that the tree

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.599
 was good for food,

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:12.500
 that it was a delight

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.319
 to the eyes,

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.459
 and that the tree

00:24:15.459 --> 00:24:16.619
 was to be desired

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.799
 to make one wise,

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:20.139
 she took of its fruit

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:22.079
 and ate.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.359
 The trap

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.359
 was laid for her

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:29.039
 by the serpent,

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.279
 but now the serpent's gone.

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.439
 It's not going to show up again

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.519
 until God curses him.

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.179
 He's out of the picture now.

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.339
 It's just Eve

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.539
 at the tree.

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:41.519
 And I want you to sense

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:43.000
 how deliberate

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.859
 she is

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.779
 in this act.

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:46.919
 This was not

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.279
 an uncontrolled impulse.

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.639
 She took time

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.879
 to examine the fruit

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.899
 to consider

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:55.460
 its would-be benefits.

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.700
 A warning

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.599
 for those of us

00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:59.839
 who allow our minds

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:01.720
 to deeply contemplate

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:03.019
 and fantasize

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:04.200
 about the pleasures

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.200
 of sin.

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.420
 Thinking,

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.759
 we'll never go that far.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:09.279
 I just want to

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.119
 think about it.

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.680
 What would it be like

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:13.240
 or what could come

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.799
 from this?

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.399
 Notice what she does.

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.660
 First,

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.660
 she concludes

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.300
 that the fruit

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.980
 was safe.

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.259
 When she saw

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.640
 that it was

00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:22.960
 good for food,

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.660
 it's safe,

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.960
 doesn't seem poisonous,

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.320
 it's not rotten.

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.759
 Looks like the fruit

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.740
 of all the other trees.

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.720
 Then she determined

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.340
 that the fruit

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:35.019
 would bring satisfaction

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.240
 and happiness

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.500
 and pleasure

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.280
 to her life.

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.740
 It was a delight

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.900
 to the eyes.

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:42.880
 And I want you

00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.540
 to just think about

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:44.040
 those two

00:25:44.040 --> 00:25:44.580
 before we move

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.200
 to the third.

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.420
 consider all the way

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.940
 back again

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.680
 in chapter 2

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.299
 and verse 9.

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.120
 Look at what it says.

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.259
 Out of the ground

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.000
 the Lord God

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.019
 made to spring up

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.840
 every tree.

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.600
 That is what?

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.980
 Pleasant

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.420
 to the sight

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:59.000
 and good for food.

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.460
 Now just think

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.100
 about that.

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.740
 Every single tree

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.360
 in the garden

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:07.620
 was satisfying

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:10.539
 and delightful

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:12.500
 and safe

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.839
 and good

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:15.139
 and blessed

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:16.819
 and she had access

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:18.619
 to all of them.

00:26:20.219 --> 00:26:21.819
 What then is it

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:23.039
 that causes her

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.179
 to fixate

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.739
 on the one tree

00:26:25.739 --> 00:26:27.439
 in all of God's creation

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:28.599
 that God said

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.500
 don't eat of it?

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.539
 Well her third

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.619
 evaluation

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.619
 is what gives us

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.219
 the answer.

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:37.279
 Finally she concludes

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.039
 that the fruit

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.700
 would provide

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.920
 knowledge and power

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:41.539
 reserved for God

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.120
 alone.

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.079
 It was

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.200
 desired

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.100
 to make

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.700
 one

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.380
 wise.

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:51.140
 The allure

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.960
 of the tree

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.120
 in her eyes

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:54.279
 was that she

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.059
 would have

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.420
 a God-like

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.100
 ability

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.900
 to possess

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.559
 wisdom

00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.259
 apart from God.

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.279
 We talked about

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.779
 this a couple

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.400
 of weeks ago

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.060
 the significance

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:05.320
 of this tree

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:06.420
 and why God

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.840
 gives it

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.280
 the name

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:08.120
 that he gives it.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.880
 It's not

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.660
 that in taking

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.200
 the fruit

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.580
 there was

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.160
 some inerrant

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.500
 power

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.740
 that was

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.660
 conferred

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.920
 onto the people

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.340
 that would

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.280
 actually make

00:27:18.280 --> 00:27:19.120
 them like God.

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.080
 That's not it.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.360
 It's representative

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:24.400
 of God's wisdom

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.780
 of moral autonomy.

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.340
 They were

00:27:27.340 --> 00:27:27.820
 to hear

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.740
 from God

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.920
 and trust

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.040
 in his word

00:27:31.040 --> 00:27:32.040
 to know

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.799
 what is good

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.839
 and what is

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.240
 evil.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.599
 Eve sees the

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:35.899
 tree

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.259
 and the

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 allure

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.259
 of the

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.700
 idea

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.460
 that I

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.700
 could

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.240
 possibly

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.740
 have

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.259
 this

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.980
 on my

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.339
 own.

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.559
 That's

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.740
 the

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.059
 allure

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.319
 of the

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.579
 tree.

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.920
 She

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.399
 carefully

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:47.099
 examines

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.619
 the fruit

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.740
 but she

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.240
 ignored

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.799
 everything

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.480
 God said.

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.000
 She just

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.619
 ignores it.

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:55.979
 sin

00:27:55.979 --> 00:27:56.659
 always

00:27:56.659 --> 00:27:57.319
 appears

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.379
 safe

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.819
 and

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.599
 satisfying

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:02.179
 and it's

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.539
 certainly

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.500
 seductive

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.359
 as long

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.799
 as we're

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.219
 ignoring

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:07.039
 what God

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.679
 says about

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:07.919
 it.

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:09.779
 As long

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.239
 as we're

00:28:10.239 --> 00:28:11.139
 diminishing

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.719
 the truth

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.319
 of his

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.539
 infinite

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.599
 benevolence

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.959
 to us.

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:19.719
 But what's

00:28:19.719 --> 00:28:20.199
 missing from

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:20.659
 the scene?

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:24.660
 a preacher.

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.300
 Eve

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:29.740
 needed a

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.100
 prophet

00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:32.380
 to correct

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.160
 the errors

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.660
 and to

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.140
 proclaim

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.820
 and emphasize

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.560
 the truth

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:36.960
 of what

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.220
 God

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.740
 actually

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.220
 said

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.860
 and who

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.160
 God

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.680
 actually

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.140
 truly

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.300
 was

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.740
 in his

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.160
 nature.

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.380
 Eve

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.960
 needed a

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.600
 priest

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.360
 to crush

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.120
 the head

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.460
 of the

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.779
 serpent

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.200
 and to

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.640
 bring her

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.620
 back to

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.120
 God.

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.620
 in his

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:52.600
 garden.

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.460
 She needed

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.000
 a king

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.480
 to step

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.060
 forward

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.480
 and to

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.380
 rule over

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.940
 the garden

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.779
 in righteousness

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.840
 leading her

00:28:58.840 --> 00:29:00.200
 in faithfulness.

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.200
 She needed

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.680
 Adam.

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.960
 But where's

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.420
 Adam?

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.779
 As it turns

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.220
 out

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.340
 he was right

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.840
 there

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:12.040
 watching

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.899
 listening

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:13.899


00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:16.599
 and eventually

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.059
 eating

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.639
 himself.

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.539
 Commas are

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:20.920
 important.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.299
 He wasn't

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.099
 eating himself.

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.460
 He was

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.839
 eating

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:24.859
 himself.

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.039
 Verse 6

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.960
 right at the

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.220
 end.

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.940
 Suddenly

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.759
 Adam's back

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.299
 sin.

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:35.579
 And she

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.220
 also gave

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.579
 some to

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.140
 her husband

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.379
 who was

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.859
 with her

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.519
 and he

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:40.980
 ate.

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.240
 And this

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.799
 is such

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.500
 a tragedy

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.140
 for us.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.900
 I don't

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.180
 know if

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.559
 we always

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.119
 recognize

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.299
 how much

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.019
 a tragedy

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.180
 that phrase

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.720
 is.

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.420
 She gave

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.920
 to Adam

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.200
 and he

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.539
 ate.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.339
 Adam's

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.700
 sin was

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.220
 not like

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.740
 Eve's.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.140
 It was

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.539
 different.

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:03.779
 The

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.279
 mechanics

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.639
 of it

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:04.980
 were the

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.299
 same.

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.579
 He

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.460
 took the

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.879
 fruit that

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.259
 he wasn't

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.819
 supposed to

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.159
 eat and

00:30:08.159 --> 00:30:08.759
 he took

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.119
 a bite of

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.180
 it.

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.500
 All of

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.819
 that is

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.159
 the same.

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.659
 But this

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:11.599
 is more

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:11.980
 than that.

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.579
 What led

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:12.980
 to this

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.420
 act was

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.819
 different

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.379
 for Adam

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.639
 than it

00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:15.039
 was for

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.359
 Eve.

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.359
 Eve was

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.180
 deceived by

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.680
 the serpent.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.720
 Adam was

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.539
 not deceived

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.440
 by the

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.700
 serpent.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.339
 Paul

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.259
 insists on

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.639
 that in

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.240
 1 Timothy

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.420
 2.14.

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.579
 Eve was

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.119
 deceived.

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.980
 Adam was

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:31.099
 not deceived.

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:33.659
 He knew

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.299
 the truth

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.599
 of what

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.019
 God had

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.960
 said because

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.460
 it was

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.119
 to Adam

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:37.940
 specifically

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.879
 that God

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.460
 said it.

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.879
 He was

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.480
 well aware

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.779
 of the

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.279
 truth of

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.639
 God's

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.399
 benevolence

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.159
 and what

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.980
 God actually

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.659
 said in

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.220
 his command

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.579
 and his

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.180
 prohibition.

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.920
 He wasn't

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.099
 tricked into

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.680
 eating.

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.420
 Rather,

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.139
 he sat

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:55.440
 by passively

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.519
 to see what

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.139
 would happen.

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.879
 He watched.

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.019
 He watched.

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:04.619
 And when

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.160
 his wife

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.799
 survived

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.420
 the bite,

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:10.279
 he listened

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.660
 to her

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.079
 in this

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.519
 sense,

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:14.599
 that it

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.440
 didn't result

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.799
 in what

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.839
 God said

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.059
 it would

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.619
 result in.

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.200
 And so

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.700
 he takes

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:19.920
 it.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.160
 After

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.460
 much

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.339
 deliberation

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:24.039
 and no

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.579
 deceit

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:26.359
 and he

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.639
 eats.

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.939
 He takes

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.339
 a bite

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:33.039
 for himself

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.720
 not because

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.019
 he was

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.659
 deceived but

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.199
 because he

00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:36.000
 wanted for

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.359
 himself all

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:37.720
 that he

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.279
 believed the

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.799
 tree offered.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.519
 And we

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:41.839
 have this

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.319
 habit of

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.899
 reducing

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:44.980
 original sin

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.699
 to merely

00:31:45.699 --> 00:31:47.000
 eating a

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.379
 piece of

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.740
 forbidden

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.179
 fruit.

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.179
 And no

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.500
 wonder we

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.839
 get so

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.240
 confused

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.779
 wondering why

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.259
 God makes

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.699
 such a big

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.059
 deal about

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.240
 this.

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.839
 It's just

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.299
 a piece

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.019
 of fruit.

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.720
 That's

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.139
 not what

00:31:55.139 --> 00:31:55.879
 this is.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.339
 This is

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.039
 so much

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.659
 more than

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:59.059
 that.

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.279
 This was

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.680
 an act

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.559
 of defiance

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:02.500
 against God

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.299
 that sought

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.899
 to achieve

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.980
 life and

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.079
 blessing and

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.039
 wisdom apart

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.539
 from the

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.399
 good and

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.839
 generous

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.519
 creator.

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.720
 By eating

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.339
 the fruit

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.879
 Adam

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.619
 effectively

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.500
 spat in

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.980
 the face

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.599
 of God

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.579
 wanting to

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.220
 be a God

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.119
 unto himself.

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.519
 This isn't

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.259
 about fruit.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.079
 This is

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.940
 about rebellion.

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.839
 God

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.799
 defiance

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.399
 against God.

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.440
 Sin

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.980
 always

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.539
 involves

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.079
 deception

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.639
 to some

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.119
 extent

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.819
 even if

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.039
 it's

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.299
 self

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.839
 deception.

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:39.419
 Adam's

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:39.579
 sin

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.200
 shows us

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.480
 though

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.559
 that it

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.879
 doesn't

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.200
 always

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.539
 involve

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.139
 a tempter.

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.240
 In fact

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.960
 James wrote

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.659
 that sin

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:48.419
 is the

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.119
 child

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:50.119
 of desire

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.099
 that comes

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.839
 from within

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.699
 us not

00:32:52.699 --> 00:32:53.179
 just from

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.899
 a tempter

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.579
 that is

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.179
 external

00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:55.959
 to us.

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.419
 James

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:58.019
 chapter 1

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.779
 verse 14

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.879
 each person

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.439
 is tempted

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:01.240
 when he

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.079
 is lured

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.199
 and enticed

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:04.359
 by his

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.819
 own

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.859
 desire

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:08.079
 and desire

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.500
 when it

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.259
 has conceived

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.000
 gives birth

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.720
 to sin

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.679
 and sin

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:12.019
 when it

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.539
 is fully

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:13.019
 grown

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.699
 brings

00:33:13.699 --> 00:33:14.599
 forth

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.759
 death.

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.920
 What does

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.319
 that mean

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.940
 for us?

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.259
 It means

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.779
 that no

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.480
 one makes

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.160
 us sin

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:23.819
 and we

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.440
 must stop

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.960
 reducing

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.759
 temptation

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.180
 to a

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.740
 kind of

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.079
 victimization

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.599
 that is

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.119
 beyond our

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.599
 control.

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.379
 That's not

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.660
 what it

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.059
 is.

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.099
 We sin

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.759
 because we

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.339
 want what

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.779
 it offers.

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.000
 We sin

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.599
 because we

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.200
 don't believe

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.740
 God is

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.420
 benevolent

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.440
 enough to

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.420
 satisfy the

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.220
 deepest longing

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.059
 of our

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.539
 souls.

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:45.180
 we sin

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.759
 because we

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.480
 don't know

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.000
 and trust

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.559
 his word

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.139
 or believe

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:49.059
 his threats

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.759
 of judgment.

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.940
 Every time

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.680
 we sin

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.940
 it's because

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.639
 we want

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.139
 what we

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.720
 want

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.720
 apart from

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.220
 the good

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.240
 and generous

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.180
 creator.

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.139
 The pattern

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.720
 that we

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.420
 experience

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.059
 every day

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.339
 of our

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.639
 lives

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.200
 is right

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.700
 here at

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.039
 the very

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.440
 beginning

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.899
 in the

00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:04.240
 original

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.599
 sin.

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.759
 It's

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.139
 deliberate

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.940
 disobedience

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.179
 and then we

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.920
 get to the

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.500
 fourth part

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.219
 of the

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.579
 story

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.880
 and we

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.820
 find a

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.119
 deadly

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.699
 descent

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:12.839
 descent.

00:34:13.939 --> 00:34:14.980
 Look at

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.619
 verse 7.

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.899
 Then the

00:34:18.899 --> 00:34:19.379
 eyes of

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:19.779
 both were

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.219
 opened

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.960
 and they

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.359
 knew that

00:34:23.359 --> 00:34:23.659
 they were

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.059
 naked

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.299
 and they

00:34:26.299 --> 00:34:26.819
 sewed fig

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.099
 leaves

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.500
 together

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.960
 and made

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.579
 themselves

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.339
 loincloths.

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.319
 So after

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.759
 eating

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:34.079
 Adam and

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.699
 Eve's eyes

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.379
 were indeed

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:35.799
 opened.

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:37.000
 That's what

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.419
 the serpent

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:37.819
 said would

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.199
 happen.

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.359
 It's not

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.619
 that you

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.299
 will surely

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.719
 die.

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.339
 It's that

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.260
 your eyes

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.519
 will be

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.780
 opened.

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.019
 God

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.240
 knows

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.480
 that.

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.600
 He

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.800
 doesn't

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:44.980
 want

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.220
 that.

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.400
 And here

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.720
 we find

00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.039
 their eyes

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.240
 were

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.519
 open.

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.960
 Just not

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.180
 in the

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.539
 way that

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:49.840
 they had

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.180
 hoped.

00:34:52.660 --> 00:34:53.200
 It was

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.519
 a half

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.900
 truth.

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.059
 They

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.300
 didn't

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.700
 immediately

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.300
 die in

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.700
 the sense

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.019
 of being

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.780
 extinguished.

00:35:01.160 --> 00:35:01.820
 But that's

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.220
 only part

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.420
 of the

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.780
 story.

00:35:04.600 --> 00:35:05.039
 Suddenly

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.320
 their

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.880
 nakedness

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.380
 was viewed

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.920
 with guilt

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.539
 and shame.

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.059
 That's what's

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.600
 happening here

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:08.900
 with the

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.420
 nakedness.

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.980
 purity

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.099
 to guilt.

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.760
 It's

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.099
 innocence

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.820
 to shame.

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.480
 They

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.139
 felt dirty

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.599
 and exposed

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.440
 rather than

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.980
 fulfilled

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.740
 and enlightened.

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.480
 Isn't that

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.099
 what sin

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.180
 always does?

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.180
 It looks

00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:26.920
 so good

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:28.480
 and delightful

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.019
 and desirable

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.220
 and when

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:32.039
 it's finished

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.440
 it doesn't

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.960
 feel so good

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.240
 anymore

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.599
 does it?

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:38.259
 everything

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.880
 was different

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.199
 now.

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.239
 Their

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.599
 innocence

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.400
 was lost

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.860
 now.

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.019
 Death

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.259
 had begun

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:45.119
 to reign

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.099
 in them

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:47.599
 in a way

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.019
 that they

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.500
 had not

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:48.860
 before

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.719
 comprehended.

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.599
 Ian

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:52.960
 Dugget

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.739
 says in

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.259
 the Bible

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.779
 death

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.579
 is the

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.980
 reversal

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.960
 of life

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.839
 not the

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.219
 reversal

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:59.299
 of existence.

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.159
 Adam

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.599
 and Eve's

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.099
 experience

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.900
 of life

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.360
 in its

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.819
 fullness

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.799
 immediately

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.659
 diminished

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.679
 as their

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.900
 sin exposed

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.380
 them to

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.860
 shame

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.239
 and fear.

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.179
 The

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.500
 serpent

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.159
 had claimed

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.500
 that if

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.299
 they disobeyed

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.559
 God

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:16.920
 they would

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.619
 experience

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.719
 freedom

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.900
 power.

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:23.480
 in

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.220
 actuality

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.420
 their

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.740
 sin

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:25.119
 brought

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.420
 bondage

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:28.720
 hopelessness

00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:31.200
 and

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:32.039
 unsurprisingly

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:33.680
 our

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.019
 first

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.480
 parents

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.220
 immediately

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:36.539
 try to

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.039
 cover up

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.579
 that guilt

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.119
 because that's

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.380
 what we

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.740
 try to

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:38.880
 do.

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.139
 That's

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.700
 the impulse

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:39.980
 right?

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.139
 I'm

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.420
 dirty.

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.700
 I want

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.019
 to be

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.860
 clean.

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.920
 Something's

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.300
 wrong.

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.579
 I want

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:45.940
 it to be

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.240
 right

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.680
 again.

00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.039
 they try

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.460
 to cover

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.119
 their shame

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.679
 by sewing

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.219
 together a

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.659
 few fig

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.239
 leaves for

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.079
 clothing.

00:36:54.419 --> 00:36:54.739
 What is

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.099
 this?

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.440
 It's a

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.319
 symbol of

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.940
 our attempts

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.480
 to mask

00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:00.419
 guilt which

00:37:00.419 --> 00:37:01.019
 are always

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.839
 insufficient.

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.559
 They never

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.259
 actually get the

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:03.899
 job done all

00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.179
 the way,

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.480
 do they?

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.500
 Self

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.460
 justification

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.879
 may for a

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.779
 season ease

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.739
 our consciences.

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:12.259
 God sees

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.859
 right through

00:37:12.859 --> 00:37:13.559
 all of that.

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:16.219
 our only

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.579
 hope,

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.480
 Adam and

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.019
 Eve's only

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.400
 hope,

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.059
 was that

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.860
 with God's

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.400
 justice,

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.340
 there might

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.779
 would be

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.299
 found

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:23.400
 something of

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.940
 God's

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.980
 mercy

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:26.799
 that somehow

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:29.159
 he will be

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.659
 able to

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.500
 truly and

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.320
 sufficiently

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:32.980
 cover their

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.279
 guilt.

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.380
 And that's

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.619
 where it

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.920
 ends.

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:36.679
 It's

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.119
 depressing.

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.599
 Let's think

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.019
 about it a

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.500
 little further

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:40.759
 though.

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:44.380
 for Eve

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.940
 to sin

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.080
 is terrible.

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.040
 But I'm

00:37:49.040 --> 00:37:49.300
 going to say

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:49.700
 something I

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.040
 think is

00:37:50.040 --> 00:37:50.600
 important to

00:37:50.600 --> 00:37:50.700
 our

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.080
 understanding

00:37:51.080 --> 00:37:51.340
 of the

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.340
 Bible and

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:52.480
 our

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.880
 understanding

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.120
 of the

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.480
 gospel.

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.820
 Her sin

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.400
 is terrible.

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.880
 Adam's

00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:00.880
 sin is

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.640
 catastrophic.

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.920
 It's

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.580
 catastrophic.

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.980
 Adam was

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.500
 our covenant

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.020
 head.

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:13.640
 his failure

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.220
 to meet

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.660
 God's

00:38:14.660 --> 00:38:15.720
 demand for

00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:16.100
 covenant

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:16.820
 obedience,

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.740
 a demand

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:18.680
 given directly

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.600
 to Adam

00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:20.600
 before Eve

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:20.980
 was ever

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.540
 created.

00:38:23.120 --> 00:38:23.960
 Significant

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.600
 to him.

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:28.600
 It plunged

00:38:28.600 --> 00:38:29.200
 the whole

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.980
 human race

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.660
 into sin.

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:33.440
 We all

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.520
 sin in

00:38:34.520 --> 00:38:35.760
 Adam and

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.220
 we all

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:37.380
 sin in the

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.120
 same way

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:39.340
 as Adam.

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:40.640
 and just

00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:41.360
 as death

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:42.100
 began to

00:38:42.100 --> 00:38:42.539
 reign in

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.980
 him at

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.600
 this moment

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:44.380
 so does

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.800
 death

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.740
 reign in

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.180
 each of

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:46.660
 us.

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.800
 How do we

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.340
 know that?

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.180
 The scriptures

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:50.160
 tell us Paul

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:51.180
 helps us so

00:38:51.180 --> 00:38:51.720
 much with

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:52.160
 this in

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:53.300
 Romans 5.

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.280
 He says

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.320
 just as sin

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.860
 came into

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.320
 the world

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.960
 through one

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.620
 man that

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.280
 is Adam.

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.660
 He doesn't

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:59.220
 mention Eve.

00:38:59.300 --> 00:38:59.640
 He mentions

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:00.120
 Adam.

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.000
 Why?

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.660
 Because

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.620
 Adam's sin

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:03.400
 is significant

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.940
 here.

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:06.780
 death

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.539
 came through

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.240
 that sin

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:08.760
 and so

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.159
 death

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.599
 spreads

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.380
 to all

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.920
 men

00:39:10.920 --> 00:39:12.539
 because

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.920
 we've

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.240
 all

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.340
 sinned.

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.579
 Our

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.579
 only hope

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.300
 is that

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.920
 God will

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.599
 provide

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.720
 a greater

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.420
 Adam

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.280
 who can

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.240
 truly meet

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:25.039
 the demands

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.700
 of covenant

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.360
 obedience

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.360
 on our

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.940
 behalf

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:29.420
 because none

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.780
 of us are

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.240
 doing it.

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.440
 We're

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.840
 guilty.

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:36.380
 He must

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.059
 be a man

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.840
 like Adam

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.920
 but he

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.280
 must be

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:40.720
 more than

00:39:40.720 --> 00:39:41.179
 a man

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:43.079
 because he

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.579
 can't be

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.400
 in Adam

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.920
 in the same

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.280
 way that

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.720
 we are

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:47.280
 in Adam

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:48.780
 and that

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.440
 leaves only

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.820
 one being

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:52.019
 to possibly

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.059
 do this

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:54.360
 work and

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.720
 it's God

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.240
 himself.

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.760
 Only God

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.740
 can meet

00:39:58.740 --> 00:39:59.599
 those demands

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.720
 and save

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.099
 us from

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.380
 sin and

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.880
 death.

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.579
 And that's

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.440
 exactly who

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.260
 Jesus is.

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.679
 He is

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.700
 truly God

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:11.980
 who's

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.720
 perfect and

00:40:12.720 --> 00:40:13.519
 without sin

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:15.300
 and yet

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:16.460
 he's truly

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.820
 a man

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:19.700
 who lived

00:40:19.700 --> 00:40:20.980
 as a man

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.840
 and suffered

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.700
 as a man

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:22.980
 and was

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.980
 tempted as

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.659
 a man yet

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.099
 without

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.099
 sin.

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.199
 man.

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.599
 Matthew

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.119
 4 and

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.779
 Luke 4

00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.880
 both tell

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.279
 us about

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.659
 Jesus'

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.400
 time or

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.639
 at least

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.339
 part of

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.759
 his time

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.440
 of temptation

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.739
 with that

00:40:35.739 --> 00:40:36.519
 old serpent

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.099
 the devil.

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.619
 He tempts

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.199
 Jesus for

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:42.139
 40 days

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.779
 as he

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:43.400
 fasted in

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.839
 the wilderness

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:45.259
 and three

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.679
 of those

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.279
 temptations

00:40:46.279 --> 00:40:46.860
 are recorded

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.319
 for us

00:40:47.319 --> 00:40:47.559
 there.

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:49.880
 each one

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.659
 matches the

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.400
 tactics that

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.980
 we see

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.880
 here in

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.320
 Genesis 3.

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.980
 Satan

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.719
 distorts

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.159
 God's

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.579
 word.

00:40:58.199 --> 00:40:58.299
 He

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.880
 misquotes

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.099
 it

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.619
 intentionally.

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.340
 He

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.179
 questions

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.460
 God's

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.239
 benevolence

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:05.219
 and he

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.099
 offers Jesus

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.820
 a power

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.460
 that belongs

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.099
 only to

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.400
 God.

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.059
 All three

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.059
 presented in

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.840
 those temptations.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:14.640
 each time

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:16.579
 Jesus did

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.180
 what Adam

00:41:17.180 --> 00:41:17.660
 failed to

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:17.920
 do.

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.420
 He

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:19.880
 rebukes

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.320
 the serpent

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:22.079
 he trusted

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.519
 the will

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.740
 of the

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.100
 father

00:41:23.100 --> 00:41:24.039
 and he

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.480
 confronted

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.940
 each

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.579
 temptation

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.500
 with the

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.000
 declaration

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:28.039
 of the

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.539
 truth of

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:28.880
 God's

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.360
 word from

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:29.900
 Deuteronomy

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.400
 6 and

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.900
 Deuteronomy

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.200
 8.

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.960
 So that

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.380
 in the

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.720
 wilderness

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.519
 temptations

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:34.920
 and then

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:35.380
 in his

00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.380
 life and

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.700
 in his

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.079
 ministry

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.740
 ultimately

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.559
 in the

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:39.220
 garden of

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:39.900
 Gethsemane

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.620
 Jesus

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:41.680
 overcame

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.359
 temptation

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:43.460
 he trusted

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.079
 God

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.000
 he perfectly

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.739
 obeyed

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:46.559
 and that's

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:47.039
 why the

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.119
 apostles argued

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.899
 that Jesus

00:41:48.899 --> 00:41:50.539
 alone is

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.199
 our true

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.759
 prophet

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.719
 priest

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.679
 and king.

00:41:54.399 --> 00:41:55.599
 Hebrews 4

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.699
 we do not

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.379
 have a high

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:58.359
 priest who

00:41:58.359 --> 00:41:58.919
 is unable

00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.819
 to sympathize

00:41:59.819 --> 00:42:00.179
 with our

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:00.579
 weaknesses

00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.879
 but one

00:42:01.879 --> 00:42:02.339
 who in

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:03.299
 every respect

00:42:03.299 --> 00:42:04.199
 has been

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.919
 tempted as

00:42:04.919 --> 00:42:05.619
 we are

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:07.199
 yet without

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:08.059
 sin

00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:09.319
 and because

00:42:09.319 --> 00:42:09.859
 of him

00:42:09.859 --> 00:42:11.000
 because he's

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.399
 our high

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.820
 priest

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.840
 let us

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.500
 then with

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.539
 confidence

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.840
 draw near

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.740
 to God's

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:17.360
 throne of

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.960
 grace

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.760
 that we

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.480
 may receive

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.119
 mercy

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:21.660
 and help

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.800
 in time

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.500
 of need

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.579
 that's who

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.579
 Jesus is

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.860
 that's what

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.880
 he provides

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:30.019
 as a new

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.920
 covenantal

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.420
 head

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.200
 Jesus

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:33.039
 secures

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.599
 for his

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.000
 people

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.980
 all that

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.920
 Adam lost

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.340
 in the

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.700
 garden

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:38.579
 he

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:39.159
 perfectly

00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:39.960
 fulfilled

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.939
 God's

00:42:40.939 --> 00:42:41.599
 covenantal

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.239
 demands

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.119
 and then

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:43.539
 he took

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.279
 our sins

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:45.319
 on himself

00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:46.359
 on the

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:46.939
 cross

00:42:46.939 --> 00:42:48.980
 thereby

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.919
 completely

00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:51.059
 satisfying

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.659
 God's

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.159
 wrath

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.899
 against

00:42:52.899 --> 00:42:53.439
 sinners

00:42:53.439 --> 00:42:54.879
 a perfect

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:56.219
 and sufficient

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:57.500
 propitiation

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:59.039
 as we read

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.619
 the terms

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.299
 in the

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.859
 New Testament

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:02.880
 and how

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.260
 do we know

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.559
 it was

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:04.099
 sufficient

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:06.260
 because God

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:06.940
 raised him

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.320
 from the

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:07.720
 dead

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:09.320
 showing that

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.000
 Christ's

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.360
 death

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:11.599
 was sufficient

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:12.840
 to pay for

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:13.500
 our

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.539
 death

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.240
 and to

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.559
 forgive

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:17.140
 our sins

00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:17.980
 and to offer

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.860
 us life

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.360
 and that's

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.000
 the great

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.660
 part of it

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:21.120
 is that he

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.780
 then does

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.500
 indeed offer

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.220
 us life

00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:26.139
 he invites

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.639
 us

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.980
 to receive

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:28.719
 his life

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.859
 in abundance

00:43:29.859 --> 00:43:33.000
 by faith

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:35.419
 faith

00:43:35.419 --> 00:43:36.159
 in Christ

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:37.839
 and here

00:43:37.839 --> 00:43:38.239
 we see

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:38.739
 the great

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.399
 reversal

00:43:39.399 --> 00:43:41.119
 of what

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:41.519
 happened

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:41.779
 in the

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.159
 garden

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:45.179
 Eve

00:43:45.179 --> 00:43:46.519
 and Adam

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.399
 and the

00:43:47.399 --> 00:43:47.739
 serpent

00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:48.980
 diminish

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.419
 God's

00:43:49.419 --> 00:43:49.639
 word

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:50.319
 they question

00:43:50.319 --> 00:43:51.119
 his benevolence

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:51.659
 they deny

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:52.299
 his judgment

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:54.140
 Christ

00:43:54.140 --> 00:43:55.240
 proves

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:57.560
 the judgment

00:43:57.560 --> 00:43:58.100
 of God's

00:43:58.100 --> 00:43:58.420
 wrath

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.980
 as he takes

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.200
 it on

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.600
 himself

00:43:59.600 --> 00:44:02.460
 he proves

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:04.280
 the

00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:04.960
 truthfulness

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.380
 of God's

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.720
 word

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:07.100
 as he's

00:44:07.100 --> 00:44:07.380
 raised

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:07.720
 from the

00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:08.080
 dead

00:44:08.080 --> 00:44:09.440
 he proves

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:09.740
 to us

00:44:09.740 --> 00:44:10.220
 the great

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:11.080
 benevolence

00:44:11.080 --> 00:44:11.640
 of God

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:12.320
 as he

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.640
 gives

00:44:12.640 --> 00:44:13.180
 himself

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:15.240
 for us

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:16.120
 that is

00:44:16.120 --> 00:44:16.680
 not a

00:44:16.680 --> 00:44:17.080
 stingy

00:44:17.080 --> 00:44:17.460
 God

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:20.160
 that is

00:44:20.160 --> 00:44:20.500
 the God

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.860
 we all

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:21.300
 need

00:44:21.300 --> 00:44:23.240
 and fortunately

00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:24.560
 it's the

00:44:24.560 --> 00:44:24.840
 God

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.680
 we all

00:44:25.680 --> 00:44:26.240
 can have

00:44:26.240 --> 00:44:28.260
 by faith

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:31.260
 says Paul

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:31.720
 again in

00:44:31.720 --> 00:44:32.400
 Romans 5

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:34.720
 for if

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:35.400
 because of

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:36.120
 one man's

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:36.740
 trespass

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:37.039
 that's

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.400
 Adam

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:38.980
 death

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.680
 reigned

00:44:39.680 --> 00:44:40.180
 through

00:44:40.180 --> 00:44:40.780
 that one

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.180
 man

00:44:41.180 --> 00:44:43.480
 much

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.019
 more

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.620
 will those

00:44:44.620 --> 00:44:45.260
 who receive

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.880
 the abundance

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.720
 of grace

00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:48.019
 and the

00:44:48.019 --> 00:44:49.219
 free gift

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:50.500
 of righteousness

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:52.519
 reign in

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.159
 life

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:54.579
 through the

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.259
 one man

00:44:55.259 --> 00:44:56.059
 Jesus

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.679
 Christ

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:59.679
 therefore

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.299
 as one

00:45:00.299 --> 00:45:01.019
 trespass

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.579
 led to

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.419
 condemnation

00:45:02.419 --> 00:45:03.139
 for all

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.379
 men

00:45:03.379 --> 00:45:03.919
 so one

00:45:03.919 --> 00:45:04.299
 act of

00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:04.759
 righteousness

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:05.539
 leads to

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:06.899
 justification

00:45:06.899 --> 00:45:09.500
 and life

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.939
 for all

00:45:09.939 --> 00:45:10.299
 men

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:11.619
 for as

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:12.119
 by one

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.500
 man's

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.359
 disobedience

00:45:13.359 --> 00:45:14.359
 many were

00:45:14.359 --> 00:45:14.639
 made

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.019
 sinners

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.719
 so by

00:45:16.719 --> 00:45:17.139
 the one

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.519
 man's

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.179
 obedience

00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:19.739
 the many

00:45:19.739 --> 00:45:20.159
 will be

00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:20.480
 made

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:21.519
 righteous

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:26.539
 the scene

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:27.059
 in Genesis

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:28.119
 3 of

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.400
 course

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.099
 points us

00:45:29.099 --> 00:45:29.400
 to the

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:29.819
 uniqueness

00:45:29.819 --> 00:45:30.619
 of Jesus

00:45:30.619 --> 00:45:32.699
 as our

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.179
 Lord and

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:33.500
 Savior

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:35.239
 that's the

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:35.659
 good news

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:35.900
 of the

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:36.299
 gospel

00:45:36.299 --> 00:45:37.279
 that we

00:45:37.279 --> 00:45:37.719
 get to

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:37.940
 from

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 Genesis

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 3

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 there's

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 practical

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 matters

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 here as

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 well

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 the text

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 shows us

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 this basic

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 pattern of

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 sin and

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 how we're

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 drawn into

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 it

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 it tells

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 us that

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 we need

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 to be

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 vigilant

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 and watchful

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 of a

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 real adversary

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 of his

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 tactics

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 and even

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 of

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 indwelling

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 sin

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 that doesn't

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 need a

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 tempter

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 finally we

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 need to

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 learn here

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 to

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 continually

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 cast

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 ourselves

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 on the

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 great

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 mercy

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 of God

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 not

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 trying to

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 self

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 justify

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 our own

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 version of

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 sowing fig

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 leaves

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 together

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 but by

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 trusting

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 entirely

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 in the

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 righteousness

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 of

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 Jesus

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 just

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 as

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 Adam's

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 sin

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 is

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 imputed

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 unto

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 all

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 men

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 so

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 is

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 Christ

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 perfect

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 righteousness

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 imputed

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 unto

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 those

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 who

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 will

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 believe

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 that's

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 good news

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 for us

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 friends

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 that if

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 you will

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 just

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 trust

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 him

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 forgiven

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 and

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 stand

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 before

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 God

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 righteous

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 whole

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 forgiven

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 and

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 those

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 of you

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 who are

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 Christians

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 need to

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 carry that

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 with you

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 every

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 day

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 because

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 chances

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 are

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 today

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 will be

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 another

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 day

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 of eating

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 of the

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 fruit

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 that you

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 shouldn't

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 eat

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 what's

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 our

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 hope

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 when

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 that

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 happens

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 that

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 Christ

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 is

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 our

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 righteousness

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 yet

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 not I

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 but

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 through

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 Christ

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 in

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 me

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 we

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 sing

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 isn't

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 that

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 what

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 it

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 is

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 and

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 so

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 every

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 day

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 we

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 confess

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 our

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 sins

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 as

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 is

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 necessary

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 trusting

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 benevolent

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 that

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 he's

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 merciful

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 and

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 that

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 it's

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 all

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 proven

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 let's

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 pray

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 together

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 may

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