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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 My name's Steve, Senior Pastor here.

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 So if I'd like you to open your Bibles in those passages,

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 beginning, it's pretty easy.

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 It's right at the beginning of the Bible.

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 Past the introduction and the cable of contents,

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 you'll find Genesis there.

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 The 17th century mathematician and philosopher,

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 Sir Isaac Newton, had a miniature replica,

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 was a model of the solar system in his study

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 and had a large ball in the middle of it

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 which represented the sun and other planets in their place.

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 They were all attached to rods.

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 There was all these gears and belts

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 and all that sort of stuff in there,

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 make sure everything was in its correct place

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 and circulating around and everything.

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 And one day, he was visited by a friend

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 and his friend just marvelled at this thing

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 sitting in the study and he said,

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 my, Newton, what an exquisite thing.

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 Who made it?

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 Newton said, nobody.

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 Nobody?

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 His friend asked, that's right.

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 All of these balls and clogs and belts and gears

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 just happened to come together

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 and wonder of wonders,

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 by chance they began revolving

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 in the set orbits at the perfect time.

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 Now, Newton was obviously making a point there

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 with his unbelieving friend.

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 The existence of this machine,

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 a perfectly ordered machine,

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 presupposed a maker

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 and even more so,

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 the Earth and its perfectly ordered solar system.

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 If you have just joined us for the first time here,

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 just checked in online for the first time,

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 we are working our way through the early books of Genesis.

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 And what it does is it lays out for us

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 the beginning of creation.

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 And what we see here is

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 the beginning of creation

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 and the Bible's teaching of creation

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 is very, very different

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 from every other

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 religion or philosophical system.

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 More significantly,

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 what the book of Genesis does for us

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 is it gives us the beginning

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 of the doctrine of God.

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 We know who God is

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 from his creation.

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 We come to understand

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 who God is,

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 what he's like,

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 and therefore,

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 who we are

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 and what we are like

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 and what our purpose might be.

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 And one of the key differences

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 that we will see today

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 between the biblical idea

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 of the creator God

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 and all other views

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 is in this realm of relationships.

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 And there are three things

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 that I want us to see this morning.

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 It's up there on the screen.

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 This is the trajectory.

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 So if you've got the Sir Paul's app as well,

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 you can see an outline there

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 that will help you track through

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 today's message.

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 One of the things we notice

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 in point number one,

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 we need relationships.

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 At every step of the creation

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 from Genesis chapter one,

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 what we read is

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 he created,

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 he created,

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 he created,

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 he created.

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 However,

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 when it comes to humanity,

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 there is a shift in the language

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 in Genesis two,

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 Genesis one

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 and then into two.

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 It says,

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 let us make man

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 in our image and likeness.

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 This is the very earliest glimpse

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 in the Bible

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 of what become

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 throughout the Bible

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 the Christian teaching

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 on the triunity of God

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 or the doctrine of the Trinity,

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 the triunity of God.

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 The one God

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 is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 It's profound

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 that in the creation

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 of humanity,

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 his plurality comes out

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 in a way that his plurality

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 doesn't come out

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 in the rest of creation.

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 Saint Augustine said

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 that the Trinity

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 is the only version of God

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 in the history of humanity,

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 in the history of humanity

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 that has personal relationship

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 at its very core.

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 Only the God of Christianity

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 is a community.

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 God in himself

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 is self-sufficient.

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 He is self-sustaining.

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 Three persons

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 delighting in

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 and loving each other.

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 What is significant

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 about that

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 and compared to all

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 other creation accounts

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 is that if God

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 was a singular being,

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 then love

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 and relationship

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 is secondary

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 to that being.

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 It's derivative

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 from that being,

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 not core

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 to the being.

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 Only in the Trinity

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 do we see

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 personal relationship

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 as primary,

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 the very essence

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 of who God is.

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 relationships.

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 That is,

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 relationships

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 is not a means

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 to an end.

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 It is the centre

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 of life

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 and reality itself.

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 And that,

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 frankly,

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 is the only way

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 we can come to terms

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 with chapter 2,

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 verse 18.

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 The Lord God said

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 it is not good

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 for the man

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 to be alone.

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 Here's the interesting thing.

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 Up to this point

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 in creation,

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 up to this point

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 in Genesis,

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 everything that God

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 has made

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 has been declared

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 good.

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 Good,

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 good,

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 good,

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 good,

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 good,

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 good,

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 good.

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 This is the very

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 first time

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 in the creation account

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 where we read

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 the words

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 not good.

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 Not good.

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 There is

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 something

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 not good

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 about Adam.

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 And it's not

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 a design flaw.

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 God has,

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 he hasn't made

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 a mistake

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 with Adam.

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 I mean,

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 Adam is in

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 paradise.

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 He is in

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 paradise.

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 There's no sin.

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 He's walking

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 and talking

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 with God

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 and yet still

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 something is missing.

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 There is a missing

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 piece.

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 And the missing

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 piece is humanity

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 is made

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 in the image

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 of God

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 who is

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 an us,

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 not a me.

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 He's an us,

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 not a me.

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 Adam was

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 made in the image

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 of an eternal

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 community,

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 a pre-existing

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 community.

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 He was created

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 for community.

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 personality.

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 Personal

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 relationships

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 are the

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 essence

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 of our

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 humanity.

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 We

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 are made,

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 the very

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 essence of

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 humanity

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 is that we

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 are made

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 for relationships

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 because we

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 are made

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 in the image

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 of an us,

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 not a me.

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 So,

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 there are

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 three needed

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 relationships.

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 being made

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 in the image

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 of an us

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 God,

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 a God

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 of community.

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 What kind

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 of relationships

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 do we need?

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 The first

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 is a deep

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 relationship

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 with God.

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 Genesis

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 1.26

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 needs to

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 be read

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 in conjunction

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 with two

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 other creation

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 accounts in

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 the Bible.

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 One of those

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 creation accounts

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 is in Proverbs

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 chapter 8.

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 And in

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 Proverbs

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 chapter 8,

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 so,

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 for instance,

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 in Genesis

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 1,

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 we've already

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 looked at this

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 already,

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 Genesis 1,

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 it is God's

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 word that

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 creates,

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 God speaks

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 and it

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 happens,

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 God's

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 word create.

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 But in

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 Proverbs

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 8,

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 God's

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 wisdom,

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 or his

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 word,

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 is actually

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 personified.

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 This is

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 what God's

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 word,

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 his wisdom

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 says in

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 Proverbs

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 8.

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 I was

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 there when

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 he set

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 the heavens

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 in place,

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 when he

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 marked out

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 the horizon

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 of the

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 face of

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 the deep,

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 when he

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 established

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 the clouds

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 above and

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 fixed securely

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 the fountains

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 of the deep,

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 when he

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 gave the sea

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 its boundary

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 so the

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 waters would

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 not overstep

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 his command,

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 and when he

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 marked out the

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 foundations of

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 the earth,

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 then I was

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 constantly at

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 his side.

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 I was filled

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 with delight

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 day after day,

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 rejoicing always

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 in his presence,

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 rejoicing in

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 his whole world

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 and delighting

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 in mankind.

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 So God's

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 word in

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 Proverbs 8

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 is personified.

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 It's a

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 poetic

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 personification

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 of the

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 word of

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 God in

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 the creation

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 account.

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 Now the

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 other

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 creation

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 account where

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 we see this

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 personification

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 of the

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 word of

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 God is

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 John 1

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 in the

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 New Testament.

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 But in

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 John 1,

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 the word

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 is a

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 divine

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 person,

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 This is

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 how John

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 puts it.

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 I'll stick

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 together the

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 key verses

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 if you like.

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 In the

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 beginning was

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 the word,

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 and the

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 word was

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 with God,

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 and the

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 word was

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 God.

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 He was

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 with God

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 in the

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 beginning,

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 and through

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 him all

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 things were

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 made.

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 Without

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 him nothing

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 was made

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 that has

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 been made.

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 The word

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 became flesh,

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 made his

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 dwelling amongst

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 us.

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 We have

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 seen his

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 glory, the

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 glory of

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 the one and

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 only Son,

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 who came

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 from the

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 Father,

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 full of

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 grace and

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 truth.

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 Grace and

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 truth came

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 through

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 No one

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 has ever

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 seen God,

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 but the

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 one and

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 only Son,

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 who is

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 himself God,

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 and is in

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 closest relationship

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 with the

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 Father,

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 has made

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 him known.

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 So the

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 picture of

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 Proverbs

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 8,

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 and of

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 John 1,

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 and in

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 fact we see

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 it at the

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 beginning in

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 Genesis,

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 is one of

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 closeness,

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 intimacy,

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 delight,

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 delight,

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 love.

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 In

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 creation, the

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 Father, the

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 Son, and

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 the Spirit

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 were wrapped

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 up in

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 love and

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 delight and

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 enjoyment in

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 each other

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 and in the

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 creation, and

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 particularly the

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 creation of

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 humanity in

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 their image.

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 In fact, the

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 word delight,

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 which is there

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 in Proverbs

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 8, means to

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 dance, it

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 means to

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 frolic, it

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 means to

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 play.

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 The

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 creation of

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 humanity is

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 a community

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 event in

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 Genesis 2.

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 Creation

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 flows out of

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 delight and

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 love, loving

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 and being

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 loved, knowing

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 and being

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 known, enjoying

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 and being

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 enjoyed.

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 God says,

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 let's make

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 man in our

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 image that

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 they might

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 give what

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 we are able

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 to give

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 each other.

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 Let's make

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 them capable

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 of entering

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 into our

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 play, into

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 our delight

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 and

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 frolicking.

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 This is

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 what we

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 were created

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 for.

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 And it is

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 frankly nothing

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 what the

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 average person

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 thinks religion

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 is or the

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 Christian faith

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 is, at

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 all.

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 it is

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 delight, not

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 duty.

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 Now the

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 second

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 relationship we

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 need is

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 deep unity

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 with another

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 human being.

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 Back to

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 chapter 2

00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.660
 verse 18

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 again, the

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 Lord said,

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 it is not

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 good for the

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 man to be

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 alone.

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 God created

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 us in such

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 a deep

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 need for

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 human

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 relationships,

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 deep need

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 for human

00:12:30.420 --> 00:12:30.940
 relationships,

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 that not

00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:33.020
 even paradise

00:12:33.020 --> 00:12:35.300
 itself will

00:12:35.300 --> 00:12:35.780
 satisfy.

00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.379
 God has

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 ordained it

00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:42.560
 that many

00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:42.960
 of the

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 things that

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 he wants

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 to give

00:12:44.379 --> 00:12:45.139
 us now

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 in life

00:12:46.040 --> 00:12:47.840
 and show

00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.040
 us now

00:12:49.040 --> 00:12:49.780
 in life

00:12:49.780 --> 00:12:50.960
 can only

00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:51.759
 come through

00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.480
 other people.

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 And the

00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.940
 implications for

00:12:54.940 --> 00:12:55.700
 this is

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 massive.

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 First of

00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:58.500
 all,

00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:00.480
 the implication

00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.560
 is that what

00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:02.439
 is being said

00:13:02.439 --> 00:13:03.459
 here is the

00:13:03.459 --> 00:13:04.479
 total opposite

00:13:04.479 --> 00:13:05.599
 of the

00:13:05.599 --> 00:13:06.699
 society of

00:13:06.699 --> 00:13:07.039
 which we

00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:07.579
 live in

00:13:07.579 --> 00:13:09.479
 today and

00:13:09.479 --> 00:13:09.839
 the way we

00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:10.379
 operate day

00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:10.779
 by day.

00:13:10.939 --> 00:13:11.939
 The message

00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.679
 of our

00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.139
 culture,

00:13:13.239 --> 00:13:13.519
 you'll see

00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:13.879
 it everywhere

00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:14.919
 on Facebook,

00:13:15.219 --> 00:13:16.519
 every retirement

00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.299
 magazine,

00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:18.419
 every travel

00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.139
 magazine,

00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:21.299
 is the

00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:22.319
 great life,

00:13:23.219 --> 00:13:23.779
 the garden

00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:24.359
 of Eden

00:13:24.359 --> 00:13:25.059
 life,

00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:26.319
 a life of

00:13:26.319 --> 00:13:27.099
 pleasure and

00:13:27.099 --> 00:13:27.839
 beauty and

00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:28.459
 plenty,

00:13:28.859 --> 00:13:29.819
 only will

00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.359
 come to

00:13:30.359 --> 00:13:31.259
 you if

00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:31.819
 you put

00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:32.840
 relationships

00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.519
 on the

00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:34.059
 back burner

00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:34.379
 for a

00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:34.720
 whole heap

00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.259
 of years.

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 If you

00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:38.080
 want to be

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.819
 successful,

00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:40.299
 then you

00:13:40.299 --> 00:13:40.740
 have to

00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:41.759
 move around

00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:42.240
 to take

00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:42.899
 up every

00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.639
 opportunity

00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:45.279
 that's there

00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:46.419
 to see

00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:46.840
 that you

00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:47.740
 rise and

00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:48.519
 rise and

00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.179
 rise.

00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.360
 And the

00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:55.139
 cost of

00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.779
 that is

00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.860
 no real

00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.519
 stable

00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:58.279
 friendships.

00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:03.379
 on top

00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:03.740
 of that,

00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.019
 you have

00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.259
 to put

00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:04.980
 so much

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.899
 time in

00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.519
 establishing

00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:07.279
 yourself

00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.360
 that you

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:09.579
 won't

00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.159
 actually see

00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:10.539
 much of

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.019
 your family

00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.419
 at all.

00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.459
 I actually

00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:15.100
 heard those

00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:16.199
 lips come

00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:16.819
 directly from

00:14:16.819 --> 00:14:17.339
 someone who

00:14:17.339 --> 00:14:17.839
 was doing a

00:14:17.839 --> 00:14:18.480
 presentation

00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:20.199
 on how to

00:14:20.199 --> 00:14:21.019
 build personal

00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.500
 wealth.

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:21.559
 wealth.

00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.779
 He said,

00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.220
 what you

00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:24.700
 need to

00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.899
 do is

00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.679
 you need,

00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:27.980
 and your

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.580
 family will

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:28.980
 understand

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.639
 this,

00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:31.340
 you need

00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:32.419
 to put

00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:33.299
 them on

00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.600
 hold in

00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:35.059
 order to

00:14:35.059 --> 00:14:36.059
 build personal

00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:37.279
 wealth and

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.039
 then enjoy it

00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.360
 together.

00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.539
 And it

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:39.919
 will take

00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:40.620
 10 to 15

00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.080
 years.

00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:44.040
 I would

00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:44.440
 have loved

00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:44.639
 to have

00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.120
 an insight

00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:45.460
 into the

00:14:45.460 --> 00:14:45.920
 relationships

00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:46.340
 of that

00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:46.780
 individual.

00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.440
 Paradise

00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:52.840
 was only

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.620
 paradise

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.920
 because of

00:14:54.920 --> 00:14:55.879
 who was

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.340
 there,

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.100
 not because

00:14:57.100 --> 00:14:57.620
 of what

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.220
 was there.

00:14:59.800 --> 00:15:00.680
 That's what

00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:01.400
 made paradise

00:15:01.400 --> 00:15:01.759
 paradise.

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.540
 Satisfaction

00:15:03.540 --> 00:15:04.139
 in life

00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:05.220
 will never

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:06.400
 come without

00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:07.320
 putting personal

00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:08.440
 relationship as

00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.120
 the highest

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.740
 priority in

00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.220
 your life.

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:12.060
 The second

00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.420
 huge

00:15:12.420 --> 00:15:13.660
 implication is

00:15:13.660 --> 00:15:13.920
 that we

00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:14.560
 cannot know

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 God or

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 grow to be

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 like him in

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 any way

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 without

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 community.

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 You cannot

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 grow in

00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:24.879
 wisdom,

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 you cannot

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 become more

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 loving,

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 courageous,

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 joyful,

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 or stable

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 in life

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 without the

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 community of

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 God and

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 his people.

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 It is an

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 impossibility.

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 It is against

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 your divine

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 nature.

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 We cannot

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 know who

00:15:41.579 --> 00:15:42.500
 we are

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 supposed to

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 be or

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 grow into

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 it without

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 a community.

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 In our

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 modern

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 individualistic

00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:56.459
 society, we

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 don't like

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 accountability.

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 We love to

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 guard our

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 privacy.

00:16:03.659 --> 00:16:05.000
 We love to

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 hold commitment

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 to groups

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 at an

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 arm's

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 length.

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 And we

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 have bought

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 into an

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 American

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 theology that's

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 dominated the

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 Western world

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 of having a

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 personal

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 relationship with

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 Jesus.

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 That's true.

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 It is a

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 personal

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 relationship with

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 Jesus.

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 What comes

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 with him is

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 the thing

00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.399
 called the

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 church.

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 church.

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 And you

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 can't have

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 one without

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 the other.

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 We always

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 want to

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 control our

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 journey.

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.040
 We prefer

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 friends that

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 don't challenge

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 us, who

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 don't stretch

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 us, or

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 cost too

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 much.

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 What we

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 all need is

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 a community

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 in our

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 lives who

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 have the

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 freedom to

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 tell us

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 exactly who

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 we are.

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 Hebrews 3.13,

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 encourage one

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 other daily as

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 long as it's

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 called today,

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 so that none

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 of you may be

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 hardened by

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 sin's deceitfulness.

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 The first

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 premise in that

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 verse is we

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 need to have

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 people who

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 see us

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 often enough

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 and in

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 different

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 contexts enough

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 to see who

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 we really

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 are.

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 Who we

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 really are.

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 Not just

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 people in

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 our lives who

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 check in

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 occasionally,

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 or someone

00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.180
 that we're

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 communicating

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.300
 with over

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 the internet.

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 The second

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 premise is

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 that we

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 must be

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 sharing who

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 we really

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 are and

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 that they

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 have permission

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 to speak

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 into our

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 lives about

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.860
 the stuff

00:17:42.860 --> 00:17:43.360
 that they

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 see.

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 Without

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 that kind

00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.259
 of community,

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 we don't

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:51.460
 actually know

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.140
 who we

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 really are.

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 We cannot

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.620
 truly see

00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.380
 ourselves.

00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:59.520
 ever

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 had the

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 experience,

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 I had

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 this

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 experience

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.320
 because I'm

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 recorded

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 often,

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 but ever

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 had the

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.980
 experience

00:18:04.980 --> 00:18:06.160
 where you're

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.620
 listening to

00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:07.240
 a recording

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 of yourself

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 and you

00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.380
 think,

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 that doesn't

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 sound like

00:18:09.260 --> 00:18:09.500
 me at

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 all.

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 And

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 someone

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.520
 says,

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 of course

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 it's you.

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 You know,

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 I mean,

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 it's hard to

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 ignore the

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 fact when

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 it's got my

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 name attached

00:18:22.520 --> 00:18:22.760
 to it,

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 my recording,

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 and I know

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 I said those

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 words,

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 it doesn't

00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:25.699
 sound like

00:18:25.699 --> 00:18:26.019
 me.

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 Or you

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.719
 see a

00:18:28.719 --> 00:18:29.119
 photo of

00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:29.699
 yourself and

00:18:29.699 --> 00:18:30.099
 you go,

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 oh my

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.099
 goodness,

00:18:32.459 --> 00:18:33.339
 that's a

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.919
 terrible photo

00:18:33.919 --> 00:18:34.059
 of me,

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 I look

00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.719
 terrible,

00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.699
 and your

00:18:35.699 --> 00:18:36.119
 friends go

00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.539
 quiet.

00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.799
 That's because

00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.299
 that's exactly

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.659
 how you

00:18:41.659 --> 00:18:41.879
 look.

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.479
 That's exactly

00:18:44.479 --> 00:18:44.839
 how you

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.039
 look.

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:49.559
 It's

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.959
 interesting

00:18:49.959 --> 00:18:50.359
 that I

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.099
 find for

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.659
 myself in

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:51.839
 that,

00:18:51.959 --> 00:18:52.399
 I always

00:18:52.399 --> 00:18:53.119
 find myself

00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:53.839
 look better

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:54.299
 in the

00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.699
 mirror than

00:18:54.699 --> 00:18:55.019
 I do

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.220
 in a

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.459
 photo.

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 I can't

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.579
 work it

00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:58.740
 out.

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:58.980
 It's the

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.419
 same eyes

00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.720
 looking at

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.319
 both things.

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.159
 I can't

00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.459
 work it

00:19:01.459 --> 00:19:01.639
 out.

00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.159
 Anyway,

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.179
 it's because

00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:03.659
 I cannot

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.339
 truly know

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.919
 myself.

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.899
 We need

00:19:06.899 --> 00:19:07.459
 a community

00:19:07.459 --> 00:19:08.279
 who know

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.199
 us.

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.639
 If we're

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:10.980
 trying to

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.539
 find God

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.000
 and grow

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.519
 in him

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.000
 as an

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.519
 individual,

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.079
 if that

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.980
 is your

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.419
 goal,

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:16.980
 to truly

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.339
 know who

00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:17.759
 you are

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.199
 and your

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:18.740
 God,

00:19:20.179 --> 00:19:20.699
 then you

00:19:20.699 --> 00:19:21.139
 can't just

00:19:21.139 --> 00:19:21.740
 simply attend

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.279
 church and

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.500
 attend

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.019
 classes.

00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:24.379
 You need

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:24.579
 to be

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:24.859
 known.

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:25.939
 We need

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:26.159
 to be

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.579
 known by

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.059
 people who

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.480
 love us,

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:27.939
 who affirm

00:19:27.939 --> 00:19:28.179
 us,

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 who confront

00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:29.519
 us,

00:19:29.879 --> 00:19:30.339
 who challenge

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.740
 us,

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.720
 who care

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.319
 for us.

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.899
 And if

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.159
 you do

00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:35.779
 not have

00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:36.419
 those people,

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.939
 don't sit

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.619
 back waiting

00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.000
 for it,

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.819
 create them.

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 Create

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.379
 those people

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:41.959
 for yourself.

00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:44.059
 If you're

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.819
 not in a

00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:45.159
 group,

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.799
 let me just

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.319
 say this,

00:19:48.659 --> 00:19:49.039
 if you're

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:50.119
 not in a

00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:50.879
 group and

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.319
 you are

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:53.119
 not pursuing

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:53.979
 those kinds

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:54.639
 of relationships

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.219
 in your

00:19:55.219 --> 00:19:55.759
 life,

00:19:56.719 --> 00:19:56.939
 you are

00:19:56.939 --> 00:19:57.299
 in a

00:19:57.299 --> 00:19:57.679
 church.

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.779
 You cannot

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.719
 know God

00:20:02.719 --> 00:20:03.839
 individualistically.

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:06.279
 In his

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.500
 book,

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:06.899
 The Four

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.219
 Loves,

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.579
 C.S.

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.119
 Lewis has

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.879
 this great

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.879
 chapter.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.079
 You should

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.439
 get the

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:11.639
 book,

00:20:11.739 --> 00:20:12.459
 The Four

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:13.019
 Loves by

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.379
 C.S.

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:13.679
 Lewis,

00:20:14.219 --> 00:20:14.859
 has this

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.899
 great chapter

00:20:15.899 --> 00:20:16.779
 on friendship.

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:18.579
 and Lewis

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:21.160
 himself was

00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:23.319
 one of

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.240
 three friends

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.759
 who was,

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.399
 the three

00:20:26.399 --> 00:20:26.639
 of them

00:20:26.639 --> 00:20:27.460
 were BFFs.

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 There was

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.660
 Lewis,

00:20:29.879 --> 00:20:30.359
 a guy named

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.639
 Ronald,

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 and a guy

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 named Charles.

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 Tragically,

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.779
 Charles died.

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.539
 As Lewis

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.299
 was grieving,

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 he sort of

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.460
 consoled himself

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.440
 with the

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.079
 thought that

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.359
 at least I've

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.139
 got Ronald

00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:47.319
 still.

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.319
 And he

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.679
 assumed that

00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:50.359
 now that

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.899
 Charles is

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.319
 not there,

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.019
 somehow that

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.879
 he would be

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:53.659
 able to lean

00:20:53.659 --> 00:20:54.539
 into Ronald

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.319
 and that he

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.099
 would get

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.779
 more of

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.179
 Ronald now.

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 But as the

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:01.319
 weeks and

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.799
 the months

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.559
 passed,

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.319
 Lewis came

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.139
 to understand

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:06.619
 that in

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.419
 actual fact,

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.359
 he got less

00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.059
 of Ronald

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.799
 than more

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.199
 of Ronald.

00:21:12.219 --> 00:21:13.079
 He discovered

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.819
 there was

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.279
 something

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:15.440
 about Charles

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.379
 that drew

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:17.559
 more of

00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.420
 Ronald out

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.220
 that he

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.759
 was able

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.639
 to discover

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:21.379
 that he

00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.059
 himself could

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.960
 not draw

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.720
 out of

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.099
 Ronald.

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 And his

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.519
 point is,

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.559
 it takes a

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.700
 community to

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 really know

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.779
 an individual.

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.639
 It takes a

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.059
 community.

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.539
 No individual

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.720
 is enough

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.379
 to draw the

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:38.240
 whole person

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:39.139
 out because

00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:40.160
 people made

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.819
 in the image

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.240
 of God

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.980
 are way too

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.639
 complex,

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.799
 way too

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 deep.

00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.000
 It's the

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.319
 same with

00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.639
 Jesus.

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:49.960
 You want

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.220
 to know

00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.899
 Jesus better?

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.480
 Then we've

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.799
 got to do

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.240
 it together.

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 The deeper

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.259
 we get

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.819
 into the

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.279
 spiritual

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.879
 life of

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 friends,

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.639
 the deeper

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.180
 we get

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:02.319
 into Jesus

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.159
 together,

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.960
 and the

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.379
 deeper of

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.059
 unity and

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.539
 our love

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:06.980
 as a

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.159
 church

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.700
 family will

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:07.940
 grow.

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:07.980
 together.

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 The third

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.720
 relationship

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.420
 we need

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.279
 is with

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.799
 people who

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.400
 are different

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.120
 to us.

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:16.980
 Now, when

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.519
 we read

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.880
 Genesis

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.880
 chapter 2,

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:19.980
 and particularly

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.559
 the bits that

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.039
 Aidan read out

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.519
 for us this

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.519
 morning, we

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.000
 automatically

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.120
 think this is

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.480
 going to be a

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.820
 sermon about

00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:25.279
 marriage and

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.400
 sex, and

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.960
 it's not.

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.000
 Now, it

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.500
 does say a

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.680
 lot.

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.500
 This passage

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.420
 does say a

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.860
 lot about

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.580
 marriage and

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.620
 sex and

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.360
 gender,

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:36.859
 but let's

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.419
 just step

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.019
 back for a

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.479
 minute and

00:22:38.479 --> 00:22:39.059
 let's not

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.519
 miss the

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.059
 forest for

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.659
 the trees.

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.619
 When Adam

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.419
 had a deep

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.019
 relational

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:47.379
 need, all

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.839
 the animals

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.619
 came past

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:48.959
 and he's

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:49.379
 like looking

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:49.759
 at them and

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.059
 going, I

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.619
 like you,

00:22:51.699 --> 00:22:52.419
 but, you

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.479
 know, and

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:53.779
 they kept

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.139
 going.

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.319
 And then

00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.839
 God brings

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.759
 him Eve.

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.759
 Now, does

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.339
 that mean,

00:23:01.479 --> 00:23:01.819
 therefore,

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:03.299
 application that

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:03.879
 we must be

00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.339
 married to

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.480
 have all of

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.899
 our deep

00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.419
 relational

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.119
 needs met?

00:23:07.699 --> 00:23:08.059
 Well, of

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.619
 course not.

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.759
 1 Corinthians

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.839
 7 and

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.059
 Ephesians 5

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.000
 are very

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.879
 clear in

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.099
 their

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.980
 affirmation

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.199
 of singleness

00:23:16.199 --> 00:23:16.899
 as a

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.319
 viable

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.099
 lifestyle.

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.299
 Absolutely

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.799
 viable.

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.099
 You are

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.639
 not less

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.299
 a person

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.099
 if you

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.539
 are single

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:23.939
 in any

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.079
 way

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.500
 whatsoever.

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.459
 And in

00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:26.939
 fact, I

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.539
 would declare

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.359
 that the

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.159
 Christian faith

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.259
 is unique

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.079
 in its

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.899
 affirmation

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.779
 of the

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.019
 single

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.419
 lifestyle.

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:36.980
 according to

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.420
 Ephesians

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:40.080
 5, the

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.580
 ultimate

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:42.080
 brother you

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:43.000
 need is

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.500
 Jesus.

00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:46.539
 The Bible

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.960
 does not

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.420
 say that

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.880
 unless you

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.600
 are married,

00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.880
 you cannot

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.620
 have your

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.100
 deepest

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.779
 relational

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.500
 needs met.

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:53.680
 God

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.539
 brings Adam,

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.600
 the animals,

00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:56.580
 they weren't

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.019
 enough.

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.880
 But notice

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.440
 God does

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.980
 not bring

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.860
 Adam another

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.420
 bloke

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.960
 either.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.340
 So,

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.880
 therefore,

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.700
 is the

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.940
 Bible

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.420
 against

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.980
 pets

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.000
 and

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.640
 against

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:10.900
 blokes

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.220
 having

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.860
 friends?

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.220
 Well, no,

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.800
 not at all.

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.620
 What does

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:16.920
 God

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.680
 does here

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.100
 is he

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.460
 brings

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.880
 someone

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.640
 to him

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.740
 who is

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:22.039
 mysterious

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.700
 to him.

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:25.160
 he

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.440
 doesn't

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.059
 bring to

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.319
 Adam

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.840
 someone

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.519
 just

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.000
 like

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.400
 him.

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.140
 Step

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.519
 back and

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.720
 look at

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.080
 the general

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.680
 issue here

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.039
 that's

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.600
 going on.

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.680
 We all

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.519
 need people

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.480
 on the

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.500
 other side

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.400
 of the

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.840
 wall

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.539
 to us.

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.440
 We all

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.240
 need people

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.259
 on the

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.759
 other side

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.059
 of the

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.480
 racial,

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.559
 the

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:47.299
 gender,

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.380
 the

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.220
 temperament,

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.360
 the class

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.440
 barriers in

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.080
 our life.

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.480
 Adam

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.500
 gets a

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.940
 woman.

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.720
 God

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.240
 brings him

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.840
 someone

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.680
 who we

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.519
 read there

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.400
 very clearly,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.380
 God brings

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:03.980
 someone who

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.240
 is equal

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.900
 to him.

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.620
 Equal,

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.240
 not lesser,

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.519
 equal to

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.860
 him.

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.259
 But

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.820
 different to

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.059
 him.

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.000
 Someone

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.680
 mysterious.

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.940
 Someone

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:18.460
 who's

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.480
 hard to

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.840
 get to

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.200
 know.

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:21.840
 Someone

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.200
 who's

00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.580
 going to

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.180
 stretch

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.740
 him like

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:23.980
 he's

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.580
 never been

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:24.940
 stretched

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:27.519
 before and

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.039
 get him to

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.539
 see things

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.019
 differently.

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.640
 The key

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.460
 word here

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.380
 is the

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:33.779
 word

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.460
 helper.

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.000
 The word

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.539
 helper in

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.220
 this verse

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.380
 does not

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.100
 mean someone

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.580
 to take

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:40.980
 care of

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.440
 the washing,

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.900
 the cooking,

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.519
 the cleaning,

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.860
 the shopping,

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.279
 the child

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.700
 raising.

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:50.960
 that is

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.680
 not what

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.120
 the word

00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.460
 helper

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:53.120
 means.

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.440
 The word

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.940
 help,

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.059
 and blokes,

00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.740
 this is a

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:57.980
 humbling

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.460
 moment for

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.600
 you,

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.740
 the word

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.640
 help in

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.240
 the Bible

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:03.200
 is nearly

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.200
 in every

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:05.200
 instance is

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.880
 used of

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.480
 God.

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:09.279
 And it's

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.080
 used where

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:11.319
 God helps

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.039
 those who

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.640
 are different

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.200
 to him

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.660
 and are

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.680
 in need

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.420
 because they

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.180
 are powerless.

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.440
 It's the

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.140
 exact same

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.860
 Hebrew word.

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:22.779
 Helper

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.600
 here means

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.759
 Eve has

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.819
 stuff that

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.480
 Adam does

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.180
 not have

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:29.160
 and he

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.960
 needs help.

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.720
 Not an

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.240
 assistant,

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.380
 not a

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.019
 support,

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.640
 an addition

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.019
 to.

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.660
 Adam and

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.200
 Eve are

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.940
 complementary

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.400
 to each

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.680
 other.

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.900
 That's what

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.180
 the word

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.420
 helper

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.860
 means.

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:46.279
 The

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.920
 implication

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.840
 here is

00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:48.440
 we all

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.819
 need to

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.440
 have a

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.740
 deep

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.319
 community

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.200
 with

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.700
 people

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:52.299
 on the

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.620
 other

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.259
 side

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.740
 of

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.100
 the

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.480
 barrier.

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:55.920
 Now,

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.100
 I'm not

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.259
 going to

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.620
 go into

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:56.940
 the whole

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.279
 gender

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.720
 thing

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:59.259
 with

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.920
 this

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.259
 passage,

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.759
 but it's

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.519
 very helpful

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.920
 in that

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.420
 sense of

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.960
 understanding

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.360
 what the

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.700
 word

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.059
 helper

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.620
 actually

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.039
 means.

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.600
 Just as

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.940
 a side

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.160
 point,

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.420
 which is

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:07.700
 not in

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.840
 your

00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.200
 notes,

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.759
 I'm

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:08.960
 looking

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.440
 forward

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:09.700
 to

00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:09.960
 kicking

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:10.279
 off

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.039
 2025

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.059
 looking

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.660
 at

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.980
 five

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:15.240
 steadfast

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.560
 women

00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:15.759
 of

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.120
 faith,

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.860
 historical

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.180
 women

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.360
 of

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.720
 faith,

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.940
 preached

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.759
 by five

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.680
 steadfast

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:21.920
 women

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.100
 of

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.400
 faith.

00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:23.759
 I'm

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:23.880
 looking

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.120
 forward

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.279
 to

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.440
 kicking

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.720
 off

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.660
 2025

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.240
 with

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.460
 that.

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:30.720
 last

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.039
 point.

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.600
 What is

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:31.980
 the key

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.120
 to

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.660
 relationships?

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.640
 Because

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.900
 there is

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.200
 a key

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.559
 here.

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.380
 There is

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.759
 a key

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.220
 to these

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.680
 relationships

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.380
 flourishing

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.319
 that Adam

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.740
 and Eve

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.600
 had here

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.000
 in the

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.380
 garden

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.319
 that we

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.860
 do not

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.240
 currently

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.779
 have,

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.740
 which is

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.299
 why our

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.960
 relationships

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.700
 today are

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.279
 far from

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.059
 ideal.

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.000
 So the

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.579
 key to

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.180
 relationships

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.860
 flourishing,

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.660
 and if you

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.059
 want to

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.600
 take notes,

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.680
 get your

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.140
 pens out,

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.059
 here it is.

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.139
 we need

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.419
 to get

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.819
 naked.

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.740
 Let's

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.139
 close in

00:27:59.139 --> 00:27:59.379
 prayer.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.319
 Sorry,

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.700
 hang on a

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:01.819
 bit.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.039
 Let me

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.500
 just unpack

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.740
 that a

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.000
 little bit

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.319
 for us

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.740
 before we

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:05.980
 start

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.379
 applying

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.679
 that.

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.480
 Hold

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.659
 the

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:07.940
 horses,

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.299
 people.

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:08.839
 Hold

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:08.980
 your

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.179
 horses.

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.399
 Adam

00:28:10.399 --> 00:28:10.559
 and

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.960
 Eve,

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.839
 Adam

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.339
 sees

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.819
 Eve,

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.819
 and he

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.339
 says,

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.879
 some

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.359
 people look

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.579
 at this

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.879
 because they

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.220
 just think

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.579
 it's about

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.139
 sex and

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.220
 relationships

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.200
 and marriage

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.579
 and stuff.

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.940
 So some

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.200
 people,

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:24.879
 translation

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.420
 is that

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.620
 Adam

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.040
 sees Eve

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:26.320
 and goes,

00:28:26.520 --> 00:28:26.780
 whoa,

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.340
 fantastic.

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.060
 But that's

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.620
 not quite

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:30.880
 what's

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.140
 happening

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.400
 here.

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.100
 Verse 23,

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.580
 this is

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.200
 now bone

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.520
 of my

00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:34.380
 bones and

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.900
 flesh of

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.120
 my

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.600
 flesh.

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.440
 She

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.800
 shall be

00:28:36.800 --> 00:28:36.980
 called

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.620
 woman for

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.420
 she was

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.120
 taken out

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:40.000
 of man.

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.960
 The word

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.800
 now there

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:44.200
 is the

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.940
 Hebrew word

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.380
 for

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.660
 finally.

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.100
 It's the

00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:50.560
 word,

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.540
 Adam is

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:51.960
 effectively

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.780
 saying here,

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.099
 all the

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.619
 animals have

00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.240
 gone by

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.700
 at last.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.839
 At last.

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.200
 It's a

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.019
 word for

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.119
 finality

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.859
 and

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:04.639
 contentment.

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.799
 Is that

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.700
 how you

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.619
 would describe

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.019
 your

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.700
 relationships?

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.539
 Finality

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.460
 and contentment?

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.720
 Because

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.619
 often in

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.240
 our world,

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.539
 our

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.039
 relationships

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.480
 are

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.019
 superficial.

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:22.700
 Unfortunately,

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:23.599
 often in

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.099
 our world,

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.359
 our

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.879
 relationships

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.359
 are

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.960
 manipulative

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.799
 and abusive.

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.559
 And

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.940
 even the

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.539
 best

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.379
 relationships

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.559
 in our

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.059
 world

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.839
 will break

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.220
 down.

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.400
 The

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.440
 reality

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.099
 is

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.200
 every

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.079
 single

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.139
 one of

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.700
 the best

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.420
 relationships

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.039
 in the

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.259
 world,

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.960
 every single

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.139
 one,

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.619
 I mean the

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.160
 greatest

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.859
 relationships

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.240
 in the

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.460
 world,

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.220
 I mean

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.759
 the very

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.200
 best

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.960
 marriages

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.519
 in the

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.900
 world,

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.259
 they

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.440
 will

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.980
 all

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.460
 end

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.700
 with

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.240
 tragedy

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.139
 and

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.319
 with

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.579
 deep,

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.819
 deep

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.220
 pain

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.079
 when

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.440
 someone

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.639
 is

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.980
 lost.

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.019
 That's

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.160
 the

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.539
 reality.

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.059
 So can

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.420
 we ever

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.720
 say

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.259
 finality

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.500
 and

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.119
 contentment?

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.920
 Adam

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.240
 and Eve

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.779
 had something

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.099
 in the

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.539
 Garden of

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.779
 Eden

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.240
 that we

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.440
 have

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.879
 lost.

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.940
 But it

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.400
 is something

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:13.759
 that we

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.099
 can get

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.400
 back

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.680
 through

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.059
 Jesus

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.599
 Christ.

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.500
 The

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.900
 key to

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.339
 all

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.759
 great

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.200
 relationships

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.440
 in

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.160
 verse 25,

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.580
 Adam

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.000
 and his

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.940
 wife

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.100
 were

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.600
 both

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.279
 naked

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.060
 and

00:30:23.060 --> 00:30:23.240
 they

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.519
 felt

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.920
 no

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.620
 shame.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.820
 The

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.140
 issue

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.540
 here

00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:27.040
 is one

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:27.180
 of

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.019
 transparency.

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.440
 They are

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.060
 able to be

00:30:31.060 --> 00:30:31.340
 in the

00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:31.840
 presence of

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.460
 each other

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.300
 completely

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:34.400
 exposed

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.620
 and there

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:35.960
 is no

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.340
 shame.

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.920
 There is

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.279
 nothing that

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.620
 they need

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.259
 to hide.

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.960
 There is

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.300
 no

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:42.040
 personal

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:42.660
 spin

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.220
 needed

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.640
 here.

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.440
 There is

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.920
 no

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.200
 control

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.580
 of an

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:46.980
 image

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.160
 that

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.420
 needs

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.660
 to be

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.160
 projected

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.840
 in order

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.180
 for me

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.440
 to be

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:49.880
 loved.

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.680
 They

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.019
 weren't

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.519
 afraid

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.700
 of

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.360
 exposure.

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:53.940
 They

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.220
 weren't

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.620
 afraid

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:54.960
 of being

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.740
 explored

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.700
 or judged.

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.120
 They

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.440
 were

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.900
 unashamed.

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.120
 Entirely

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.740
 transparent.

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.279
 They

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.539
 were,

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.880
 if you

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.100
 like,

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.960
 entirely

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.620
 comfortable

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.200
 in their

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.539
 own

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.120
 skin.

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.740
 And that

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.600
 is exactly

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.200
 what we

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.880
 all need.

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:11.680
 We

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.080
 all need

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.480
 to be

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.199
 fully,

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.500
 totally

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.480
 known

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:17.240
 and at

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.879
 exactly

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.439
 the same

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.879
 time,

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.579
 fully,

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.359
 totally

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.139
 loved.

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.939
 We

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.199
 need to

00:31:24.199 --> 00:31:24.439
 be

00:31:24.439 --> 00:31:25.019
 naked,

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.039
 totally

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.439
 known,

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:28.039
 and yet

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.019
 unashamed,

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.500
 totally

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.939
 loved.

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.299
 And we

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.740
 can't get

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:33.939
 it.

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.079
 We

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.500
 can't get

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.699
 it.

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.659
 Too

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:39.899
 many

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.539
 think that

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.899
 we can

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.500
 get love

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.720
 and

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.200
 acceptance

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.519
 and

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.099
 admiration

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:45.940
 if we

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.319
 try to

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.500
 be

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.819
 someone

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.039
 that

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.200
 we're

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.480
 not.

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.079
 Because

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.279
 we're

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.599
 ashamed.

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.940
 We

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.440
 work so

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.180
 hard at

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.640
 hiding

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:54.940
 the

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.480
 flaws,

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.779
 things

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.140
 like the

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.559
 pride,

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.019
 the

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.680
 selfishness,

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:58.960
 the

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.940
 ignorance,

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.200
 the

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.799
 anxiety.

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.279
 If we

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.880
 are truly

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.599
 known for

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:04.900
 who we

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.119
 are,

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.460
 we would

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.140
 be ashamed

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.500
 and

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.099
 therefore

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:08.380
 we will

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.680
 not be

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.140
 loved.

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.339
 Why is

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.720
 it so?

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.799
 We're

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:14.940
 going to

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.279
 find out

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.420
 in the

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.599
 coming

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.940
 weeks,

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.259
 but the

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.720
 short story

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.200
 is this.

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.099
 The moment

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.680
 that Adam

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.400
 and Eve

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.299
 rejected

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.200
 relationship

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.740
 with their

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.140
 creator

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:22.680
 God,

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.000
 shame

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.839
 filled

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.779
 their lives

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.759
 and they

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.680
 immediately

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.220
 had to

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.819
 cover up.

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.180
 They

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:31.740
 immediately

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.079
 had to

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.539
 cover up.

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.380
 Deep

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.819
 down,

00:32:33.940 --> 00:32:34.480
 all of us

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.000
 know that

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.339
 there is

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.779
 something

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.359
 deeply

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.660
 wrong

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.220
 with us

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.240
 and we

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.680
 spend

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:38.960
 our

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.559
 entire

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.339
 lives

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.819
 and

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:41.200
 spend

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.420
 a

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.019
 fortune

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.579
 on

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.960
 covering

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.160
 it

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.399
 up.

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.039
 That's

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.379
 why the

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:46.740
 fashion

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.319
 industry

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.940
 exists.

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.599
 We

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.059
 cover it

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.500
 up with

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.819
 our

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.460
 Instagram

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:57.180
 profiles

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.980
 and Facebook

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.639
 profiles

00:32:58.639 --> 00:32:59.500
 only ever

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.379
 revealing

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.500
 the positive

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.339
 things in

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.779
 life,

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.980
 the enviable

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.839
 things about

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:05.579
 our life.

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:08.980
 we are

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.539
 made in

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.200
 the image

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.720
 of a

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.160
 community

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.740
 God

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.500
 who for

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.180
 all

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.940
 eternity

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:15.039
 have

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.740
 known each

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.960
 other

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.480
 totally,

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.680
 completely

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.359
 and loved

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.839
 each other

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.579
 totally and

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.059
 completely.

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.460
 We are

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.639
 made in

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:24.180
 their

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.700
 image

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.039
 and we

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.379
 are made

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.960
 to mirror

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.279
 it.

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.460
 We

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.119
 desperately

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.899
 need

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.599
 that

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.160
 more

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.559
 than

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.119
 anything

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.660
 else

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.000
 in

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.480
 life.

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:37.579
 for

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.900
 instance,

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.940
 when

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.400
 someone

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:40.740
 who

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.180
 doesn't

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.440
 know

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.640
 you

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.000
 very

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.420
 well

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.680
 at

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.059
 all

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.960
 says

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.200
 to

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.539
 you,

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.279
 I

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.579
 have

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.120
 literally

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.519
 never

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.860
 met

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.140
 a

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.640
 finer

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.000
 human

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.539
 being

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.900
 in

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.380
 all

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.500
 of

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:49.620
 my

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.059
 life.

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:51.740
 Do

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:51.940
 you

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.279
 go,

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.980
 oh,

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.440
 that is,

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.240
 no,

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.799
 you don't.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.319
 You don't

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.519
 even know

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:58.799
 who I

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.240
 am.

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.220
 You've

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.419
 got no

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.740
 idea

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.139
 who I

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.440
 am.

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.179
 It

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:02.399
 doesn't

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.099
 move you.

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.259
 if

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.639
 on the

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.819
 other

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.099
 hand

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:05.259
 there

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.480
 is

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:05.919
 someone

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.559
 who

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.240
 really

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.059
 knows

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.279
 the

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:08.619
 true

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.940
 you

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.239
 through

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.400
 and

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.719
 through,

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.119
 who

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.519
 knows

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.759
 your

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.400
 flaws

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.960
 and

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.279
 says

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.440
 to

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.659
 you,

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.299
 frankly,

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.839
 you are

00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.019
 the

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.500
 finest

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.839
 human

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:15.139
 being

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.339
 I've

00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.519
 ever

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.799
 met.

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:17.819
 Oh,

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.179
 that's

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.000
 going to

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.299
 cause you

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.599
 to sleep

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.779
 well

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:19.980
 that

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.239
 night.

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.460
 It

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.299
 makes

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:24.139
 all the

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.500
 difference.

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:24.900
 It's a

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.239
 totally

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.539
 different

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.279
 experience.

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.539
 And

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:30.699
 the

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.019
 reason

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.219
 it

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.679
 moves

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.079
 you so

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.500
 much

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.960
 is

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.260
 because

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.480
 it's

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.800
 what

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.260
 you

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.500
 were

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.960
 made

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.840
 for.

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.420
 It's

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.739
 part of

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:38.860
 your

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.320
 design.

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.159
 What we

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.619
 need to

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.059
 know

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.960
 is that

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.460
 on the

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.980
 cross

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:45.019
 Jesus

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.780
 Christ

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.139
 was

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.679
 crucified

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.360
 naked.

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.599
 They

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:50.960
 gambled

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.300
 for his

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.880
 clothes.

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.000
 He

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.320
 was

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.780
 exposed

00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:55.340
 to the

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.800
 world.

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.260
 It

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.599
 was the

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.980
 ultimate

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.539
 shame

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.739
 and

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.420
 humiliation

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:01.960
 and he

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.240
 did

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:02.460
 that

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.699
 for

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.119
 us.

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.699
 He

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.139
 became

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:05.579
 naked.

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.400
 Our

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.860
 God

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.900
 looked

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:10.320
 deep

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.820
 into our

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.360
 hearts

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.800
 and he

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.039
 saw

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.940
 all the

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.360
 mess that

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.639
 we have

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.139
 created

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.400
 for

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.920
 ourselves

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.500
 because of

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.639
 our

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.099
 rejection

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.300
 of

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.820
 relationship

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.119
 with

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.400
 him.

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.699
 He

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.039
 saw

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.639
 all

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.019
 that we

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.340
 should

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.519
 be

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.000
 ashamed

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.500
 of

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:35.000
 nap

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.059
 and he

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.480
 entered

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.760
 our

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.860
 world.

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.199
 Jesus

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.260
 Christ, the

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.980
 much-loved

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.659
 and perfect

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.139
 son of

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.460
 God,

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.800
 became

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.260
 naked.

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.380
 He

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.199
 experienced

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.900
 the shame

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:50.320
 so that we, the ones who should be on display,

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:52.720
 the shame-worthy ones,

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:58.320
 might experience ultimate, complete, full, true love.

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:03.840
 He did it to pay for our sins against God, against himself.

00:36:05.660 --> 00:36:07.920
 And so when we come to him and we trust him,

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:15.860
 what happens is his nakedness on our behalf

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:18.820
 becomes our covering

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:25.180
 in such a way that we can be naked and unashamed

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:27.240
 before our creator God,

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:32.700
 fully exposed and unashamed before our creator God.

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:36.660
 He knows us fully and he loves us totally.

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:41.480
 Through Jesus Christ, we are totally known,

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.160
 completely known,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:46.500
 and fully and unconditionally loved.

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:52.599
 The creating word becomes naked for us.

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:57.799
 So if we take his sacrifice for us

00:36:57.799 --> 00:37:00.119
 deep into the middle of our lives

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:03.639
 and continue to dwell over it

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.759
 and over it and over it and over it

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:09.980
 and see that his love and his approval and his acceptance,

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:13.819
 take that constantly into your life,

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:16.400
 then we actually have the power

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 to be vulnerable and transparent in our relationships.

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 relationships.

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 Because what it means ultimately

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 is I don't need to extract

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 the deep approval that I need

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 from other people,

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 from my spouse,

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 from my children,

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 from my church,

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 from my work colleagues,

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 from society as a whole.

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 This is the key

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 to having the relationships

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 that we were created for

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 and that we can only get back

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Thank you.