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 Well, good evening. Great to be with you again at Brunsfield. Thank you so much for your kind invitation.

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 We're going to be looking at Genesis chapter 3 tonight in the main.

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 So if you've got a Bible handy, it would be great to have it open at Genesis chapter 3.

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 Let me just mention one or two FIEC things. You'd expect me to do that.

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 I'm sure the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, I work full-time for them in Scotland and the north of England.

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 I think I've had opportunity to mention one or two things about them on previous visits.

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 But the work is going ahead. It's great that the network of churches is growing.

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 A couple of churches recently just voted to affiliate to FIEC.

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 And it's great just to see that work growing, but not just for the sake of growth,

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 because of the opportunities it gives us for gospel partnership and work.

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 And among the particular things we've been involved in recently are the Pathways Ministry.

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 This may have been brought to your attention already, but we've been meeting with church leaders around Scotland

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 to share with them something of the vision of Pathways,

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 which is to help churches create a training culture within the local congregation

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 to equip men and women for gospel service.

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 And then in particular, we have a day conference coming up in January this year.

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 It's going to be in Perth at the Tayside Christian Fellowship Church.

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 And that's going to be for anybody who is thinking about vocational Christian ministry,

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 whether part-time or full-time.

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 So perhaps you're thinking, perhaps God is calling me to serve him in some kind of set-aside way,

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 in some capacity.

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 It could be as an evangelist, as a youth worker, as a pastor, as a women's worker, whatever that is.

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 Then this could be a day that would be really helpful for you when experienced church leaders

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 will help you think through some of the issues that you need to be considering

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 as you weigh up that sense of call.

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 So I've got some leaflets.

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 I think Graham already had some of these, but I draw that to your attention.

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 The course that we're doing in independent church ministry is continuing at ETS this year.

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 We've run that for two previous years.

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 Tim Foster, one of your folks here, one of the graduates.

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 That's a rather grand way of putting it, but he did the course and got his certificate

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 in independent church ministry.

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 And we're continuing to run that at ETS as a way that we can help equip

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 and support future church leaders in independent churches of all types.

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 And then finally, it's great to be involved in mission.

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 FIC in Scotland is currently linked with five church plants in various areas around the country,

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 giving them practical support from Orkney down to the central belt.

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 So it's really encouraging to see that church planting going on,

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 to see new fellowships starting and to be able to partner with them

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 and to help them as they find their feet and get started.

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 And we had a mission forum day in March at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh

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 where we brought church leaders from across Scotland and beyond together.

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 And one of the projects that has come out of that is a potential new church plant in Aviemore next year.

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 And we are bringing together a team and support and various components that can make that happen.

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 So pray for that.

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 Aviemore, surprise me, is an area, a town with very little gospel witness in it.

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 Almost nothing, not quite nothing, there never is nothing in God's mercy,

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 but actually a town that really needs a fresh, outward-looking, evangelistically-minded gospel church.

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 It's a growing town, one and a half thousand new homes.

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 Planning permission has been granted for those in the coming years.

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 So really appreciate your prayers that that vision comes to fruition.

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 So that's just a little taster of some of the things that are going on in Scotland at the moment

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 that FIC is connected with.

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 As we come to Scripture tonight, let me just give a little apology.

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 I wrote down in my diary way back when I think Graeme contacted me,

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 Genesis 3 and 4, the impact of the fall.

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 And we're looking a bit narrower tonight, obviously from your series on the particular aspect of work.

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 So tonight's going to be a bit broader.

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 We'll try and pick up on the work element of that as we go.

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 But if it feels slightly broader, then that's all my fault for not paying attention enough at the time.

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 But it's all God's Word, and I'm sure it will be profitable to us by the Spirit.

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 Let me just pray as we read God's Word, as we come to consider it in more detail.

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 Heavenly Father, we do thank you for your Word.

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 We thank you that it is true.

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 We thank you that it is living.

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 We thank you that it is relevant to us today.

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 We thank you that it speaks into our lives, that it guides us, that it is a light in a dark world.

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 And so, Father, we do pray that as we come to it now,

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 that you would give us ears to hear your voice,

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 to understand the truth that you have laid down in Scripture,

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 and to be better equipped to serve and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Father, grant that prayer we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So Genesis then, we're going to just pick up a couple of verses in chapter 2,

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 by way of background.

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 So chapter 2 and verse 15.

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 The Lord took the man, it's Adam, and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

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 And the Lord commanded the man,

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 You are free to eat from any tree in the garden,

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 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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 For when you eat from it, you will certainly die.

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 Genesis chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman, Eve,

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 Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?

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 The woman said to the snake,

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 We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

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 but God did say you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden,

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 and you must not touch it or you will die.

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 You will certainly not die, the snake said to the woman.

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 For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God,

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 knowing good and evil.

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 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye,

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 and also desirable for gaining wisdom,

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 she took some and ate it.

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 She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked.

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 So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

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 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day.

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 And they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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 But the Lord God called to the man,

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 Where are you?

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 He answered,

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 I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.

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 And he said,

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 Who told you that you were naked?

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 Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?

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 The man said,

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 The woman you put here with me, she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.

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 Then the Lord God said to the woman,

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 What is this you have done?

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 The woman said,

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 The snake deceived me, and I ate.

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 So the Lord God said to the snake,

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 Because you have done this,

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 Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals.

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 You will crawl in your belly, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

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 And I will put enmity between you and the woman,

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 and between your offspring and hers.

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 He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.

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 To the woman he said,

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 I will make your pains and childbearing very severe.

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 With painful labor you will give birth to children.

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 Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.

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 To Adam he said,

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 Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you,

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 you must not eat from it.

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 Cursed is the ground because of you.

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 Through painful toil you will eat food from it.

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 All the days of your life.

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 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

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 and you will eat the plants of the field.

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 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground,

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 since from it you were taken.

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 For dust you are, and to dust you will return.

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 And then verse 23.

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 So the Lord God banished him from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

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 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the garden of Eden,

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 Chirubim, and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless too, is the reading of his holy and inspired words.

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 A number of years ago I remember having a conversation with an atheist,

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 it was actually a relative of mine,

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 and I just asked him up front,

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 Why don't you believe in God?

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 And the answer he gave to me was,

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 Because if God had made the world,

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 he would have made a better one than this.

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 And for many of course,

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 the state of the world as we look around is a real problem

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 when it comes to having faith.

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 Where is this all-powerful, loving God

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 when crimes are committed,

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 when wars are started,

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 when people are being abused?

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 How can you expect me to believe in a God

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 who would allow such misery?

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 And yet at the end of Genesis chapter 1,

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 when God completed his work of creation,

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 we read that it was a place of perfection,

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 harmony,

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 beauty,

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 and peace.

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 At the apex of which was humanity.

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 Man and woman,

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 male and female,

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 made in the image of God.

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 Male and female created to know God

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 and to live in the closest of all relationships with God.

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 People who were made to care

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 and rule over the earth

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 under God,

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 kindly,

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 and responsibly.

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 So what happened?

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 Why did the world,

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 made by a loving God,

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 so full of potential and hope,

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 become the place that we know

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 and experience and live in today?

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 A place which is marred by conflict,

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 hardship,

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 division,

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 and suffering.

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 It's why actually Genesis chapter 3

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 is perhaps the most important chapter

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 in the Bible.

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 Certainly plot wise.

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 Because if you take Genesis chapter 3

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 out of the Bible,

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 nothing after it makes any sense.

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 You see,

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 Genesis chapter 3 explains

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 why the world that we live

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 and work in today

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 is not the one

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 that God made.

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 It's not that there's nothing good

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 about the world now,

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 but something went terribly wrong.

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 And Genesis chapter 3

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 shows us

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 that the bit

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 that went terribly wrong

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 was us,

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 was you

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 and me.

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 I remember being in Africa,

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 you probably had this experience

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 in various places,

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 you could have it in

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 parts of Scotland,

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 but standing on a road

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 and looking at a magnificent view,

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 wonderful African sun,

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 huge African sun,

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 setting over some pink mountains,

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 absolutely idyllic

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 and breathtaking.

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 But if you turned around

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 and looked at the other side

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 of the road,

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 you saw a slum,

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 terrible poverty,

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 children

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 in rags.

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 The bit that God had made

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 in that sense

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 was wonderful.

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 The bit that humans had made

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 was horrible.

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 contrast between

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 the good

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 and the bad,

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 of course,

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 runs throughout our world,

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 doesn't it?

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 Humans have achieved

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 amazing things,

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 quite staggering

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 what human beings

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 have been capable of,

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 of the ingenuity

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 and creativity

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 of men and women,

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 sent a rocket

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 to the moon,

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 invented medicines

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 medicines that have

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 relieved suffering

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 and improved

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 the quality of people's lives.

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 We have invented

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 the internet,

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 the entire information

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 in the world

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 in my pocket.

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 Astonishing.

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 And yet,

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 of course,

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 those very achievements,

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 those very skills,

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 that very ingenuity

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 is simultaneously

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 turned into

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 making weapons,

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 drugs that are addictive

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 and ruin lives.

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 The facility

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 to bring

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 a tsunami

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 of pornography

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 into people's homes,

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 even their pockets,

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 potentially.

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 Bill Bryson,

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 the American author,

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 lives in Britain now,

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 I think.

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 Not a Christian,

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 but he wrote a book

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 called

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 A Short History

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 of Nearly Everything

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 a while ago.

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 And he says this in it,

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 he says,

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 as far as we can tell,

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 we are the best

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 there is.

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 We may be

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 all there is.

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 It's an unnerving thought

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 that we may be

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 the living universe's

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 supreme achievement

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 and its worst nightmare

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 simultaneously.

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 And of course,

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 that problem

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 runs right through

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 our hearts.

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 Every one of us

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 is a strange mixture.

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 Sometimes we can be

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 capable of great acts

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 of kindness,

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 bravery,

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 love for others.

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 And yet,

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 on the other hand,

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 in the blink of an eye,

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 we can be selfish,

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 cowardly,

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 proud,

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 using others.

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 See this in so many ways,

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 don't we?

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 The loving father,

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 protective of his family,

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 addicted to pornography.

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 The loyal,

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 considerate friends,

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 meanly gossiping

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 about a colleague.

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 Somebody who gives

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 generously to charity,

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 but will lie about

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 their taxes.

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 Humanity is like,

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 as somebody has put it,

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 a ruined grandeur,

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 a ruined castle.

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 Have you ever been to

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 an old ruined castle

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 and you look at it

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 and if you squint,

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 you can imagine

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 what it was like

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 when it was first built.

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 You can imagine

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 when the towers were complete

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 and the ramparts

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 were intact

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 and just how magnificent

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 and great

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 and wonderful

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 and impressive it was.

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 But actually now,

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 it's broken down.

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 It's scarred,

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 it's dirty

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 and there's weeds

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 sprouting out

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 of it everywhere.

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 The account of humanity's fall

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 in Genesis chapter 3

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 has a number of

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 mysterious elements in it.

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 We're not told

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 where the serpent,

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 the tempter,

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 the snake comes from.

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 We're not told

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 where evil originated

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 or why God allowed it

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 into Eden.

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 And yet the facts

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 and lessons are clear

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 regarding this world-changing

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 encounter.

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 That's why we read

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 from Genesis chapter 2

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 verses 15 to 17.

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 Do you notice there

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 that God did two things

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 when he places man

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 in the garden?

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 Firstly,

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 he gives Adam

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 instructions

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 about his purpose.

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 If you like,

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 he gives Adam

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 instructions

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 about his vocational

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 responsibilities.

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 That he is there

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 to work.

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 You notice that?

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 God took the man

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 and put him in the garden

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 to work it

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 and to take care of it.

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 Humanity's vocation

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 is to steward

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 and to manage

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 and to care for

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 and to oversee creation.

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 But he also

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 gives Adam

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.280
 instructions,

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 even he does that,

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 about right and wrong,

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 about his moral

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 responsibility.

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 And that is

00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:45.620
 to obey God.

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 You are free

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 to eat from any tree

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 in the garden,

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 but you must not eat

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 from the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil,

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 for when you eat from it,

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 you will certainly

00:16:54.920 --> 00:16:55.960
 die.

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 You see,

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 just as man

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.320
 was dependent

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.019
 on God

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.879
 for his purpose

00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.519
 in the world,

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 what he was there for,

00:17:03.780 --> 00:17:04.420
 he was to be

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.519
 dependent on God

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.500
 for his understanding

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:07.500
 of right and wrong.

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.960
 Now, of course,

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.940
 many today object

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.319
 to that,

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:11.759
 don't they?

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.799
 That second part,

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:13.440
 especially,

00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.920
 they can be very

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.140
 offended and prickly

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:18.299
 by the suggestion

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.579
 that God

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.180
 or religion

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.860
 is somehow

00:17:20.860 --> 00:17:21.620
 necessary

00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:22.440
 in order

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:23.019
 for people

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.019
 to live morally

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:25.380
 good lives.

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 But the fact

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.860
 remains

00:17:28.860 --> 00:17:30.240
 that once

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.000
 you remove

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.420
 God

00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.279
 as your moral

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.900
 guide,

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:35.700
 you're ultimately

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.500
 making up

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.440
 your own rules.

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 And we know

00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:40.880
 from experience

00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.740
 that it won't be

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.400
 long before

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.059
 those rules

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:44.140
 start to get bent

00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:46.100
 out of selfish

00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:47.480
 self-interest.

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.340
 It's inevitable.

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.980
 And it is

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.779
 what we see.

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 So Adam

00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.420
 has commanded

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.180
 not to eat

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.639
 of the tree

00:17:56.639 --> 00:17:57.279
 of knowledge.

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.220
 Again,

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:58.839
 the tree of knowledge

00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.579
 is a mysterious

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.000
 thing,

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.660
 but I don't think

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.440
 it was magical.

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 I don't think

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.299
 there was some

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.819
 kind of Walt

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.639
 Disney-esque

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.940
 magic potion

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:06.059
 in the fruits,

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.940
 not Snow White

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.279
 here.

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 I think that

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.259
 it was there

00:18:09.259 --> 00:18:10.379
 to teach

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.039
 humanity

00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.660
 about the need

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.220
 right at the

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.139
 start of creation,

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.879
 the need to

00:18:15.879 --> 00:18:16.879
 trust God

00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.579
 and to

00:18:17.579 --> 00:18:18.399
 obey God.

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:20.120
 that is,

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.000
 good

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:22.380
 was not

00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:22.860
 to eat

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.340
 of it,

00:18:23.540 --> 00:18:23.900
 that is,

00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.460
 to obey

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.980
 God,

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:27.019
 whereas evil

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.860
 would be to

00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.620
 eat of it,

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.480
 that is,

00:18:29.540 --> 00:18:30.180
 to disobey

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:30.660
 God.

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.140
 One writer

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:32.920
 puts it like

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.200
 this,

00:18:33.280 --> 00:18:33.960
 Colin Adams,

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.660
 in his book

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.300
 Unlocking the

00:18:35.300 --> 00:18:36.019
 Bible Story,

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.660
 he says,

00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:37.880
 when God

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.700
 told Adam

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.519
 that he must

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.080
 not eat

00:18:40.080 --> 00:18:40.720
 from the tree

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.380
 of the knowledge

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.880
 of good and

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.160
 evil,

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.380
 it was as

00:18:43.380 --> 00:18:44.640
 if he said,

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.240
 Adam,

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.460
 you need

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.240
 to understand

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.740
 that there

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.440
 is a terrible

00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:50.420
 reality in

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.059
 the universe

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.380
 and I want

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:52.859
 to protect

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.559
 you from

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.839
 it.

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.220
 It's called

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.779
 evil.

00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.279
 You do not

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.759
 know anything

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.480
 about it,

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.740
 but it already

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.480
 exists.

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.880
 I do not

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.579
 want you ever

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.440
 to experience

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.000
 it,

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:04.799
 so whatever

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.579
 you do,

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.559
 trust me

00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.640
 and do

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.700
 what I

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.319
 tell you.

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.740
 So what

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.339
 on earth

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.000
 caused

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.620
 Adam and

00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.740
 Eve to

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.279
 distrust

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.720
 God

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.240
 and to

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.779
 reject

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.960
 that very

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.500
 simple,

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.059
 that very

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.740
 basic,

00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:22.920
 that very

00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:23.720
 reasonable

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.400
 commandment.

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.059
 Well,

00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:28.099
 there's lots

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.640
 written on

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:28.859
 this,

00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.240
 you'll be

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.799
 familiar with

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:29.960
 this,

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.440
 I'm sure,

00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.819
 so I'll

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.359
 spend very

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.039
 little time,

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.839
 but three

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:35.079
 causes are

00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.759
 very evident

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.200
 here,

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.000
 three causes

00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.480
 that are

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.200
 always at

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.620
 play,

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.519
 then and

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.180
 today in

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.599
 our own

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.120
 lives,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.279
 whenever we

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.759
 turn from

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.120
 God,

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.659
 whenever we

00:19:45.659 --> 00:19:46.119
 make the

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.939
 same kind

00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.479
 of decision

00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:48.079
 as we

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.459
 do

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.500
 continually,

00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:49.899
 if we're

00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.379
 honest,

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.619
 to do

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.000
 our own

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.439
 thing,

00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.599
 rather than

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.359
 God's,

00:19:55.239 --> 00:19:55.779
 to prefer

00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.159
 our own

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:57.279
 way to

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.539
 the one

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.859
 that God

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.279
 has shown

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.619
 us.

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.959
 So firstly,

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.459
 of course,

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.919
 we have

00:20:00.919 --> 00:20:02.299
 misrepresentation,

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:02.719
 don't we?

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.500
 Satan's

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.959
 tactic,

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:05.979
 the snake,

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.759
 the tempter,

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.039
 is to create

00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.019
 confusion about

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.519
 what God

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.119
 has said.

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:11.639
 If the

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.079
 key to

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.619
 bringing down

00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.739
 humanity is

00:20:13.739 --> 00:20:14.179
 to get

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.519
 them to

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.299
 distrust

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.779
 God,

00:20:16.439 --> 00:20:17.339
 then let's

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:19.119
 misrepresent

00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:19.799
 what God

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.379
 has actually

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.119
 said and

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.719
 his motives

00:20:21.719 --> 00:20:22.319
 for saying

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:22.619
 it.

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.359
 Notice

00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:24.879
 here in

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.619
 verse 2,

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:31.279
 verse 1

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.699
 rather,

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:32.899
 said to

00:20:32.899 --> 00:20:33.119
 the woman,

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.619
 did God

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.259
 really say

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.619
 you must

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.019
 not eat

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.419
 from any

00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:35.759
 tree in

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.179
 the garden?

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.579
 He poses

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.319
 a question,

00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:37.819
 but like a

00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.059
 lot of

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.759
 questions,

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.919
 it's loaded

00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.439
 question,

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.919
 isn't it?

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.100
 it's driving

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.620
 a certain

00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.080
 answer?

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:45.840
 It's

00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.700
 exaggeration.

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:47.779
 God

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.080
 hasn't

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:48.680
 said you

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.039
 can't

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.180
 eat

00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.680
 from any

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.840
 tree in

00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.420
 the garden.

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:53.900
 Then he

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.560
 falls into

00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.200
 the trap

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.640
 in verse

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.060
 3,

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.960
 talking about

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.640
 how we

00:20:57.640 --> 00:20:57.960
 were not

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.660
 to touch

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:58.900
 it.

00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:00.620
 But

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.100
 actually,

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.560
 touching

00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.039
 was not

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.519
 mentioned

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.160
 in chapter

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.620
 2.

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:05.660
 It's all

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.120
 misrepresentation,

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.700
 it's all

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.860
 an attempt,

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.539
 an agenda

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.220
 here to

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.880
 present God

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.259
 as being

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.960
 draconian,

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.940
 unreasonable,

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.680
 excessive.

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.220
 God is

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.579
 out to

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:18.200
 spoil your

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.620
 fun.

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.680
 Christianity

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.680
 is dull

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.440
 and boring,

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.059
 God is

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.920
 frankly just

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.380
 mean.

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.200
 But actually

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.940
 of course,

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.140
 God made

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.539
 all the

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.240
 good and

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:31.039
 fun stuff

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.819
 in the

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.140
 universe.

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.700
 He made

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.140
 a world

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.539
 that was

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.400
 packed with

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:36.100
 delights,

00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.180
 that is

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.960
 packed with

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.000
 delights.

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.380
 C.S.

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.059
 Lewis puts

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.259
 it,

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.140
 the devil

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.799
 never invented

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.519
 any pleasure.

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.019
 He just

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:46.039
 misuses the

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.539
 ones that

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:46.900
 God

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:48.220
 created.

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.660
 My wife

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:52.119
 was given

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.299
 an ornament,

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.880
 a kind of

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.539
 figurine a

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.900
 number of

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.500
 years ago

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.579
 by an

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:56.859
 aunt,

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.680
 which passed

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.099
 away and

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.559
 it was left

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.980
 to her.

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.819
 So it had

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.079
 kind of

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.460
 sentimental

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.079
 value,

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.359
 but I

00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:01.579
 think it

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.079
 was probably

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.940
 quite a

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.339
 valuable

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.900
 ornament in

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.240
 its own

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.579
 right.

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.720
 and we

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.179
 told the

00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:07.559
 kids they

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.679
 weren't

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:08.039
 allowed to

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.460
 touch it.

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.619
 We had

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.199
 three kids

00:22:09.199 --> 00:22:09.759
 younger at

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.199
 that stage

00:22:10.199 --> 00:22:10.379
 that said,

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.859
 don't touch

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.839
 this ornament,

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.139
 it's precious

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.799
 for various

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.359
 reasons.

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:15.720
 And they've

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.439
 got a room

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:17.000
 full of

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.460
 toys,

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.220
 if your

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.740
 kids are

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.559
 similar,

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.659
 a shed

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.039
 load of

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.299
 toys,

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:21.659
 ridiculous

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.139
 number of

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.500
 toys,

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.079
 the bottom

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.639
 three feet

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:23.859
 of their

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.299
 bed is

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.000
 soft toys

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.299
 and they've

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.559
 got all

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.000
 these things

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.500
 falling out

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.659
 of their

00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:26.980
 cupboards

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.179
 that they

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.399
 never

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.759
 interested in.

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:29.480
 But they

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.159
 so wanted

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.659
 to get their

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.099
 hands in

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.579
 that ornament

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.679
 and they

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:32.980
 were so

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.379
 indignant

00:22:33.379 --> 00:22:33.799
 they weren't

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.399
 allowed to.

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.379
 craving for

00:22:36.379 --> 00:22:36.500
 it.

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:36.799
 And it was

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.240
 ridiculous,

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.000
 you've got a

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.159
 room full

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:40.480
 of toys and

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.819
 you want

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.259
 this one

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.639
 thing.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.639
 It's very

00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.139
 humorous,

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.519
 isn't it?

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.319
 Pretty strange

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.639
 really,

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.339
 but it's

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.059
 very human.

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.720
 It's very

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.139
 Genesis

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:53.079
 chapter 3.

00:22:54.699 --> 00:22:55.299
 So Satan

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.759
 wants to

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.460
 misrepresent

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:56.980
 God.

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.240
 Secondly,

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.839
 he wants to

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.699
 sow seeds

00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.220
 of doubt.

00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:01.019
 Verse 4,

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:02.139
 his second

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:03.159
 tactic is just

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.779
 to challenge

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.419
 God's word

00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.079
 head on.

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:05.960
 You won't

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.960
 surely die.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.439
 Don't worry,

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.379
 it's not

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.220
 going to be

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.960
 that big a

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.220
 deal.

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.159
 In fact,

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.779
 God is,

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:20.179
 God's word

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:21.019
 continues to

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.679
 be attacked

00:23:21.679 --> 00:23:23.159
 in this way,

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.699
 doesn't it?

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.019
 God

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.779
 didn't really

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.079
 mean.

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.579
 A warning

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.939
 to us,

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.339
 isn't it?

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.819
 Just to be

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.299
 aware of

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.699
 those in

00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:33.299
 the church

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.859
 and without

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:35.559
 whose message,

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.500
 whose ambition,

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.379
 whose ministry

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.139
 it seems to be

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.879
 just to cast

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.519
 doubt on the

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.819
 Bible.

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.639
 They look at

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.139
 things that

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.000
 seem to you

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.579
 and me to

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.500
 be fairly

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.220
 plain and

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.680
 clear and

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.099
 straightforward

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.899
 and they

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.539
 just question

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.960
 it and

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.639
 question it

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.259
 and question

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.819
 it and

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.500
 question it.

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.919
 Then you

00:23:52.919 --> 00:23:53.240
 say,

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.519
 why are you

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.240
 questioning it?

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.700
 I'm just

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.759
 asking questions.

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.960
 But of course

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.240
 there's an

00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.879
 agenda there,

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.240
 isn't there?

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.160
 There's an

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.680
 agenda of

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.099
 attrition

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:03.140
 to cast

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.140
 doubt on

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.859
 God's words.

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.380
 We need to

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.940
 push on.

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.420
 And then

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.059
 there's ambition,

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.559
 isn't there?

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.359
 Verse 5,

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.900
 God is just

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.279
 trying to

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.180
 suppress you

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.720
 and keep

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.200
 you down.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.480
 He knows

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.900
 that in the

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.660
 day that you

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.640
 take this

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.980
 fruit,

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.359
 you'll be

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.920
 like him,

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.420
 you'll be

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:21.440
 like God,

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.059
 you'll know

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.660
 good and

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.019
 evil.

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.740
 Trying to

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.200
 stop you

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.660
 reaching your

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.480
 full potential,

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.200
 you too

00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:28.640
 could be

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:28.960
 God.

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.220
 It just

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.259
 is Philip

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.680
 Pullman,

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.220
 isn't it?

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.259
 See,

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.720
 he's got

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.860
 his latest

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.539
 books out

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.160
 after his

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.600
 previous

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.440
 dark trilogy.

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.620
 Philip

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.240
 Pullman's

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.340
 basic thesis

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.960
 is that the

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.579
 fall was an

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.279
 upward fall.

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.400
 When Adam

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.860
 and Eve

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.460
 rebelled,

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.960
 that was a

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.420
 wonderful

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.039
 breakthrough

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.579
 moment.

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:45.980
 That was

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.940
 getting rid

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.420
 of God,

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.880
 getting rid

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.480
 of oppression

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.900
 and finding

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.940
 fulfillment

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.799
 and coming

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.420
 of age.

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.819
 Don't be

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.340
 held back

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.900
 by God.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.420
 This is the

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:57.960
 way to be

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.400
 fulfilled.

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:58.960
 This is the

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.040
 way to

00:25:00.040 --> 00:25:00.460
 get the

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.700
 most out

00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.340
 of life.

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.900
 But of

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.259
 course,

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.200
 having ignored

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.660
 God's

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.040
 warnings,

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.000
 having

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.860
 disobeyed

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.240
 God's

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.880
 commands,

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.400
 the result

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.080
 for Adam

00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.519
 and Eve

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.880
 and for

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.140
 all of

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.640
 humanity

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.019
 that would

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.560
 follow

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.759
 was not

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.220
 a great

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.820
 liberation,

00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.080
 was not

00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:20.540
 a new

00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:21.160
 and exciting

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.780
 life,

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.340
 but actually

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.180
 a world

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.780
 that quickly

00:25:24.780 --> 00:25:25.460
 turned

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.560
 sour.

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.899
 the

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.619
 consequences

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.159
 then,

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.200
 verses

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.879
 7 to

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.319
 19,

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.839
 we won't

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.200
 go into

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.619
 these in

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.159
 great detail,

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.460
 we don't

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.740
 have the

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.079
 time,

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:34.839
 but they

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.500
 are immediate

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.359
 and dramatic,

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:36.919
 aren't they?

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.019
 Where they

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.879
 had life,

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.940
 verse 19,

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.980
 they will

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.799
 now face

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.359
 death.

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.279
 Where they

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.039
 had pleasure,

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.359
 they will

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.179
 now face

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.700
 pain,

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.480
 verse 16.

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.859
 Where they

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.799
 had abundance,

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.980
 verse 17,

00:25:54.159 --> 00:25:54.700
 they will now

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.700
 have toil.

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.440
 Work itself

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:58.880
 will be

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.799
 subject to

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.559
 frustration.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.559
 Work that

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.220
 should have

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.580
 been fulfilling

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:06.860
 and invigorating

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.539
 and energizing

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.580
 and delightful

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:12.279
 will often

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.140
 now be

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.640
 hard and

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.460
 boring and

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.480
 monotonous and

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.180
 difficult

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:19.640
 and wearing.

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:23.320
 where they

00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.000
 had harmony

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.860
 in relationships,

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.820
 verse 16,

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.140
 they will

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.460
 now have

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.000
 conflict.

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.840
 Where they

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.580
 had fellowship

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.440
 with God,

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.780
 they will

00:26:31.780 --> 00:26:32.500
 now have

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.020
 separation.

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.380
 And notice

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.440
 how as we

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.360
 read through

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:41.620
 these decrees

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.259
 of God

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.820
 and how

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:44.960
 the rebellion

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.840
 of humanity,

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.480
 how the

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.300
 consequences of

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.299
 sin would

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.740
 affect life,

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.460
 would affect

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.159
 Adam and

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.680
 Eve and

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.059
 the world

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.539
 they lived

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.779
 in.

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.519
 Notice how

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.919
 the very

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.940
 fabric of

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.059
 creation itself

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.980
 is damaged

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.720
 by this

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.259
 rebellion.

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.099
 So that

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.559
 sin's

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.259
 consequences

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.919
 go beyond

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.940
 just humanity,

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.519
 they actually

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:06.099
 distort everything.

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.419
 You see,

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.319
 humanity was

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.200
 created back

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.700
 in Genesis

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.559
 chapter 1

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.180
 as the

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.279
 representative

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.059
 head of

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.639
 creation,

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:20.200
 the apex

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.899
 to rule

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.519
 creation

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.579
 under God.

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.899
 They had a

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.759
 distinct and

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.680
 unique role

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.420
 among everything

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.680
 that was

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.200
 created.

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.859
 God breathed

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.240
 his very

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.119
 spirit into

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.399
 them.

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.160
 And that

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.619
 meant that

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.279
 the fate

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.039
 and condition

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.660
 of the

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.379
 universe

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.619
 was always

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.240
 going to be

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.119
 tied to the

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.700
 fate and

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.660
 condition of

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.299
 humanity.

00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.119
 Which meant

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.759
 that when Adam

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.119
 and Eve

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.500
 became

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.359
 dislocated

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.140
 from God,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.200
 the whole

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.879
 of creation

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.460
 was put

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.920
 out of

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.480
 joint.

00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.619
 Weeds,

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.339
 droughts,

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.500
 tsunamis

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.000
 are all

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.420
 indicative

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.180
 of that.

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.660
 That's a

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.319
 reality which

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.720
 is picked

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.319
 up later

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.940
 in Romans

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.799
 chapter 8

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.059
 in the

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.759
 New Testament

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.279
 when Paul

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.720
 writes,

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.600
 for the

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.160
 creation

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.980
 waits in

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.500
 eager

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.620
 expectation

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.200
 for the

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.880
 children of

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.319
 God to

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.960
 be revealed.

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.160
 For the

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.779
 creation was

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.860
 subjected to

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.700
 frustration,

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.079
 not by its

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.680
 own choice

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.220
 but by the

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.720
 will of the

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.059
 one who

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.920
 subjected it

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.960
 in hope

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.940
 that creation

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.680
 itself will

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.319
 be liberated

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.960
 from its

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.700
 bondage to

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.799
 decay and

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.559
 brought into

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.160
 the freedom

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.200
 and glory of

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.720
 the children

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.360
 of God.

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.720
 See what

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.579
 Paul's saying

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.880
 there?

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.799
 He's saying

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.660
 that the

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.180
 whole of

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.660
 creation,

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.400
 the very

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.759
 fabric of

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.360
 creation,

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:40.380
 the very

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.580
 structures of

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:42.820
 nature itself

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.660
 have been

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.320
 brought into

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:45.000
 frustration

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.759
 because of

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.440
 the rebellion

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.320
 of humanity

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:49.759
 but it will

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.140
 be the

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.920
 liberation of

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.480
 humanity,

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.200
 it will be

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:54.320
 the revelation

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.519
 of the sons

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.320
 and daughters

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.000
 of the living

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.080
 God that

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.519
 will be the

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.980
 liberation

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.660
 ultimately

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.240
 of creation.

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.840
 Creation

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.620
 will only be

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:05.480
 restored and

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.080
 healed when

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.620
 humanity

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.419
 is restored

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.119
 and healed.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:09.919
 Now that

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.500
 doesn't mean

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.839
 that we

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.159
 shouldn't

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.839
 bother being

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.699
 good stewards

00:29:12.699 --> 00:29:14.059
 of creation.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.579
 Recycling

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.119
 is good,

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:17.139
 let me commend

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.879
 it to you.

00:29:18.979 --> 00:29:19.739
 But of course

00:29:19.739 --> 00:29:20.419
 it means that

00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:20.939
 the world's

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.859
 ultimate hope

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.679
 and salvation

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.979
 is not in

00:29:23.979 --> 00:29:25.219
 environmentalism,

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.559
 as useful

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.279
 and as worthy

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.159
 as that is,

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.399
 but actually

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.299
 an evangelism

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.379
 and men

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.779
 and women

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.539
 getting right

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.159
 with God.

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:36.200
 things cannot

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.019
 continue as

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.420
 they had

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.680
 done.

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.220
 God will

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.660
 keep his

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.060
 words,

00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.480
 the word

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.740
 that he

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.300
 gave in

00:29:41.300 --> 00:29:42.120
 chapter 2

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:43.000
 that if

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.220
 they rebelled

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.860
 against him,

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.340
 if they did

00:29:45.340 --> 00:29:45.860
 not obey,

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.240
 they would

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.840
 die and

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.240
 God will

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.740
 keep his

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.100
 words.

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.460
 The fact

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.920
 is that

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.540
 relationship

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:53.259
 with God

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.040
 and consequently

00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.800
 peace in

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.460
 this world

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:57.640
 were always

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.540
 dependent upon

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.440
 trusting God

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.099
 and acknowledging

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.579
 his good

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.879
 rule.

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.379
 And the

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:04.059
 consequences

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.779
 of the fall,

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.059
 the consequences

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.980
 for work

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.220
 and for every

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.099
 aspect of

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.859
 our life

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:12.139
 that come

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.559
 in in

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:12.899
 Genesis

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:14.000
 chapter 3

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.779
 and those

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.519
 verses from

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.339
 verse 14

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.879
 onwards

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.980
 are not the

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.539
 spiteful

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.899
 revenge of

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.519
 a slighted

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.859
 God.

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.240
 It wasn't

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.859
 God taking

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.339
 the huff

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.879
 and saying,

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.519
 well if you

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.299
 rejected me,

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.839
 just you

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.220
 wait.

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.740
 I'll get

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.079
 my own

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.519
 back.

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.920
 But those

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.519
 consequences

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.319
 were inevitable.

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.400
 You see,

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.740
 the world

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.380
 can only

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.160
 work well

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.980
 when it

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.319
 is in

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.880
 step with

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.480
 its maker

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.980
 and its

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.579
 sustainer.

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.759
 It's like

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.640
 removing the

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.519
 firewall from

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.180
 your laptop

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:46.779
 and then

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.680
 complaining that

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.299
 the programs

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.740
 have become

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.200
 corrupted.

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.920
 This

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:54.059
 self-declaration

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.839
 of independence

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.480
 from God

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.180
 could only

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.840
 ever be a

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.400
 disaster.

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.660
 And of

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.120
 course it

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.480
 is the

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.960
 cause of

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.360
 everything

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.060
 that damages

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.880
 and spoils

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.420
 our world

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.900
 today.

00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.480
 Every

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.039
 asylum,

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.080
 every

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:08.660
 hospital,

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.880
 every

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.340
 prison,

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.560
 every

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.080
 refugee

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.640
 camp,

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.700
 every

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.039
 police

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.560
 station,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.640
 every

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.160
 slum,

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.480
 every

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.960
 employment

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.600
 tribunal,

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:19.600
 every

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.080
 sexual

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.759
 harassment

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.060
 claim.

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:25.759
 And within

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.460
 a generation,

00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:27.440
 chapter 4,

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.980
 you have the

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.659
 first grave.

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.599
 And then in

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.359
 chapter 5,

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.839
 you have a

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.259
 cemetery.

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.359
 A world

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.899
 which is now

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.259
 full of

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.000
 alienation,

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.159
 distrust,

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.379
 conflict,

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.839
 and death.

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.279
 Well,

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:41.740
 where does this

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.259
 leave us?

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.059
 Where did it

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.519
 leave Adam

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.899
 and Eve

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.220
 and where

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.480
 does it

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.039
 leave us?

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.279
 Well,

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.700
 Adam and

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:48.179
 Eve left

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:48.799
 them hiding,

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.379
 running from

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.780
 God,

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.300
 hoping,

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.380
 it's bizarre

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.880
 isn't it,

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.340
 that God

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.680
 would just

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.220
 kind of go

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.600
 away,

00:31:55.340 --> 00:31:55.560
 that he

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.220
 might forget

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.720
 about them,

00:31:56.800 --> 00:31:57.000
 that he

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.480
 might not

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.100
 have an

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.720
 interest in

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:58.960
 what had

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.340
 happened.

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.120
 And yet,

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.500
 so many

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.380
 people live

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.020
 life like

00:32:03.020 --> 00:32:03.600
 that today,

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.060
 don't they?

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.800
 Have their

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.340
 head in the

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:06.940
 sand when it

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.360
 comes to

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.740
 God,

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.980
 hoping that

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.540
 perhaps they'll

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:10.960
 be able to

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.600
 make good

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.820
 with some

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.680
 metaphorical

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.580
 fig leaves of

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.520
 good works

00:32:15.520 --> 00:32:15.860
 or a bit

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.360
 of religion.

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.760
 People who

00:32:18.760 --> 00:32:19.080
 are now

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.840
 detached from

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.060
 any

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.500
 great

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.139
 purpose,

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.419
 whether

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.259
 vacationally

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.879
 or morally,

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.099
 hoping that

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.460
 things will

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:25.919
 just work

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.559
 out okay,

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.200
 that God

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.619
 will leave

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.139
 them alone.

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.500
 But of

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.659
 course,

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:32.240
 God won't

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.779
 go away.

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.460
 This is

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.139
 his world

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.759
 and you

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.259
 and I,

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.819
 as Adam

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.200
 and Eve,

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.480
 are responsible.

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.799
 We're

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.259
 accountable.

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:41.980
 And God

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:42.559
 will ask the

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.299
 same question

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.859
 of every one

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.319
 of us that

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.759
 he asked

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.319
 of Eve.

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.779
 What is

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.259
 this that

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.700
 you have

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.039
 done?

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.319
 And yet

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.579
 in the

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.920
 middle of

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.119
 this

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.599
 judgment,

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.680
 this fear,

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.279
 the guilt,

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:55.339
 the alienation,

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.019
 there is

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.579
 incredible

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.000
 mercy,

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.420
 isn't there?

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.740
 Even here,

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.339
 even in the

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.099
 darkest of

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.480
 all the

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.099
 chapters of

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.519
 the Bible,

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.019
 God

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.559
 shows his

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.940
 mercy,

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.619
 firstly,

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.379
 in barring

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.779
 the way

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.180
 to the

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.599
 tree of

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.019
 life.

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.879
 We see

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.539
 enough evil,

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.000
 don't we,

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.480
 in the

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.480
 years that

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.079
 we have.

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:16.980
 imagine

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.599
 if Stalin

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.079
 was still

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.839
 alive today.

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.759
 Imagine

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.019
 if he

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.679
 just lived

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.179
 on and

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.519
 on and

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:21.799
 on.

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:23.019
 Nobody

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.639
 wants that.

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.179
 There's

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:27.720
 mercy in

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.599
 the provision

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.259
 of clothing.

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.159
 God

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.460
 giving

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.079
 practical

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.559
 care,

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:32.960
 even in

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.379
 the face

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.759
 of people

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.039
 that have

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.379
 snubbed

00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.519
 him.

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.759
 Continues

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.939
 to care

00:33:37.939 --> 00:33:38.339
 and to

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.799
 send the

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.220
 rain and

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.759
 the sunshine

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.599
 on the

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.179
 righteous

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.639
 and the

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:41.859
 wicked

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.519
 even today.

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:44.119
 But of

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.500
 course the

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.920
 greatest

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:46.779
 mercy in

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.119
 Genesis

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.960
 chapter 3

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.440
 is that

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.240
 despite all

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.720
 this,

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.920
 hope is

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.720
 not lost,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.099
 that

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.559
 restoration

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.139
 is a

00:33:55.139 --> 00:33:55.740
 possibility,

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.180
 that

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.680
 paradise

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.259
 can be

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.779
 regained,

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.460
 that intimacy

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.139
 with God

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.639
 could be

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.119
 restored.

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.000
 The promise

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.500
 is just a

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.920
 glimmer of

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.240
 course,

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.559
 we could

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.200
 easily miss

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.539
 it on

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:05.920
 the first

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.259
 reading,

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.440
 but it's

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.839
 there in

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.559
 verse 15,

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.139
 isn't it?

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.039
 The seed

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.320
 of the

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.840
 woman will

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.500
 crush the

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.139
 tempter's

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.519
 head,

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.940
 that from

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.199
 this

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.820
 humanity

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.579
 one would

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.420
 arise who

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.179
 would overturn

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.760
 the fall,

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.559
 who would

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.019
 overcome

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.480
 death,

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.079
 the devil

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.659
 and sin,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.900
 but who

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.219
 would be

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.900
 wounded even

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.159
 as he

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.619
 did so.

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.519
 And the

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.900
 hope of

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.219
 Genesis

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:31.059
 chapter 3

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.519
 of course

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.880
 is the

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.280
 hope and

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.699
 the story

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:32.900
 of the

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.219
 rest of

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.579
 the Bible.

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.940
 And the

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.380
 glimmering

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.059
 promise in

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.619
 the ruins

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.139
 of Genesis

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.099
 chapter 3,

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:40.239
 even as

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.780
 humanity

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.380
 is driven

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.760
 out the

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.199
 garden,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.079
 even as

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.619
 that way

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.139
 of life

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.659
 is cut

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.059
 off by

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.659
 the angel

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:45.980
 and the

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.400
 flashing

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.019
 sword,

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.800
 is that

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:48.519
 there can

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.139
 be a

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.860
 way back,

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.739
 but that

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.239
 the sword

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.579
 would need

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.840
 to be

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.059
 dealt

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.400
 with.

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.619
 And the

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.019
 way back

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.500
 to God,

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:57.800
 we could

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.380
 stop there,

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.739
 you know

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.199
 the rest,

00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.559
 don't you?

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.179
 You can put

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.539
 two and

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.139
 two together,

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.980
 but for the

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.519
 avoidance of

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.119
 any doubt,

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.679
 the way back

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.159
 to God,

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.619
 of course,

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.340
 that one who

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.659
 was going

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.280
 to arise

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.500
 was the

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.980
 Lord Jesus

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.539
 Christ,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.380
 born of

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.719
 a woman,

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.599
 the one

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.900
 who would

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.519
 destroy the

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.900
 works of

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.300
 the devil,

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.820
 the one

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.119
 who would

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.760
 bear God's

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.420
 punishment for

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.780
 sin,

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.639
 that we

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.079
 might be

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.440
 forgiven,

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.840
 the one

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.159
 who would

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.679
 give life

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.380
 to those

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:23.019
 under the

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.719
 sentence of

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.199
 death.

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.860
 A world

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.440
 renewed,

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.679
 and a world

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.280
 that we can

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.880
 look forward

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.519
 to that will

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.420
 be recreated,

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.820
 a humanity

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.400
 that will be

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.159
 recreated,

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.639
 even as men

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.139
 and women are

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.920
 born again in

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.380
 the spirit,

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.800
 and look

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.260
 forward to

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.700
 that day

00:35:38.700 --> 00:35:39.539
 of resurrection,

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:42.720
 and a world

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:43.200
 that will be

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.720
 free from

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.300
 frustration,

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.880
 a world

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.500
 where work

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.280
 itself won't

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:47.780
 be subject

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.840
 to frustration

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.900
 and difficulty

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.960
 and boredom

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.740
 and hassle,

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.480
 but actually

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.440
 will once again

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.599
 be enriching

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.940
 and joyful

00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:00.099
 and fulfilling

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.159
 and glorious

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.659
 to the glory

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.200
 of God.

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.599
 And may God

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.079
 bless these

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.440
 thoughts.

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:07.500
 from his

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.780
 words.

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.079
 Amen.