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 Let's turn again to, not the second chapter, but the first chapter of Genesis.

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! Of course, it's the second chapter, or much of the content of the second chapter that I'd like us to think about.

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 But in the first chapter, you get the first account of the creation of man.

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 And it's in verse 26. Genesis 1, verse 26.

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 Then God said,

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 And subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 This is where we find the source of our being.

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 It answers one of the most fundamental questions that we could ever ask, which is, who am I?

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 No other creature asks that question.

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 It is a question that is entirely found within human beings.

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 Animals don't know and don't care who they are.

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 They act in instinct, and no matter how intelligent we think they are or they appear to be, it is only humankind that asks the question, who am I?

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 Because it is of fundamental importance to our being.

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 And if ever there was a day when the world needs to hear that we find our origin in God, that is how the question of identity can be decisively answered.

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 If you take away God, then it's open season for anyone you can identify as anything you want to, because God is not in the picture.

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 We are only atoms and molecules having been thrown together by chance.

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 But here is God's decisive, loving, clear, authoritative message to all of mankind, which is, you are who you are because of me.

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 Because I have made you who you are.

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 You find your identity in me.

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 And so it is vitally important that this message comes across clearly and loudly to a confused world.

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 A world that is in darkness and despair.

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 And a world that needs to find God to lift them out of that despair.

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 He alone is the answer.

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 So that's why I want us to look at the content of what I've read in chapter 1 and chapter 2 and to explore it in some greater detail.

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 And I want us to think of, I was going to think of four things, but I don't think we're going to have time.

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 I want to keep things as short as possible.

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 This is the end of a working week.

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 I'm sure many of us are tired.

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 And so we probably won't get on to the fourth one.

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 But here they are anyway.

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 Number one is I want us to explore the uniqueness of man.

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 Now when I use the word man, I'm not being sexist.

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 I'm not trying to offend anybody.

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 I'm old school.

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 I use old school terminology.

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 And so man means generic humankind.

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 If you prefer me to use humankind, that's fine.

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 I'm okay with that.

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 But I just am conditioned to say, well, man is just human beings.

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 So you'll forgive me if I trade on anybody's toes.

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 Humankind, it's the same thing.

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 The world, then secondly, I want us to look in chapter 2 at the work that is given to humankind, Adam and Eve.

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 I want us to look at the work as the reason why humankind was created, why Adam was created.

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 He was, God put him to work right away.

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 The first thing he does is that he assigns him this task in the Garden of Eden.

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 I want us to explore that and humankind's ability and the gifts that God gave him in order to fulfill this mandate of being able to subdue the world and to have dominion over it.

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 But then thirdly, I want us to look at the companion that God created for him.

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 Not just as the marriage bond, but as the foundational bond from which every other type of relationship arose.

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 So you get ripples.

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 You get the first two human beings, Adam and Eve, and God brought them together in their marriage.

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 But then from then on, you have every other human relationship because you have the beginnings of community and family and friendships and every other kind of human relationships.

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 And once again, I think we're going to see that we were created in order to have that kind of relationship.

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 But the fourth thing I was going to talk about is that the choice that God gave to Adam and Eve.

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 But we're definitely going to leave that until tomorrow night.

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 And the choice, of course, is that either Adam was to fulfill the command that God gave him, which was the permission to eat of any tree in the garden or to eat of the forbidden fruit.

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 And sadly, as we know, because you'll know the end of the story, that he decided to do the latter.

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 We're going to explore that tomorrow and what the consequences of those were.

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 I want us to look, first of all, then, at how unique human beings are.

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 And, of course, when we go back to the very beginning, we're talking about our first parents.

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 We're talking about that uniqueness that has extended.

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 Despite the fact that we've become separated from God, nonetheless, that humanness has extended throughout all the generations and it belongs to us.

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 And so when I talk about Adam and Eve, I'm talking about ourselves as well as belonging to that same species of creation.

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 And I want us to look at it in terms of the way it's presented to us here in such dramatic form.

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 First of all, let's look at in the process of creation in chapter one.

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 You'll notice that there's a kind of repetitiveness about it.

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 Up until the sixth day, God says, let there be, let there be, let there be fish, let the fish, let the seas team with, let there be animals, let there be, and so on and so forth.

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 But when it comes to the sixth day, there's a kind of dramatic pause, isn't it?

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 If you read it, just as often, we just don't read the Bible often enough as within the flow that God intends it to be.

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 Because as you read that, when you get on to the sixth day, it's almost like God is saving the best to last.

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 There's a crescendo happening.

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 There's an upward movement in creation.

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 And then at last, he changes the language that he's using.

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 Mankind is created, last of all, after a pause, a dramatic pause, in which God rephrases his terminology.

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 And he says this, let us make man.

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 Now, scholars have argued and wondered about what does the us mean?

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 Let us make man.

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 And I believe, quite simply, I don't, certainly I'm not going to start going into the different opinions that some people have offered.

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 I'm going to say very plainly that this is the first glimpse in the Bible of God as Trinity.

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 God as one and God as more than one.

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 And, of course, in the course of the Bible, he identifies and he clarifies who he is as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 We have the great privilege of being able to read Genesis 2 through the lens of the New Testament.

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 And so we can see, I believe, quite clearly that God is speaking to himself.

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 The Father is speaking to the Son.

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 And, of course, there's a council in the Trinity coming together.

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 And they are intentionally and deliberately making a point of this moment in time, this climax in creation,

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 in which they're saying, now it's time to do something completely unique.

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 I'm not saying that the animals weren't unique.

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 Of course, there's a uniqueness about them.

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 But now, this is different.

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 This is God reaching the peak of his process of creation.

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 He's not going to do anything more.

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 He's reaching the very pinnacle of the process of creation.

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 And he says, let us make man.

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 But he says more than that, doesn't he?

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 He says, let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

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 In other words, what God is doing is, for the first time in history, if I can call it that,

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 for the very first time in creation history, God, who is himself relational,

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 Father, Son, and Spirit, three persons of the Godhead,

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 He is creating a being who is relational and who can relate not only to his own species, but to God.

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 He is creating a being in his likeness.

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 There is something God-like about Adam and God-like about Eve.

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 First time ever that's happened.

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 Never happened before.

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 He's creating someone outside of himself who he can speak to and relate to and indeed have communion with.

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 This is a momentous moment.

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 This is a historic moment.

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 And it is the moment when our species, who we are, came into being.

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 It's really important, I think, to read slowly these verses

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 and to notice the deliberate drama that is in order to impress upon us

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 that this is a unique moment.

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 You notice also that it's not simply a fiat.

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 Remember in Genesis chapter 1, the way he creates other forms of life is

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 let there be lights and let there be extended.

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 I'm not trying to trivialize this, by the way.

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 I'm just saying there's a certain repetitiveness in it.

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 And God said let the water swarm with living creatures

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 and let them fly above the earth, across the expanse of the heavens.

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 But now there is not just a let there be,

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 but there is an intentional creation process.

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 He makes man not out of nothing, but out of the dust of the ground.

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 He takes what already is and somehow he forms the man.

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 He fashions and molds him and creates him from what already exists.

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 It's interesting, isn't it, that there is an affinity

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 between humankind and the rest of the world, the rest of the natural world.

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 I'm not surprised that people love the natural world.

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 It's part of our human nature to love what God has created,

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 whether it's mountains or rivers or trees or flowers or whatever.

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 We feel an affinity toward us because God's created us from this world.

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 He's used the world as the raw material to create humankind.

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 It's also why it's not surprising that there is a DNA similarity,

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 that there is some relationship.

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 I'm not a scientist.

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 I'm not a biologist.

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 I don't know much about it, but again,

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 there is an affinity between humankind and the rest of creation.

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 But then God gives him a command,

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 and he is to subdue.

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 He's told in common with every other life form that he is to propagate.

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 He is to go out and to fill the earth.

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 But then he is to subdue.

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 He's to exercise dominion over the world.

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 He is to do so with authority and with ability.

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 It's almost like God comes to the point of creation where he stops,

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 but there's still more work to be done,

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 not this time in creating something brand new,

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 but in developing what God has already done.

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 He's to explore it and to discover it,

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 and he's to manage it,

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 and he's to have dominion over it.

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 Now, right away,

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 I know what some of you are thinking.

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 You're thinking,

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 well, I don't like dominion.

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 I don't like the idea of humankind having dominion

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 because that's where all the trouble of the world comes from,

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 is humankind rising above everything else

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 and exercising his own selfish will on the earth.

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 Yes, you're right.

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 You're absolutely right.

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 But that's not because man doesn't have dominion.

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 It's because of sin.

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 He's become a tyrant.

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 He's become selfish.

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 He does things for his own good or for his own benefit

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 rather than for the glory of God.

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 But this is before sin comes into the world.

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 This is what our original purpose was,

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 to live, to enjoy.

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 We'll see tomorrow that God gave him every tree in the garden.

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 It doesn't get better than that in a perfect world.

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 But he gave him,

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 he set before him the whole world to explore and to manage

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 and to subdue.

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 So Francis Schaeffer is not wrong when he says,

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 there is something great about man.

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 I think we can all identify with that.

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 We're all aware, of course, of our deficiencies in ourselves and in others.

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 But nonetheless, there is something grand about human beings,

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 men and women, boys and girls.

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 There is something truly remarkable

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 in comparison with every other creature.

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 Let's just explore that in just a little bit more detail.

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 that what is it about us?

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 What is it about Adam,

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 which is different to every other creature?

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 Well, he's first of all self-aware.

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 If there was a mirror in the Garden of Eden,

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 there wasn't one until I guess he must have

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 probably looked at the river at some point

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 and saw himself in the reflection.

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 I wonder when that happened,

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 when he actually saw himself.

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 It's interesting, isn't it?

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 All these firsts that there must have been.

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 When did he first see himself?

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 When did he first look at himself

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 in whatever reflective material that there was?

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 I don't know.

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 But if he did have a mirror,

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 he would reflect.

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 But it would be more than just,

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 well, let me look for the next branch that I can eat.

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 No, it's a fundamental question.

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 Who is this?

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 Who is this person?

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 It's an important question.

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 He possesses that reflective core.

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 He can relate to himself.

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 He's not only conscious.

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 He is self-conscious.

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 He is Adam.

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 He can rationalize.

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 He can analyze.

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 The very fact that he's asking,

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 who am I, is unique in itself.

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 No other creature asks that question.

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 He perceives that there has to be a reason

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 why the world is as he sees it and why he is.

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 Now, when I was preparing this,

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 I looked up AI.

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 It wasn't ChatGPT.

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 It was Google.

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 You can do this yourself when you get home.

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 And I asked the question,

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 what's the difference between human beings and animals?

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 All right?

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 So this is the answer.

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 And the answer was truly astonishing.

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 Where did you hear this?

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 And remember, this is not the Bible.

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 This is AI.

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 Right?

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 Listen to this.

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 If I can find it.

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 Humans possess the capacity for abstract reasoning,

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 complex problem solving and logical thinking,

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 allowing them to analyze situations,

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 form hypotheses,

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 and develop innovative solutions.

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 Humans are self-aware,

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 meaning they can understand their own existence

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 and mental states.

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 They also have the ability to understand

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 the mental states of others,

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 a concept known as the theory of the mind.

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 Humans have developed complex symbolic language,

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 enabling them to communicate abstract ideas,

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 share knowledge,

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 and build intricate social structures.

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 That's exactly what the Bible tells us.

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 And how did all that come about?

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 How do you explain why all of these features

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 and characters exist in humanity?

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 It can only be explained

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 by their having been created

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 in the image of God

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 and the likeness of God.

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 And so the reason we look in the mirror

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 and ask the question,

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 who am I,

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 is because we're human.

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 And sometimes, of course,

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.619
 the process of asking who am I

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 can lead to all kinds

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 of distorted answers.

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 But that doesn't necessarily mean

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.740
 it's wrong.

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 It is entirely natural

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 to ask the question.

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 But then humans are built

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 with this horizontal capacity

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 of being able to relate

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 to one another.

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.880
 Chapter 2,

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 we read that God saw

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 that it wasn't good

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 for the man to be alone.

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 And this means, of course,

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 that because man is relational,

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 he needs relationship,

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 which involves communication

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 and mutual interaction

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 with all,

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 with mutual interaction

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 of all kinds,

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 with someone of his own kind.

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 And so God created

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 another of the same kind

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 to be a helper

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 that was suitable for him.

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 We'll look at that

00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:02.219
 a little bit later on.

00:20:02.699 --> 00:20:04.099
 Man was built

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 with the capacity

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 to relate horizontally.

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 But then,

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:11.699
 he is also able

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 to relate vertically.

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 Because God didn't create him

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 just to interact

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 with his own kind

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 or to name the animals.

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 He created him

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 so that he could talk to him.

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 He speaks to Adam.

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 Adam listens

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 and understands

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 and obeys.

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 He's made him capable

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 of conscious understanding

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:34.240
 his mind and his will.

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 They're on the same page.

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 When God says something,

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 Adam knows what he's saying.

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 Animals can only respond

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 to distinct happenings

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 and according to their

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:50.079
 inbuilt programmed instincts.

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 instinct,

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 but we can respond

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 and sometimes instinctively,

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 but we can also see

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 the world

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 from God's side.

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 And so can Adam.

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 He sees

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.980
 the big,

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 big picture.

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 But he's also able

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 to obey.

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 When he hears God,

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 he understands

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 the command of God

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 and he has the ability

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 to obey.

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 We'll see tomorrow

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 he also has the ability

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 not to obey.

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 That's part of the free will

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:20.359
 that God gave to Adam uniquely,

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 but we'll wait

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.619
 until tomorrow to see that.

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 But nonetheless,

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:25.639
 it was entirely possible

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 for him to obey.

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 That's because obedience

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:31.259
 wasn't alien to Adam.

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.220
 It was natural.

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 It was second nature,

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 if you like.

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 He was made for God

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 and he knew

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:39.400
 that happiness

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:40.240
 was found.

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 The security

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:42.380
 that he had

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.420
 was found

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.240
 in God

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 and he's of one mind

00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:47.880
 with God

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 and yet it was

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:50.140
 possible for him

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.240
 to take the other road

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.280
 as well.

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 So then,

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:56.240
 that was the uniqueness.

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 What about

00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.780
 the work

00:21:57.780 --> 00:21:59.200
 that was given

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.640
 to man?

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 And I'm not going to spend

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.620
 as much time

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.280
 on this,

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.500
 but you'll notice

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.880
 that both from chapter 1

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.720
 and chapter 2

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.160
 that both accounts,

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.300
 they tell us

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:09.680
 that right away,

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.460
 immediately,

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:12.740
 he was sent to work.

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.820
 God built

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:15.100
 the garden

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.880
 for him

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:17.420
 and he

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.560
 was sent

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:19.120
 into it

00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:19.720
 and he gave him

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.300
 the ability

00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:21.960
 to fulfill

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:23.280
 the mandate

00:22:23.280 --> 00:22:23.940
 that God

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.820
 gave to him.

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.600
 He has the

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:27.040
 managerial skill

00:22:27.040 --> 00:22:28.740
 to rule over

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.200
 the earth.

00:22:29.260 --> 00:22:30.200
 He has the creative

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.900
 ability

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:32.560
 to rationally

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.839
 reorder the environment.

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.460
 He's got the

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.619
 scientific ability

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.940
 to explore

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.879
 and to describe

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.960
 and to catalogue

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:41.379
 and to discover

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.679
 features of other

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.759
 creatures in the world.

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.960
 There's a world

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.919
 of discovery

00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:48.099
 to be had

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:50.259
 if he had

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:52.559
 obeyed God.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:57.819
 You can see,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.259
 of course,

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.019
 as you make

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.460
 your way

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.179
 through Genesis,

00:23:01.159 --> 00:23:01.740
 the way

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.379
 that culture

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.000
 develops,

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.339
 that industry

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:04.740
 develops,

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.519
 a very interesting

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.480
 family

00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:09.359
 in chapter 4,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.659
 which one of them

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.519
 is called Jabal,

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.779
 another one is called Jubal,

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.579
 and another one is called

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.679
 Jubal Cain.

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.539
 You can read it

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.720
 in chapter 4.

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.619
 And Jabal,

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.559
 chapter 4,

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.039
 verse 20,

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:20.819
 became the father

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.539
 of those who dwell

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.980
 in tents

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.119
 and have livestock.

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.960
 He was the first

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:26.720
 agricultural man.

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.299
 Then you have Jubal,

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:29.919
 chapter 4,

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.579
 verse 21,

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.339
 and he's the father

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.759
 of all those

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:34.039
 who play the lyre

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.919
 and the harp.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:37.519
 He's the culture man.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.119
 And then you have

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.019
 Jubal Cain

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.779
 in chapter 4,

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.500
 verse 22,

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.819
 and he's the forger

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:45.000
 of all instruments

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.679
 of bronze and iron.

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.119
 We have the first

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:49.000
 glimpses

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.159
 of industry.

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.839
 mechanics.

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.359
 You have the first

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:57.419
 industrial man.

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.379
 So it's no surprise

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:02.179
 that in the opening

00:24:02.179 --> 00:24:02.700
 chapters,

00:24:02.939 --> 00:24:03.700
 the opening words

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.659
 of these chapters,

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.359
 that God didn't leave

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.319
 man a day

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.000
 to himself.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.419
 He is made

00:24:09.419 --> 00:24:10.079
 to work,

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:11.119
 he's given the ability

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.919
 to work,

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.379
 and he is given

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.980
 the mandate

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.919
 to work

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.740
 and to explore

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.859
 and to systematize

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.439
 the world.

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:20.219
 And in that world,

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.679
 God built

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.819
 or created

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.679
 a garden,

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.379
 the Garden

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.519
 of Eden,

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.279
 the perfect,

00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:27.839
 the place

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.619
 of perfect

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.699
 bliss

00:24:29.699 --> 00:24:30.979
 and happiness.

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.659
 Apparently,

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.240
 they tell me

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.759
 that the word

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.119
 Eden is a Hebrew

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:35.779
 word meaning

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.299
 delight.

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:36.899
 It's a place

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.740
 of idyllic

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.359
 delight

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.719
 and rest.

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.799
 The idea

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.480
 of the garden

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.519
 is an enclosure,

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.039
 a place

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.779
 of security,

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.460
 a place

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.920
 of a royal

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.740
 parkland,

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.779
 apparently the word

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.539
 paradise.

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.940
 It means

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.740
 the royal

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.720
 parkland.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.960
 And that

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.579
 picks up

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.700
 echoes of the

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.600
 biblical narrative

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.420
 and here the

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.440
 subordinate king

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.559
 is placed by his

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.140
 overlord

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.299
 in a protected

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:02.039
 shelter spot.

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.799
 He was invited

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.500
 to fill the

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.799
 earth

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.500
 and every

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.159
 moment

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:08.099
 was joy

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.059
 to him.

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.779
 It's hard

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.359
 for some of us

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.859
 to think of

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.119
 work as joy.

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.720
 I know that

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.399
 some of you

00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.359
 probably enjoy

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.960
 your work

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:16.480
 and it's a

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.899
 great thing.

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.659
 Be very thankful

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.779
 if you enjoy

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.200
 your work.

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.859
 Be very thankful

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.500
 if you wake up

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.879
 on a Monday

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.359
 morning and

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:21.480
 say,

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.759
 yes,

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.059
 I'm going

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.379
 to go to

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.639
 work.

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.139
 I love it.

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.899
 I can't

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.379
 wait to get

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.139
 in because

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.839
 it could

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.539
 equally be the

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.920
 opposite.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.940
 I saw

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:30.180
 an interview

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.720
 with somebody

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.559
 and there was

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.960
 this big

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.920
 train exhibition

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.340
 down in

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.920
 Derby last

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:35.240
 week and

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.740
 they asked

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.299
 this train

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.059
 driver about

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.539
 his work

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.039
 and this is

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.460
 what he said.

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.740
 He says,

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.180
 if you love

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.680
 your job,

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.740
 you come to

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.180
 work for

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.640
 the fun of

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:41.799
 it.

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.480
 Well,

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.799
 that could

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.120
 be said

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.579
 for Adam.

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:43.980
 Adam,

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:44.840
 every day

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.759
 was bliss.

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.579
 Every day

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.079
 was just,

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.400
 he couldn't

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:48.660
 wait to

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.240
 do what

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.779
 God had.

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.880
 It's hard

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.400
 for us to

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.539
 understand that

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.880
 because in

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.259
 a sinful

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.740
 world,

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.660
 very often

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.340
 work becomes

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.720
 tedious.

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.799
 It's a chore

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.160
 and there are

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.640
 all kinds of

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.400
 frustrations.

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.840
 Many of you

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.400
 tonight,

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.740
 you'll probably

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:00.900
 say,

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.799
 I don't want to

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.259
 hear about

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.419
 this.

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.419
 I've had a

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:04.720
 week,

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:06.220
 I'm up to

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.980
 my eyes

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.259
 with,

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.879
 you have no

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.419
 idea the

00:26:08.419 --> 00:26:08.659
 kind of

00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.099
 frustrations

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.460
 I've been

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.859
 having at

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.700
 work and

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.059
 you want to

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.399
 talk about

00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:11.960
 work in a

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.279
 sermon.

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.379
 That's just

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.159
 completely not

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.659
 what I came

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.299
 here to

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.619
 do.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:15.879
 Well,

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.740
 you need to

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.440
 maybe rethink

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.500
 work.

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.480
 And you

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.940
 need to

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.759
 reorient

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.259
 your

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.019
 theology of

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.500
 work because

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.039
 there is a

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.620
 theology of

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.799
 work.

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.559
 Remember that

00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.240
 work existed

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.820
 before the

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.100
 fall.

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.820
 It's not a

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.740
 consequence of

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.120
 the fall.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.320
 It is a

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.940
 privilege.

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.440
 Okay,

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.220
 in a sinful

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.779
 world,

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.120
 things go

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:39.480
 wrong,

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.380
 as they do

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.039
 everywhere.

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.000
 Nonetheless,

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.059
 work is

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.980
 our

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.480
 calling.

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.539
 It's where

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.220
 God has

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.839
 sent us

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.079
 to.

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:54.940
 And if

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.379
 anything,

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.579
 even this

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.059
 weekend,

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.500
 I hope it

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.919
 will be a

00:26:58.919 --> 00:27:00.779
 strength to

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.319
 us,

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.839
 having

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.859
 gazed

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.559
 again on

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.099
 what Jesus

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.879
 did to

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.480
 secure our

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.039
 salvation,

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.399
 that we

00:27:08.399 --> 00:27:09.099
 go out in

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.799
 renewed

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.599
 strength,

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.319
 back into

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.019
 Monday morning,

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:12.960
 ready to

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.480
 do our

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.859
 work to

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.220
 the glory

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.659
 of God.

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:17.059
 that's

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.579
 what we've

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.159
 been programmed

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.940
 to do.

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.919
 Despite

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.839
 all of

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.099
 the

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:23.619
 problems,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.119
 I know

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.399
 what it

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.559
 was.

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.419
 I was

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.579
 in

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.980
 secular

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.419
 employment

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.839
 before I

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.139
 went into

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.539
 ministry,

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.139
 and even

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.639
 in ministry

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:28.960
 there is

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.619
 frustrations.

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:29.980
 There are

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.440
 frustrations

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.179
 everywhere.

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.259
 I know

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.579
 what it's

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.000
 like to

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.399
 fall out

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:33.799
 with people

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.200
 at work.

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.500
 I know

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.779
 what it's

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.240
 like when

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.059
 there's

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.460
 jealousy,

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:36.859
 and when

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.079
 there's

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.720
 griping in

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.159
 the workplace,

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:38.639
 and when

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.099
 things go

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.419
 wrong,

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.700
 and when

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:39.879
 there's

00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.319
 injustice,

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:40.879
 and when

00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.440
 work

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.819
 becomes

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:41.940
 a

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.019
 joke.

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.059
 I

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.379
 know all

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.659
 about

00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.000
 that.

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:45.119
 And yet,

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.940
 when we

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.680
 come back

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.220
 to it,

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.559
 God has

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.339
 said we've

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.859
 been created

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.400
 to work,

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.180
 and it is

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.759
 possible to

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.099
 work to

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:53.640
 his glory.

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:57.400
 So,

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.240
 then,

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:58.900
 very briefly,

00:27:59.060 --> 00:27:59.380
 and time

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.720
 is fast

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.360
 running out,

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.240
 the companion

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.380
 that God

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.300
 made for

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.700
 man.

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:04.900
 Now,

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.340
 let me just

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.500
 say,

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:05.980
 I know

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.500
 that some

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.720
 of you

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.000
 are not

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.400
 married,

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.160
 and I'm

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.460
 not going

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.740
 to make

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.020
 this,

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.420
 I don't

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.860
 want to

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.780
 focus only

00:28:11.780 --> 00:28:12.140
 on the

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.400
 marriage

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.600
 bond,

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:12.880
 because I

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.000
 don't

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.580
 believe that

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.240
 this does

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.320
 focus only

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:15.740
 on it,

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.460
 primarily,

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:18.480
 because this

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.840
 was the

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:20.100
 first human

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.560
 to human

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.040
 bond that

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.920
 God created,

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.200
 from which

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.920
 every other

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.500
 relationship

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.559
 would arise.

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.019
 But,

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.080
 again,

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.799
 there is

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.180
 something

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.660
 deeply

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.240
 dramatic

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.299
 about what

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.840
 God does.

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.340
 He doesn't

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:34.140
 just create

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.600
 a woman

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:34.980
 out of

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.400
 nothing.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.039
 He takes

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:37.460
 the man,

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:37.960
 he puts

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.279
 him to

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.539
 sleep,

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.160
 he opens

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.580
 him up,

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.299
 he takes

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.819
 a rib

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.400
 out of

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.580
 him,

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.779
 and from

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.279
 the rib

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.620
 he creates

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:46.200
 this

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.180
 perfect

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:48.660
 soulmate

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:50.000
 for Adam.

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:50.799
 And when

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.240
 he brings

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.580
 him to

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.880
 Adam,

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.380
 Adam's

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.819
 words

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.279
 are,

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.439
 this

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.119
 at last

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.779
 is bone

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.200
 of my

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.579
 bones,

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:56.960
 this is

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.339
 what was

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.819
 lacking,

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.299
 this is

00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.759
 bone of

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.179
 my bones

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.659
 and flesh

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.960
 of my

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.279
 flesh,

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.639
 she shall

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.099
 be called

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.500
 woman,

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.240
 because she

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.839
 was taken

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:05.460
 out of

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.919
 man,

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.200
 therefore

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.720
 shall a

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.200
 man leave

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.579
 his father

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:07.919
 and mother

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.339
 and hold

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.819
 fast to

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.240
 his wife.

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:09.700
 This was

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.059
 the first

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.519
 marriage

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.859
 bond,

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:12.679
 but it

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.079
 was the

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.679
 first primary

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.379
 human

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.240
 relationship,

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.500
 and from

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.019
 then there

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.299
 came

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.899
 children,

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.399
 and from

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.139
 them came

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:21.200
 more children,

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.880
 and cousins,

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.960
 and family,

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.640
 and wider

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.140
 family,

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.799
 and ripples,

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:28.100
 and community,

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.180
 and towns,

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.819
 and villages,

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.819
 and friendships,

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.660
 and all kinds

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.279
 of working

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.380
 relationships in

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.539
 which we could

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.500
 relate to one

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.340
 another and find

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:39.160
 meaning and

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.840
 belonging,

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.819
 and fellowship.

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:45.939
 so we are

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:47.019
 here for

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.659
 this evening.

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.480
 God has

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.960
 called us

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.899
 into fellowship

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.960
 with one

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.119
 another,

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.919
 a unique

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.659
 relationship

00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.919
 in the

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.839
 family of

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.259
 God.

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:59.039
 I don't

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.500
 want to say

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.240
 anything else

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.859
 about that.

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:02.279
 There isn't

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.599
 time.

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.099
 What I want

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.839
 to do is

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.220
 in two

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.559
 minutes,

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.419
 I want to

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.019
 talk about

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.659
 takeaways.

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.360
 how does

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:09.080
 this relate

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:11.340
 to where

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:11.980
 we are

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:13.400
 this evening?

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:13.779
 Well,

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.279
 let me ask

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.940
 this question.

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.940
 When we

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.019
 think of

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.500
 Eden,

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.060
 and what

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:21.440
 God did

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.840
 there at

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.060
 the very

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:22.540
 beginning of

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:23.000
 the world,

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.600
 and what

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.140
 God is

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.700
 doing now

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:24.940
 in the

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.200
 gospel,

00:30:25.320 --> 00:30:25.560
 and what

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:25.960
 God will

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.480
 one day

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.420
 do in

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.779
 bringing

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.360
 about the

00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.960
 new heaven

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.300
 and the

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.019
 new earth,

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.860
 as he

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.400
 will one

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.680
 day,

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.779
 what about

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.460
 now?

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.040
 What about

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.800
 this life

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.259
 now?

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.320
 For you

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.900
 and me

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.680
 as Christians,

00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.380
 as God's

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.759
 people.

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.779
 Here's my

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.100
 question.

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.019
 Is there

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.840
 any sense

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:44.300
 in which

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:45.640
 we have

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.640
 been restored

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.460
 to Eden?

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.680
 Or,

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.480
 let me put it

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.880
 another way,

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.300
 is there any

00:30:50.300 --> 00:30:50.960
 sense in which

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.600
 Eden has

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.320
 been restored

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.000
 already?

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.380
 We know

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.620
 it's going

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.040
 to be restored

00:30:54.040 --> 00:30:54.440
 one day.

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.019
 We know

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.240
 it's going

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.500
 to be a

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.980
 new heaven

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.279
 and a

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.660
 new earth.

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.660
 The Bible

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:58.160
 tells us

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.360
 that.

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.220
 But what

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.680
 about now?

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.560
 Is the

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.080
 life that

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.560
 we live

00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:04.800
 now only

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.240
 to be

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:06.160
 tolerated

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.960
 until we

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.240
 get to

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.420
 heaven?

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.700
 Is it

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.200
 something to

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.920
 be suffered

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.900
 only until

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.800
 we get

00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:14.700
 to heaven?

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.700
 I want to

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.180
 suggest to

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.420
 you very

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.940
 strongly the

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.279
 answer to

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.560
 that is

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:17.900
 no.

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.880
 The life

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.360
 we have

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.019
 now,

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.940
 it is

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.660
 not perfect,

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.279
 it's not

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.940
 complete,

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.660
 but God

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:30.080
 has already

00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.980
 started the

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.580
 process of

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.120
 recreation

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:33.220
 within us.

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.519
 let me

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.960
 prove that

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.319
 from the

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.620
 Bible.

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.120
 First of

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.400
 all,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.299
 let me

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.559
 give you

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.740
 some

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.000
 quotes.

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.579
 All of

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:37.799
 them are

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.079
 from the

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.220
 New

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.620
 Testament.

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.420
 First of

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.559
 all,

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.319
 when Paul

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.880
 tells us

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.539
 that for

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.079
 God who

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.519
 said let

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.279
 light shine

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.620
 out of

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.019
 darkness,

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.980
 he has

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.880
 shone in

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.700
 our hearts

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.279
 to give

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.839
 the light

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.200
 of the

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.559
 knowledge

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:48.880
 of the

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.380
 glory of

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.579
 God

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:49.860
 in the

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.339
 face of

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.640
 Jesus

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.039
 Christ.

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.500
 In

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.700
 other

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:51.960
 words,

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.339
 in the

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.759
 gospel,

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.339
 God

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.980
 has gone

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.319
 all the

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.700
 way back

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:54.880
 to

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.180
 Genesis

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.860
 chapter 1

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.259
 and verse

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.279
!

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.600
 1,

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.240
 and the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.680
 same God

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.140
 who said let

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.700
 light shine

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.000
 out of

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.280
 darkness,

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.940
 he's done

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.320
 the same

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:01.180
 again in

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.740
 the gospel,

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.480
 except this

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.220
 time he's

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.640
 done it in

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.220
 our hearts

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.940
 through Jesus

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.460
 Christ.

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.740
 New

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.340
 creation,

00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.740
 new process.

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.540
 Here's the

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:10.960
 next one,

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.259
 Colossians 3

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.920
 verse 10,

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.380
 listen to

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:13.620
 this,

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.600
 we have

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.080
 put on

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.600
 the new

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.160
 self

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.720
 which is

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.340
 being

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:19.120
 renewed

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:20.600
 in

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.340
 knowledge

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.640
 after the

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.860
 image of

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.320
 its

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:25.200
 creator.

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.500
 That's

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.040
 not in

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.500
 the future,

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.859
 that's

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.339
 now.

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.339
 Right

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.740
 now,

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:32.940
 God is

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.839
 renewing

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.379
 his

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.079
 image

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.180
 in

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.759
 us.

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:37.960
 What did

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.240
 we say

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.559
 before?

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.480
 When God

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.180
 created Adam

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.759
 and Eve,

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.139
 he created

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.839
 them in

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.299
 his

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.759
 image.

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.500
 What does

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.799
 he say

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.339
 in Colossians?

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.940
 He's created

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.899
 us in

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.420
 his

00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:46.859
 image.

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.440
 We

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.159
 bear the

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.579
 image of

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.899
 God in

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.339
 a new

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.740
 and a

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:49.980
 living

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.940
 way in

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.079
 the

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.279
 Lord

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.519
 Jesus

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.980
 Christ.

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:53.960
 And

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.319
 then,

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.399
 he tells

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.659
 us in

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:55.879
 Romans

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.480
 chapter 8,

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.960
 for those

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.240
 whom he

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.579
 foreknew,

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:57.759
 he

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.019
 predates

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.920
 to be

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.099
 conformed

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:01.159
 to the

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:02.159
 image of

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.579
 his

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.019
 Son.

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.539
 In

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.139
 other words,

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.619
 remember all

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.039
 these things

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.519
 I said?

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:06.279
 The horizontal

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.220
 relationship,

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.940
 the vertical

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.839
 relationship,

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.500
 it's all

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.920
 there.

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.480
 It's all

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.079
 there now

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.839
 in us.

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.359
 God has

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.839
 done it.

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.619
 He's made

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:16.079
 us into

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:17.420
 new creation,

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.339
 a new

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.319
 creation in

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.079
 the Lord

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.460
 Jesus

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.059
 Christ.

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.119
 Christ.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.000
 And so,

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.519
 as we

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.980
 come to

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.919
 remember

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:32.480
 Christ's

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.759
 death,

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.720
 let's

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.480
 do so

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:39.079
 as

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.960
 God's

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:41.399
 new

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.019
 creation

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.539
 in

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.839
 Christ

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.159
 Jesus.

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.700
 That's

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.000
 who we

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.259
 are.

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.259
 God's

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:46.259


00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:48.220
 And when

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:47.259
!

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.220
 And when

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.319
 we think

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.299
 about our

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.220
 deficiencies,

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.859
 as we

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.779
 naturally do

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.220
 at a time

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.579
 like this,

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:53.920
 we should be

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.180
 doing it

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.640
 every day,

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.059
 but we do

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.519
 so in the

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:57.359
 context of

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.180
 we are

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.539
 new

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.059
 creatures

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.559
 in

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.099
 Jesus

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.700
 Christ.

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.539
 That's

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.079
 the first

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.559
 thing.

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.539
 Because that's

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.880
 what God

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.340
 has promised

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.719
 us.

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.339
 confidence

00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:11.359
 and that's

00:34:11.359 --> 00:34:11.719
 what gives

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.579
 us confidence

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.379
 to come

00:34:14.379 --> 00:34:14.919
 to God

00:34:14.919 --> 00:34:16.759
 and to

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.339
 know

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:18.539
 that He

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.279
 is our

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.799
 Savior

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:21.319
 and has

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.859
 done a

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.259
 marvelous

00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:23.419
 work in

00:34:23.419 --> 00:34:24.399
 our hearts.

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.539
 Because the

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.339
 truth is that

00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:27.939
 when we talk

00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.639
 about Adam's

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.339
 fellowship with

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.759
 God,

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.839
 that vertical

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.980
 relationship that

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.659
 we talked about

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.500
 earlier on in

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.939
 which God

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:36.319
 spoke,

00:34:36.459 --> 00:34:37.299
 Adam understood

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.879
 and he spoke

00:34:37.879 --> 00:34:38.619
 back to God

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.000
 and there was

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.639
 this

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:41.099
 wonderful,

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.619
 wonderful

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.379
 interaction.

00:34:42.839 --> 00:34:43.480
 We have

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.799
 it.

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.519
 Let me

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.000
 prove it to

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.199
 you.

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.819
 1 John

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.500
 chapter 1

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.179
 and verse 3.

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.000
 The purpose

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.339
 of the

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.719
 gospel,

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.440
 John says,

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.719
 is that we

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.879
 have fellowship

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:56.699
 and indeed

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.719
 our fellowship

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:59.019
 is with

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.879
 the Father

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:01.799
 and His

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.299
 Son,

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.980
 Jesus

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.619
 Christ.

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.159
 That's

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.619
 now,

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.259
 tonight,

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.299
 we have

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.839
 fellowship

00:35:07.839 --> 00:35:08.879
 with the

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.239
 Father,

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.179
 and His

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:10.559
 Son,

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.399
 Jesus

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:11.979
 Christ.

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.179
 Now,

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:12.519
 the first

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.839
 thing that

00:35:12.839 --> 00:35:13.239
 comes into

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.619
 our minds,

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.019
 I guess,

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.199
 is,

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.359
 well,

00:35:14.399 --> 00:35:14.659
 I wish

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.919
 it was

00:35:14.919 --> 00:35:15.299
 better.

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.199
 I wish

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.439
 I was

00:35:16.439 --> 00:35:16.679
 more

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.119
 conscious

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.679
 of it.

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.319
 I wish

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.779
 I was

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.039
 more

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.539
 obedient.

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:21.519
 Well,

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.519
 we're

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.879
 coming

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.279
 tonight

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:24.039
 to God

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.579
 with whom

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.979
 we have

00:35:24.979 --> 00:35:25.439
 fellowship

00:35:25.439 --> 00:35:26.139
 and who

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.659
 hears

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.539
 and answers

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.119
 all our

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.359
 prayer.

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.079
 And when

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.859
 we're asking

00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:30.359
 God,

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.059
 Lord,

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.759
 I want

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.039
 to be

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.759
 more like

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.079
 you.

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:35.519
 I am

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.099
 so,

00:35:36.319 --> 00:35:36.420
 so

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.940
 conscious

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.500
 of my

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.059
 who do

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.340
 you think

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.619
 has put

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:38.799
 that

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.179
 consciousness

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.679
 into your

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.920
 heart?

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.380
 The

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.639
 Holy

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.059
 Spirit.

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.779
 He's

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.199
 troubled

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.699
 you,

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.319
 rightly

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.739
 so.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.079
 What's

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.539
 the purpose

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:46.920
 of that

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.179
 trouble?

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.139
 To bring

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.719
 you afresh

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.400
 to Jesus

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.179
 where there

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.679
 is a

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.179
 reminder

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.739
 of His

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.319
 forgiveness

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.940
 and His

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.759
 cleansing

00:35:54.759 --> 00:35:56.039
 and the

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.460
 newness

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.900
 of life

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.279
 that He

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.759
 promises

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.560
 to give

00:35:58.560 --> 00:35:58.860
 us.

00:36:02.780 --> 00:36:03.420
 God

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.880
 did not

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.700
 love

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.380
 Adam

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:08.640
 any more

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:10.000
 than He

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.560
 loves you.

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.540
 You say,

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:19.460
 I have a

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.920
 problem with

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.160
 that.

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.240
 Adam was

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:21.620
 perfect.

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.440
 God didn't

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.760
 love him

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.160
 because he

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.720
 was perfect.

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.600
 God loved

00:36:26.600 --> 00:36:27.080
 him because

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.560
 He loved

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.980
 him because

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.500
 He was a

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.960
 man after

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.420
 His own

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.880
 image.

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:31.119
 And as

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.659
 God has

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.259
 recreated

00:36:32.259 --> 00:36:32.719
 us in

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.360
 Christ Jesus,

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.920
 He loves

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.380
 us with

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:35.059
 that same

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.539
 love.

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.900
 He did

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.559
 not love

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.239
 Adam any

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.480
 more than

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.920
 He loves

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.279
 us.

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.279
 And so

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.699
 therefore,

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.500
 in that

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.039
 love and

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.360
 in the

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.980
 confidence

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.559
 that that

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.480
 love ought

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.559
 to bring

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.219
 to us,

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.860
 we

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:57.500
 worship

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.599
 worship and

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.360
 adore

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.000
 the God

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.300
 who has

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.059
 created us

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.579
 and has

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.179
 redeemed

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:05.000
 us in

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.380
 the Lord

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.159
 Jesus Christ.

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.619
 Let's pray

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.000
 together.

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.440
 Our

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.880
 Father in

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.079
 heaven,

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.679
 we ask

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:11.400
 that you

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.000
 will bless

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.480
 your word

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.059
 to us.

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.420
 We thank

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.679
 you for

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.059
 who we

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.280
 are.

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.699
 We thank

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:15.980
 you for

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.559
 giving us

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.559
 not only a

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.280
 self-awareness

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.639
 but an

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.539
 awareness of

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.579
 God.

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.059
 Thank you

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.900
 for speaking

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.800
 to us and

00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:24.420
 for giving us

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.000
 ears that

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.659
 listen and

00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.199
 that want to

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.859
 listen to

00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.279
 more.

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.639
 We thank

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:28.899
 you for

00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:29.319
 giving us

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:30.159
 willing hearts,

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:30.980
 repentant

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.439
 hearts,

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.939
 for drawing

00:37:32.939 --> 00:37:34.079
 us afresh to

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.699
 Jesus.

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.039
 And we

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.500
 pray that you

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.099
 will continue

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.659
 to do that,

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.279
 not only through

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.759
 the course of

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.159
 this weekend,

00:37:39.299 --> 00:37:40.639
 but on and

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.299
 on and on

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:41.639
 through the

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.019
 course of

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.599
 our lives

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:44.379
 as we

00:37:44.379 --> 00:37:46.539
 live in

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.119
 the light

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.079
 of your

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.500
 Spirit.

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:50.039
 So,

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.439
 Father,

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.319
 take us,

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.879
 we pray,

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.539
 accept us,

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.299
 we confess

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:54.359
 all of our

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.379
 failures to

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.619
 you.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.079
 And we

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.740
 ask that

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:59.059
 you will

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.640
 remind us

00:37:59.640 --> 00:37:59.940
 of the

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.380
 blood of

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.680
 Jesus

00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:02.140
 Christ that

00:38:02.140 --> 00:38:02.840
 cleanses us

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.440
 from all

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:03.720
 sin.

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.840
 In his

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.140
 name,

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.099
 amen.

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.740
 Well,

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.039
 we're going

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.800
 to close by

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.519
 singing in

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.160
 Psalm 8.

00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:10.680
 We've already

00:38:10.680 --> 00:38:11.539
 started singing

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.780
 it.

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.300
 It's the

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.280
 Sing Psalms

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.640
 version.

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.039
 It's on

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.800
 page 8.

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.800
 And we're

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.460
 singing from

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.539
 verse 5 to

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.140
 verse 8.

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.500
 The last

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.500
 three stanzas,

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.940
 verse 5 to

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.720
 verse 9.

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:23.779
 You made

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.519
 him little

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.159
 less than

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.599
 those who

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.199
 dwell in

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:26.819
 heaven above,

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.199
 and you

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.919
 have crowned

00:38:27.919 --> 00:38:28.419
 and honoured

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:29.319
 him with

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:30.000
 glory and

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.439
 with love.

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.839
 You gave

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.379
 him charge

00:38:31.379 --> 00:38:31.899
 of all the

00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:32.500
 works created

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.939
 by your

00:38:32.939 --> 00:38:33.819
 hand, and

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.500
 everything that

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.899
 you had

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.439
 made, you

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:36.000
 gave him

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.799
 to command.

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.719
 We'll sing

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.179
 these last

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.839
 three stanzas

00:38:38.839 --> 00:38:39.639
 from 5 to

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.439
 verse 9,

00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:41.419
 and we'll

00:38:41.419 --> 00:38:42.039
 stand if

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.439
 you're able

00:38:42.439 --> 00:38:42.719
 to.

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:50.099
 you made

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:51.719
 him little

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:54.399
 less than

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:56.359
 those who

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:58.259
 dwell in

00:38:58.259 --> 00:39:00.679
 heaven above,

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:03.879
 and you

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:05.879
 have crowned

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:07.879
 and honoured

00:39:07.879 --> 00:39:10.379
 him with

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:13.180
 glory and

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:15.780
 with love.

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:18.440
 You gave

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:20.340
 him charge

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:22.280
 of all

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.140
 the

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.900
 works

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:26.180
 created

00:39:26.180 --> 00:39:28.119
 higher

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.320
 on,

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:33.619
 and everything

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:36.119
 that you

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.820
 had made,

00:39:38.140 --> 00:39:40.079
 you gave

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:41.599
 him to

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:43.039
 command.

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:46.000
 All

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:48.199
 flocks and

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:50.139
 birds and

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:51.960
 birds and

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:53.840
 fish, all

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.759
 he's

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.759
 clothed,

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:57.599
 wild and

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:59.039
 tame,

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:01.319
 in all

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:02.039
 the

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:04.039
 earth, O

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:05.880
 Lord our

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.659
 Lord,

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.880
 our

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:09.200
 glorious

00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:10.960
 sister

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.720
 name.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.599
 And now

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:15.920
 may the

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.320
 grace of

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.660
 our Lord

00:40:16.660 --> 00:40:16.860
 and

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.140
 Saviour

00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:17.460
 Jesus

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.900
 Christ,

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.320
 the love

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:18.660
 of God

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.099
 the Father,

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:19.420
 and the

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:19.780
 communion

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.039
 and

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.360
 fellowship

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:20.740
 of the

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.220
 Holy Spirit

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.840
 rest on

00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:22.280
 and abide

00:40:22.280 --> 00:40:22.780
 with each

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.059
 one of

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.440
 you both

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.280
 now and

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.760
 always.

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.400
 Amen.

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:26.220


00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:41.079
 put it

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.079


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00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.840
 put it in.

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00:40:41.840 --> 00:41:11.820
 Thank you.

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:41.820
 Thank you.