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 All right, team.

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 Well, shall we?

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 It looks...

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 Well, in our last time together,

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 Eternal election unfolds in history by seeking out and saving those elect beloved.

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 As Good Arrow Smith observed,

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 election having once pitched upon a man in whatever dunghill God's elector hid,

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 election will find them out and bring them home.

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 This morning, it is ours to consider our condition in which electing grace finds us.

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 And as Arrow Smith's descriptive dunghill alerts us,

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 what we will discover about our condition is neither flattering nor fortuitous.

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 As unflattering as our condition is,

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 it is something that we must soberly assess.

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 For a right diagnosis of the ailment is critical for an appreciation of the required cure.

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 We will not grasp the glories of our salvation if we have not plumbed the depths of our plight.

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 If grace is to move us from the misery and wreckage of our fallen condition

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 to the majesty and wonder of fellowship with God,

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 we must take sober stock of the severity of our state.

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 The sinfulness from which grace rescues us is the dark backdrop

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 of the gleaming splendors of grace,

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 like the black velvet upon which the sparkling gem is placed.

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 It affords a perfect display and illuminating measure of the surpassing marvels of grace.

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 And so some measure of the depths of our devastation is rightly comprehended

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 in a consideration of grace and the doctrines of grace.

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 To this end, we'll offer both a portrait and a story.

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 For our journey this morning will take us to the pathology lab.

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 What is this malady we have contracted?

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 What is its nature?

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 And it will take us to the forensics lab.

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 How did we contract this deadly disease?

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 What was its origin?

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 So we first turn to the portrait.

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 Our fatal pathology, a scriptural portrait.

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 One important caveat, our portrait of humanity aims to concentrate, not be complete.

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 And the scriptures say many things about the grandeur of humanity.

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 Uniquely fashioned in the image of God,

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 endowed with many sparkling communicable divine attributes,

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 the psalmist exalts in marvel that humanity was made but a little lower than the angels

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 and crowned with glory and honor.

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 Psalm 8.5.

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 So be aware that while our portrait takes up the darker hues,

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 these are not the only colors suited to a complete picture,

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 simply those most pertinent to our study,

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 which asks,

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 in what condition and with what natural prospects does the rescuing grace of God encounter us?

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 What, on this question, is the testimony of Scripture?

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 Ah, from the very doorstep of humanity,

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 in the initial generation of the offspring of our first progenitors,

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 fratricide opens the lurid drama, Genesis 4.

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 The first recorded boast is that of deadly revenge against a boy,

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 again, Genesis 4.

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 And swift is the descent of the generations,

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 plunging to the moral nadir,

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 eliciting the damning epitome,

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 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,

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 and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

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 Genesis 6.5.

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 Quite a lot of superlatives in that moral resume.

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 Notice the intensity and extent.

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 Not merely wickedness, but great wickedness, it says.

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 Well, surely only in isolated cases.

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 No, great wickedness was in all the earth.

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 Oh, but surely such great wickedness was only episodic or intermittent.

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 No, it says it was continual.

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 Oh, but surely there were some moments of goodness,

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 at least in intention.

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 No, every intention was only evil.

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 So, the deepest, most inward recesses,

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 in the deepest and most inward recesses of the heart,

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 there was no good to be found,

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 even in the tiniest germ,

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 even a grain of mustard seed sized good.

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 No, every intention,

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 every intention of the thoughts of the heart

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 was only evil continually.

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 Like those philosophers' turtles,

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 it was evil all the way down.

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 A near all humanity consuming deluge,

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 weeded out the worst of the wickedness,

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 but not the root of the wickedness.

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 For the poison shoot instantly sprang up

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 in the single extended family spared.

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 We step backward with covering veil

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 upon the recrudescence of the shameless shamefulness.

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 To catalog the horrors of human hypostasy from God's holiness expressed in his laws

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 is too dismal a tale to tell of wickedness and its attendant woe.

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 The totality of the turpitude.

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 Let us instead record and reflect upon some of Scripture's assessments.

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 Says the preacher,

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 The hearts of men are full of evil

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 and madness is in their hearts while they live.

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 Ecclesiastes 9.3

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 The prophet Jeremiah echoes this verdict.

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 The heart is deceitful above all things

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 and desperately corrupt.

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 Who can fathom it?

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 Such melancholy judgment scattered across the sacred page

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 are as numerous as pebbles on a beach.

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 But rather than catalog them,

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 perhaps more fruitful to our errand

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 is to pick up one or two

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 and examine them more closely.

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 Take Psalm 36.

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 It opens,

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 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.

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 There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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 For he flatters himself in his own eyes

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 that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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 Now this is not a description of the superlatively wicked,

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 the particularly flagitious outliers,

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 This is simply mankind apart from the grace of God.

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 Quote,

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 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.

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 It is as if transgression itself,

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 violation of God's law,

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 whether written in his conscience or on tablets,

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 are the very oracle or guiding voice

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 in the depths of his heart.

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 Terrifying.

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 If the fundamental orientation for humanity

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 is to be fear of God,

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 to recognize and respond to his great worth,

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 that is not even on the sinner's screen.

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 There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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 What then is before his eyes?

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 Man flatters himself and his self-flattery.

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 Quote,

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 For he flatters himself in his own eyes.

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 And what does he flatter himself with?

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 His wickedness.

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 Quote,

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 That his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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 That is,

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 Man flatters himself

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 That his sin is not detectable.

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 I will not be held accountable for this.

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 And that his sin is not detestable.

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 My transgression is really not so bad.

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 This self-flattery is really,

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 of course,

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 delusional.

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 And this theme reverberates through the scriptures

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 that our sin makes us delusional.

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 The apostle forcefully expounds the theme in Romans.

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 When we fail to acknowledge God

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 and honor him,

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 that is,

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 ascribe to him supreme worth,

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 that is,

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 worship,

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 we yield his rightful place in our worship

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 to created things.

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 And as the apostle explains,

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 Exchange the truth of God for a lie.

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 125.

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 in the Greek,

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 the lie.

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 The lie.

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 The lie of our misplaced worship

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 has a spreading,

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 distorting effect.

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 We are caught in the grip

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 of a delusional field.

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 Self-deception

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 becomes our whole ecosystem.

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 Delusion.

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 The great habitat for humanity.

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 And not only does,

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 sin make us delusional.

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 It makes us manic addicts.

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 Let's take up another pebble from the beach.

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 The graphic image of the calamity of our corruption

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 given by Jeremiah.

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 Jeremiah.

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 He likens our running after our idols

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 to a camel or wild donkey

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 in heat.

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 In heat.

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 Who can restrain her lust?

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 Hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.

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 Verse 25.

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 In poetic irony, we imagine our idols serve us,

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 but in our insatiable lust, we serve them.

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 Our cravings are inexorable.

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 They have us in their grip.

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 We are enslaved.

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 The case is, quote, hopeless.

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 It is a fatal attraction.

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 The apostle echoes this chilling dynamic.

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 When we fail to rightly direct our worship to God

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 and turn instead to created things,

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 we are soon given over to them.

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 Romans 2, pass him.

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 Our desire for them becomes inordinate and uncontrollable.

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 They ensorcel and beguile our hearts,

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 and we're swept away.

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 They have us.

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 We are enslaved.

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 We are under their dominion, their tyranny.

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 Romans 6.

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 As Jesus expresses it,

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 he who sins is a slave to sin.

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 John 8.34.

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 Yes, what is Jesus' testimony in this matter of the heart of man?

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 For, as John 2.25 tells us,

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 he himself knew what was in man.

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 Here is his sober assessment.

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 For from within, out of the heart of man,

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 come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness,

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 deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

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 All these evil things come from within,

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 and they defile a person.

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 Mark 7.21-23.

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 And Jesus' whole ministry was based upon this knowledge

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 that people were captive to their sin,

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 and that they needed to be set free from sin's tyranny over them.

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 The apostle sums up the matter thus.

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 None is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks after God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together, they have become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 Their throat is an open grave.

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 They use their tongues to deceive.

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 The venom of asps is under their lips.

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 Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

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 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

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 In their paths are ruin and misery.

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 And the way of peace they have not known.

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 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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 Romans 3.9-18.

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 Well, we certainly have enough material here

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 to shape some theological reflection.

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 What are the conclusions from the pathology lab?

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 Well, one thing to note with alarm

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 is the pervasiveness of sin's contaminating taint.

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 Sin's sway is utterly comprehensive,

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 reaching every aspect of our being

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 with its corrupting contagion.

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 Not one faculty is left unaffected

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 by its blasting, withering mildew.

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 Let's take swift inventory of our fallen faculties.

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 Consider the sin-stricken deployment of our minds.

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 How we perversely use our intellect

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 to doubt, distort, deny, and defy God and His Word.

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 How our cunning serves to weave alibis and evasions.

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 Contributes the awful artifice of re-narration,

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 calling good evil and evil good.

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 Where the light of God's illumination

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 graciously shines into the windows of our understanding.

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 We pull the shades and scurry for cover,

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 lest our lies and crimes be exposed.

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 Consider our sin-wounded will.

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 How we steal it against intrusion of God into our lives.

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 Our will bars the doors against God's summons.

00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:50.900
 We are like the auditors of Stephen, the first martyr,

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 who, quote, stopped their ears and rushed together against him

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 and stoned him.

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 Acts 7, 57.

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 The damning description of the sacred page is

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 stiff-necked.

00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:12.900
 An adamant determination not to budge with respect to God.

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 Consider our sin-altering affections.

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 How devastatingly disordered they are.

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:32.019
 Our hearts are the arena of a panoply of disordering replacements.

00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:38.559
 A chaotic jumble of perverse preferences and distorted desires.

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 A violent vandalism has befallen the shalom

00:17:43.159 --> 00:17:45.480
 that should harmoniously reign within.

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 And it is not just a distortion,

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.120
 but an inversion.

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 We hate what we should love

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.519
 and love what we should hate.

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 The flesh will ever flock to its fatal fancies.

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:07.940
 The pearl of great price will be trampled underfoot

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:11.759
 as we run to the mires that we would wallow in.

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 We have an unalterable taste for sin.

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.940
 Consider our sin-infected imaginations.

00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:28.839
 Our flesh-animated imaginations furnish us

00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:31.440
 with a dress rehearsal for our sins.

00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:35.660
 Here, our unborn iniquities spawn

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:39.420
 like orcs out of the slime.

00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:44.440
 Germs of sin that yet lie slumbering in the soiled soul.

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.539
 In our imaginations,

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.259
 swelling with pride like Lucifer,

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:54.019
 we would ascend to the place of the Most High,

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:58.300
 usurping His throne and offices.

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 In twisted mockery of Christ's prophetic office,

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:09.500
 we spread lies instead of embracing His true revelation.

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:14.240
 In unholy parody of His priesthood,

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:18.259
 we ceaselessly forge idols,

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:21.380
 defiling the altars of our hearts.

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.920
 In pathetic parody of His kingly office,

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:31.640
 we proclaim our puny selves as sovereign

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 over against the Almighty God.

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:39.019
 Consider, finally,

00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:41.860
 our sin-corrupted conscience.

00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:47.259
 How out of tune with God's holiness and will it has become.

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:49.759
 It's no longer reliable.

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:54.220
 It is a trumpet that gives an uncertain sound.

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 Conscience is not dead, but distorted.

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 Its power is impaired.

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 It does not prevail as it should over man's soul.

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 Its voice is faint and fading.

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 Its eye unclear and ever-clouding.

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 Thus, luridly and lamentably,

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 is the comprehensive corruption suffered by sin.

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 I've sought to avoid theological jargon,

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 but suffer me one, I hope, helpful clarification.

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 The term total depravity

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 is an infelicitous moniker for this reality,

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 but this is what the term aims to affirm.

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 Sin's damage of us is total

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 in the sense that no part of us

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 has been shielded off from its taint and corruption.

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 Like a drop of poison,

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:06.360
 it pervades the entire cup of water.

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 Mind, will, affections, imagination,

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 conscience, instincts, intuitions,

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 every aspect of our being.

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 This melancholy conclusion

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 brings us to the theological consequences

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 of this reality

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 for our prospects of salvation.

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 Three, in particular,

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 are worth emphasizing.

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 The first is rather obvious,

00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.279
 but worth stating.

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 The sheer folly

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:47.019
 of the hope of salvation

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 by our own righteousness.

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:54.580
 The lawyer who questioned Jesus,

00:21:55.040 --> 00:21:57.140
 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 Jesus lets him answer

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 as to Scripture's testimony.

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 Oh, you shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength,

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 and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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 You have answered correctly,

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 says Jesus.

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 Do this and live.

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 Luke 10, 25 through 28.

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 I've often wondered

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 if Jesus ever encountered him again.

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 I fancy Jesus might have asked him,

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 Oh, remember me?

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 Remember that conversation?

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 How's that perfect obedience from the heart

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:33.720
 on the two great commandments going for you?

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 You know,

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:37.259
 with this,

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.680
 the standard for salvation,

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:43.380
 sobriety dictates human hopelessness.

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:46.160
 Any locomotive to heaven

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.440
 isn't running on human steam.

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.680
 No.

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 I mean,

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:53.819
 can't you hear the apostles' voice

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:55.600
 echoing from Romans 3?

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 No one.

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 No one.

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 No, not one.

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 And not only will we never deserve salvation

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:09.220
 through our obedience,

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:12.540
 we will never even desire it.

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 And this is the second theological consequence

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:18.580
 of our sin pathology.

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 We will never,

00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:23.340
 by our own initiative,

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:26.880
 cooperate with God's saving work.

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 We will oppose it.

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:33.959
 Our inveterate rebellion

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 arrays us in battle formation

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:41.639
 against God as enemy,

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:43.959
 sworn enemy.

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 Far from seeking to restore

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:48.359
 lost communion with God,

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:48.959
 our maker,

00:23:49.719 --> 00:23:52.699
 we seek to kill him

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 if only we could get our hands on him,

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 which is precisely what we did

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.619
 when he came down

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.859
 from heaven

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.099
 for us

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.439
 and our salvation.

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.980
 As the apostle insists,

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 to be in the flesh,

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:09.980
 that is,

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.379
 our sinful humanity,

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.099
 is to be,

00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:13.379
 quote,

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:15.059
 hostile to God,

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:16.000
 Romans 8, 7.

00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.240
 Quote,

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:18.699
 for the desires of the flesh

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:20.619
 are against the spirit of God

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:22.019
 and the desires of the spirit

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.459
 are against the flesh

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:26.079
 for these are opposed

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:27.119
 to each other.

00:24:27.479 --> 00:24:28.739
 Galatians 5, 17.

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 Jesus channels this hostile spirit

00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:34.219
 against God

00:24:34.219 --> 00:24:35.619
 into the voice

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 of the vineyard tenants

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 in his parable

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 representing all of us.

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 This is the heir.

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 Come,

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:46.659
 let us kill him

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 and then the inheritance

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 will be ours.

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.640
 Mark 12, 7.

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.340
 Okay,

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.340
 yes,

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.920
 you acknowledge

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:57.480
 there is hostility,

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 but surely humanity

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.180
 can repent

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.980
 or at least

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.920
 some can repent

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:04.100
 and simply believe

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.700
 the gospel.

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.100
 We can get out of things

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.680
 like that.

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.160
 Well,

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.620
 yes

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:12.019
 and no.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.620
 Let's formulate

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.420
 our answer

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:17.019
 as our third

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:18.640
 theological consequence

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.259
 of our sinful pathology.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:25.860
 We can come to Christ

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.420
 exercising repentance

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.600
 and faith

00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:31.220
 in the sense

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:34.060
 that we are capable of it

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:36.100
 and indeed

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:38.019
 the gospel invites

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.380
 and commands us

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.140
 to do so.

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.920
 But

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.279
 we just can't

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.220
 bring ourselves

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.259
 to do it.

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.599
 As the apostle

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.519
 told the Athenians,

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.500
 God commands

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.319
 all people everywhere

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.960
 to repent.

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.379
 Acts 17, 30.

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.279
 To come to Christ

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.339
 in repentance

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:58.200
 and faith

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.319
 is not only

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.299
 an invitation

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:02.399
 but an obligation.

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:05.200
 And yet,

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.920
 Jesus tells us,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.259
 no one

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.619
 can come to me

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.059
 unless the Father

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.980
 who sent me

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.279
 draws him.

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:15.019
 John 6, 44.

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.799
 It is

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.019
 an utter

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.740
 impossibility

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.940
 for anyone

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:22.480
 to come to Christ

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.579
 apart from

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.759
 God's drawing.

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.680
 Now,

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.220
 to clarify

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:30.440
 this inability,

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:33.500
 it does not

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.639
 consist

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:36.379
 in any

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.440
 physical

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.440
 defect.

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:40.039
 When we speak

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.579
 of our will

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.539
 being bound,

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:43.399
 it is not

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:43.799
 that our

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.420
 freedom of

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.019
 choice

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.980
 is taken

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.720
 away from

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.200
 us.

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.839
 The sinner

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.839
 is exercising

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.720
 their free

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.339
 choices

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.059
 again and

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.440
 again and

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.799
 again.

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.720
 It is just

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.159
 that their

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.899
 choices

00:26:57.899 --> 00:27:00.039
 are invariably

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.740
 and monotonously

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:03.720
 for the,

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.440
 to them,

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.599
 delectable

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.220
 doings

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.819
 of darkness.

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.039
 forgiveness.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.059
 It is a

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.139
 moral bondage

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.839
 of their

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.359
 own

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.500
 unrelieved

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.159
 preference.

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.039
 It's not

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.419
 that their

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.339
 will cannot

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.500
 turn to

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.059
 Christ

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.980
 as if

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.460
 their will

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.000
 were somehow

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.619
 like a

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.339
 soldered

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.259
 wind vane.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.259
 Can't turn

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.859
 at all.

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.559
 There is no

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.539
 malfunction in

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.279
 the mechanism.

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.639
 No,

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:30.779
 it freely

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.439
 turns

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.480
 whichever way

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:32.980
 the wind

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.439
 blows.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.279
 But in

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.799
 the case

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.100
 of the

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.820
 unregenerate,

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.799
 that wind

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.320
 from the

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:38.779
 heart

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:40.019
 always

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.380
 and

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.920
 unrelievedly

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.320
 blows

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:44.039
 in the

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.700
 same

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.860
 monotonous

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.420
 and

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.100
 unrelieved

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.019
 direction

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:50.080
 toward the

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.600
 delights

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:50.980
 of the

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.420
 flesh

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.519
 and away

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.039
 from the

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.440
 delights

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:53.779
 of the

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.140
 spirit.

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.180
 This

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.420
 is the

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.799
 plight

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.759
 of the

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:58.980
 sinner.

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.880
 They will

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.039
 always

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.680
 prefer

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:02.980
 their

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.539
 sin

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.460
 to

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.680
 the

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.000
 Savior.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.759
 The

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.080
 sinner

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.740
 will

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.500
 never

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.560
 repent

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.440
 on their

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:10.779
 own.

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.759
 And so

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.120
 also

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.440
 with

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.220
 belief.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.220
 There is

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.400
 no

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.080
 deficiency

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.560
 in the

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.039
 faculty

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.640
 of the

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.200
 mind.

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.320
 It

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.580
 can

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.200
 entertain

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.740
 the

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.259
 thought

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.460
 of

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.920
 Christ

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.200
 as

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.600
 Savior.

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.519
 But

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.740
 that

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.100
 thought

00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:26.360
 has

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.600
 no

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.100
 appeal.

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.120
 It

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.320
 is

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.880
 threatening.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.279
 It

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.799
 convicts

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.019
 them

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:31.820
 as a

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.079
 sinner

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:32.579
 in need

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.919
 of a

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.299
 Savior

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.000
 as

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.579
 possessed

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.000
 of a

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.319
 deadly

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.960
 malady

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.659
 and in

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.119
 need

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.700
 of the

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.000
 great

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.579
 physician.

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.220
 It

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.799
 challenges

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.399
 their

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.319
 self-perceived

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.000
 sovereignty

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.639
 over their

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.460
 own life.

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.039
 Christ

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.299
 would

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.019
 strip

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.220
 them

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.559
 of their

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.220
 scepter

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:50.439
 to which

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:50.919
 they so

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.759
 fondly

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.339
 cling.

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.899
 As the

00:28:54.899 --> 00:28:55.240
 birth of

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.720
 the true

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.019
 king

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.500
 threatened

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.879
 King

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.579
 Herod's

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.240
 pretensions,

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.339
 sins,

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.000
 so the

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.440
 sinner

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.299
 will

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:01.859
 reject

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.500
 any

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.140
 rival

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.839
 to

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.059
 their

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.559
 throne.

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.019
 And

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.299
 notice

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.599
 again,

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.059
 this is

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.319
 a

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.160
 moral

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.740
 bondage,

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.240
 not

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.539
 really

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.259
 intellectual.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.319
 Our

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.960
 stakes

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.279
 and

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.420
 prejudices

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.900
 jaundice

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.220
 our

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.839
 judgment.

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.279
 Imagine

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.660
 with me,

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.359
 if a

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.779
 judge

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.359
 was to

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.680
 rule

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.059
 in a

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.460
 case

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.299
 in which

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.579
 she

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.180
 owned

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.359
 the

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.859
 majority

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.620
 stock,

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.500
 in the

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.880
 arraigned

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.380
 company,

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.500
 she

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.920
 would be

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.680
 required

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:31.900
 to

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.440
 recuse

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:32.960
 herself

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.819
 as her

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.400
 stakes

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.839
 and

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.440
 interests

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.900
 would

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.980
 sabotage

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.559
 any

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.059
 just

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.539
 judgment

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.859
 in the

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.259
 case.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.859
 This is

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.299
 intuitive

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.880
 to us

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.279
 all.

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.099
 But

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.599
 this is

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:43.799
 the

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.259
 case

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.779
 of

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.359
 every

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.779
 son

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:45.940
 of

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.240
 Adam

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.720
 and

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.039
 daughter

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.259
 of

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.500
 Eve

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:47.819
 in

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.039
 their

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.519
 natural

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.299
 state.

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.680
 The

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.019
 issue

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.400
 is one

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.539
 of

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.980
 nature,

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.839
 fallen

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.420
 versus

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.420
 regenerate.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.620
 The

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:57.979
 nature

00:29:57.979 --> 00:29:58.119
 of

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.259
 a

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.099
 sheep

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.539
 has

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.779
 an

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.359
 invariable

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.979
 preference

00:30:01.979 --> 00:30:02.199
 to

00:30:02.199 --> 00:30:02.399
 feed

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.559
 on

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.059
 herbage.

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:05.019
 It

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.539
 desires

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.119
 not

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.519
 to

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.959
 consume

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:07.579
 carrion

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.819
 like

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.000
 the

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.399
 lion.

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.519
 To

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.679
 do

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:09.899
 so

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.059
 would

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.439
 require

00:30:10.439 --> 00:30:10.639
 a

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.919
 change

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.019
 in

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.179
 its

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.719
 nature.

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.319
 As

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.679
 Jeremiah

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.199
 vividly

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:15.439
 puts

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.599
 the

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.819
 matter,

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.339
 can

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:16.559
 the

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.819
 leopard

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.219
 change

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.419
 his

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:17.939
 spots?

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.039
 Then

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.399
 also

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.759
 can

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.099
 you

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.819
 do

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.219
 good

00:30:21.219 --> 00:30:21.500
 who

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.679
 are

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.199
 accustomed

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.439
 to

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:22.659
 doing

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:23.019
 evil?

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.519
 Jeremiah

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.000
 13

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.519
 23.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.839
 If

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.119
 there

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.299
 is

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.559
 hope

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:28.779
 for

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.319
 salvation,

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.680
 nothing

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.460
 less

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.420
 than a

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.579
 new

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.940
 nature

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.139
 is

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.639
 required.

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.139
 Once

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.619
 we

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.299
 understand

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.559
 the

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.099
 severity

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.259
 of

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.400
 our

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.859
 fallen

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.519
 condition

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.420
 and

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.579
 recognize

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.619
 that

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.660
 it

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:45.980
 was

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.359
 with

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.859
 us

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.440
 from

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.379
 birth,

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:49.960
 David

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:51.119
 confesses

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.720
 we were

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:51.980
 brought

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.519
 forth in

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.980
 iniquity

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.500
 and

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.039
 conceived

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.319
 in

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.599
 sin.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:55.920
 Psalm

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.839
 51.5

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:59.680
 Grasping

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.000
 that,

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.500
 we

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.460
 naturally

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.180
 ask,

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.519
 if

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.879
 sin's

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.019
 been

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.420
 with

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.619
 us

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.859
 from

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.160
 birth,

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.059
 where

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.259
 did

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.420
 it

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.740
 come

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.339
 from?

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.160
 Here

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.359
 we

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.740
 move

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.819
 from

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.819
 pathology

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.359
 lab

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.579
 to

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:13.799
 that

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.000
 of

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.799
 forensics.

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:15.859
 How

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.220
 did

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.519
 we

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.299
 contract

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.279
 this

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.279
 malady?

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:21.259
 so

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.579
 too,

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.099
 a

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.559
 forensic

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.639
 plot

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.019
 line,

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.079
 the

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.440
 biblical

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.119
 story.

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:30.160
 Well,

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.680
 might we

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.500
 say with

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.420
 Thomas Adams,

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.139
 iniquity

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.099
 can

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.680
 plead

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.779
 antiquity.

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.559
 The

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:38.940
 story

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.420
 begins

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.660
 with

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.059
 Adam

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:41.279
 and

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.480
 the

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.859
 birth

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.200
 of

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:42.460
 that

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.339
 ruinous

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.940
 rebellion

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.799
 against

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.299
 God,

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.160
 which

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.339
 has

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.619
 come

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.899
 to

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.660
 characterize

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.420
 so

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.279
 universally

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.320
 the

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.560
 human

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:51.060
 race.

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.580
 There

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:52.900
 is a

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.279
 worm

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.660
 at the

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:53.940
 root

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:54.300
 of the

00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:54.700
 whole

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.200
 human

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.740
 family

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.279
 tree

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.460
 that

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.120
 spoils

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.060
 every

00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.539
 piece

00:31:59.539 --> 00:31:59.740
 of

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.120
 fruit

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.580
 that

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:00.740
 it

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.200
 bears,

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.279
 every

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.779
 leaf

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.440
 extended

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.279
 from

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.480
 its

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.060
 branch.

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.019
 What

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.380
 was

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.680
 this

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.539
 all

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.500
 spoiling

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.600
 ruinous

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.060
 root?

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.620
 Through

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:12.960
 what

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.620
 portal

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.480
 did

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.660
 it

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.039
 make

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.340
 its

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:16.039
 entrance?

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:18.299
 the

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.700
 apostle

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.460
 answers

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.460
 Romans

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.920
 5

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.500
 12

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.379
 quote

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.799
 sin

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.220
 came

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.599
 into

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.819
 the

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.220
 world

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.220
 through

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.879
 one

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.700
 man

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.599
 and

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.259
 death

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.019
 through

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.460
 sin

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.720
 so

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:31.940
 that

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.379
 death

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:33.099
 spread

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.639
 to

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.319
 all

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.240
 humankind.

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.000
 But

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.399
 how

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:39.480
 we might

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.839
 naturally

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.200
 ask

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.619
 could

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:40.859
 the

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.159
 sin

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.619
 of

00:32:41.619 --> 00:32:42.079
 one

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.480
 man

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.059
 be

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.379
 so

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.319
 faithfully

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:45.440
 consequential

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:45.820
 for

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.299
 all

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.900
 humanity.

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.920
 This

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.180
 was

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.640
 due

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.600
 to

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.480
 Adam's

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.240
 pivotal

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:54.279
 role

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.160
 as

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.860
 covenant

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:57.160
 head.

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.039
 God

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.240
 did

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.480
 not

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.880
 enter

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.180
 into

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.519
 covenant

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.820
 with

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.220
 Adam

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.980
 simply

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.360
 as a

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:02.980
 private

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.820
 individual

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:05.160
 with

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.460
 only

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.720
 his

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.039
 own

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.620
 interests

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:06.880
 at

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.440
 stake

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.860
 but

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.360
 rather

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:10.000
 as

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.240
 the

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.100
 representative

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.559
 of

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.180
 all

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.960
 humanity.

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:16.000
 Adam

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:17.059
 created

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.319
 in the

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.519
 image

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:17.680
 of

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.039
 God

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.700
 was

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:19.180
 made

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.779
 in

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.039
 an

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.700
 original

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.539
 state

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.120
 of

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.860
 righteousness

00:33:22.860 --> 00:33:24.660
 from

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.000
 which

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.480
 he

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.980
 might

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.039
 advance

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.740
 to a

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.000
 state

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.160
 of

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.900
 confirmed

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.519
 righteousness

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.640
 by means

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.000
 of a

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.460
 perfect

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.360
 obedience

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.779
 to the

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.640
 stipulations

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.140
 of the

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.539
 covenant

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.940
 of

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.600
 works

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.640
 do

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:37.960
 this

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.180
 and

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.660
 live

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:40.259
 highlighted

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.160
 in the

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.820
 prohibition

00:33:41.820 --> 00:33:42.640
 concerning

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.880
 the

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.340
 tree

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.060
 of the

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.420
 knowledge

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.620
 of

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:44.840
 good

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.000
 and

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.380
 evil

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.480
 by

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.759
 this

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:48.420
 means

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.600
 Adam

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.940
 and

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.580
 all

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:51.940
 his

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.960
 posterity

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.380
 could

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.800
 advance

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:56.400
 into

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.640
 the

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.180
 state

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.900
 of

00:33:57.900 --> 00:33:58.800
 blessedness

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.840
 and reward

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.840
 in

00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.360
 perfect

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.920
 union

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.380
 and

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:02.840
 communion

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.160
 with

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.759
 God

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:05.319
 but

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.900
 as

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.160
 with

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.400
 his

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.099
 prospective

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:08.440
 success

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:10.340
 so

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:11.119
 also

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.039
 would

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.380
 his

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.300
 failure

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.420
 be

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.039
 imputed

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.579
 to

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.900
 his

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.940
 posterity

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:19.239
 did

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:19.519
 you get

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.980
 that

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.039
 George

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.659
 Swinnick

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.219
 wonderful

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.800
 Puritan

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.800
 takes

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.099
 up

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.619
 the

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.039
 metaphor

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.079
 of

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.280
 a

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.880
 voyage

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.199
 of

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.460
 our

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.119
 race

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.400
 piloted

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.739
 by

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.280
 Adam

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.300
 always

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.659
 helpful

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:31.840
 to

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.159
 unpack

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.420
 these

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.639
 truths

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.840
 with

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.179
 metaphor

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.759
 Swinnick

00:34:34.759 --> 00:34:35.199
 writes

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.039
 God

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.779
 formed

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.319
 man

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:37.759
 to

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.019
 be

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.339
 his

00:34:38.339 --> 00:34:39.199
 viceroy

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.559
 and

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.000
 equipped

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.419
 him

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.960
 with

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.659
 all

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.879
 the

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.500
 abilities

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.819
 needed

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.259
 for

00:34:45.259 --> 00:34:45.619
 such

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:45.779
 a

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.219
 voyage

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.879
 this

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.019
 is

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.259
 Adam

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.460
 he's

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.699
 speaking

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:47.879
 of

00:34:47.879 --> 00:34:48.119
 Adam

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.599
 God

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.899
 formed

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.299
 Adam

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.460
 to

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.579
 be

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.739
 his

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.319
 viceroy

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:51.179
 and

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.500
 equipped

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.759
 him

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.259
 with

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.699
 all

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:52.879
 the

00:34:52.879 --> 00:34:53.379
 abilities

00:34:53.379 --> 00:34:54.000
 needed

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.239
 for

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.500
 such

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.639
 a

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.059
 voyage

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.039
 as

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.219
 the

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.859
 grounds

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.539
 for

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.739
 the

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.099
 covenant

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.339
 of

00:34:58.339 --> 00:34:58.859
 works

00:34:58.859 --> 00:35:00.279
 Adam

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.699
 set

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.059
 forth

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.519
 fully

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.079
 furnished

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.279
 with

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.839
 skill

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.400
 and

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.880
 richly

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.380
 laden

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.800
 with

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.120
 all

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:05.320
 the

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.019
 fortunes

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.680
 hopes

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.280
 and

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.019
 happiness

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.840
 of

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.500
 mankind

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:11.900
 Satan

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.980
 raised

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.840
 a storm

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.559
 before

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.039
 Adam

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.280
 had

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.880
 scarce

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.519
 launched

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.039
 out of

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.579
 sight

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:19.100
 the

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:19.579
 vessel

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.960
 through

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.200
 the

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:22.120
 unfaithfulness

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:22.460
 of

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.940
 Adam

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.740
 the

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.300
 pilot

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.640
 ran

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:25.940
 upon

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.579
 a rock

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.340
 and

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.100
 miscarried

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.639
 what

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.920
 what a

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.599
 depressing

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.239
 sight

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.480
 to

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.839
 Adam

00:35:31.839 --> 00:35:32.019
 to

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.460
 behold

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.759
 himself

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.679
 and

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.159
 all

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.420
 his

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.299
 posterity

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.400
 sinking

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.059
 into

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.299
 the

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:38.960
 bottomless

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.480
 ocean

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:39.980
 of

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.719
 destruction

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.400
 and

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.880
 misery

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.179
 through

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.519
 his

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.880
 unfaithfulness

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.779
 and

00:35:45.779 --> 00:35:46.539
 treachery

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:48.000
 God

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.539
 to

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:50.579
 be the

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.139
 first

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:52.079
 of

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.079


00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.139
 should

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.659
 our

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.139
 fates

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.779
 pivot

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.319
 on

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:54.940
 Adam's

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.759
 piloting

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:57.400
 was

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.719
 Adam

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:57.960
 just

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.319
 constitutionally

00:35:59.319 --> 00:36:00.539
 clumsy

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.519
 a pilot

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.319
 of the

00:36:02.319 --> 00:36:02.559
 ship

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.719
 of

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.199
 humanity

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:05.579
 did

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.779
 we

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.139
 simply

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.500
 get a

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.719
 raw

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.099
 deal

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.319
 in

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.599
 terms

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.739
 of

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:07.900
 our

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.480
 representative

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:11.000
 no

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.739
 doubt

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.759
 God

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.219
 chose

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.400
 the

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.059
 best

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.539
 of

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.719
 the

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.219
 best

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:16.159
 to

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.279
 be

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.460
 the

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.960
 federal

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.440
 head

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.019
 of

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.239
 our

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.779
 race

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:20.739
 and

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.000
 would

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.400
 any

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.739
 of

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.380
 us

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.099
 have

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.340
 the

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.099
 hubris

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:24.340
 to

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.960
 imagine

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.340
 that

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.940
 we

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.239
 would

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.400
 have

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.679
 done

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:27.920
 a

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.199
 better

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.900
 job

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.679
 in

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.099
 Adam's

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.659
 place

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:33.760
 and

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:33.880
 we

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.119
 must

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.539
 remember

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.360
 that

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.820
 Adam

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.340
 was

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.039
 singular

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.780
 not

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.300
 simply

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:39.579
 in

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.780
 his

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.400
 role

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.760
 as

00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:41.139
 covenant

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.840
 head

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.260
 but

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.699
 also

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.440
 in

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.719
 his

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.599
 capacities

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:47.420
 for

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.739
 they

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.039
 were

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.840
 pristine

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.760
 and

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.639
 unfallen

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.699
 there

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.159
 was

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.559
 nothing

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.799
 in

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.259
 Adam's

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.719
 God

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.039
 given

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.599
 nature

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.579
 that

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.940
 made

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.239
 his

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.879
 fall

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:58.799
 inevitable

00:36:58.799 --> 00:37:00.539
 no

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.299
 inherent

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:02.119
 design

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.619
 flaw

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.379
 no

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:04.339
 hairline

00:37:04.339 --> 00:37:05.119
 fracture

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.699
 let

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:06.920
 alone

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.139
 any

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.119
 fatalistic

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:08.539
 divine

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.379
 determination

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.779
 in his

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.119
 nature

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:10.659
 that

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:10.940
 would

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.259
 make

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:11.539
 his

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.859
 fall

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.719
 physically

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.500
 necessary

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.980
 or

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.199
 unpreventable

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:16.599
 and thereby

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.279
 somehow

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:18.619
 excusable

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:21.639
 Adam's

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.960
 sin

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.880
 was at

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.339
 once

00:37:23.339 --> 00:37:25.079
 entirely

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:26.039
 possible

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:28.219
 yet

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.699
 at the

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.039
 same

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.659
 time

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.400
 an

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.079
 utterly

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:33.000
 inexplicable

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.920
 inversion

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.519
 of the

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.079
 orientation

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.900
 in which

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.319
 he was

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.759
 set

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:39.619
 much

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.239
 conjecture

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.679
 has gone

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:40.940
 into

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.539
 explaining

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.219
 how it

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:42.759
 could be

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.460
 that Adam

00:37:43.460 --> 00:37:43.799
 would have

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:45.139
 sinned

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:45.940
 Aquinas

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.679
 thinks

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:46.880
 the

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.159
 fountain

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.400
 head

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.579
 was

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.280
 pride

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:49.599
 which

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:49.840
 led

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:49.980
 to

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.340
 a

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:51.400
 covetousness

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:51.639
 for

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.119
 God

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.900
 likeness

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.380
 that

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.539
 was

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.320
 expressly

00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:54.840
 forbidden

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.139
 Luther

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.860
 thought

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.460
 the cause

00:37:59.460 --> 00:37:59.659
 was

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.440
 unbelief

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:02.099
 even

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.519
 to

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.220
 entertain

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.980
 the

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.440
 serpent's

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.960
 temptation

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.840
 required

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.900
 illegitimate

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:08.039
 equivocation

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.059
!

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.159
 over the

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.820
 truthfulness

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.860
 of God

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.159
 and his

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.760
 word

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.480
 in any

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.920
 event

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.280
 Adams

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.660
 was a

00:38:17.660 --> 00:38:18.060
 self

00:38:18.060 --> 00:38:18.740
 determined

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.420
 rebellion

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:20.280
 against

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.560
 his

00:38:20.560 --> 00:38:21.060
 creator

00:38:21.060 --> 00:38:21.340
 and

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.820
 lawgiver

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:23.080
 and a

00:38:23.080 --> 00:38:23.940
 displacement

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.280
 of the

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.640
 covenant

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.360
 intimacy

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.840
 a commitment

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.420
 to an

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.200
 untruth

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:30.560
 a dissonance

00:38:30.560 --> 00:38:31.840
 that distorted

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:33.080
 his natural

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.980
 orientation

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.560
 of dependence

00:38:35.560 --> 00:38:36.300
 on God

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.020
 as creator

00:38:37.020 --> 00:38:39.480
 and so

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:41.480
 inexplicably

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.599
 a

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.179
 perfidy

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.119
 was

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.860
 perpetrated

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.099
 in

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.699
 paradise

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.579
 by our

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.920
 covenant

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.360
 head

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.219
 and all

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:49.820
 humanity

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.840
 was

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.780
 with him

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:53.000
 plunged

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.280
 into

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:53.740
 judgment

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:56.380
 his

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.240
 condemnation

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.980
 was

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.740
 imputed

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.900
 to us

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.659
 his

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:01.099
 kin

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.559
 and the

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.340
 corruption

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:04.960
 that

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.699
 ensued

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.119
 in his

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.719
 nature

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.719
 was

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.440
 transmitted

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.460
 to us

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.059
 his

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.860
 posterity

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:14.280
 this we

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.980
 must think

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.480
 to be

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.300
 calamitous

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.760
 news

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.400
 indeed

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:19.660
 that

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:20.200
 Adam's

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:21.559
 condemnation

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:22.740
 and corruption

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:24.059
 is ours

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.400
 by

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.660
 solidarity

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.660
 with him

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:29.320
 but

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.740
 this

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.660
 divine

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.360
 principle

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.660
 of

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.440
 solidarity

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.880
 and

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.700
 imputation

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:36.679
 not

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.059
 only

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.399
 made

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:37.619
 for

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.239
 extended

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:39.179
 condemnation

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.399
 and

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:39.879
 corruption

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:43.339
 by the

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:44.500
 unfathomable

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.299
 glorious

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:45.799
 purpose

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.299
 of God

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.159
 it also

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.819
 makes

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.679
 for

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.539
 acquittal

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.279
 and

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.859
 redemption

00:39:50.859 --> 00:39:52.319
 for a

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.639
 number

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.179
 that no

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.379
 one

00:39:53.379 --> 00:39:53.619
 can

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.079
 count

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.699
 for

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:55.940
 there

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.400
 is

00:39:56.400 --> 00:40:04.519
 for

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.719
 there

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:04.900
 is

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.079
 a

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.460
 second

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.900
 Adam

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:08.179
 Christ

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.380
 the

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.679
 righteous

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:10.460
 who

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.880
 also

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.579
 stands

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.880
 as

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.460
 representative

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.019
 of his

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.420
 people

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.920
 for

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:16.420
 whom

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.099
 he

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.659
 acts

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.739
 and

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:18.980
 whose

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.519
 victory

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.500
 like

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.019
 Adam's

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.420
 failure

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.460
 is

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.200
 imputed

00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:24.280
 to

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.480
 his

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.780
 own

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:27.200
 the

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.820
 dismal

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.480
 extended

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.220
 impact

00:40:29.220 --> 00:40:29.460
 by

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.200
 solidarity

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.460
 of

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.920
 Adam's

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.360
 headship

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.920
 to

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.300
 all

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:32.760
 his

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.300
 own

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:35.639
 makes

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.420
 for

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.619
 the

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.159
 glorious

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.980
 extended

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.559
 impact

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.019
 by

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.800
 solidarity

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.559
 of

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.340
 Christ's

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.900
 headship

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.900
 to

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.280
 all

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.740
 his

00:40:43.740 --> 00:40:44.260
 own

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:46.579
 as

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:46.700
 the

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.139
 apostle

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:48.059
 brings

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.260
 out

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:48.440
 the

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:48.960
 parallel

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:52.000
 for

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.480
 as

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.139
 by

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.320
 a

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.699
 man

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.139
 came

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.679
 death

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:56.139
 by

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.400
 a

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:56.800
 man

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:57.079
 has

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:57.500
 come

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.960
 also

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:59.440
 the

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.900
 resurrection

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.300
 of the

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.579
 dead

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.880
 for

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.260
 as

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.440
 an

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.820
 Adam

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.820
 all

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.280
 die

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.559
 so

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.039
 also

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:07.000
 in

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.539
 Christ

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:08.960
 shall

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.519
 all

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.440
 be

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:10.659
 made

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.179
 alive

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.940
 1st

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.220
 Corinthians

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.820
 15

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:13.500
 21

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:13.699
 and

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.159
 22

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:16.319
 the

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:16.779
 covenant

00:41:16.779 --> 00:41:17.960
 framework

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:19.019
 of

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.559
 God's

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.920
 dealing

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.179
 with

00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:20.839
 humanity

00:41:20.839 --> 00:41:21.559
 which

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.980
 makes

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.179
 for

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:22.359
 the

00:41:22.359 --> 00:41:22.739
 bad

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.319
 news

00:41:23.319 --> 00:41:23.940
 of

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.059
 the

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.359
 first

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.699
 Adam

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:26.219
 also

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:27.119
 makes

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.839
 for

00:41:27.839 --> 00:41:28.039
 the

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.539
 good

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.179
 news

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:30.059
 the

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.519
 gospel

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.779
 of

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:31.940
 the

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.359
 last

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.719
 Adam

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:35.219
 but

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.779
 the

00:41:35.779 --> 00:41:36.219
 apostle

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.859
 forbids

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.159
 us

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.559
 to see

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:37.819
 this

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.420
 parallel

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.259
 as

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:39.480
 one

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.599
 of

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.239
 symmetry

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:42.519
 the

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.039
 grace

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.379
 of the

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:43.719
 second

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.079
 Adam

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.679
 is

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:45.059
 out

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.360
 of

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.759
 all

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:46.420
 proportion

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.440
 to

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:47.639
 the

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.099
 curse

00:41:48.099 --> 00:41:48.619
 of

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.739
 the

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.039
 first

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.380
 Adam

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:51.039
 Paul

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.480
 in

00:41:51.480 --> 00:41:51.619
 the

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.279
 process

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:52.940
 of

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.799
 comparing

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.099
 the

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.319
 two

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.639
 pointing

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:54.819
 out

00:41:54.819 --> 00:41:55.000
 their

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.559
 similarities

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:57.059
 he

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.440
 cannot

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.739
 but

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.239
 fall

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.639
 into

00:41:58.639 --> 00:41:59.579
 contrasting

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.860
 them

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:01.639
 quote

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.799
 but

00:42:02.799 --> 00:42:03.259
 the

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.619
 free

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.059
 gift

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.539
 is

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.920
 not

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.219
 like

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:05.400
 the

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:06.199
 trespass

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:07.159
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00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:07.360
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00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.639
 many

00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.099
 died

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.299
 through

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:08.559
 one

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:08.880
 man's

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.400
 trespass

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:10.000
 much

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:10.719
 more

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:11.480
 has

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:11.880
 have

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:12.059
 the

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.500
 grace

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.719
 of

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.059
 God

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.480
 and the

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.880
 free

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.380
 gift

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.119
 by

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.519
 that

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.139
 grace

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.860
 of

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.079
 that

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.440
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00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:17.840
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00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.219
 Jesus

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:18.719
 Christ

00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:19.760
 abounded

00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:21.039
 for the

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.400
 many

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:23.559
 and the

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.800
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00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.079
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00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.559
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00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.260
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00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.820
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00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.579
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00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:33.420
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00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.079
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00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.539
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00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:40.239
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00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.400
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00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:51.980
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00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:01.519
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00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.259
 reign

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 one

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 man

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 Jesus

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 Christ

00:43:06.799 --> 00:43:07.920
 Romans

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 5

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 15

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 through

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 much

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 more

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 amen

00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:16.579
 and

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 amen

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:19.399
 with

00:43:19.399 --> 00:43:19.739
 this

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.279
 account

00:43:20.279 --> 00:43:21.239
 of the

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:21.799
 turpitude

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.779
 of the

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.199
 condition

00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:23.500
 which

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.899
 God's

00:43:23.899 --> 00:43:24.579
 electing

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.139
 love

00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:25.619
 finds

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.960
 us

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 we

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 take

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 up

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.739
 Lord

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:28.019
 willing

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 in our

00:43:28.279 --> 00:43:28.559
 next

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:28.899
 study

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 how

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 the

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 grace

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.739
 of

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 God

00:43:31.279 --> 00:43:32.299
 meets

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 and

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 masters

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:35.280
 this

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 state

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 overcoming

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 rescue

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.800
 so

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.079
 hopefully

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 see you

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 next

00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:42.980
 week

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 we

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 have

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 time

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 friends

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 to

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 leave

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 a

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 good

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 in case

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 anyone

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 has a

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 comment

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 a

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 praise

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 or a

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 or a

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 or a

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 cavil

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 whatever

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:55.840
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00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:38.399
 Yes, yes, and we're going to get into that particularly next week, yes, where he calls

00:44:38.399 --> 00:44:39.599
 to all everywhere.

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:45.039
 Look unto me, all the ends of the earth, and be saved.

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:46.480
 The call goes out to all.

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:50.679
 Whoever is weary, let him come.

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:52.899
 Whoever is thirsty, let him come.

00:44:52.899 --> 00:44:53.960
 Oh, well, I have no money.

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:56.239
 No, come without money and buy.

00:44:57.619 --> 00:45:00.480
 So, yes, there is a universal call that goes out.

00:45:00.879 --> 00:45:07.099
 And we will hear next week, Lord willing, we'll take that up in more careful expositional

00:45:07.099 --> 00:45:13.920
 detail, how God's grace and electing love affects this great rescue.

00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.199
 Sure, Richard.

00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:30.199
 It seems to me that once you understand the hopelessness, the desperateness of our condition,

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:40.960
 of our sinful state, that depends on the prior answer to the question, how did we come to

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.960
 be in this state?

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:48.639
 And the answer to that question, as you've rightly told us, is through the sin of Adam.

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.840
 Anyway.

00:45:50.840 --> 00:46:03.180
 But that's precisely the story that's dissipated, evaporated, when we accept the naturalistic

00:46:03.180 --> 00:46:07.320
 explanation that Charles Darwin gave us.

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:11.559
 The two are simply not compatible.

00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:14.820
 All theistic evolution aside.

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:19.580
 Okay.

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:21.500
 That's a comment.

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:23.179
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:46:23.279 --> 00:46:24.259
 Yeah, thank you.

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:24.860
 Yes.

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:25.960
 Yes.

00:46:26.519 --> 00:46:26.779
 Yeah.

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:34.519
 So one of the things I thought about recently is how in our culture there's, well, not really

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:42.100
 recently, but before, there was an understanding that on the one hand, man was depraved because

00:46:42.100 --> 00:46:43.280
 of the original sin.

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:51.980
 But on the other hand, man is created in the image of God, and he still, in a sense, retains

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:58.080
 many wonderful abilities and distinction among creation.

00:46:59.120 --> 00:47:06.460
 And I don't know, I wonder, I guess in the political realm, right, how this country was

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:15.519
 founded on the idea that man has this capacity, because of the image of his creator with which

00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:19.840
 he's endowed, to like flourish on the one hand.

00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:26.480
 But on the other hand, because he is so, you know, spiritually dead and he's prone to wander,

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:34.679
 we can't have that kind of like, like optimism about what we can do, even though we do have

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:35.519
 the image of God.

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:42.400
 So I'm wondering, like, how to properly negotiate in human affairs between what to be optimistic

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:45.119
 about and what to be pessimistic about.

00:47:45.259 --> 00:47:45.739
 Yeah.

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.440
 Does that make sense?

00:47:46.579 --> 00:47:47.179
 Sure it does.

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:47.759
 Sure it does.

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:50.159
 Oh, that's a really easy question.

00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:50.340
 No.

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:56.820
 Yes, you're absolutely right, and I tried to gesture toward it, that this is not the whole

00:47:56.820 --> 00:48:03.400
 story, because you rightly bring up that man is a noble wreckage.

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:08.019
 He has a crown, though it is tarnished.

00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:18.240
 And in the image of God, there are these wonderful communicable attributes that God has given to

00:48:18.240 --> 00:48:22.139
 us, and they hold wonderful prospects.

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:24.659
 But they have been diminished.

00:48:24.659 --> 00:48:30.719
 But we also want to affirm that sin has made a wreckage of these things.

00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:37.959
 Now, our sinfulness does not eliminate the image of God.

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:44.579
 There are some theologians who might suggest that, and we need to be careful about how they

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:45.480
 use the word differently.

00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:51.460
 But I think that we would rightly say that the image of God cannot be erased.

00:48:51.460 --> 00:48:58.159
 It can only be defaced, and it has been defaced, but not effaced, not erased.

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:59.460
 It is still present.

00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:02.380
 So there is always going to be an amalgam.

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:09.240
 So yes, a lot of discernment is to hold these two things together, and that's very important.

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:16.000
 How does it allow us to be optimistic or pessimistic?

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:24.500
 I think as Christians, again, we ought always to try to keep these things together.

00:49:25.279 --> 00:49:34.679
 So because man is in the image of God, it will never be right for us to have a complete

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:40.419
 condemnation or a complete dismissal, a complete pessimism.

00:49:40.899 --> 00:49:48.139
 There will always be something good to affirm of any and every human being in the image of

00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:54.819
 God, and probably of the cultural artifacts of those human beings, because there will always

00:49:54.819 --> 00:49:56.839
 be something of the image of God reflected in that.

00:49:57.699 --> 00:50:04.199
 But neither should we, so we ought not to demonize anyone or anything, but neither should we so

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:10.099
 valorize them, that we almost deify these things, as if it were only the image of God and not

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.579
 fallen.

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:20.579
 So we ought not to have any sort of worshipful hope in any sort of Messiah figure or any sort

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:22.839
 of cultural artifact, because everything has fallen.

00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:28.699
 So Christians, knowing that, ought to be the most nuanced in our judgment, always combining

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:29.819
 both of those things.

00:50:29.820 --> 00:50:35.900
 In terms of how positive we should be in the political realm and this, I think Christians

00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:42.000
 would want to distinguish between optimism and pessimism and hope.

00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:46.260
 Hope, then, is grounded something outside of ourselves.

00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:50.740
 Our hope is in God and his revealed good purposes that are redemptive.

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:52.480
 So we put our hope in him.

00:50:52.480 --> 00:51:01.079
 So we will not be able to create the kingdom of God through dint of our efforts, apart from

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:03.719
 the king returning himself to establish the kingdom.

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:15.340
 So we will not have this vaulted optimism like some sort of enlightenment figures have.

00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:21.740
 We will acknowledge that while we might be able to make some sort of progress, we will never

00:51:21.740 --> 00:51:24.539
 be able to achieve the kingdom of God here.

00:51:24.680 --> 00:51:31.200
 But maybe we can move the dial, because we do have a down payment of that future instantiation

00:51:31.200 --> 00:51:33.539
 of the returning king in his spirit.

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:39.360
 So we, as the church, should be a sneak preview, an anticipation of some of these things.

00:51:39.360 --> 00:51:46.620
 So we ought to be a place of hopefulness, or a revelation, or at least a pointer to that

00:51:46.620 --> 00:51:49.640
 solid hope that we have that will come.

00:51:50.120 --> 00:51:53.579
 So that tries to hold some of those things together.

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:59.500
 We're children of light, that even while it's still darkness, we get up and we live in light

00:51:59.500 --> 00:52:02.460
 of that day that's dawning and live that way.

00:52:03.420 --> 00:52:04.039
 So, yeah.

00:52:04.160 --> 00:52:06.760
 I think we probably better break now, because we have five minutes.

00:52:07.260 --> 00:52:09.480
 But hopefully, see you next week.

00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:10.280
 Thanks so much, team.

00:52:10.280 --> 00:52:11.019
 Thank you.

00:52:11.019 --> 00:52:11.680
 Thank you.

00:52:11.680 --> 00:52:12.580
 Thank you.

00:52:12.580 --> 00:52:13.780
 Nice to see you.

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 How was your trip?

00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:16.780
 It was well.

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 A lot of fun coming out.

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 Good to see you.

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 Good to see you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 I appreciate you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.