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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 It'd be great if you could keep your Bibles open there.

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 I'm actually going to be going through to verse 9 this morning,

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 so you'll need it in front of you when I look at that.

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 But also the St. Paul's app has got an outline.

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 Four points this morning, and that's our journey

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 as we continue on into Genesis.

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 This is, if you're new with us today,

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 we are looking at the beginning of all things.

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 It's just a framework, the foundation of the Christian faith,

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 and in particularly, not just the beginning of creation,

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 but the beginning of our knowledge of God.

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 Genesis fundamentally is about who God is,

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 and they're from that how we come to understand ourselves.

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 So let me pray as we launch in.

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 Gracious God, we are grateful for what we have been engaging with

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 in your word.

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 In a world that looks at all the details around us

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 and causes elements of anxiety to arise in us

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 with a great deal of uncertainty about the future

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 of the world in which we live,

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 there are so many things that trouble us.

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 You're a God who exists outside of your creation.

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 You never had a beginning.

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 You never had an end.

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 You're everlasting to everlasting.

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 You are God, and you're a God who sovereignly rules

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 and ordains and controls all things,

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 even if we don't understand it.

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 Help us to lean into you,

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 the majestic, beautiful, good God.

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 And so today, as we open this word,

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 change our hearts and our minds,

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 help us to see the issues that are fundamental

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 in each one of our lives,

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 but help us to see you a good and a great God as well

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 and how you've resolved those issues for us.

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 For those of us who have taken this journey,

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 been following you for many years,

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 we come to texts like this

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 knowing how it all plays out.

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 Lord, break through that rut now

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 so that we might see you in newer ways,

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 in clearer ways, in majestic ways.

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 Amen.

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 On the 21st of April, 1970,

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 Leonard Casey, a Western Australian farmer,

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 withdrew from Australia and set up his own micronation.

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 His 75 square kilometre farm,

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 517 kilometres north of Perth,

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 became known as Hutt River Province.

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 He withdrew from Australia

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 because of an ongoing dispute about wheat production,

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 particularly with the Western Australian government

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 about wheat production.

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 So Leonard Casey became known as His Majesty,

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 Prince Leonard I of Hutt,

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 and then granted royal titles

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 to the rest of his farming family.

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 It produced, over time,

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 it produced its own currency,

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 its stamps and its passport,

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 none of which was recognised

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 by any government in the world.

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 In fact, someone was arrested in Germany

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 in the 1980s

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 using a Hutt River Province passport

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 for entry into Germany.

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 Now, what followed for Leonard, Leo,

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 was years and years of legal disputes

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 until, on the 2nd of December, 1977,

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 Casey had had enough

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 and he declared war on Australia.

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 Baffling, really.

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 But he notified the authorities of Australia

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 three days later

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 that he was ceasing hostilities against Australia.

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 He withdrew his declaration of war

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 because, frankly, no one turned up.

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 And so he moved on.

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 In 2017, after 45 years,

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 sitting on his self-styled throne,

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 Prince Leonard stepped down as ruler.

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 His youngest son, Graham,

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 took the throne as the new ruler,

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 inherited Hutt River Province,

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 as well as his dad's $2.5 million of debt

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 to the Australian Taxation Office.

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 On the 3rd of August, 2020,

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 the Principality of Hutt River Province

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 was formally dissolved.

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 The Principality's land was sold off

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 in 2021 to settle an ongoing legal debt

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 of more than $2.7 million.

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 So Hutt River Province was this...

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 It, in fact, became quite a popular tourist attraction

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 mainly because they wanted to visit the nutjob who did this.

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 And so it was a spurious attempt by Leonard Casey

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 to evade laws and responsibilities

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 that he did not agree with,

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 primarily with the Australian government

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 but ultimately with the federal government.

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 From the moment he declared independence,

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 his life started to decline.

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 Ongoing legal battles,

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 mounting debts, conflicts.

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 And now Hutt River Province

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 doesn't even exist.

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 Doesn't even exist.

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 The core problem that saw the creation

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 of Hutt River Province,

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 the core problem for Leonard Casey

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 and the core problem for you and me

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 and all the humanity

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 finds its origin in what was just read out to us by Anne

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 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 The issues of our world

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 are very obvious.

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 I don't need to unpack that for you at all.

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 I mean, open the newspaper, turn on the TV

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 or just spend a quiet half an hour or so

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 with your own heart and mind.

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 Every worldview has to account for the world

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 in which we live in some way.

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 And this is the Christian account.

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 This is a Christian account.

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 Does it fit with our experience of the world?

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 So, if you've got the St. Paul's app,

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 you'll see four points there.

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 The first point is the mock.

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 Genesis 3 starts with a mock,

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 hidden as a question.

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 Verse 1,

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 So here, the rest of the Bible tells us

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 what we have here is we have Satan

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 speaking through the serpent.

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 Now, we've got probably a heap of bunch of questions

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 about that.

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 But this text is primarily about us

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 and how we got to be the way we are.

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 The fall of the human race

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 does not start with an action.

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 It starts with an attitude.

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 It starts with a desire.

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 It starts with a scoff.

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 It starts with a mock.

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 It starts with a roll of the eyes.

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 The key to understanding what this verse is about

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 is the word really.

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 It's a word that in actual fact

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 is translated as indeed.

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 Did God indeed say?

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 The serpent is not so much denying

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 what God has said,

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 he's in fact rolling his eyes

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 at what God has said.

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 He's mocking what God has said.

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 He isn't saying God didn't say it.

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 He's saying,

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 I can't believe God said that.

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 It's a joke.

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 Surely God did not really say that.

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 It's a statement.

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 It's not a question.

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 Come on, Eve.

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 Come on.

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 Get with the times, Eve.

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 This is the year one.

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 I mean, get with the modern times.

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 Surely you don't believe that stuff anymore.

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 He's trying to change, ultimately,

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 Adam and Eve's attitude towards God's word.

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 The fall of the human race

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 starts with an attitude of the heart.

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 This happens more often than not in our modern world.

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 Very rarely does anyone lose God

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 through an argument.

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 They lose him through an attitude

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 or through an atmosphere.

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 An atmosphere.

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 When the consistent voice of culture across every platform says that

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 Christianity is not reasonable,

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 it's not relevant for a modern era or even dangerous,

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 then there's an atmosphere that we breathe each day.

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 It's subtle.

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 Very rarely do you ever engage with a full frontal attack

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 on the Christian faith in terms of its logic.

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 What we're confronted with consistently

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 from children's TV through to comedians and in the media

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 and is the mock, the joke, the pithy one-liners

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 that seem reasonable but actually make no sense at all

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 if you spend time unpacking them.

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 And it is overwhelming the atmosphere that we breathe.

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 For every argument against the Christian faith,

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 there would have to be more than 99 mocks, scoffs, sneers.

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 None of those 99 mocks and sneers and scoffs

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 are themselves an argument in any way whatsoever.

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 However, they're not rational in any way whatsoever.

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 A mock is a mere assertion trying to create

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 an atmosphere of doubt and defence.

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 It is not an argument in itself.

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 They need to give an argument as to why they think

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 the Christian faith is not reasonable, relevant and good

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 and very rarely do you ever hear it.

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 Even the great secular debaters of this era,

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 very rarely will any of them endure an entire debate

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 without getting personal, without scoffing in some way,

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 without taking, ridiculing their opponent,

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 their Christian opponent in some way.

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 Be careful, Christian, not to fight fire with fire

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 and use the same techniques back.

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 Now, we're not told here how long Adam and Eve deliberated

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 after being targeted by the serpent.

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 But surely the atmosphere was created.

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 They were torn.

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 They were confused.

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 They were disorientated.

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 I wonder when the mocking of the serpent started to prompt in them

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 quiet whispers of worthlessness,

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 of alienation, of questioning, of confusion,

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 of disorientation, of purposelessness.

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 I wonder how long it took for fear and desperation

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 to start setting in.

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 It started with just a mock.

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 Just a mock.

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 Then comes the lie.

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 What follows the attitude of the heart is a lie for the mind.

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 Chapter 3, verse 2.

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 The woman said to the serpent,

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 We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

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 but God did say you must not eat fruit from the tree

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 that is in the middle of the garden,

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 and you must not touch it or you will die.

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 And then here comes the lie, verse 4.

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 You will not certainly die,

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 for God knows that when you eat from it,

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 your eyes will be opened.

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 You see, the serpent's message here,

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 the undercurrent of the message is,

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 if you will obey God,

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 it will truly ruin your life.

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 He doesn't want you to eat of the tree

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 because it will open up for you

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 a whole new avenue of looking at the world,

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 whole new opportunities for you.

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 Satan is trying to get into Adam and Eve's mind and heart

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 and our mind and heart

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 that if you obey God,

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 you will ruin your life.

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 You will miss out on life.

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 If you obey God, you will not be happy.

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 If you obey God, you'll be held back.

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 You will not realise yourself.

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 You will be oppressed.

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 You will be miserable.

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 You see, Satan knows just how to destroy.

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 Notice in the arguments here,

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 notice he does not start with,

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 get a platform up,

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 let's have a debate about the existence of God.

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 That's not where he's starting at all.

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 Doesn't start with the existence of God.

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 It's pretty obvious.

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 I mean, they actually were walking with him yesterday.

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 He doesn't go after the word of God,

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 the will of God,

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 the perfection of God.

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 What he goes after is the goodness of God.

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 The very first lie is about the goodness of God.

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 And the love and the grace and the goodwill behind

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 every single one of the commands of God.

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 He is getting them here to doubt God's goodwill.

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 He is getting them to distrust God.

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 And that lie went in deep.

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 Adam and Eve were targeted.

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 They were deceived.

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 They were gaslit.

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 And they were harmed.

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 And in targeting God's goodness,

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 the serpent also targeted their own glory

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 as bearers of the image of God.

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 didn't just attack God from outside.

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 He attacked them from the inside.

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 And that lie of the serpent is deep

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 in the heart of every human being.

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 It's a lie that causes us to question

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 the goodness of God.

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 And his goodness

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 behind every single one of his commands.

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 You see,

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 this gets worked out in various ways for us.

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 The religious moralist lives a life

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 of legalistic restraint

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 in order to earn salvation

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 through their upright life and good deeds.

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 Ultimately, they do not trust

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 the grace and the goodness of God

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 to do it for them.

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 The religious moralist

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 does not trust

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 in the goodness of God.

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 The rebel liberalist

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 pursues a life of free abandon

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 because they do not trust

00:16:00.040 --> 00:16:00.640
 the goodness

00:16:00.640 --> 00:16:02.720
 and the grace of God

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.180
 and that following him

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 is in fact the best life.

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:07.580
 Totally different ways

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.380
 to respond

00:16:08.380 --> 00:16:10.400
 to the exact same lie.

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 The lie that God is not good.

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 That he's holding out on you.

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 That he wants to

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 ruin your life.

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 And humanity's life

00:16:22.260 --> 00:16:22.980
 has been ruined

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 by embracing the lie.

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 Going to impact next week

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 more of how we see that

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 in every sphere of life.

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 So that brings us to...

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 First, there's an attitude of the heart.

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 Then there's a life of the mind.

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 And this leads to the tree

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 and the act of the will.

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 Have a look at verse 6.

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 When the woman saw

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 that the fruit of the tree

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 was good for food

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 and pleasing to the eye

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 and also desirable

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 for gaining wisdom,

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 she took some

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 and ate it.

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 She also gave some

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 to her husband

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 who was with her

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 and he ate it.

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 I'm not unpacking this

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 but just in the last week

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 I've been reflecting

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 what...

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:16.000
 what was happening

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.360
 in the heart,

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 the emotions

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.620
 of both Adam and Eve

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 that they would look at that tree

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 and they would want that more

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 than the God

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.860
 that they walked with day by day.

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 How destroyed internally were they

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:36.180
 to actually reach out

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.519
 and grab at that point?

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 Just the thought

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.539
 that I'm reflecting on.

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 They're in paradise.

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 It's perfect.

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.759
 They can do anything

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 except eat from the tree,

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 this particular tree.

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 So what's the big deal

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.799
 about the tree

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 and what kind of fruit was it?

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 You know,

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 as you're walking through

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 Harris Farm.

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.120
 Hmm.

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:04.880
 You know,

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:06.200
 it could be a choco.

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 My experience is

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 it probably was a choco

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.500
 if you've ever eaten

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 one of those things.

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 But the point here is,

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 I say that as a joke,

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 don't take that as a note

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 by the way.

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 There's no Hebrew translation

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.860
 of choco here at all.

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 Let me just...

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:23.039
 What's the big deal

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.920
 about the tree?

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.720
 What's so bad

00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.599
 about the fruit?

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.920
 What if God

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 had given Adam and Eve

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 an explanation

00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:30.839
 so he knew

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:32.159
 which fruit not to order

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 on Woolworths

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 or Coles?

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 If he had some...

00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:36.699
 What if God

00:18:36.699 --> 00:18:38.759
 had said to them...

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.980
 What if God

00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:40.919
 had said to them

00:18:40.919 --> 00:18:43.899
 that if you

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 from this tree...

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 If you eat

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.720
 from this tree,

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.579
 you'll be suffering

00:18:50.579 --> 00:18:51.119
 hardship

00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.779
 and broken

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 relationships

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.679
 and disease

00:18:52.679 --> 00:18:53.119
 for the rest

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.899
 of human history?

00:18:55.459 --> 00:18:56.899
 What if he had said that?

00:18:58.659 --> 00:18:59.619
 What if he had said

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.500
 that if you do eat

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.299
 for the tree,

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.500
 your life in every sphere

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.319
 will be ruined?

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.859
 They might have

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.460
 walked away.

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.440
 They might have

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:09.960
 walked away.

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:11.279
 Here's a taste for you.

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 Let me just show you.

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.619
 They might have

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.140
 walked away.

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.960
 The reason why God

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.880
 didn't give them

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.880
 an explanation

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:20.480
 is absolutely crucial

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.880
 to why this command

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.779
 is so important.

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.180
 The reason why

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.000
 we know nothing

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.660
 about what is

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.559
 significant about

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.099
 this tree

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:27.700
 or what kind

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.380
 Fruto is,

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 it helps us

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.440
 understand why

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.100
 this command

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.980
 is so significant.

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.700
 If he had

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.180
 given them

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.880
 an explanation

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:38.059
 and they

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.799
 walked away,

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:41.640
 they'd be

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.500
 walking away

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.740
 because it would

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.559
 be cost-benefit

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.039
 analysis.

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.160
 That's the reason

00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:48.840
 they'd walk away.

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.500
 It's not worth

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:52.140
 my time.

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.980
 It's not worth

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.539
 my future.

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.099
 It's not worth

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.839
 ruining my life

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.700
 to eat of this

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.059
 tree.

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.500
 That's not

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:00.980
 obedience.

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:03.220
 That's religion.

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:08.039
 It's cost-benefit

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.539
 analysis.

00:20:09.619 --> 00:20:10.220
 And that would be

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.899
 they would not

00:20:10.899 --> 00:20:11.700
 eat of the tree

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:13.159
 out of self-interest.

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.759
 And they would

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.440
 still be in the

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.000
 driver's seat

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.599
 of their life.

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:23.139
 God wanted

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.740
 Adam and Eve

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.740
 to live as if

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.460
 he was God.

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.079
 They were made

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.980
 in his image.

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.240
 They'd been given

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.859
 the gift of life

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.779
 was spoilt.

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.480
 And I use that

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.200
 term in a positive

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.180
 way, spoilt with

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:36.059
 the abundance of

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.420
 Eden.

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.259
 And he wanted

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.339
 them to live by

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.180
 his power and

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.880
 under his

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.500
 authority.

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.140
 Their lives,

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.880
 the world that

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.900
 they inhabited,

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:49.039
 was all a

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.380
 gift.

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.500
 None of it was

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.220
 a possession for

00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.900
 them to do as

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.660
 they pleased.

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:55.019
 And so God

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.720
 simply said,

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.240
 do not eat

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.779
 of the tree.

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.120
 That one.

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.880
 Don't eat of that

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.039
 one.

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.839
 And with that

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.700
 command,

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.039
 they can

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:06.720
 choose to

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.480
 live with

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.359
 God as

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:10.460
 God or

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.240
 themselves as

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.539
 God.

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.880
 It's just as

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:13.720
 simple as that.

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.460
 The serpent

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.500
 knows this

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.299
 because he

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.519
 suggests that

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.599
 they take the

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.620
 tree and you

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.559
 will be like

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.099
 God.

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.220
 It is so

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.000
 essential that

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.700
 we look beyond

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.960
 the rules like

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.319
 the Ten

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.899
 Commandments and

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.460
 others that we

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:32.000
 see and see

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.599
 that there is a

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:34.079
 key reason for

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:35.279
 every single

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.879
 one of them.

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.819
 And the key

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.619
 is this.

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.879
 God is God

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.980
 and you are

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.220
 not.

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.139
 Do not put

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.839
 yourself in the

00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.500
 place of God.

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.500
 Obey him

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.539
 simply because

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.279
 he is God.

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.319
 God.

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.180
 Every single

00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:54.819
 thing that is

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.700
 wrong with us

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.420
 in this world

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.099
 is linked to

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.879
 the root issue

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.680
 of putting

00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:00.039
 ourselves in

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.599
 the place of

00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:00.940
 God.

00:22:01.379 --> 00:22:01.879
 Now that's

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.359
 pretty obvious

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.079
 the big stuff

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.700
 like murder.

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.259
 It's me playing

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.980
 God over another

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.500
 human being.

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.079
 It's me taking

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.559
 a life.

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.759
 But what about

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.160
 all the other

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.339
 things?

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.759
 What about

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.460
 anxiety?

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.440
 Some of us

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.960
 are eaten up

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.859
 by worry in

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.139
 life.

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.539
 Why?

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:17.220
 For me

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:19.859
 personally

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.480
 that is

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.379
 I have an

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.220
 idea of

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.559
 how my

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.119
 relationship

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.339
 should go.

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.779
 I have an

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.139
 idea of

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.599
 how church

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.159
 should go.

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.720
 How my

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.240
 health should

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.480
 go.

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:28.940
 How my

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:30.099
 plans should

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.500
 go.

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:30.980
 And there

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.639
 are times

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.319
 I'm not

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.259
 fully confident

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.180
 that the

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.819
 sovereign God

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.119
 who brought

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.139
 everything into

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.180
 being is

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.960
 over it all.

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.839
 Because the

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.920
 lie runs deep

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.799
 in my heart.

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:46.000
 God you

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.200
 know if

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.680
 you're good

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.159
 I think you

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.720
 do it this

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.099
 way not

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.639
 that way.

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.619
 I put myself

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.159
 in the place

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.779
 of God.

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.819
 Mistrust

00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:58.339
 puts me in

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.920
 the place of

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.259
 God.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.220
 What about

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.859
 grudges?

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.220
 If you don't

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.019
 forgive someone

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.759
 it's because you

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.639
 are taking God's

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.619
 place again.

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.379
 We think we

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.980
 know what a

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.659
 person deserves.

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.139
 We think we

00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.899
 have the right

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.920
 to ensure that

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.539
 they get what

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.259
 they deserve.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.559
 That's me on

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.180
 the throne of

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.779
 my life

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.560
 again.

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.640
 How is it

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.220
 possible that I

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.840
 could ever

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.299
 know the

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.740
 depths of

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.560
 another person's

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.120
 mind and

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.860
 heart when I

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.200
 don't even

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.640
 know my

00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.080
 own?

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:27.100
 All of our

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.420
 problems stem

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.640
 from us taking

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.620
 God's place.

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.759
 And this

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:34.720
 fundamentally is

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.660
 just choosing to

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.519
 obey or not.

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:41.420
 choosing to

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.420
 obey God or

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.519
 not on the

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:45.759
 basis of

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.460
 whether I

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:46.940
 think it

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:48.000
 makes sense

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.740
 or not.

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.379
 William W.

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.200
 Borden was

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:56.000
 the heir of a

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.779
 wealthy Chicago

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.220
 family.

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.639
 I've mentioned

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.420
 him, this

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.859
 guy, in the

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.279
 past.

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.859
 In 1904 and

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.900
 1905 at the

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:04.099
 age of 16 he

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.660
 travelled the

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:04.980
 world.

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.420
 And this

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.019
 was followed

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.560
 by a brilliant

00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:10.380
 career at Yale

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.400
 and then Princeton

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:13.019
 Seminary where

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.900
 he committed his

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.580
 life to seeking

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.380
 to win

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:18.779
 Muslims in

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.620
 China to

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.440
 Jesus.

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.940
 In 1903,

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.500
 sorry, 1913,

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.480
 sorry, at the

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.820
 age of 25 he

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.759
 left for Egypt

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.740
 and he never

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.440
 looked back.

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.039
 Before he

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.579
 left, Borden

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:35.759
 gave away

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.480
 $800,000

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.759
 in his

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.119
 day, which

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.619
 is equivalent

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.379
 to over $20

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.259
 million today.

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.039
 That was his

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.879
 own portion

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.440
 that he'd

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.519
 accumulated in

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.079
 the vast

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.900
 family wealth.

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.000
 He gave it

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.519
 away to

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.920
 charitable

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.519
 missions

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.859
 everywhere

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:54.599
 and he

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.759
 went to

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.839
 Egypt.

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:56.919
 Egypt.

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.199
 He did

00:24:59.199 --> 00:24:59.559
 not know

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.839
 at that

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.319
 point, at

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.639
 the age of

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.259
 25, it

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.480
 was the

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.939
 final year

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.199
 of his

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:02.659
 life.

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.000
 In

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:05.819
 Cairo, he

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.019
 contracted

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.659
 cerebral

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.459
 meningitis

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:09.139
 and died.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.720
 His mother

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.779
 was on her

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.439
 way to

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:13.959
 Cairo to

00:25:13.959 --> 00:25:14.319
 have a

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.099
 holiday with

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.459
 him, but

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.339
 instead she

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.079
 arrived just

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:18.720
 in time to

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.220
 bury him.

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.079
 It is

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.359
 said that

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.299
 she found

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.279
 his Bible

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:26.980
 as she

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.399
 cleaned up

00:25:27.399 --> 00:25:28.139
 his things

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:29.099
 and in

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.879
 his Bible

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.279
 were the

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.740
 words,

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.200
 no reserve,

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.660
 written,

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.500
 no reserve.

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.480
 And the

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.079
 date he

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.839
 wrote it,

00:25:37.899 --> 00:25:38.639
 it suggests

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:38.960
 that he's

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.539
 been written

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.799
 shortly after

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.539
 he renounced

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.200
 his fortune

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.639
 and gave

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.339
 it away to

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.099
 missions.

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:46.240
 Later, he

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.859
 was said to

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.319
 have written,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.519
 no retreat.

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:48.700
 retreat.

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.180
 And the

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.779
 date of

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.339
 that no

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.759
 retreat was

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.559
 after his

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.359
 father told

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.900
 him that he

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.339
 would never

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:56.759
 hold a

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.359
 position in

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:57.779
 the family

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.440
 business from

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.799
 here on

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.059
 in.

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.400
 And finally,

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.639
 shortly before

00:26:02.639 --> 00:26:03.680
 he died in

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.839
 Egypt, and

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.319
 it's believed

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.900
 to be the

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.639
 last words he

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.279
 ever wrote,

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.740
 no regrets.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.859
 No regrets.

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.339
 Why did he

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.259
 not write,

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:21.759
 what are you

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.359
 doing, God?

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:23.980
 I mean,

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.699
 can't you see

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.139
 everything I've

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.659
 done for you?

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.579
 Here I am in

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.519
 Egypt looking

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.439
 to go into

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:29.839
 the mission

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.500
 field to

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.779
 extend your

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.079
 kingdom.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.119
 What are you

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.919
 doing after

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:35.439
 everything I've

00:26:35.439 --> 00:26:36.339
 done for you?

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.879
 Why did he

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.240
 not write

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.500
 that?

00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.559
 It's because

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.959
 he didn't

00:26:43.959 --> 00:26:44.500
 obey God

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.240
 for reputation.

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.380
 He did not

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.900
 obey God

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.680
 for results.

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.319
 He did not

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.880
 obey God

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.579
 for impact.

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.079
 He obeyed

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.460
 God because

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.839
 God is

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.359
 God.

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.299
 And he

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.779
 wasn't.

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.400
 At least

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.880
 in this

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.359
 instance,

00:26:59.579 --> 00:26:59.920
 Borden

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.779
 disbelieved

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.200
 the lie

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.539
 that you

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.180
 cannot trust

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.579
 God.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.799
 Let me

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.240
 say as a

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.759
 side point,

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.220
 he ended

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.920
 up inspiring

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:09.259
 thousands of

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.460
 people to

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.940
 become

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.779
 missionaries

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.220
 in the

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.720
 generations

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.440
 that followed.

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.080
 He never

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.640
 knew that

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.080
 on his

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.620
 deathbed.

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.140
 Through

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.820
 his death,

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.180
 he's had

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.700
 significant

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:22.039
 impact in

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.480
 the lives

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.580
 of thousands,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.160
 if not

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.500
 millions.

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.220
 So Adam

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.740
 and Eve

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.940
 took the

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.360
 fruit,

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.140
 setting

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.019
 course of

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.799
 human history

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.580
 a distrust

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.180
 of God.

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:37.340
 So friends,

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.559
 hear this.

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:40.339
 what your

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.059
 and mine,

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.679
 what our

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.259
 hearts

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.419
 desire,

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.700
 the mind

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.639
 justifies

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:48.659
 and our

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.359
 will's

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.179
 action.

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.720
 In the

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.379
 final verses

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.759
 of this

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.039
 section,

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.519
 we see the

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.899
 rest of

00:27:58.899 --> 00:27:59.460
 humanity

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.879
 and human

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.460
 history in

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.179
 summary form.

00:28:03.179 --> 00:28:03.659
 Verses

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:03.980
 eight and

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.279
 nine.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.379
 Then the

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.160
 man and

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.639
 his wife

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.000
 heard the

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.460
 sound of

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.819
 the Lord

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.480
 God as

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.720
 he was

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.119
 walking in

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.500
 the garden

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.740
 in the

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.019
 cool of

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.399
 the day,

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.139
 and they

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.680
 hid from

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.139
 the Lord

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:14.680
 among the

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.079
 trees of

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.500
 the garden.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:15.859
 But the

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.539
 Lord God,

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.799
 called out

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.079
 to the

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.379
 man,

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.480
 where are

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.740
 you?

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:20.960
 There's a

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.160
 couple of

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.359
 things I

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.519
 want to

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.859
 point out

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.059
 here.

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.019
 The first

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.460
 thing is

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.940
 Adam and

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.660
 Eve went

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.680
 into hiding

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.259
 the moment

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.980
 they rejected

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.460
 God.

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:29.920
 They went

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.519
 into hiding.

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.839
 The consequence

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.779
 of not

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.699
 trusting in

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.079
 the goodness

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.740
 of God

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.059
 is we

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.939
 hide.

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.240
 And I'm

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.379
 going to

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.879
 unpack this

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.220
 a little bit

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.720
 more next

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.059
 week.

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.699
 We hide

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.159
 from our

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.939
 true selves.

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.879
 We can't

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.859
 stand an

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.799
 honest review

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.559
 of ourselves.

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.379
 If it

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.939
 wasn't for

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.720
 verse eight,

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.779
 therapy in

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.240
 our world

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.679
 would not

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.119
 exist.

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.759
 We need

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.359
 therapy because

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.959
 we're constantly

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:56.519
 hiding from

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.000
 ourselves.

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.500
 Most

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.159
 significantly

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.300
 though here

00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:03.680
 is we

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.220
 hide from

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.779
 God.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.380
 In the

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.000
 presence of

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.519
 God,

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.540
 we cannot

00:29:07.540 --> 00:29:08.420
 hide who

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.940
 we truly

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.620
 are.

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.880
 And so

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.259
 we must

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.700
 hide.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.540
 It's not

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.540
 just hiding

00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:15.440
 from consequences,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.240
 it's hiding

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.860
 from ourselves

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.420
 and God

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.480
 reveals who

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.980
 we truly

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.500
 are.

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.880
 We hide

00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:21.220
 from our

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.759
 true selves,

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.140
 we hide

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.640
 from God

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.100
 and we

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.540
 hide from

00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:25.080
 others.

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.360
 The second

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.680
 thing to

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.920
 notice and

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.340
 the most

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.779
 remarkable

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.940
 thing is

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.680
 that while

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.640
 we are

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.860
 running and

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.500
 hiding,

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.120
 God is

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:35.720
 searching.

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.940
 He's calling

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.320
 out to

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.700
 us.

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.880
 It is our

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.420
 nature to

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:40.920
 hide from

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.480
 God and

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.860
 God's

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.460
 nature is

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.019
 to seek

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.539
 us.

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.880
 God calls

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.420
 it out.

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.660
 Where are

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.960
 you?

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.200
 Is God

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.840
 like literally

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.440
 right,

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.960
 but can't

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.400
 find Adam

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.920
 and Eve?

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.380
 Where are

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.600
 they?

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.880
 You know,

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.660
 we're playing

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:01.980
 hide and

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.180
 seek.

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.660
 How is it

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.900
 possible that

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.960
 an all-knowing,

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.580
 sovereign,

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.720
 omniscient God

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.240
 who knows

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.160
 every blade of

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.600
 grass that

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.019
 grows and

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.420
 every bird,

00:30:10.540 --> 00:30:10.980
 how does he

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.580
 not know

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:11.920
 where they

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.560
 are?

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.019
 Of course

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.440
 he knows

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.900
 where they

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.440
 are.

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.120
 He's

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.080
 pursuing them

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.460
 is what

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.140
 he's doing.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.440
 He's telling

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.880
 Adam and

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.360
 Eve, I'm

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.040
 coming for

00:30:24.040 --> 00:30:24.400
 you.

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.580
 I'm here

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.220
 still.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:30.579
 he's

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:31.180
 calling out

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.600
 to them.

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.799
 He's

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.240
 engaging

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.519
 them.

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.720
 He's

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.339
 reconnecting

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.600
 with them.

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.819
 He's

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.200
 pursuing

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.579
 them.

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.019
 What we

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.319
 need to

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.240
 realize is

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.600
 that if

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.400
 we ever

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.519
 find God,

00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:43.920
 in fact,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.279
 one of the

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.759
 first things

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.380
 you discover

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.400
 is that

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.900
 it's because

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.279
 he was

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.720
 becoming

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.380
 after me.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.799
 He had

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.019
 already

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.640
 found me.

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:52.019
 He found

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.660
 me first.

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.779
 And we

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.259
 see this

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.500
 in the

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.980
 Bible from

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.660
 beginning to

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.160
 end.

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.880
 He is

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.480
 so, so

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.839
 good.

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.519
 Despite

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.860
 our

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.319
 rejection

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.819
 of him,

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.279
 he comes

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.900
 after us.

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.740
 And we

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.220
 see the

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.640
 ultimate

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.360
 expression of

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.880
 God coming

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.740
 after us,

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.240
 reconnecting

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.779
 with us,

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.180
 pursuing us,

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.039
 engaging with

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:11.259
 us, is

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.860
 when God

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.220
 the Son

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.519
 himself took

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.000
 on human

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.559
 flesh and

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.180
 descended into

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:16.000
 our world to

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.480
 come after

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.839
 us.

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.120
 We're going

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.620
 to see this

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.160
 in the coming

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.559
 weeks, but

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.019
 ultimately it

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.720
 is Jesus

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.620
 Christ who

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.200
 stomps on

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.519
 the head

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:26.799
 of the

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:28.059
 serpent and

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.759
 crushes the

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.960
 lie, gets

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.440
 rid of the

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.759
 mock.

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.140
 He is the

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.500
 one who

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.079
 defeats the

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.400
 serpent.

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:36.880
 So reading

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.400
 back into

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.059
 these verses,

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.480
 we see how

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.559
 Jesus turns

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.380
 it all around.

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:43.760
 in the

00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:44.180
 Garden of

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.320
 Eden, the

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:46.740
 serpent lured

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.300
 Adam and

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:47.700
 Eve to

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.460
 ignore the

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.040
 command of

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:50.020
 God about

00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:50.620
 the tree.

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.460
 Centuries

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.260
 later, Jesus

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:56.580
 is in the

00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:56.960
 Garden of

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.500
 Gethsemane

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.340
 struggling with

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:58.900
 the command of

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.380
 God about

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.120
 another tree,

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.380
 a wooden

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.600
 cross, a

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.040
 cross cut

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.340
 from a

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.620
 tree.

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.600
 Adam and

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:05.960
 Eve were

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.740
 told not to

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.320
 take of the

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.660
 tree.

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.380
 Jesus is

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.120
 commanded here

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.700
 to embrace

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.260
 the tree.

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:12.560
 Get nailed

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:12.940
 to the

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.220
 tree.

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.060
 Adam and

00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:15.520
 Eve ignored

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:16.180
 the command

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.700
 in the

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.720
 hope of a

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.900
 blessed life

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.080
 but instead

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.980
 got cursed.

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.980
 Jesus Christ

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.620
 obeyed the

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.700
 command knowing

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.220
 that he would

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.120
 receive our

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:28.280
 curse for

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:29.000
 ignoring God's

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.800
 command about

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.340
 the tree.

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.100
 The curse of

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.940
 separation from

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:34.520
 God so that

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:35.620
 we could receive

00:32:35.620 --> 00:32:36.320
 the blessing of

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.680
 being brought

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.080
 back into

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.840
 relationship with

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.140
 God.

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.620
 Adam and

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.180
 Eve were in a

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.900
 beautiful

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:42.200
 garden and

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.740
 God said,

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.060
 if you

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.620
 obey me

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.100
 about the

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.519
 tree, you

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.320
 would live

00:32:45.320 --> 00:32:46.019
 and live

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.740
 and live

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.140
 but they

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.500
 didn't.

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:51.080
 Jesus is in

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.620
 the darkness

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.540
 of the

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.100
 garden and

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.480
 his father

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.980
 said to him,

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:54.280
 if you

00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:54.700
 obey me

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.100
 about the

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.460
 tree, you

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.040
 will die.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.060
 You will

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.440
 die.

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.740
 You will be

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.200
 crushed.

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.920
 You will be

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.320
 cursed.

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:04.500
 and he

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.879
 did.

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.799
 He did.

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.700
 He obeyed

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.139
 and he

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.559
 obeyed for

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.859
 you and

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.299
 for me

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.480
 who deserve

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.779
 to be

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.139
 crushed,

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.599
 who deserve

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.519
 to be

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.899
 destroyed,

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.359
 who deserve

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:16.659
 to be

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.039
 cursed.

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.299
 He embraced

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.819
 the tree

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.519
 of death

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.519
 and turned

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.079
 it into a

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.559
 tree of

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.000
 life for

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.359
 us.

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.480
 Jesus is

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.019
 the one who

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.700
 reverses the

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.139
 sin of the

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.460
 tree.

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.619
 The sin

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:28.939
 of us

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:30.259
 where only

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.419
 God deserves

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:31.940
 to be.

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.980
 That's the

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.900
 Christian

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.360
 gospel.

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.920
 That's the

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.440
 core of

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.860
 the Christian

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.360
 faith.

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.019
 The tree

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.800
 of salvation

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:40.560
 is God

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.420
 putting himself

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.539
 where only

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.779
 we deserve

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.340
 to be

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:46.340
 on a cross

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:47.240
 of condemnation

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.160
 and curse.

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.140
 So when

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.920
 Jesus obeyed

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.480
 the father

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:52.180
 about the

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.580
 tree,

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.580
 he also

00:33:54.580 --> 00:33:55.300
 crushed the

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:56.660
 lie of

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.039
 Satan.

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.360
 He crushed

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.960
 the lie

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.340
 that we

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.180
 cannot trust

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.700
 God.

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.539
 You want

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.779
 to look

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.039
 at the

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.320
 goodness

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.820
 of God?

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.519
 See him

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.880
 hanging on

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.380
 a cross

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.880
 for you.

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:07.880
 No more

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.440
 evidence is

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.099
 required than

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.480
 that.

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.980
 The only

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.639
 way to

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.260
 overcome

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.760
 the lie

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.380
 that God

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.900
 is not

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.519
 trustworthy

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.500
 is to

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.780
 see this

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.119
 God

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.920
 descending

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.039
 into his

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.480
 world,

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.740
 climbing the

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.360
 tree of

00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:22.539
 death and

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.360
 turning that

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.079
 into a

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.579
 tree of

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.079
 life for

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.579
 us.

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.460
 It's the

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.000
 only way

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.240
 to overcome

00:34:28.240 --> 00:34:29.059
 the lie.

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.559
 this is

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.099
 the only

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.519
 thing that

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.960
 will day

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.480
 by day

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.099
 take the

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.840
 poison of

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.340
 the lie

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.860
 out of

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.619
 our hearts,

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.719
 out of

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:38.500
 our minds

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.579
 and our

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.460
 attitudes that

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.059
 God is not

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:42.380
 good and

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.880
 that trusting

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:44.139
 in him is

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.820
 unreasonable

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.259
 and it's

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:47.000
 irrelevant for

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.539
 our day

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:49.279
 or that God

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.579
 is not

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.900
 good.

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:52.680
 Jesus on

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.220
 the cross

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:54.619
 deals with

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.079
 the mock,

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.360
 the lie

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:58.480
 and the

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.860
 lie about

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.240
 the tree.

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.320
 Amen.

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.360
 Amen.

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.420
 Amen.

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.460
 Amen.

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.519
 Amen.

00:34:59.519 --> 00:34:59.539
 Amen.

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.920
 Amen.

00:34:59.920 --> 00:34:59.980
 Amen.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.480
 Amen.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.519
 Amen.