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 So many people, they were hiding from the militia, and all of them were brutally murdered.

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 And in the basement of this memorial, the guide didn't even go down to the basement.

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 She just said, you're welcome to go downstairs.

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 So I did.

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 And in this narrow pathway, in either side of me, there were stacks and stacks of human bones, skulls.

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 I think they said they found 40,000 body parts at that site.

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 So just like, you know, the dry bones cannot come back to life on its own, I wondered, I'm sure, you know, the families, the friends, the siblings of these victims, wouldn't they give anything to see them just once again living?

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 And with all the advance in modern medicine and science, there's nothing anyone can do to bring these dead bones back to life.

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 And that is what we are going to look into tonight.

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 We are dead in sin.

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 And next week, we're going to look into our life in Christ.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord Jesus, we thank you for gathering us here tonight, Lord.

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 Lord, as we worship you and praise you, and now, as we read your words, Lord God.

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 Open our ears and prepare our hearts to hear your words and be moved, touched by your life-giving words, Lord God.

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 And Lord, thank you for giving us this life through your son, Jesus Christ.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Let's turn to Ephesians.

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 I'm going to actually read the last week's passage as well.

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 So we'll start from Ephesians chapter 1, verse 20, and we'll go to chapter 2, verse 6.

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 If somebody has a page number, just shout it out.

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 976.

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 Ephesians chapter 1, starting from verse 20.

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 That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

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 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named,

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 not only in this age but also in the one to come.

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 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

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 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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 And you are dead in the trespasses and sins which you once walked, following the course of this world,

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 following the prince of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience,

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 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

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 carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,

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 and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind.

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 But God being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved and raised us up with him

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 and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Jesus Christ.

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 So last Sunday evening, you know, Dan preached from Ephesians chapter 1 verses 20 to 23.

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 And it's about God's power raising, you know, Jesus from dead.

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 And in his glory he is seated at the right hand of God.

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 And in chapter 2 verse 4,

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 God tells us that now we are alive together in Christ.

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 Between these two glorious passages,

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 why does Paul talk about a gloomy spiritual assessment?

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 Of us.

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 We were dead.

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 First one says,

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 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins.

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 Some of you may say,

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 I'm not dead.

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 I'm breathing.

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 My lungs are exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen.

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 My heart is pumping.

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 What do you mean I'm dead?

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 I'm alive.

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 But the death that Apostle Paul is talking about here is our spiritual death.

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 Now,

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 when Adam and Eve,

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 now we're going all the way back to Genesis.

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 God told Adam and Eve,

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 you can eat from every tree except from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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 But Satan deceived Eve.

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 Satan said to Eve,

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 did God tell you not to eat from any of these trees?

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 And Eve said,

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 no,

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 we shouldn't be eating from tree of knowledge and evil.

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 Because God said,

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 if we do,

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 it will surely die.

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 And Satan said to Eve,

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 no,

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 you're not going to die.

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 Matter of fact,

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 you're going to be like God.

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 You are going to know good and evil.

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 And you're going to become like God.

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 Through Satan's deception,

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 Eve gives in to the temptation.

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 And Eve eats the fruit of knowledge and evil.

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 And at that moment,

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 the sin enter the world.

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 So in Romans,

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 it says,

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 through one man,

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 sin enter the world.

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 Adam.

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 So through Adam,

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 sin enter the world.

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 And sin brought death

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 to human race.

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 So,

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 death became a certainty.

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 And also,

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 we were separated from God

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 because of the sin.

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 And that is the spiritual death.

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 and

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 this

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 rebellion

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 because

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 God said,

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 do not eat from this tree.

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 but what our humans are saying is,

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 hey,

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 we

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 don't need to hear that from you.

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 We

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 know

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 what is good

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 and what is evil.

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 evil.

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 And this,

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 as the sin entered,

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 brought death,

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 and look what happens

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 immediately after.

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 the very next chapter,

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 Adam's son,

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 Cain,

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 murders

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 his brother Abel

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 out of jealousy.

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 And then,

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 a few chapters later,

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 in chapters,

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 Genesis chapter 6,

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 the

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 earth was just

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 filled

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 with

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 wickedness

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 of man.

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 It says,

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 the Lord

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 saw that the wickedness

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 of man

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 was great

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 in the earth

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 and that

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 every

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 intention

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 of the thoughts

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 of his heart

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 was only

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 evil

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 continually.

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 And as we

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 read

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 the next

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 verse,

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 verse 2,

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 in which you

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 once walked

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 following the

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 course of this

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 world,

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 following the

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 prince of the

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 power of the

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 air,

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 the spirit

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 that is now

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 at work

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 in the sons

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 of disobedience.

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 So,

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 following the

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 course of the

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 world,

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 so,

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 we humans

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 became

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 continually

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 rejecting

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 God.

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 And the

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 world

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 world

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 that we

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 live in

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 have this

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 ungodly

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 attitude

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 and ungodly

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 practices.

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 And

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 as you

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 read

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 the Bible,

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 I mean,

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 nobody told

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 them or

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 nobody taught

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 them how

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 to, you

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 know,

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 build idols.

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 but with

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 our fallen

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 nature,

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 we start,

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 human beings

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 start worshipping

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 idols.

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 Human beings

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 start,

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 stop looking

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 into God

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 and looking

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 for other

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 things,

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 calling these

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 lifeless things,

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 things that's

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 made out of

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 stones and

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 metals and

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 other things,

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 and they

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 start worshipping

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 idols.

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 and

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 this trend

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 of,

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 you know,

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 ungodly

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 attitude and

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 ungodly

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 practices,

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 it continued

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 and

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 one of the

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 things that

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 we see

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 today

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 in America,

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 I'm

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 going to

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 read

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 an excerpt

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 from

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 David

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 Platt's

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 book called

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 Counterculture.

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 Here it

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 says,

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 noted

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 atheist

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 Richard Dawkins

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 writes,

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 in a

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 universe of

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 blind

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 physical

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 forces and

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 genetic

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 replication,

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 some

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 people are

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 going to

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 get hurt,

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 other

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 people are

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 going to

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 get lucky,

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 and you

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 won't find

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 any rhyme

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 or reason

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 in it,

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 nor any

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 justice.

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 The universe

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 we observe

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 has precisely

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 the properties

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 we should

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 expect if

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 there is.

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 At the

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 bottom,

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 no design,

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 no purpose,

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 no evil,

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 and no other

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 good.

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 Nothing but

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 blind,

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 pitiless

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 indifference.

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 DNA

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 neither knows

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 nor cares.

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 DNA

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 just is,

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 and we

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 dance to

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 its music.

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 Godless

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 worldviews

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 thus leave

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 us with a

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 hopeless

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 subjectivity

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 concerning

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 good and

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 evil that

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 is wholly

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 dependent

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 on social

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 constructs.

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 Whatever a

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 culture deems

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 right is

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 right,

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 and whatever

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 a culture

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 deems wrong

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 is wrong.

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 This is

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 precisely

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 the worldview

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 that prevails

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 in American

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 culture today.

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 Where rapid

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 shifts in the

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 moral landscape

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 clearly communicate

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 that we no

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 longer believe

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 certain things

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 are inherently

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 right or

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 wrong.

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 Instead,

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 rightness

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 and wrongness

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 is determined

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 by social

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 developments

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 around us.

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 And isn't

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.079
 this true?

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 When we

00:13:58.579 --> 00:13:59.279
 look at our

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 culture today,

00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:00.799
 whether it's

00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.720
 in entertainment,

00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:03.319
 in education,

00:14:05.319 --> 00:14:06.159
 they're trying

00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.600
 to get

00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.339
 rid of

00:14:08.339 --> 00:14:09.299
 the notion

00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:09.759
 of

00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.839
 absolute

00:14:10.839 --> 00:14:11.579
 truth.

00:14:13.620 --> 00:14:14.419
 God

00:14:14.419 --> 00:14:14.779
 is

00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.539
 absolute

00:14:15.539 --> 00:14:16.019
 truth.

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 But what

00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.579
 the society,

00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:19.579
 the culture,

00:14:20.539 --> 00:14:22.720
 is telling

00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:23.759
 us is

00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:25.059
 there is

00:14:25.059 --> 00:14:25.600
 no absolute

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.039
 truth.

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.500
 Whatever

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.039
 culture

00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:29.980
 decides,

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 that's what

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 it is.

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 And this

00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.379
 kind of

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:36.159
 ungodly

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.279
 attitude

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.199
 and ungodly

00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:38.759
 practice

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:40.679
 is also

00:14:40.679 --> 00:14:41.379
 one of the

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.000
 components

00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.259
 that makes

00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:43.659
 us

00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:45.019
 spiritually

00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.799
 dead.

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 in

00:14:48.579 --> 00:14:49.340
 1994,

00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:51.279
 in

00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:51.759
 Rwanda,

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.059
 800,000

00:14:55.059 --> 00:14:55.600
 people

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:56.779
 were

00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.240
 killed

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.939
 in a

00:14:58.939 --> 00:15:00.779
 three-month

00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.600
 time.

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 So if

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.860
 you do

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.439
 the math,

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:05.559
 the rate

00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:06.419
 of killing

00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.259
 is just

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:09.639
 unthinkable.

00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.059
 General

00:15:15.059 --> 00:15:15.659
 Romeo

00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.279
 Dallaire,

00:15:16.599 --> 00:15:17.339
 who was

00:15:17.339 --> 00:15:18.279
 in charge

00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:18.659
 of the

00:15:18.659 --> 00:15:19.019
 UN

00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:20.299
 peacekeeping

00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:20.899
 force

00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.099
 during that

00:15:22.099 --> 00:15:22.599
 time,

00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:24.559
 he wrote

00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:24.879
 in his

00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:25.879
 book called

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 Shake

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 Hands

00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.559
 with the

00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:27.839
 Devil.

00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:28.839
 Now,

00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.439
 this man,

00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:30.379
 in his book,

00:15:30.419 --> 00:15:30.619
 he says,

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.619
 he was not

00:15:31.619 --> 00:15:32.879
 particularly a

00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.659
 religious man,

00:15:34.359 --> 00:15:35.599
 but when he

00:15:35.599 --> 00:15:37.099
 met the

00:15:37.099 --> 00:15:37.699
 leaders of

00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:38.439
 this militia

00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:39.199
 group who

00:15:39.199 --> 00:15:40.099
 started this

00:15:40.099 --> 00:15:40.639
 genocide,

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:40.960
 died,

00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:42.139
 and when he

00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.639
 shook their

00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:43.120
 hands,

00:15:43.199 --> 00:15:43.639
 and then when

00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:44.299
 he saw

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:45.399
 in their

00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:45.919
 eyes,

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.259
 he said,

00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:47.939
 I saw

00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.319
 the devil.

00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:49.860
 This

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.919
 cannot

00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:53.000
 come from

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.419
 a human

00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:53.819
 being.

00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:57.040
 so,

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.760
 the devil

00:15:58.760 --> 00:16:00.980
 stirs

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.440
 things

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.060
 in human

00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:03.520
 hearts

00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:05.300
 to do

00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:05.920
 violence,

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.720
 commit

00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.480
 atrocities,

00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:09.379
 and we

00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:09.920
 see this

00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:10.780
 all over

00:16:10.780 --> 00:16:11.220
 the world,

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:12.200
 whether

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.780
 in human

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:14.340
 trafficking,

00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:15.900
 child

00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:16.740
 soldiers

00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.480
 get forced

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.980
 to,

00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.580
 you know,

00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.220
 commit

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.440
 these

00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.120
 atrocities,

00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.879
 you see,

00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.240
 the prince

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.379
 of air,

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.620
 which is

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.080
 the devil,

00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:29.799
 that spirit

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.940
 is now

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:31.620
 at work

00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.799
 in the

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.299
 sons of

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.500
 disobedience.

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.720
 So,

00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.080
 first,

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.200
 we saw

00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.539
 the world

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.679
 trend.

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:43.039
 Ever

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.980
 since Adam

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.720
 and Eve

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.860
 disobeyed

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.279
 God and

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.200
 we became

00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.940
 a fallen

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.600
 world,

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.899
 the world,

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:55.220
 it starts

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.720
 to reject

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.240
 God,

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.379
 start to

00:16:58.379 --> 00:17:01.500
 stop

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.620
 recognizing

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.180
 God

00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.360
 as the

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.759
 creator.

00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.420
 And then

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:07.880
 Satan,

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.960
 who

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.740
 deceived

00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:11.339
 Eve

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.240
 and

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.440
 attempting

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.160
 people to

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.599
 fall,

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.920
 continues

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.440
 to

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.299
 work

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:19.399
 in the

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:19.759
 sons of

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.519
 disobedience.

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.180
 And then

00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.759
 verse 3,

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.539
 it says,

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.440
 among whom

00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.359
 we all

00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:30.680
 once lived

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.899
 in the

00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:32.639
 passions of

00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:33.299
 our flesh,

00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.639
 carrying out

00:17:34.639 --> 00:17:35.299
 the desires

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:36.000
 of the body

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.339
 and the

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.759
 mind,

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.259
 and were

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.059
 by nature

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.220
 children

00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:41.240
 of wrath,

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.639
 like the

00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:43.000
 rest

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.039
 of mankind.

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.259
 time.

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.259
 So,

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:49.000
 what is

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:51.379
 passion of

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:51.940
 our flesh?

00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.319
 Passion of

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.920
 our flesh

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.019
 is described

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:59.420
 in Galatians

00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.420
 chapter 5,

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:02.399
 verse 19.

00:18:03.139 --> 00:18:03.779
 Here it

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.079
 says,

00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.039
 now the

00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:05.559
 works of

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.180
 the flesh

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.379
 are evident.

00:18:08.659 --> 00:18:09.019
 Sexual

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.759
 immorality,

00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:11.420
 impurity,

00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:13.000
 sensuality,

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.140
 idolatry,

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.980
 sorcery,

00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.880
 enmity,

00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:16.940
 strife,

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:17.740
 jealousy,

00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.440
 fits of

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:18.940
 anger,

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.319
 rivalries,

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.180
 dissensions,

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.920
 divisions,

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.599
 envy,

00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.500
 drunkenness,

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.140
 orgies,

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.259
 and things

00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:26.099
 like these.

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.279
 So,

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.259
 when you

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.099
 put all

00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:31.299
 these three

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.559
 forces together,

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.000
 that is

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.819
 the dominion

00:18:34.819 --> 00:18:35.640
 of sin.

00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:37.960
 Ungodly

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.700
 attitudes and

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.759
 practices of

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.400
 this world,

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.460
 the social

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.960
 force,

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.860
 the Satan's

00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:44.340
 deception,

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.640
 Satan's

00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.299
 spiritual

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:47.920
 force that

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.559
 keep

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.340
 unbelievers

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:51.920
 in bondage

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.519
 to sin.

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.579
 And then,

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.259
 our fleshly

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.180
 nature to

00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:57.940
 pursue

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:59.460
 after such

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.039
 things.

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.640
 All these

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.240
 three things

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:03.120
 work together

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:04.740
 and keep

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.920
 unbelievers

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:07.559
 in the state

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.019
 of

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.180
 spiritual

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.079
 death.

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.159
 death.

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.879
 And in

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.599
 that state,

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.079
 we are

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.819
 by nature

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.799
 children of

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.139
 wrath.

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.240
 We deserve

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.460
 God's

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.480
 holy anger

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.099
 and his

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.439
 judgment.

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.639
 Now,

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:26.759
 some of

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.039
 you may

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.399
 say,

00:19:28.199 --> 00:19:29.740
 I am

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.919
 by no

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.839
 means like

00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:32.220
 that.

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.699
 I mean,

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.819
 how insulting.

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.539
 Orgies,

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:36.019
 sexual immorality,

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.679
 fits of

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.139
 anger.

00:19:37.140 --> 00:19:38.580
 I'm a

00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:39.180
 good person.

00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.620
 How dare

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.160
 you to

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.220
 put me in

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:42.640
 the same

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:43.240
 category

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.500
 as these

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.860
 people?

00:19:45.320 --> 00:19:45.759
 I don't

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.280
 do that.

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.320
 I'm a

00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:47.880
 good person.

00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.180
 I give

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.580
 money to

00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:49.980
 charity.

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.100
 I meditate.

00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:53.740
 Then,

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.300
 well,

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.320
 the question

00:19:55.320 --> 00:19:56.120
 to you

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.660
 is this.

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.100
 Have you

00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.580
 put your

00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:59.140
 faith in

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.420
 Jesus?

00:19:59.420 --> 00:19:59.539
 Jesus?

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.840
 Do you

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.539
 believe Jesus

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.080
 died for

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.620
 your sins?

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:05.259
 And is

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.900
 Jesus your

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:07.080
 only hope

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:08.360
 and savior?

00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.580
 If you

00:20:11.580 --> 00:20:12.140
 did not

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.840
 put your

00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:13.440
 faith in

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.900
 Jesus or

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.560
 have been

00:20:15.560 --> 00:20:16.300
 and still

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:17.300
 rejecting

00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:17.660
 him,

00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:19.640
 then the

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.180
 Bible tells

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.580
 us that

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:22.080
 you are

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.640
 spiritually

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.039
 dead.

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.300
 Let me

00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:26.160
 give you an

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.960
 analogy of

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.840
 these two

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.960
 teenagers.

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.680
 So,

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.160
 there's this

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.720
 teenager

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.460
 who gets

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.000
 into trouble.

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.400
 Doesn't like

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.000
 to study,

00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:36.900
 cut classes,

00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:37.920
 sometimes you

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.320
 get a phone

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:38.700
 call from

00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.279
 the principal,

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.200
 sometimes you

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.580
 get a phone

00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:41.140
 call from

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.680
 the police

00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:43.100
 officer saying,

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:43.500
 come and

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.820
 get your

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.080
 son.

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.860
 But,

00:20:46.980 --> 00:20:48.440
 his heart

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.120
 towards his

00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.680
 parents,

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:53.019
 he loves

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.940
 his parents.

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.220
 Even though

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.680
 he does

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.300
 these stupid

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.779
 things,

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.440
 gets him

00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:57.940
 in trouble,

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:59.180
 he still

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.900
 at the

00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:00.360
 bottom of

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.860
 his heart,

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.920
 he loves

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.660
 his parents.

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.539
 He enjoys

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.720
 spending time

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:07.259
 with his

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.680
 parents.

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.620
 Let's look

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.860
 at another

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.320
 teenager.

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.840
 Straight A

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.240
 student,

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.400
 never gets

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.840
 into any

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.120
 kind of

00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.420
 trouble,

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.779
 and he

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.060
 has a

00:21:17.060 --> 00:21:17.700
 bright future,

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:21.000
 but deep

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.600
 inside in

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.100
 his heart,

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.640
 he just

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:25.039
 cannot wait

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.680
 until he

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.180
 becomes

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.940
 independent.

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.600
 Why?

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.019
 Because he

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.720
 does not

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.320
 want to do

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:33.039
 anything with

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.519
 his parents

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:33.980
 anymore.

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.500
 He doesn't

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.000
 want to see

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.680
 them anymore.

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.019
 He just

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.279
 cannot wait

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.799
 until he

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.060
 doesn't have to

00:21:42.060 --> 00:21:42.940
 associate with

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.600
 his parents

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.060
 anymore.

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.640
 Now,

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.340
 if you

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:49.519
 think you

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.080
 are a good

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.580
 person,

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.060
 righteous,

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.240
 righteous,

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:54.139
 but if you

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:55.339
 don't have

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.240
 Jesus as

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.819
 your savior,

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:59.179
 you are

00:21:59.179 --> 00:22:00.099
 rejecting

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.899
 God.

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.379
 You are

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.919
 rejecting

00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:04.700
 his gift.

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.419
 So,

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.039
 you are

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.700
 still

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.960
 under the

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.399
 wrath of

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:10.720
 God.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:10.860
 God.

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.680
 So,

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:17.180
 why does

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.680
 Paul

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.620
 gives us

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:20.860
 this,

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.640
 you know,

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.039
 we talked

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.920
 about the

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.819
 valley of

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.259
 the dry

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.640
 bone,

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.200
 and I

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.920
 told you

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.720
 about the

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.019
 genocide

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.500
 memorial.

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.319
 Why does

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.839
 Paul give

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:32.360
 us this

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:34.920
 dark and

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.460
 gloomy

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.019
 assessment of

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.860
 our, you

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:37.940
 know,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.420
 spiritual

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.019
 status?

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:42.099
 first,

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.639
 I think

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:44.299
 he wants

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.539
 us to

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.079
 remain

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.980
 humble.

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.240
 Nobody

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.299
 is holier

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.639
 than,

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:53.019
 you know,

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.420
 anyone.

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.700
 Holier than

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.019
 thou,

00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.480
 that kind

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.960
 of attitude.

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.200
 We were

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.859
 all,

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.960
 we are all

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.200
 sinners,

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.660
 and we

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.359
 were once

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.420
 all dead

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.119
 because of

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.720
 our sin

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.799
 and trespasses.

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.180
 So,

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.299
 Paul wants

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.980
 us to have

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.279
 this

00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:09.460
 gratitude.

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.399
 Be thankful

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.500
 to God.

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.220
 Like I

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.579
 said to

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:14.859
 you,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.279
 what good

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.619
 is

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.740
 defibrillator

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.660
 to the

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.160
 dry bone?

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.139
 You know,

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.379
 when you

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.940
 watch the

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.480
 hospital shows,

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:23.899
 you know,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.259
 and clear,

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.740
 and then zap,

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.339
 and then person

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.940
 comes back to

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.220
 life.

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.720
 What good

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.079
 is it?

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.119
 What good

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.599
 is if I

00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.700
 bring 200

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.359
 defibrillator

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.619
 to the

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.259
 stacks of

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.879
 dry bone?

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:36.040
 can dry

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.720
 bones come

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.160
 back to

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.960
 life on

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.320
 its own?

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.080
 So,

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.140
 what Apostle

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.700
 Paul is

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.180
 telling us

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.420
 is,

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.180
 you were

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.640
 all like

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.280
 that before

00:23:46.280 --> 00:23:46.800
 Christ.

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.080
 So,

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.920
 don't feel

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.280
 that,

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.600
 oh,

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.480
 I am

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.140
 much better

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.540
 than that

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:51.920
 person.

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.780
 It is

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.320
 because what

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.140
 I did,

00:23:54.760 --> 00:23:55.180
 I am

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.700
 alive,

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.060
 and I'm

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.480
 a Christian

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.960
 today.

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.820
 He does

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.740
 not want

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.040
 you to

00:24:00.040 --> 00:24:01.340
 have that

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:02.140
 kind of

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.920
 attitude.

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.660
 He wants

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.019
 you to

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.860
 be grateful

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.500
 to God

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.160
 and remain

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.800
 humble

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:10.400
 and remind

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.120
 ourselves

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:12.180
 that

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:13.640
 we were

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.640
 once dead

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:16.460
 like these

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.120
 dry bones.

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.860
 And then

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.380
 also,

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.660
 Apostle

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.400
 Paul reminds

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.920
 us that

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:25.940
 in that

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.880
 dry bone

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.420
 condition,

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.300
 we were

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:29.120
 utterly

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.539
 hopeless

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.420
 and helpless.

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.440
 and he

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.980
 wants us

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.500
 to know

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.840
 that

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.380
 until

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.019
 Jesus

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.340
 died

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:40.480
 for us

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:40.840
 and he

00:24:40.840 --> 00:24:41.660
 came for

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.460
 our rescue,

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.820
 we had

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.340
 no hope.

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.240
 And we

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.640
 certainly

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.019
 couldn't

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.340
 help

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.960
 ourselves.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.340
 Some

00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:52.880
 other

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.740
 religions,

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.620
 you know,

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.640
 aren't they

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.920
 basically

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.560
 teaching you,

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:56.800
 well,

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.320
 if you do

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.920
 this much,

00:24:58.080 --> 00:24:58.620
 if you do

00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.160
 this much,

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.960
 if you pray

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.480
 this much,

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.080
 if you

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.940
 meditate

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.559
 this much,

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.240
 if you

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.880
 give this

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.259
 much,

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.100
 then you

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.519
 will earn

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.059
 favor of

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.400
 God.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.279
 Right?

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.920
 But

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.120
 Jesus is

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:12.559
 not like

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.840
 that.

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.519
 Coming

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.920
 to life

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:19.220
 in Christ,

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.380
 we have

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.920
 no contribution

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.080
 whatsoever.

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.820
 It is what

00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:26.840
 Jesus did

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.080
 on the cross,

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.980
 that is it.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.500
 So,

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.779
 Apostle Paul

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.519
 doesn't want

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.900
 us to

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.559
 boast,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.039
 oh yeah,

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:39.820
 I read

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.600
 this many

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:40.960
 books,

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:41.600
 I pray

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.299
 this much,

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.220
 and you

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.340
 know,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.920
 I do

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.360
 this,

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.000
 I give

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.660
 this much,

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.660
 I think

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.320
 that's how

00:25:47.320 --> 00:25:48.000
 I got

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.700
 my salvation.

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:48.980
 No,

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.900
 Apostle Paul

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.640
 doesn't want

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.100
 you to

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:52.299
 ever have

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.759
 that kind

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.680
 of attitude

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.200
 in you.

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.000
 It is

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.740
 purely

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:57.380
 through God's

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:57.700
 grace.

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.160
 It is

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.860
 purely

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.860
 through what

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.680
 Jesus did

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.740
 on the cross.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.440
 So,

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:02.779
 if you're

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.160
 going to

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.580
 boast,

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:04.980
 boast about

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.400
 Jesus.

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.960
 That's why

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.560
 before he

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:09.320
 goes into

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:11.320
 the next

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.779
 verses

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.220
 where,

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:13.920
 you know,

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.940
 we are now

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.700
 alive in

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.060
 Christ,

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.740
 he reminds

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.160
 us,

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.920
 telling us

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.759
 our former

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.680
 condition,

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.840
 that we

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:24.180
 were once

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.560
 all dead.

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.900
 Don't think

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.580
 the Ephesians

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.240
 were a lot

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.019
 worse sinners

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.139
 than us.

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.319
 It's not

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.779
 because of

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.039
 that.

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.879
 This message

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.940
 that we

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.660
 were once

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.500
 dead in

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.079
 sin

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.119
 applies

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.680
 to

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.980
 everybody,

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.639
 every region.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.740
 It transcends

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.579
 time and

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.980
 place.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:46.920
 Whether,

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.279
 you know,

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.559
 you were

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.440
 believers 500

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.160
 years ago,

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.940
 whether this

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.779
 message continues

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.519
 to the next

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.500
 four or five

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.039
 generations,

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.240
 it's the

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.000
 message is

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.559
 the same.

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:58.859
 Ephesians

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.379
 were not

00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.899
 particularly

00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:01.139
 bad people.

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.200
 Apostle

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.059
 Paul wants

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.460
 us to

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.179
 know that

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:07.899
 you were,

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.539
 we were

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.359
 all dead

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.819
 once.

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.279
 Until

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.179
 Christ

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:13.319
 came into

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:13.819
 your life,

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.139
 then we

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.619
 were all

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.440
 made alive

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:18.099
 together

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.899
 with Christ.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.480
 And

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.980
 third,

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.679
 the reason

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.519
 why Apostle

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.299
 Paul brings

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:26.159
 this gloomy

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.700
 assessment,

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.180
 I think it's

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.619
 because of

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.220
 the urgency.

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.740
 Urgency.

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.139
 Now,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.759
 if you're a

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.079
 believer,

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:37.079
 knowing that

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.559
 people are

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.180
 spiritually

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.919
 dead,

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.480
 it gives

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.059
 you a

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.599
 sense of

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.039
 urgency.

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.159
 And what

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.460
 do we do

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.740
 with that

00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.119
 urgency?

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.839
 The Great

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.259
 Commission.

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:52.299
 in

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.440
 chapter 1,

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:57.599
 verse 20,

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.379
 it says,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:03.140
 21,

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.339
 far over

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.980
 all rule

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.619
 and authority

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.200
 and power

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.900
 and dominion

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.279
 and above

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.220
 all every

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.400
 name that

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.859
 is named,

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.460
 not only in

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.960
 this age,

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.640
 but also in

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.160
 the age to

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.539
 come.

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.039
 So,

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.940
 Jesus was

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.379
 given

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:17.119
 authority

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.679
 in

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:20.159
 this age

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.719
 and also

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:22.619
 age to

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:22.939
 come.

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.899
 So,

00:28:24.979 --> 00:28:25.379
 when you

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.879
 look at

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.699
 the Great

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.199
 Commission,

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:30.779
 it's in

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.659
 Matthew 28,

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:33.299
 verse 18,

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:33.659
 it says,

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:35.279
 all authority

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.659
 in heaven

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.119
 and earth

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.859
 has been

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.419
 given to

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:38.619
 me.

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.259
 Go,

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.679
 therefore,

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.419
 and make

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.179
 disciples

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:43.239
 of all

00:28:43.239 --> 00:28:43.779
 nations,

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.179
 baptizing

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.839
 them in

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.359
 the name

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.740
 of the

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.139
 Father

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.279
 and of

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.679
 the Son

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.000
 and of

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.319
 the Holy

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.779
 Spirit,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.659
 teaching

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.159
 them to

00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.759
 observe

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.799
 all that

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.199
 I have

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.679
 commanded

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.019
 you.

00:28:54.959 --> 00:28:55.219
 And

00:28:55.219 --> 00:28:55.639
 behold,

00:28:56.479 --> 00:28:57.139
 I am

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.679
 with you

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.419
 always

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.539
 to the

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.099
 end

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.979
 of the

00:29:00.979 --> 00:29:01.500
 age.

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.679
 So,

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.099
 there is

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.719
 a sense

00:29:03.719 --> 00:29:04.799
 of urgency

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:06.039
 for the

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.399
 believers.

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.500
 Jesus

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.379
 is telling

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.639
 us,

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.559
 go.

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.199
 I have

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.759
 the authority

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:15.000
 and I'm

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.359
 going to

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.879
 give you

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.460
 power

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.500
 to break

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.920
 the power

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.440
 of sin.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.519
 The gospel

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.039
 has power

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.140
 to break

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.980
 the power

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:27.400
 of sin,

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.359
 power of

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.660
 death,

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.500
 and it

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.019
 will set

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.900
 people free

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.400
 and it

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.319
 will bring

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.079
 people back

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.119
 to life.

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.720
 So,

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.180
 we are

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.859
 agents

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.279
 bringing

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.859
 that

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:40.000
 life-giving

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.700
 news

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.299
 to the

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.759
 people

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:44.420
 who are

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.920
 still

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.960
 spiritually

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.539
 dead.

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:47.960
 So,

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.299
 there is a

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.639
 sense of

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.019
 urgency.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.720
 And also

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.079
 for the

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.899
 non-believers,

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.500
 there is

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.319
 also a

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.720
 sense of

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.319
 urgency.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.440
 Spiritual

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.899
 death,

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.259
 because we

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.920
 can't see

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.160
 it with

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.700
 our human

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.259
 eyes.

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.299
 When I

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.559
 went to

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.879
 Rwanda,

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.379
 someone told

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.680
 me there

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.460
 are 15

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.240
 species of

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.700
 poisonous

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.079
 snakes.

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.859
 I said,

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.180
 great,

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.359
 including

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.740
 black

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.099
 mamba.

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.559
 If you

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.160
 are bitten

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.720
 by

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.500
 poisonous

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.920
 snakes,

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.779
 the signs

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.399
 are very

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.879
 obvious.

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.799
 Either you

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.379
 stop breathing,

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.460
 either you

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.000
 start to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.460
 bleed through

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.200
 every pore

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.480
 of your

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.819
 body,

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.639
 or the

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:29.279
 site where

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.899
 it is

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.259
 bitten,

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.720
 it swells

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:31.920
 up.

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.299
 So,

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.960
 when something

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.460
 is that

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:35.960
 obvious,

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.420
 what do

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.700
 you do?

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.200
 You rush

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.480
 to the

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.899
 hospital,

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.259
 right?

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.399
 You're

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.099
 fighting

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.639
 time,

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.079
 you're

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.819
 hoping the

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.460
 hospital will

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.619
 have

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.259
 antivenom

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.740
 and start

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.200
 putting

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.839
 antivenom

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.180
 into your

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.920
 body so

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.200
 you don't

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.579
 die.

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.440
 But

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.000
 spiritual

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.599
 death,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.720
 because we

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.619
 don't really

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.079
 see it with

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.639
 our human

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.220
 eyes,

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.399
 we kind

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:55.579
 of,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.619
 you know,

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:58.220
 relax about it.

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.500
 You're like,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.079
 well,

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:01.259
 I'll give you

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.859
 another picture.

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:04.979
 one of the

00:31:04.979 --> 00:31:06.559
 sounds that

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.639
 people don't

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.219
 like to hear

00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:09.500
 in the

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.119
 hospital is

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.579
 the sound

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:14.119
 of the

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.879
 flat line.

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:15.699
 You know

00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.240
 the monitor

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.979
 that monitors

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.619
 your heart?

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.519
 It goes

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.179
 usually beep,

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.539
 beep,

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:19.899
 beep,

00:31:19.979 --> 00:31:20.099
 beep,

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.399
 but when

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.359
 somebody is

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.799
 about to

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.159
 die,

00:31:24.459 --> 00:31:24.919
 it goes

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.259
 beep,

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.439
 beep,

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.640
 beep,

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.539
 beep,

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:28.799
 beep,

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.580
 beep,

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.080
 beep,

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.580
 beep,

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.140
 beep,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.720
 beep,

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.620
 that's the

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.140
 flat line.

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.820
 If you

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.559
 haven't put

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.220
 your faith

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.820
 in Jesus

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.279
 yet,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.700
 do you

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.920
 hear the

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.640
 sound of

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.299
 the flat

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.220
 line of

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.700
 your spirit?

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.580
 Do you

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.039
 hear the

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.200
 voice of

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.580
 Jesus

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:52.680
 inviting you?

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.519
 Come.

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.539
 can you

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.960
 hear these

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.539
 two things?

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.220
 Jesus

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.880
 calling your

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.200
 name.

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.420
 I came

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.799
 and I

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.279
 die for

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.500
 you.

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.620
 Come

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:08.000
 and live.

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.180
 Do you

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.720
 hear your

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.240
 spirit

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:13.240
 saying,

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.640
 don't you

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.360
 hear that

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.940
 flat line

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.400
 sound?

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.340
 Going

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:17.980
 beep.

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.600
 What are

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.000
 you waiting

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.360
 for?

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:23.559
 If you

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.420
 have not

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.100
 put your

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.759
 faith in

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.619
 Jesus yet,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.039
 what are

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.440
 you waiting

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.779
 for?

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.759
 Now,

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.400
 next week,

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.379
 we're going

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.079
 to continue

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.680
 Ephesians

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.460
 chapter 2.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.900
 And I

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.559
 promise you,

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.119
 it's not

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.500
 going to be

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.059
 gloomy.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.519
 The passage

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.079
 will not

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.799
 talk about

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.180
 dead bones,

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.660
 dry bones,

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.859
 or dead,

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.359
 you know,

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.700
 we will

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.759
 actually

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.400
 celebrate.

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.920
 Because

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:59.819
 we are

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.019
 made alive

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:02.720
 in Christ.

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.700
 Not

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.200
 because of

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.500
 what we

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.920
 did,

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.680
 not because

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:10.059
 how hard

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.319
 we worked

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.980
 towards it,

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.200
 but because

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.880
 God

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:16.319
 loved us.

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 So,

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.180
 let me just

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.519
 read,

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.019
 I'm just

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.720
 kind of like

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.220
 giving you a

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.680
 preview.

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:23.000
 verse,

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:26.019
 chapter 2,

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:28.340
 verse 4.

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.820
 But God,

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.700
 being rich

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.539
 in mercy

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.460
 because of

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.060
 the great

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:36.360
 love with

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.799
 which He

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.580
 loved us,

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.620
 even when

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.279
 we were dead

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.680
 in our

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.539
 trespasses,

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.039
 made us

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.880
 alive

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:45.259
 together with

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.740
 Christ.

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.539
 by grace

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.160
 you have

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.079
 been saved

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.680
 and raised

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.359
 us up

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:53.019
 with Him

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.859
 and seated

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.400
 us with

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.400
 Him in

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.980
 the heavenly

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:58.240
 places in

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.160
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.880
 How amazing

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.440
 is this?

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.420
 Last week,

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.720
 we learned

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.259
 that Jesus

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.539
 in His glory

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.940
 is seated

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.659
 at the right

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.579
 hand of God

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:11.800
 and He

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.239
 will do

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.940
 the same

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:15.059
 for us.

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.139
 when you

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.719
 put your

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.379
 faith in

00:34:17.379 --> 00:34:17.759
 Jesus,

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.139
 when you

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:20.139
 receive Jesus

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.879
 as your

00:34:20.879 --> 00:34:22.379
 only

00:34:22.379 --> 00:34:24.059
 Savior,

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.799
 that we

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.679
 are made

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.459
 alive

00:34:27.459 --> 00:34:28.779
 together

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:30.039
 with Him

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.579
 and seated

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.919
 in heavenly

00:34:32.919 --> 00:34:33.519
 places

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.299
 with Jesus

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.779
 Christ.

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.139
 So,

00:34:36.399 --> 00:34:37.779
 I do hope

00:34:37.779 --> 00:34:38.679
 you come back

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.359
 for the sequel

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.019
 next week

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:41.019
 and

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:43.099
 let me

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.500
 close

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.639
 in prayer.

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.379
 Lord Jesus,

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:50.759
 we are

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:51.459
 humbled

00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:53.039
 by what

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.419
 You did

00:34:53.419 --> 00:34:53.899
 for us,

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.500
 Lord God.

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.679
 And we

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.119
 are

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:57.839
 grateful

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:59.119
 that

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.079
 You gave

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.839
 us life,

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.699
 that we

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.619
 humans

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.679
 did everything

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.519
 we can

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.539
 to reject

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.099
 God,

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:09.139
 to reject

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:12.940
 Your

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.519
 gift,

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.039
 pursuing

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.739
 our

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.559
 passions,

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.299
 living,

00:35:20.339 --> 00:35:21.019
 blinded

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.599
 in sin,

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.980
 not even

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.679
 knowing that

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.039
 we were

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.619
 dead.

00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:28.559
 But Lord,

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.359
 because of

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.519
 Your love,

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.359
 Your mercy,

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.940
 and Your

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.579
 grace,

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.699
 now we are

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.199
 no longer

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.659
 dead,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.039
 but we are

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.879
 alive in

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.400
 Christ.

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.480
 So,

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.000
 Lord Jesus,

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:42.800
 we thank

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.059
 You,

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.079
 and we

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.720
 praise You

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:46.360
 for what

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.740
 You did.

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.640
 And in

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:51.140
 Your holy

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.660
 name we

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.039
 pray,

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.539
 Amen.

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.700
 Amen.

00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.579
 Please stand

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:00.059
 with us.

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:12.759
ingen