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 Well, we're turning back to the chapter that we read in Genesis chapter 3.

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! I'm not going to spend much time by way of introduction because we covered all of it last night.

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 Remember that I said to you there were four things I wanted to think about.

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 One was the uniqueness of the nature of humankind, and then the work that God had given him to do,

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 and then the companion that God had created specifically for him.

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 But you remember the last one was the choice that man faced, the first man faced.

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 And that's what I want to explore with us this evening, the choice that the man faced.

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 I want to do that by just thinking about three things.

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 One of them, the first one, is the specific arrangement that God came to with Adam.

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 The specific arrangement that related to, focused on, the trees he was allowed to eat and the tree that he wasn't allowed to eat.

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 And then secondly, I want us to think about the process.

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 That's what this chapter is all about, at least in the first part of it.

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 The process through which sin entered into the world.

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 I want us to think about the conversation that took place between Eve and the serpent.

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 And then I want us to think lastly of the fall itself.

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 That moment when Eve and Adam, they took the forbidden fruit, and they immediately, everything changed.

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 Everything changed.

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 The whole atmosphere changed suddenly from one of perfection to one of destruction and shame and darkness.

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 And I want us to look at the consequences of God's wrath and his mercy.

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 So I think there's enough there to be getting on with for the next half an hour or so.

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 First of all, I want us to think about the arrangement, the specific arrangement that God came to with Adam.

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 Now, we're not told the half, of course, of what Adam was shown, the kind of conversations that must have taken place between Adam and God.

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 There must have been loads and loads of words exchanged between the two of them.

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 But the Bible wants us to focus on a very narrow area of interest.

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 And the reason for that is because this is where the test of man lay.

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 This is where it was going to be determined whether or not the man who was made in the image of God

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 was going to live up to that image perfectly and indestructibly.

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 And so the focus of the chapter is on what they ate, the trees in the garden,

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 and what God was prepared to permit them to eat,

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 but also what he forbade, the prohibition that God imposed on the man.

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 And we're given this in very, very clear terms, and specific reference is made to it.

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 God says, first of all, you may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

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 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,

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 for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

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 Now, if you think about it, just think about that one verse.

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 It's formulated in a particular way.

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 And theologians down the centuries have identified such a formulation as a covenant.

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 A covenant.

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 And so when it came to the writing of the subordinate standard

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 that our church adheres to the Westminster Confession of Faith,

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 they identify that specific covenant as,

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 you should know this,

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 the covenant of works.

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 The covenant of works.

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 And just as an aside,

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 it's probably best,

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 it's probably valuable to just spend one or two minutes

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 just identifying what a covenant was in the first place.

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 A covenant was a promised bond.

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 A promised bond.

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 I suppose that's probably the best way of describing it.

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 And it very often takes place in human terms

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 between two kings,

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 two countries that are at war with one another.

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 When one country,

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 when it becomes clear that

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 one country is going to dominate and win the war,

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 to the extent where the other king decides,

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 I'm going to surrender,

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 they come together and they talk terms of peace.

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 And in the old days,

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 way back in Old Testament times,

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 those terms of peace would be called a covenant.

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 The two kings would come together,

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 two governments,

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 and they would come to a deal,

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 if you like,

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 in which the winner or the suzerain

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 would say to the loser,

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 the vassal,

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 here are my terms of peace.

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 Here is what I'm going to promise you

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 by way of security for the future.

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 And here is what I'm going to demand of you

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 as our vassal.

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 And so that made for a resolution of the conflict.

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 And it made for a secure future,

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 both for the winner king and the loser king.

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 And it meant that,

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 hopefully,

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 if the terms of peace were good,

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 which they often were,

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 that both countries would be able

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 not only to live in peace,

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 but actually to improve relations with one another.

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 That's how it worked

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 in Old Testament times.

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 And it wasn't just an agreement.

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 It wasn't just a loose agreement.

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 It was a very solemn set of...

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 They often went through a very solemn ceremony

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 in which blood was...

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 The blood of an animal was spilled.

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 And indeed,

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 when you come on to Abrahamic times,

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 an animal was cut in half.

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 And there was a ceremony

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 in which the two kings would go through the...

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 walk down the aisle,

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 if you like,

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 together.

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 And they were saying,

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 if either one of us breaks this covenant,

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 let us be like this animal

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 that has been cut in half.

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 That was the solemnity of the covenant.

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 And a fascinating,

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 fascinating theme.

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 Not least because the idea of covenant

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 is rooted in God.

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 That's how God operates.

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 By way of a formal promise bond

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 in which he comes to his people

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 and he says,

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 I am the Lord.

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 You are my people.

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 Here is what I am promising you.

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 And here is what I am expecting of you.

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 Now, if you put it like that,

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 go through the Old Testament

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 and you'll find that that occurs

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 on several different occasions.

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 And the first of them is this one.

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 I'm tempted to go through this

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 in greater detail,

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 but I'm going to say this rather cheekily,

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 that if you want to explore this

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 in more detail,

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 sign up for the ETS Saturday course

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 two weeks from today.

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 And we will be exploring this

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 in great detail

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 all the way through the Bible.

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 I hope you'll forgive me for a plug.

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 But it's all to do

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 with what we're doing

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 and the kind of work that I do.

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 Not just for students,

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 but for the whole church.

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 The first of these covenants

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 is found right here.

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 Now, there's some people who say,

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 well, there's no mention of a covenant.

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 It doesn't tell us

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 in other places in the Bible.

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 There's clear mention

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 that this is a covenant,

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 but not here.

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 But when it bears

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 all the hallmarks of a covenant,

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 then I think we can safely assume

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 with good reason

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 that the covenant exists.

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 And here it is again.

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 Let me just read it to you once again.

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 The Lord God

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 commanded the man saying,

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 you may eat.

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 Here's the provision

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 that I'm making for you.

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 Here's the promise

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 that I'm making for you.

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 You may surely eat

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 of every tree of the garden,

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 but of the tree

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 of the knowledge

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 of good and evil,

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 you shall not eat.

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 There's the prohibition.

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 There's the terms of peace.

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 The terms of agreement

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 between the two of us.

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 That's how God operates.

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 And then he says,

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 for in the day

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 that you shall eat of it,

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 you shall surely die.

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 Very often a covenant

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 contained not only a prohibition,

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 but it contained the consequences

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 of breaking the covenant.

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 We have all the hallmarks

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 of this promise bond.

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 And that forms the basis

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 of our understanding

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 of the arrangement

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 between God and Adam.

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 One of the objections

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 that I've often heard

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 to Genesis chapter 3

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 is this.

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 And I've often heard this.

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 Skeptics who come to you

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 and say,

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 well, you know,

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 do you honestly mean,

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 do you honestly mean us

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 to believe

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 that all of the world's problems,

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 all of the world's difficulties,

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 all of the violence

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 and the mistrust

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 and the betrayals

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 and everything happened

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 just because

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 someone ate an apple?

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 Now, if you put it like that,

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 then it does sound

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 on the surface

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 a bit ridiculous,

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 doesn't it?

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 I can understand

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 when somebody comes

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 and they say that.

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 And what I would say

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 to that person is,

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 you haven't really understood

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 or Genesis chapter 2.

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 You've taken

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 a very superficial view

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 of what,

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 and that's the reason,

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 that's part of the reason

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 I wanted to cover this

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 this evening

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 because I think people

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 do take,

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 for one thing,

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 all the focus

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 is on the forbidden fruit,

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 isn't it?

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 And when we,

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 when we simply think

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 about the tree of knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 and that's all we think about,

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 then we lose sight

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 of the big picture

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 of Genesis 2 and 3.

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 There's more to it than that

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 and I think it's worth exploring

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 the bigger picture

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 that is happening.

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 The fact is

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 that Adam was given

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 a choice

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 of one path

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 or another.

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 The tragedy is that

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 we pay all our attention

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 on the tree of knowledge

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 of good and evil

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 and we forget

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 that there was actually

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 another tree

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 in the middle of the garden.

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 You find it

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 in verse 9

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 in chapter 2.

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 The tree of life

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 was in the midst

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 of the garden

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 along with

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 the tree of knowledge

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 and good and evil.

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 We often think of

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 the tree of knowledge

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 of evil

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 as standing on its own

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 but that's not so.

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 There were two trees

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 in the middle of the garden.

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 The tree of life

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 and the tree of knowledge.

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 Now let that form

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 the basis

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 for your understanding.

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 There was the two trees

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 and here's God

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 in this covenant

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 and he says to the man,

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 the first thing

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 he says is

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 you may surely eat

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 of every tree

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 of the garden.

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 Now you put two

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 and two together

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 and what does that equal?

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 If Adam had

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 made use

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 of the provision

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 that God,

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 the invitation

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 that God had given him

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 to eat of any tree

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 of the garden,

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 every tree of the garden,

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 then,

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 you know what the answer,

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 he would eventually

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 have eaten

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 of the tree of life

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 because the tree of life

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 was one of the rest

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 of the trees.

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 It's bound to have happened.

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 So God's,

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 God's intention was,

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 God's provision was,

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 his invitation was,

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 that in the course

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 of obedience,

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 if Adam had chosen

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 to obey

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 and just eat

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 of the marvelous fruit

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 that God had given him,

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 he would have eventually

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 eaten the tree of life

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 and by so doing,

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 he would have lived forever.

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 And you might ask,

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 well,

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 why was this?

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 Well,

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 I'll tell you why.

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 Because man

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 is given

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 free will.

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 He's made in the image

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 of God.

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 He knows the difference

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 between,

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 he knows right,

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 but he's given this command

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 as a test.

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 It has,

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 it has to be tested

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 because if he's given

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 the ability

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 to choose

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 and to opt

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 for one

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 or the other,

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 then the way

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 to determine

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 which way he's going

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 to go

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 is to test him.

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 And so this was

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 the test.

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 But if he had

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 chosen to obey,

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 if he had chosen

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 plan A,

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 if you like,

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 then it would have

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 been a very different

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 outcome,

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 not only for him

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 and Eve,

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 but for the rest

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 of humanity,

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 I believe.

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 If you want to think

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 about it like this,

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 each tree

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 is a door.

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 You have door one,

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 which is

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 the tree of life.

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 You have door two,

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 the tree of knowledge

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 of good and evil.

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 Now,

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 if you think about it

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 that way,

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 I think it adds

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 a little bit of clarity

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 to the situation.

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 Adam's choice was

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 he either goes

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 through door one

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 or door two,

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 but he doesn't

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 get to come back.

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 He chooses

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 one or the other.

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 And what his choice

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 is,

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 is for himself

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 and for all

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 of humanity

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 because he stands

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 as what they call

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 the federal head,

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 which means that

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 we were in him.

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 he represented us,

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 not just himself

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 and his wife.

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 Genesis chapter 3

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 tells the story

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 of how Adam and Eve

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 chose to enter

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 door two

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 by eating

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 of the forbidden fruit.

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 I hope that that

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 clarifies

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 the situation

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 for us

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 and it adds

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 depth to the objection.

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 Oh,

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 well,

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 you're not going

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 to tell me

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 that all the troubles

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 of the world

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 are because somebody

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 ate an apple.

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 It's not just that at all.

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 This is a solemn covenant.

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 This is a solemn choice.

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 It's an opportunity

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 to exercise his free will

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 one way or the other.

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 In many ways,

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 it doesn't matter

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 what the fruit was

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 or whether it was fruit

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 in the first place.

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 It so happened to be

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 there cannot be

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 an easier,

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 more clearer option.

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 Nobody could mistake it.

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 What's more,

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 it doesn't get better

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 than the Garden of Eden.

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 It was no difficult thing

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 for Adam and Eve

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 to simply obey.

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 If they only had obeyed,

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 then they would have

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 opted for the right choice

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 both for themselves

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 and for the rest of humanity.

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 But it didn't happen

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 that way,

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 did it?

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 It didn't,

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 that's not the way it was

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 because through a process

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 of conversation,

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 this brings me on

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 to the second point

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 I wanted to raise with you,

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 a process of conversation

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:05.580
 in chapter three,

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 which sees the introduction

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.879
 of the serpent,

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 all kinds of questions

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 in chapter two,

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 chapter one,

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 two,

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 and three.

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 I know that Genesis,

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 first chapters of Genesis,

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 they conjure up

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 all kinds of questions.

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 Where did the serpent

00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.120
 come from?

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 Who was the serpent?

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 Where did evil come from?

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 Where is the origin of evil?

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 You read in chapter one,

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 God saw everything

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 that he had made

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 and it was all very good.

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 In that case,

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 where did the presence

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:40.079
 of evil come from?

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 That's the most common question

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:43.679
 everyone asks

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:45.519
 who wants to know

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.299
 the Bible more.

00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:46.919
 The answer,

00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.340
 I don't know.

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 Nobody can give you

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.480
 a definitive answer

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.179
 to that question.

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 It's one of these areas

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 where you just have to

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.620
 throw up your hands

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:55.960
 and say,

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 there is so much

00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:58.039
 I can understand

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 about the Bible

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 but it's limited.

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 We have to leave that

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 to God.

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 I do not know

00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:04.900
 where evil is originated

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:06.740
 but it's there

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 and it's personal.

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 It takes the form

00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.340
 of Lucifer,

00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:14.040
 Satan,

00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:14.960
 whatever you want

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.680
 to call him

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 and he takes the form

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.759
 of a serpent

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.720
 and he comes to Eve

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 in some way.

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 I don't know

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.520
 what the serpent

00:17:23.520 --> 00:17:23.860
 looked like.

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 It doesn't matter.

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.180
 He comes to Eve.

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 I would suggest

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 very quickly

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:30.340
 after God commanded them

00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:31.340
 not to eat

00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:31.840
 of the tree

00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.280
 of knowledge

00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:33.100
 of good and evil

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:34.380
 and he embarks

00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:35.720
 on this conversation,

00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:37.720
 the temptation

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.680
 to do exactly

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:41.140
 what God had forbidden

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.240
 and there are

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.840
 certain features

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.820
 of this conversation

00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:45.600
 that are eerily

00:17:45.600 --> 00:17:47.460
 and scarily similar

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.940
 to the way

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.779
 in which he has operated

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:50.100
 all down the centuries

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 even today,

00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:52.420
 even maybe even

00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.320
 right now

00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.080
 in this building.

00:17:55.060 --> 00:17:56.200
 He's never far away

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.340
 but I want you to notice

00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:58.440
 one or two features

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 about this conversation.

00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.860
 First of all,

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.660
 I want you to notice

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.900
 that at no time

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:05.759
 does the serpent

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.340
 ever tell Eve

00:18:07.340 --> 00:18:08.220
 to eat the fruit.

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:09.720
 Do you notice that?

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.819
 At no time

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.980
 does he actually say

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.839
 I think you should

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.339
 eat the fruit

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.920
 because that's not

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.640
 subtle enough

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:21.819
 and it sort of

00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.360
 gives the lie

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:22.920
 to the idea

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.400
 that we think

00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:24.299
 of temptation

00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.759
 as this voice,

00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.660
 this little demon

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.339
 on our shoulder

00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:27.880
 and he's whispering

00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.400
 to us

00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.680
 this is what you should do.

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.299
 That's not the way

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.200
 it works at all.

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:33.660
 The way it works

00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.240
 is that

00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.039
 he began

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:37.319
 to chip away

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.519
 at the woman's trust

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.440
 in what God

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.299
 had said

00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.700
 and it was a slow

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:45.759
 drip, drip, drip

00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.539
 process

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:48.319
 in which he starts

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.940
 the conversation

00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:52.200
 in a plausible manner

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.799
 and says

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.859
 to Eve

00:18:53.859 --> 00:18:55.240
 you know how

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.220
 God said

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.119
 what was that

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.519
 he said?

00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.019
 He said

00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:01.420
 you can't eat

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.279
 any of the tree

00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.099
 of the garden

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.559
 again.

00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.619
 Remind me again.

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.519
 She says

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:07.199
 it's about

00:19:07.199 --> 00:19:09.379
 that we mustn't

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.000
 touch the tree

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.500
 in the middle

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.899
 of the garden

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.259
 of the tree

00:19:11.259 --> 00:19:11.959
 of the good

00:19:11.959 --> 00:19:12.319
 and evil

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.219
 and at that point

00:19:13.219 --> 00:19:14.479
 he seizes

00:19:14.479 --> 00:19:15.459
 the opportunity

00:19:15.459 --> 00:19:16.659
 to chip

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.639
 even further

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:18.979
 and he says

00:19:18.979 --> 00:19:19.539
 actually

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.799
 in actual fact

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.699
 things are not

00:19:21.699 --> 00:19:22.319
 the way

00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.839
 that God

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.599
 is presenting

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:24.739
 them to you.

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.899
 You're not

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.839
 going to surely die.

00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:30.000
 He knows

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.259
 that the day

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.979
 you eat it

00:19:31.979 --> 00:19:33.079
 you'll become

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.639
 like him.

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 that's what

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.700
 he wants

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.259
 to prevent

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.080
 you from

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:37.340
 better things.

00:19:39.840 --> 00:19:40.060
 And

00:19:40.060 --> 00:19:40.820
 you see

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.240
 what he's doing?

00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:42.100
 He's chipping

00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:42.920
 away and he's

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.780
 undermining

00:19:43.780 --> 00:19:44.560
 her trust

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:45.480
 in the bare

00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:46.820
 word of God

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.500
 alone.

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:52.920
 and it works

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:55.500
 because as the

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.220
 conversation

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.400
 proceeds

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:59.519
 her mind

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.240
 is wandering

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.859
 away

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.599
 from that

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.119
 position

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.740
 where she

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.539
 accepted

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.059
 or where

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.440
 Adam

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.200
 accepted

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:07.299
 the simple

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.980
 command

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.819
 of God

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:10.579
 not

00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:11.319
 to go

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.099
 not to

00:20:12.099 --> 00:20:12.400
 touch

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.880
 not to

00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:13.220
 eat

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.600
 of the

00:20:14.600 --> 00:20:15.140
 tree

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.440
 of

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.839
 knowledge

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.140
 of

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.400
 good

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.740
 and

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.180
 evil.

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 I think

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 you know

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.640
 what this

00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.000
 is about

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.339
 don't you?

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 You know

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.940
 this voice

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.940
 at least

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.420
 I do.

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:30.360
 it works

00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:31.019
 in different

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 ways

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.620
 according to

00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:32.920
 our

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 circumstances

00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.400
 where you

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 are

00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.779
 this evening.

00:20:35.860 --> 00:20:36.519
 The serpent's

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:36.940
 been doing

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.160
 this.

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:37.759
 This is the

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.180
 first time

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.640
 he did it

00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:39.360
 to a man

00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:39.779
 and a woman

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 but he's

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 been doing

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:40.800
 it for

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 centuries

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.759
 ever since

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 and he's

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.400
 doing it

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.660
 probably

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:42.920
 even

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.660
 tonight.

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:46.160
 even as

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.700
 we speak

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.440
 perhaps

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.259
 some of

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.540
 you open

00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:49.240
 the Bible

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.660
 and say

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 is this

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.320
 really

00:20:51.320 --> 00:20:51.740
 true?

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.500
 Is this

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.279
 really

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.660
 true?

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:54.960
 Is this

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.400
 really the

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.180
 basis of

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.300
 our

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.840
 understanding

00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.120
 of the

00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.380
 human

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:57.900
 race?

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 I mean

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.060
 look at

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.360
 all these

00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.920
 eminent

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.620
 scientists

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:01.980
 that are

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.540
 telling us

00:21:02.540 --> 00:21:03.580
 that we

00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:03.860
 can do

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.380
 away with

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.759
 God

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:06.300
 because we

00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:06.960
 know so

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.580
 much more

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.019
 now in

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.880
 the 21st

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.380
 century.

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:09.980
 We're so

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.019
 advanced in

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.259
 our

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.560
 understanding

00:21:12.560 --> 00:21:13.580
 of science

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.399
 and surely

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.339
 this belongs

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.699
 to the

00:21:16.699 --> 00:21:17.359
 Middle Ages

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.659
 belongs to

00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:20.659
 the past.

00:21:21.919 --> 00:21:22.359
 Some of

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.559
 you have

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.039
 probably heard

00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.659
 this in

00:21:24.659 --> 00:21:25.119
 your place

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.500
 of work

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.139
 or perhaps

00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.759
 even people

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.039
 in your

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.599
 family have

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:27.939
 said to

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.139
 you

00:21:28.139 --> 00:21:29.980
 are you

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.259
 serious

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.119
 about this?

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.819
 You still

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:33.759
 believe?

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.960
 That word

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.759
 still is

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.439
 really painful

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:36.779
 isn't it?

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.599
 You still

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.240
 believe?

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.179
 And it

00:21:42.179 --> 00:21:42.599
 gets to

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:42.839
 you.

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:46.439
 it gets

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:46.819
 to you.

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.399
 Can I

00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.980
 be personal

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.519
 the way

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.779
 it gets

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.139
 to me?

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.619
 I'm

00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:55.159
 coming to

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.579
 the sort

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.139
 of senior

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.720
 end of

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.059
 life.

00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.919
 I'm

00:21:58.919 --> 00:21:59.240
 there.

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.000
 Senior

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.480
 end of

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.720
 life.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.919
 And the

00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:03.359
 voice I

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.500
 hear very

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.460
 often is

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.759
 what have

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.159
 you done

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.539
 with your

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.899
 life?

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:11.360
 you

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:11.820
 spent all

00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.300
 these years

00:22:12.300 --> 00:22:12.900
 following

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.759
 Jesus

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.720
 albeit

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.200
 rather

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.780
 badly.

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.100
 You

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.360
 haven't

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:18.620
 made a

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:18.980
 very good

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.380
 job of

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.560
 it.

00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.160
 But that's

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.460
 just an

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.820
 aside.

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:20.980
 You

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.360
 follow

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.880
 Jesus.

00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.500
 Look at

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.860
 what you

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.420
 could have

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.740
 done.

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.840
 Look at

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.120
 all these

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.560
 people who have

00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:29.440
 decided to

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.720
 go on

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.400
 different paths

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.860
 than you.

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:31.900
 Are they

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.259
 all getting

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.800
 struck by

00:22:32.800 --> 00:22:33.160
 lightning?

00:22:34.060 --> 00:22:34.500
 No.

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.580
 They're all

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.480
 thriving.

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.160
 They're having

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.860
 a great time,

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.360
 far better

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.820
 time than

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.420
 you are

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.120
 choosing all

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.240
 the difficulty

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.140
 of ministry

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.160
 and being

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.700
 involved in

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.180
 the church

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.740
 and following

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.279
 Jesus

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.640
 instead of

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.180
 just making

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.519
 the most

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.000
 of life.

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.740
 You know

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.080
 what you've

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.300
 done?

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.840
 You're only

00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.120
 going to

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:54.680
 live once

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.460
 and you've

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.980
 blown it.

00:22:59.320 --> 00:23:00.160
 Exactly the

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.620
 same thing.

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.440
 Chipping

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.100
 away.

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.040
 the word

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:04.759
 of God.

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.100
 That's how

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.460
 he does it.

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.759
 How does

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.120
 he do it

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.460
 for you?

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.880
 How does

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.200
 he do it

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.560
 for you?

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.880
 Probably in

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.279
 a similar

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.620
 way.

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.740
 What do I

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.180
 do about

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.360
 it?

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.840
 How do I

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.519
 respond to

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.960
 that voice?

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.320
 Well I

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.180
 come straight

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.600
 back to

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:22.000
 the Bible.

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.700
 And I

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.120
 discover

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.080
 actually in

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.600
 the Bible

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.960
 that I'm

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.820
 strangely not

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.259
 alone.

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.300
 If you

00:23:30.300 --> 00:23:30.840
 read Psalm

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.680
 73,

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:32.600
 it's the

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.579
 most remarkable

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:35.599
 testimony in

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.099
 which the

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.699
 psalmist,

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.079
 he goes

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:39.099
 through exactly

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.839
 the same

00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:40.939
 process and

00:23:40.939 --> 00:23:42.019
 conversation as

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.379
 I've just

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:42.839
 described.

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.500
 And he

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.399
 tells us that

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.719
 the wicked are

00:23:46.719 --> 00:23:47.299
 thriving.

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.359
 They're happy.

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.359
 They're not

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.319
 suffering in

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.980
 any way.

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.559
 And here

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:55.439
 he is.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:59.940
 following God

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.640
 in vain.

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.440
 And now

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.920
 there's a

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.460
 turning point

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.160
 in Psalm

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.220
 73 where

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.279
 he says,

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.900
 then I

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.779
 went into

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.620
 the house

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.420
 of God.

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.720
 And the

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.279
 moment I

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.680
 went into

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.000
 the house

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.340
 of God,

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.940
 I saw

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.660
 things from

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.580
 an entirely

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.299
 different

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.980
 perspective.

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:16.940
 That's what

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.420
 we need to

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.779
 do.

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.960
 my dear

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.399
 friends,

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:21.039
 when we

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.139
 are overcome

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:23.799
 by those

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.720
 voices of

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.099
 doubt,

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.279
 we must

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.559
 take refuge

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.180
 in the

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.680
 word of

00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:29.279
 God alone

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.639
 that tells

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.940
 us who

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.740
 we are

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:35.259
 and it

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.899
 tells us

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.619
 where our

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.319
 hope and

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.059
 our promise

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.579
 and our

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.220
 assurance

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:41.759
 lies in

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.200
 God's

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.220
 word alone.

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:45.579
 that's

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:45.860
 what we're

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.299
 here for,

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.600
 isn't it?

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.059
 We don't

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.519
 have anything

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.680
 yet.

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.120
 I mean,

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.579
 how else

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.039
 when you

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.380
 think of

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.460
 the most

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:52.200
 impossible

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.660
 prospect,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.319
 which is

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.900
 the resurrection

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.480
 of the

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.740
 dead,

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.059
 that's what

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.640
 God promises.

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.700
 He says,

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.019
 I am the

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.579
 resurrection

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.839
 of the

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.019
 life.

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.759
 He believes

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.160
 in me,

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.039
 though he

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.460
 were dead,

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.620
 yet shall

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.200
 he live.

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.140
 We believe

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.380
 that.

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.180
 Why would

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.759
 we believe

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.220
 that?

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.640
 Because God

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.039
 has said

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.200
 it.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.240
 that's all.

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.140
 The bare

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.860
 word of

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:16.080
 God alone.

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.140
 Now,

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.519
 I must

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.019
 hurry up.

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.380
 Then the

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.200
 third thing

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.799
 is that,

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.200
 of course,

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.640
 you know the

00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:24.039
 rest of the

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.279
 story,

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.720
 the rest

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.580
 literally is

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:25.960
 history.

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.400
 The woman

00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.900
 took the

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.220
 fruit,

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.880
 and by

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.259
 the way,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.180
 Adam was

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.759
 as culpable

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.420
 as Eve

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.660
 was.

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.059
 She was

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.480
 the first.

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:31.860
 Somebody

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.279
 had to be

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.680
 the first.

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:32.940
 Well,

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.759
 so be

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:33.900
 it.

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.900
 But the

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.380
 moment that

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.900
 Eve took

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.400
 the fruit,

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.319
 everything

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.960
 changed.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.120
 The whole

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.860
 environment

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.440
 changed.

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:41.860
 Light

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.319
 became

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.819
 darkness.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.500
 Sweetness

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.859
 became

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.339
 bitterness.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.119
 Security

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.740
 became

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.439
 fear.

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.019
 Peace

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.539
 became

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.419
 turmoil.

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.699
 Outside

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.799
 and inside,

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.899
 they knew

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.240
 that they

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.919
 all of a

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.079
 sudden

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.559
 discovered

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.939
 that they

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.559
 were naked.

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.199
 Whereas

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:59.359
 beforehand,

00:25:59.559 --> 00:25:59.779
 in a

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.539
 perfect world,

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.299
 that was

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.859
 immaterial.

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.479
 It didn't

00:26:02.479 --> 00:26:03.519
 matter because

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.879
 God had

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.439
 created them

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.839
 that way.

00:26:04.899 --> 00:26:05.079
 There was

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.500
 no need

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.259
 for clothing.

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.219
 Now they're

00:26:07.219 --> 00:26:07.740
 full of

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.279
 shame and

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.839
 embarrassment.

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.419
 They

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.240
 pathetically

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.319
 sow fig

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.779
 leaves for

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.319
 themselves and

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.059
 they hide

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.919
 from God.

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.959
 It only

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:15.799
 gets worse

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.199
 as the

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.619
 chapter

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.259
 proceeds.

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.039
 God

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.720
 comes into

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.419
 the garden

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.259
 in the

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.199
 cool of

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:21.679
 the day.

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 They know

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.679
 it's going

00:26:22.679 --> 00:26:23.119
 to happen

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.659
 because it's

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.019
 happened

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.519
 before.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.959
 Beforehand,

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.359
 they've had

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.099
 no problem

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.599
 with God.

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.000
 God has

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.419
 been their

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:29.079
 delight.

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.459
 They've

00:26:29.459 --> 00:26:30.179
 looked forward

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:30.919
 to him

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.539
 coming in

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.819
 and to

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.199
 every

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:33.359
 conversation

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.839
 that they've

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.039
 had,

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.959
 every opportunity

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:35.579
 of fellowship

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.199
 with God.

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.659
 They said,

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.159
 yes,

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.199
 Lord,

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.899
 we want

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.159
 you to

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.500
 come in

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.819
 now.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.339
 They don't

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.779
 want to

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.240
 see him.

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.559
 They don't

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.899
 want him

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.720
 anywhere near

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.099
 them.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.379
 And yet,

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:45.819
 he's going

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.139
 to come

00:26:46.139 --> 00:26:46.579
 in in the

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.919
 cool of

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.059
 the day.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.259
 It's

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.699
 interesting.

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.619
 Just a

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.139
 little bit

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.619
 of an

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.359
 aside here.

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.079
 When it

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.480
 tells us

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:52.759
 that the

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.319
 Lord God

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.279
 walked in

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.759
 the garden

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.339
 in the

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.579
 cool of

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.919
 the day,

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.139
 well,

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.419
 God,

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.500
 that's an

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.480
 anthropomorphism

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.279
 when God

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.980
 describes himself

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.879
 in human

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.759
 terms because

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.799
 God doesn't,

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.519
 he doesn't have

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.199
 legs to

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.419
 walk,

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.980
 but that

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.920
 doesn't matter.

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:07.420
 We know

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.000
 what's being

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.400
 said.

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.000
 But the

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.060
 other question

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:10.580
 here in

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.019
 this verse

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.700
 is the

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.420
 cool of

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.920
 the day.

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:14.880
 Be very

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.240
 careful,

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.980
 very careful.

00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:16.360
 This is why

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.779
 we teach

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.340
 our students

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.740
 Hebrew,

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.120
 by the

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.360
 way.

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.340
 It's not

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.880
 that cool

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.360
 of the day

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:22.380
 is not

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.840
 correct,

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:26.100
 but there's

00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:26.560
 maybe a

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:26.980
 better way

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.360
 of putting

00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.980
 it and

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.340
 something

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.680
 that is

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.960
 a bit

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.320
 more,

00:27:29.320 --> 00:27:29.880
 more,

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.279
 more,

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.620
 that will

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.200
 fit the

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.800
 context.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.820
 The cool

00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.340
 of the day,

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:34.980
 walking in the

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.140
 garden,

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:36.060
 sort of

00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.360
 gives the

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.700
 impression

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.820
 that God

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.400
 comes in

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.000
 blissfully

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.660
 unaware of

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.880
 what's

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.180
 happened.

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.740
 He's going

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.060
 for a

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.720
 quiet stroll

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:41.980
 in the

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.240
 garden,

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.800
 and he

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.280
 doesn't see

00:27:43.280 --> 00:27:43.700
 Adam at

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:43.920
 first,

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.160
 and he

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.360
 says,

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.759
 Adam,

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.860
 where are

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.360
 you?

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:49.919
 that's not

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.319
 the way

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.019
 it was.

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.079
 You'll

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.459
 notice

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.019
 there's a

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.500
 footnote

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:59.379
 that says

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:01.039
 the wind

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.559
 of the

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.839
 day.

00:28:04.679 --> 00:28:05.579
 This was

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:06.299
 not some

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.519
 kind of

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:09.579
 innocuous

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.159
 walk.

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.200
 walk.

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.660
 It

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.320
 wasn't a

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.820
 stroll.

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.259
 This was

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.860
 judgment.

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.640
 This was

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.700
 an angry

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.519
 creator

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.720
 who was

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.820
 righteously,

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.380
 exceedingly

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.519
 angry

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.580
 at the

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.220
 fact that

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.660
 his image

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:30.820
 has

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:32.040
 deliberately

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:34.480
 disobeyed

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.740
 him,

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:37.059
 and he

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.480
 has every

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.880
 right to

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.339
 be angry,

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.339
 and he

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.819
 seeks them

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.059
 out,

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:41.960
 and he

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.519
 calls them

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:42.759
 out,

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.839
 and he

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.420
 begins the

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.079
 process of

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.880
 interrogation,

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.740
 and he

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.160
 has three

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.880
 things to

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.220
 say.

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.640
 When he

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.319
 hears Adam

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.920
 and his

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.380
 pathetic

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.920
 excuse,

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.279
 he says,

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.599
 what have

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.019
 you done?

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.039
 Have you

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.660
 eaten of

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.000
 the fruit

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.259
 that I

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.620
 told you

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.000
 not to

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.240
 eat?

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.559
 Adam

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.359
 immediately,

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.180
 first case

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.779
 of passing

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.299
 the buck

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.180
 in history,

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.819
 when he

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.400
 blames his

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:03.799
 wife,

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.279
 God

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.720
 turns to

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:04.900
 her,

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.200
 he says,

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.519
 what's

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.860
 this you

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.240
 have done?

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.579
 She

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.240
 passes the

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.640
 buck to

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:07.819
 the,

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.500
 it's a

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.839
 classic

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.640
 case of

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:11.539
 refusing to

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.819
 take

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.400
 responsibility,

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.900
 if ever

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.220
 there was

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.740
 a mark

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.299
 of sinful

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.860
 behavior,

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.259
 sinful human

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.680
 nature,

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.299
 it is that

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.140
 we refuse

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.539
 to take

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.180
 responsibility

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:20.140
 for what

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.519
 we have

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:20.880
 done.

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.019
 It was

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.579
 a serpent,

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.440
 she says,

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.059
 that deceived

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.299
 me,

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.680
 and I

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.900
 ate.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.220
 And so

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.519
 therefore,

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.140
 God turns

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.480
 to the

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.759
 serpent,

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.200
 and he

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.539
 says,

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.200
 he then

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.880
 decides to

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:32.440
 say three

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.960
 things in

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.460
 judgment,

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.700
 he talks

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.039
 to the

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.340
 serpent,

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:37.680
 then he

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.019
 takes to

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.539
 this woman,

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:38.920
 and he

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.299
 talks to

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.700
 the man.

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.180
 I'm going

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.460
 to take

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.799
 these in

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.480
 reverse order,

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:44.880
 simply because

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.559
 if I do

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.539
 so, we

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.160
 will end

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.600
 on a

00:29:47.600 --> 00:29:48.600
 note of

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.039
 hope.

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.079
 hope.

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.980
 What he

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.359
 says to

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.759
 the man

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:55.859
 is two

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.339
 things.

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.000
 There are

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.420
 two edges

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.139
 to what he

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.819
 says to

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.220
 Adam.

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.220
 There's the

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.639
 edge of

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.079
 judgment,

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.099
 but perhaps

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.779
 surprisingly,

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.420
 hidden in

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.240
 this judgment,

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.379
 there is

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:12.539
 grace.

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.220
 Where do I

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.639
 see that?

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:14.920
 Well,

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.639
 what he

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.099
 says to the

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.279
 man,

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.819
 he says,

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.339
 because you

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.639
 have listened

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.899
 to the

00:30:18.899 --> 00:30:19.240
 voice of

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.680
 your wife,

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.819
 verse 17,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.819
 and have

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.200
 eaten of

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.500
 the tree

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.859
 which I

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.259
 commanded

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.519
 you,

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:23.980
 shall not

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.519
 curse to

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.920
 the ground

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.519
 because of

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.660
 you.

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.299
 In pain,

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.480
 you shall

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.240
 eat of

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.579
 it.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.980
 Now,

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.359
 the good

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.000
 news is,

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.720
 you shall

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.019
 eat.

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.339
 In other

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.539
 words,

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.839
 you're going

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.299
 to continue

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.119
 to exist.

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:36.119
 to be

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:38.000
 with

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.739
 difficulty.

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.979
 Whereas

00:30:39.979 --> 00:30:40.539
 beforehand,

00:30:40.739 --> 00:30:40.959
 when you

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.519
 planted seed

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.739
 in the

00:30:41.739 --> 00:30:41.979
 ground,

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.659
 it grew.

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.639
 In a

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.419
 perfect world,

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.739
 if you

00:30:45.739 --> 00:30:46.279
 planted seed

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.479
 in the

00:30:46.479 --> 00:30:46.939
 ground,

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.459
 it will

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:48.099
 yield

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.239
 100%,

00:30:49.239 --> 00:30:50.000
 and without

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.539
 any kind,

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.799
 now you

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.179
 are going

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:53.559
 to have

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.219
 frustration

00:30:54.219 --> 00:30:55.179
 after frustration.

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.159
 And like I

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.679
 said last

00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:56.879
 night,

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.319
 these are

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.459
 the first

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.679
 fruit,

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.039
 these are

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.759
 the symbols

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.039
 of all

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.859
 the difficulty

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.259
 that was

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.680
 going to

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.019
 arise,

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:03.819
 the things

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.559
 that go

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.980
 wrong,

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:06.339
 either minor

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.660
 inconveniences

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:09.160
 or major

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.539
 catastrophes,

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.440
 natural

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.200
 disaster,

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.960
 it's all

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.099
 contained in

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.059
 these words.

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.579
 In pain,

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.119
 you shall

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.559
 eat of

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.339
 it all

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.920
 the days

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.440
 of your

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.700
 life.

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.240
 Thorns

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.099
 and thistles,

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.000
 it shall

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.599
 bring forth

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:22.960
 to you,

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.480
 and you

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.920
 shall eat

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.559
 the plants

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.039
 of the

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.279
 field.

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.700
 Yet,

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.759
 you shall

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:26.920
 eat.

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.059
 Do you

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.319
 remember?

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.619
 Do you

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.039
 see that?

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.940
 He's repeating

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.619
 himself twice.

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.219
 You shall

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:30.639
 eat.

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.659
 It's what

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.000
 we call

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.500
 common

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.939
 grace.

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:35.699
 It's how

00:31:35.699 --> 00:31:36.319
 theologians

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.000
 explain the

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.519
 fact that

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:39.399
 God allows

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.219
 life to

00:31:40.219 --> 00:31:41.399
 continue and

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.979
 very often

00:31:41.979 --> 00:31:42.759
 to thrive

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.299
 in a

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.659
 sinful

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.299
 world.

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.539
 It's a

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.959
 sign of

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.299
 God's

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.919
 kindness,

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:48.959
 making the

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.439
 sun to

00:31:49.439 --> 00:31:50.039
 shine on

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.579
 the righteous

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.459
 and the

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:52.059
 unrighteous,

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.379
 and the

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:52.819
 rain to

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.459
 rain on

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:54.000
 the righteous

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.739
 and the

00:31:54.739 --> 00:31:55.359
 unrighteous,

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:55.639
 in the

00:31:55.639 --> 00:31:56.039
 words of

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.379
 Jesus.

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.539
 But then

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.799
 to the

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.079
 woman,

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.139
 he says

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.500
 this.

00:32:01.939 --> 00:32:02.399
 He says,

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.739
 I will

00:32:02.739 --> 00:32:03.319
 surely

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:05.079
 multiply you.

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.799
 Two things.

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.459
 He was going

00:32:07.459 --> 00:32:08.000
 to multiply

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.819
 her pain

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.359
 and child

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.519
 being.

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.919
 That was

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.219
 going to

00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:10.519
 be a

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.859
 mark of

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.059
 the

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.719
 consequence

00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.199
 that she

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.599
 had to

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.479
 suffer by

00:32:15.479 --> 00:32:16.199
 way of

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:17.000
 her part

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.859
 in the

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.819
 disobedience.

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.459
 It was to

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:20.959
 become a

00:32:20.959 --> 00:32:22.199
 feature of

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.799
 the human

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.279
 race,

00:32:23.719 --> 00:32:24.079
 that whereas

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.199
 animals with

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:26.679
 relative ease

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.519
 gave birth to

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.119
 their offspring,

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.359
 the woman

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.279
 was to do

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.919
 so in

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.299
 pain.

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:33.019
 I have no

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.139
 direct knowledge

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.719
 of course of

00:32:34.719 --> 00:32:34.939
 this.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.559
 I can only

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.559
 talk about

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.019
 having witnessed

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.599
 the birth of

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.039
 my six

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.000
 children from

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:41.459
 afar, but

00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:42.279
 it is true.

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.219
 It's true,

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.679
 isn't it?

00:32:43.739 --> 00:32:44.779
 But then he

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.459
 says this,

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.679
 your desire

00:32:46.679 --> 00:32:47.419
 shall be for

00:32:47.419 --> 00:32:47.959
 your husband

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.919
 and he shall

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.539
 rule over.

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.099
 What does this

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.379
 mean?

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.219
 Your desire

00:32:51.219 --> 00:32:51.839
 shall be for

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.299
 your husband

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.059
 and he shall

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.739
 rule over

00:32:53.739 --> 00:32:53.919
 us.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.460
 what it

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.240
 means is

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.380
 that whereas

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.019
 there was

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.019
 perfectly

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.680
 balanced

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.740
 desire for

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.120
 him before

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.620
 now,

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.140
 there is a

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.940
 distorted,

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:05.220
 exaggerated

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:07.340
 dependence on

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:08.000
 him now.

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.000
 And the

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.720
 rule that he

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.019
 would have

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.300
 had before

00:33:12.300 --> 00:33:12.980
 now, which

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.580
 was a

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.019
 loving,

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.100
 balanced

00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:15.840
 rule,

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.580
 would now

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:19.259
 become a

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.980
 monstrous

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.360
 one.

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:22.839
 or might

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.359
 become a

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.659
 monster.

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.399
 Again, if it

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.839
 wasn't for

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.799
 God's common

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.399
 grace that

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:27.659
 restrains us

00:33:27.659 --> 00:33:28.699
 sometimes more

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.399
 than others.

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:31.500
 So what God

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.119
 is saying is

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.799
 that whereas

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:34.079
 beforehand you

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.959
 had a perfect

00:33:34.959 --> 00:33:36.779
 equilibrium in

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.719
 your relationship

00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:38.399
 with each

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.879
 other, now

00:33:39.879 --> 00:33:40.599
 that's all

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.240
 spoiled.

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.339
 And your

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:44.839
 view of him

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.459
 is going to

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.179
 change and

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.839
 his view of

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.479
 you is going

00:33:47.479 --> 00:33:48.259
 to change and

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.819
 it's all going

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.240
 to become

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.740
 ugly.

00:33:50.719 --> 00:33:51.519
 Again, to a

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.059
 lesser or

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.639
 greater extent.

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.219
 Let me give you

00:33:53.219 --> 00:33:53.839
 an example of

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:53.919
 that.

00:33:53.979 --> 00:33:54.299
 I know the

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.659
 time is

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:54.799
 going.

00:33:54.979 --> 00:33:55.439
 Let me give

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.619
 you an

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.139
 example of

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.379
 this.

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.000
 Later on in

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.719
 chapter 4,

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.159
 we go into

00:33:59.159 --> 00:33:59.439
 the next

00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:00.199
 chapter and

00:34:00.199 --> 00:34:01.039
 chapter 4 as

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.959
 the human race

00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:02.639
 develops and

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.199
 as more people

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.839
 are born and

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.759
 as things

00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.939
 happen, you

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.939
 come across

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.919
 this nasty

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.759
 character called

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.460
 Lamech.

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.359
 Chapter 4,

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.099
 verse 23.

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.059
 And he

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.819
 marries two

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.159
 women.

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.859
 Well, that was

00:34:13.859 --> 00:34:14.819
 a red flag for

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.339
 a start.

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.539
 One of them

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.299
 is called

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.600
 Ada and

00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:20.840
 the other

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.380
 one called

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.019
 Zilha.

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:22.860
 A nasty,

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.660
 nasty piece

00:34:23.660 --> 00:34:24.080
 of work.

00:34:25.120 --> 00:34:25.300
 Right?

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:26.019
 And he

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.660
 kills a man.

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.100
 But it's

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:28.440
 not just

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.680
 that.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.120
 He wants

00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:29.640
 to boast

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.160
 about it

00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:30.480
 to his

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.940
 wives and

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.300
 he says

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.620
 to them,

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.080
 Ada,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.539
 Zilha,

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.140
 hear my

00:34:34.140 --> 00:34:34.480
 voice,

00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:35.039
 you wives

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.600
 of Lamech,

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.160
 listen to

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.440
 what I've

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.519
 said.

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.580
 I've killed

00:34:37.580 --> 00:34:38.240
 a man for

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.800
 wounding me,

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.700
 a young man

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.440
 for striking

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.680
 me.

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.360
 What's

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.580
 this?

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:41.860
 What's

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.300
 the idea

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.640
 here?

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.420
 The idea

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.079
 I believe

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.559
 is an

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.000
 exact

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.559
 fulfillment

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.319
 of what

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.779
 God said

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.319
 to Eve.

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:50.059
 That here

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:51.039
 is a man

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.659
 and he

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.539
 is threatening

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:53.519
 his wives

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.879
 and he's

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.259
 saying to

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.420
 them,

00:34:56.799 --> 00:34:57.179
 see what

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.659
 I've done

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.099
 to this

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.460
 guy.

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.460
 Just be

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.779
 careful.

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.179
 Domestic

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.719
 abuse

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:10.539
 didn't start

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:10.799
 in the

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.359
 21st

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.760
 century.

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.780
 It started

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.440
 way back

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.740
 then.

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.760
 But what

00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:20.059
 I want

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.400
 to end

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.579
 with is

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.900
 God's

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.260
 word to

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:22.720
 the serpent.

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.640
 Not only

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:26.000
 was the

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.599
 serpent to

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.340
 crawl on

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.880
 the ground

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:30.620
 forever

00:35:30.620 --> 00:35:31.539
 as a

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.059
 mark of

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.559
 what God

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.940
 had said

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.420
 to him.

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.640
 I don't

00:35:34.640 --> 00:35:34.820
 want to

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.260
 spend any

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.760
 time on

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:35.920
 that.

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.180
 I want

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:36.660
 to spend

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.440
 all the

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.980
 time on

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.440
 the next

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:39.660
 bit,

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.320
 the second

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.880
 bit where

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.300
 he says

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.539
 I will

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.180
 put enmity

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.880
 between you

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.160
 and the

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:43.580
 woman and

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:44.220
 between your

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.860
 offspring and

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.440
 her offspring.

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.440
 I'm going to

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.000
 split the

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.539
 human race

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.000
 in two.

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.060
 There's going

00:35:49.060 --> 00:35:50.200
 to be race

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:51.039
 number one

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.539
 which is

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.960
 going to

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.980
 serve me,

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.960
 the seed of

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.420
 the woman,

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.300
 and race

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.140
 number two

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:57.100
 which is

00:35:57.100 --> 00:35:57.420
 going to

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.160
 serve you,

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.840
 the seed of

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.300
 the serpent.

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.660
 They were

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.340
 both going

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.900
 to look like

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:02.620
 sometimes two

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:03.120
 people in the

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:03.900
 same family

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:05.460
 were born.

00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:05.900
 The seed of

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.240
 the woman,

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.760
 seed of the

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.019
 serpent.

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.480
 Seed of the

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.000
 woman followed

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.400
 the Lord.

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.920
 Seed of the

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.500
 serpent followed

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.019
 the serpent.

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:12.080
 I'm going to

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.680
 split the

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:13.120
 human race.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.980
 And as you

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.600
 read all the

00:36:14.600 --> 00:36:14.880
 way through

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.240
 the Old

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.580
 Testament,

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.100
 it becomes

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:17.000
 very clear

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.920
 who belonged

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.539
 to which.

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.960
 He says there

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.160
 are going to

00:36:20.160 --> 00:36:20.800
 be enmity

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.360
 between them,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.620
 there's going

00:36:21.620 --> 00:36:22.240
 to be war,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.620
 there's going

00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:24.140
 to be conflict

00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:25.480
 between these

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.960
 two types of

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.820
 human being,

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.680
 those who

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:29.600
 follow me and

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:29.920
 those who

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.400
 follow you.

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.360
 But it's going

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.980
 to end,

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.780
 and here's how

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.060
 it's going

00:36:33.060 --> 00:36:33.420
 to end,

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:35.660
 because he

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.879
 says it

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.719
 will culminate

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.460
 one day

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:40.619
 in a man.

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.299
 The reason

00:36:42.299 --> 00:36:42.819
 I know that

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.279
 is because

00:36:43.279 --> 00:36:44.079
 the masculine

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:45.559
 singular is

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.339
 used in

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.139
 verse 15.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.259
 He,

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:49.579
 he,

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.960
 he

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:53.279
 shall

00:36:53.279 --> 00:36:54.500
 bruise

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.440
 your

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.460
 head,

00:36:57.899 --> 00:36:59.339
 and you

00:36:59.339 --> 00:37:00.679
 will

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.779
 bruise

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.539
 his

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.299
 heel.

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.379
 He'll

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:05.980
 you.

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.099
 You know

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.400
 what this

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.579
 is,

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.940
 don't you?

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.780
 It's the

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.400
 first glimpse,

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.059
 the first

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.360
 glimmer.

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.300
 It's the

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.900
 wrath

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.700
 remembering

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.280
 mercy.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:16.220
 It's God's

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:17.180
 solution to

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:18.000
 an otherwise

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.680
 hopeless,

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.660
 catastrophic

00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:21.240
 event that

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.559
 would have

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.820
 ruined the

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.360
 world

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:25.700
 forever,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.140
 ever.

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.880
 And yet

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:28.539
 here is God

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.980
 and he's

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.360
 saying,

00:37:29.700 --> 00:37:29.980
 yes,

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.380
 I'm going

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.800
 to judge

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:30.980
 you.

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.480
 Yes,

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.840
 you're going

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.260
 to suffer.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:32.820
 There's

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.220
 going to be

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:34.799
 untold

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.379
 suffering in

00:37:35.379 --> 00:37:35.719
 the human

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:35.959
 race,

00:37:36.399 --> 00:37:36.539
 but

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.279
 nevertheless,

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:40.239
 he will

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.839
 bruise

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.739
 your head

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.739
 and you

00:37:42.739 --> 00:37:42.959
 shall

00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.659
 bruise

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:43.959
 his

00:37:43.959 --> 00:37:44.259
 heel.

00:37:44.399 --> 00:37:44.659
 And you

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:44.980
 know when

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.159
 that

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.439
 happened.

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.799
 You know

00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:46.119
 who the

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.759
 he is.

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:47.779
 The he

00:37:47.779 --> 00:37:49.039
 is Jesus

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.679
 Christ,

00:37:49.959 --> 00:37:50.439
 the son

00:37:50.439 --> 00:37:50.899
 of God

00:37:50.899 --> 00:37:51.219
 who was

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.539
 going to

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.980
 come into

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.339
 the world

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:52.939
 as the

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:54.099
 second

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.659
 Adam or

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.159
 the last

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.419
 Adam,

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.839
 some people

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.339
 prefer to

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.759
 call him.

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.500
 And by

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.019
 so

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:59.299
 representing

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:03.019
 his people,

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.420
 he was

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.820
 going to

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.360
 reverse.

00:38:04.620 --> 00:38:05.000
 How was

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.240
 he going

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.519
 to do

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.620
 it?

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:06.200
 He was

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.780
 going to

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:07.900
 crush the

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.480
 head of

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:08.980
 the serpent

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.780
 in his

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.860
 death on

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.720
 the cross.

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.539
 By so

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.860
 doing,

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:17.880
 he has

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.140
 to go

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:18.360
 through

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.800
 death

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.380
 by which

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:20.980
 the serpent

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.660
 will bruise

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:22.220
 his heel.

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.439
 one.

00:38:24.379 --> 00:38:25.019
 And that

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.439
 leads us

00:38:25.439 --> 00:38:26.019
 nicely, I

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.259
 hope,

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.039
 into tomorrow,

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.799
 God willing,

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:30.519
 where we

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:30.839
 are going

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:31.480
 to look at

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.079
 the death

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.799
 of Jesus

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:34.179
 in terms

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.679
 of his

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.439
 victory

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:36.899
 over the

00:38:36.899 --> 00:38:37.699
 evil one

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.739
 as demonstrated

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.319
 in the

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.839
 temptation.

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.579
 But so

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.899
 much of

00:38:41.899 --> 00:38:42.179
 what I

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.980
 said tonight,

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.519
 I hope,

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:44.659
 resonates

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:46.539
 with all

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.099
 of us.

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.179
 We have

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.639
 an enemy.

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:48.980
 It goes

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.439
 about like

00:38:49.439 --> 00:38:49.919
 a roaring

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:50.739
 lion seeking

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:51.079
 whom he

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.699
 may devour.

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.939
 and using

00:38:52.939 --> 00:38:53.679
 the same

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.379
 kind of

00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.859
 tactics,

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.339
 chipping

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.899
 away of

00:38:55.899 --> 00:38:56.359
 the word

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.980
 of God.

00:38:57.419 --> 00:38:57.919
 And tonight,

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.619
 I hope that

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.079
 our coming

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.759
 here together

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.619
 will be

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:03.480
 as laying

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:04.579
 hold as

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.419
 never before

00:39:05.419 --> 00:39:05.839
 on the

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.460
 bare word

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.019
 of God

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.699
 alone and

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.259
 resting

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:11.019
 in the

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.759
 he, the

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.219
 seed of

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.639
 the woman

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.039
 who is

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.399
 going to

00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:14.519
 come and

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:14.919
 one day

00:39:14.919 --> 00:39:15.359
 give his

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.960
 life for

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:17.179
 us and

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.099
 thus bruise

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:18.639
 the head

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.699
 of the

00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.000
 serpent.

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:20.480
 He's got

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.000
 the victory.

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.639
 And in

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.219
 him, we

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:23.759
 have the

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.219
 victory.

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.279
 And God

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:27.159
 promises that

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:28.259
 in his

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:28.559
 son.

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.139
 Our

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.599
 father in

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.000
 heaven, we

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.619
 thank you for

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.739
 our time

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.379
 together and

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:33.000
 we ask that

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.659
 you will bless

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.339
 your word to

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.759
 us, bless

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.339
 us as we

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:36.939
 prepare for

00:39:36.939 --> 00:39:37.739
 to sit at

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.460
 your table and

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.079
 remember the

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.480
 death of

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.799
 Jesus.

00:39:40.439 --> 00:39:41.039
 In his

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.359
 name,

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:41.939
 amen.

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.059
 Amen.

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.240
 Well, we're

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.740
 going to

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.280
 bring our

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:45.700
 service to

00:39:45.700 --> 00:39:46.440
 a close by

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.500
 singing in

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.960
 Psalm 103,

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.840
 verse 3.

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.159
 It's the

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.440
 Scottish

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.840
 Psalters,

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:53.300
 page 369,

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.460
 and it's

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.260
 verse 3.

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:57.500
 All thine

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.460
 iniquities who

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:59.740
 doth most

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:01.159
 graciously forgive,

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.639
 who thy

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.619
 diseases all

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.300
 and pains

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:04.559
 doth heal

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.099
 and thee

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.740
 relieve.

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:07.119
 And then on

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:08.220
 to verse

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:09.339
 verse 8.

00:40:09.839 --> 00:40:11.119
 Psalm 103,

00:40:11.419 --> 00:40:11.959
 all thine

00:40:11.959 --> 00:40:12.759
 iniquities who

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.259
 doth please

00:40:13.259 --> 00:40:13.679
 stand if

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.139
 you're able.

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:14.259
 Amen.

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:45.099
 Psalm 103,

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 O sufferer in counsel to us, in mercy, pectinus.

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 Amen.

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 Fellowship of the Holy Spirit, rest on and abide with each one of you, both now and always. Amen.

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 Amen.