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 A reading from Psalms 8, page 546.

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 What is mankind that you are mindful of them?

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 Human beings that you care for them.

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 You have made them a little lower than the angels

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 and crowned them with glory and honor.

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 You made them rulers over the works of your hands.

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 You put everything under their feet,

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 all flocks and herds and the animals of the wild,

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 the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea,

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 all that swim the paths of the seas.

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 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 Amen.

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 That's great.

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 Thank you for reading for us, Elle.

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 Do turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 1,

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 which we're going to refer to Psalm 8 briefly,

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 but do turn to Genesis 1.

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 It's right at the beginning of your Bibles.

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 Like I said with the children,

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 we've been looking over these summer weeks

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 at the doctrine of creation.

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 So not so much working through Genesis 1 to 3,

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 verse by verse,

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 but looking at the themes of creation,

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 what does it mean that God made the world?

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 So we looked at the God who made the world

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 and we thought about that together.

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 What is God like?

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 We then looked at the world that God made.

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 What kind of world did God make?

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 We realized that he made the world to be with us.

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 And this week we're thinking about humanity,

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 the people that God made.

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 And next week we're going to be looking at the fall,

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 what went wrong in the world that God made.

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 So let me pray and ask for the Lord's help

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 as we come to his word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 it would be very easy for us

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 just to think of this as a human exercise

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 for me trying to pass information from my brains

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 into the brains of those people in front of me.

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 But Lord, that's not what's going on here.

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 These are your words.

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 And we, all of us,

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 me and everyone else,

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 are sitting to listen to you.

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 We long, Lord,

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 not just to learn new ideas,

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 but to hear your voice.

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 We long to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus.

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 We long to live lives of purpose and meaning

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 and significance for his praise and his glory.

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 So be with us and help us, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen. Amen.

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 Now, I think probably one of the most important

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 Christian books of the last 10 years

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 was a book called Love Thy Body.

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 Nancy Peercy, who's the author,

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 points out in the book that

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 most people in the West

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 now think very differently

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 to their grandparents

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 or certainly their great-grandparents

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 about issues such as abortion

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 or euthanasia

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 or marriage

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 or gender

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 or sex and sexuality.

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 Now, that's not that surprising,

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 isn't it?

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 We all know that.

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 In fact,

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 if the most important Christian book

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 of the last 10 years

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 just told you that,

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 then any of us in this room

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 could have written it,

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 couldn't we?

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 But we didn't.

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 And Nancy Peercy is brighter than all of us.

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 Probably most of us all put together as well.

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 But actually,

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 the thing that comes through from that book,

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 which is really fascinating,

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 is that the reason behind those changes,

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 the reason that you and I think differently

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 or most people around us

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 will think differently

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 to their grandparents on these issues,

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 is because of one single change

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 that's behind them all,

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 a fundamental shift in our thinking.

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 In other words,

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 new ideas about marriage,

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 gender, sex, abortion,

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 and euthanasia are,

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 she says,

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 symptoms of a deeper change,

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 a deeper shift in thinking.

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 And Peercy argues

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 that it's a shift

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 in what we think it means

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 to be human.

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 Now, forgive me

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 for just going into the detail

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 of this this morning,

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 but it is important for us.

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 We, all of us,

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 whether you call yourself

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 a Christian or not this morning,

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 all of us have lived

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 and are living

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 through a period

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 of massive cultural change.

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 And it is largely driven

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 by this shift in thinking

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 about what it means

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 to be human.

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 It means for most people now,

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 being human is understood

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 by splitting apart

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 two things

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 which have traditionally

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 been held together,

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 are certainly held together

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 in Christian theology.

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 The West today tells us

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 that our physical bodies

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 and our minds

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 are separate from one another

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 and that actually

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 our minds

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 and our feelings

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 and our perceptions

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 are primary

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 and our bodies

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 are secondary.

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 And that mind first,

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 body later shift

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 means that

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 if you want to know

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 what your life is for,

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 what is the purpose

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 of your existence,

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 you look not at your body

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 but you look to your mind.

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 What are your feelings?

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 How do you think?

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 Think about it like this with me

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 and this is Piercy's illustration,

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 not mine,

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 so if you don't like it

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 you can pick it up with her.

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 But imagine a car and a driver.

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 The car is the means

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 of getting from A to B

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 but the rule and the decision

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 and the purpose

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 come from the driver of the car.

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 And in modern thinking now,

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 your body is just a car

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 that your mind is driving.

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 The body is sort of a container

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 for the real you.

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 It is not the real you.

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 And sometimes,

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 in contemporary thought at least,

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 the car is an unreliable one.

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 It needs a few modifications

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 to make it suit

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 the driver's preferences.

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 Now think about how that works.

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 If your mind is you

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 and your body is just the container,

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 then it means, doesn't it,

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 that if somebody has

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 a mind that is damaged

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 but a body that is functional,

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 maybe because of age

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 or dementia or disability

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 or perhaps because

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 they're an unborn child

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 who is not yet capable

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 of articulating thoughts

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 and feelings,

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 in contemporary speak

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 you are less

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 than someone who is

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 of sound mind.

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 And so what can you do?

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 Well, you are able,

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 under certain circumstances,

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 to dispose of those

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 with bodies

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 without functioning minds,

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 which of course is abortion

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 and euthanasia.

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 Nancy Pearcey gives other examples.

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 She gives the example

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 of sexuality.

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 She says,

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 you know,

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 think about when

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 the sexual desires

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 of your mind

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 don't match up

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 with the sexual makeup

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 of your body.

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 Which one wins?

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 Your body

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 or your mind?

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 Now for centuries

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 it's been our bodies

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 but now of course

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 it's our minds

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 and that's why marriage

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 has been redefined.

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 Or what about

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 if you find yourself

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 drawn to the particular

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 cultural stereotypes

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 that go along with a gender

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 that doesn't match your body?

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 Do you follow your mind

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 or do you follow your body?

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 Well, the shift in thinking

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 says the mind should win.

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 The mind is more important

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 than the body.

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 Your mind is telling the truth,

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 your body is lying

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 and needs to be corrected

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 or rejected

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 or just ignored.

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 Now I realise

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 the danger of starting here

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 is that this is all

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 very theoretical, isn't it?

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 This is all in the ideas

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 of sort of philosophy

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 and worldview.

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 But we're not really

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 in that realm, are we?

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 This shift in how we think

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 about what it means

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 to be human

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 has lots of deeply

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 personal effects on us.

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 I don't think there's

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 anybody in this room

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 who remains unaffected

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 by this shift in thinking.

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 It's impacted

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 not only people

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 that we love

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 but it's also become

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 confusing for ourselves.

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 You know,

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 what are we supposed

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 to say to children

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 when they come home

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 from school telling us

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 that they feel like

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 they're in the wrong body?

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 That's how they've been told

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 to understand themselves.

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 Or what do we do

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 when family members

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 start putting in place

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 plans for assisted suicide

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 in the face of sickness?

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 What do we do

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 when feelings and desires

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 that we have personally,

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 that our grandparents

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 would have told us

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 to resist,

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 we're now told

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 that we must act on them

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 for our own good?

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 It's a confusing

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 and painful world

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 to live in.

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 And so as we come

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 to Genesis 1 and 2

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 this morning

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 and we're going

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 to think about

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 what it means

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 to be human

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 in God's definition,

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 we are in the kind

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 of world of ideas

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 and theories

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 but we are also

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 boots on the ground

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 in real life.

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 I want to show you

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 from Genesis 1 to 3

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 that the definition

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 of being human

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 from here

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 gives you the possibility

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 of a richer,

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 deeper,

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 more fulfilling life

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 than anything

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 the world has to offer.

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 In fact,

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 I think I'd go

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 as far as to say

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 that it is impossible

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 for any of us

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 in this room

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 to flourish as people

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 without understanding

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 God's definition

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 of what it means

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 to be human

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 from Genesis 1 and 2.

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 So let's get into this.

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 Let me start off

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 with a definition

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 of being human

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 from Genesis 1 and 2

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 and then I'm going

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 to break it down

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 for you.

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 This I think

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 is a fair summary

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 of what we will find

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 in these chapters

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 that a human being

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 is both body

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 and spirit,

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 either male

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 or female

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 and always made

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 in the image

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 of God.

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 We're going to just

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 look at those

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 three main parts

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 and then I'm going

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 to think about

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 some applications

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 for us.

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 The first one

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 is body and spirit.

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 A human being

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 is both body

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 and spirit.

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 Now you'll know

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 if you were with us

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 last week

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 that Genesis 1

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 and Genesis 2

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 both contain

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 the creation account

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 with different

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 camera angles on it

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 and we are told

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 in chapter 2

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 verse 7

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 that the Lord God

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 formed a man

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 from the dust

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 of the ground

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 and breathed

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 into his nostrils

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 the breath of life

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 and the man

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 became a living

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 being.

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 Here we see

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 the two interwoven

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 components

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 of a person.

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 Flesh

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 from the dust

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 and life

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 from the breath

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 of God.

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 Body

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 and spirit.

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 And it's the

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 combination

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 of those things

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 together

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 which make us

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 a living being.

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 It's worth noting

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 that the word

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 for living beings

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 is the same

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 as the word

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 for living creature

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 in chapter 1

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 verse 20

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 and 21

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 and 24

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 is the word

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 translated

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 the breath of life

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 in chapter 1

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 verse 30.

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 So in the first sense

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 the idea here

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 is that to be human

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 is to possess

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 a living

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 animated

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 thinking

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 sensing

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 perceiving

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 flesh

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 like an animal.

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 But there is also

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 a unique dignity

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 that means that

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 human beings

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 are distinct

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 from the other

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 living beings.

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 The breath of God

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 is breathed in

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 personally

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 in verse 7

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 through the nose.

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 It seems to be

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 an indication

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 of the proximity

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 of God.

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 His breath

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 was focused.

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 It's not a

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 gust of wind

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 that just happens

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 to pass by.

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 And then again

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 in the creation

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 of woman

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 from the side

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 of man

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 God

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 fashions her

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 from the rib

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 and brings her

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 to the man.

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 An idea

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 which gets

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 expanded on

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 of humanity

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 being made

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 in the image

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 of God

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 which we're

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 going to consider

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 in a moment.

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 But for now

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 just see that

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 God didn't

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 just make minds

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 and then

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 put them

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 into bodies

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 but God

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 made us

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 bodies and minds

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 living beings

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 people of both

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 body and spirit.

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 The body

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 is the person.

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 It's not so much

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 a car

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 and a driver.

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 I was trying to think

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 of what's an alternative

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 illustration to a car

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 and a driver.

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 I couldn't really think

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 of one but here you go.

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 It's more like a

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 flying carpet

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 where body and spirit

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 are the interwoven

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 fabric of the carpet.

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 Right?

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 They are

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 they are intimately

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 involved with one

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 another.

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 A mind cannot be

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 trapped in the wrong

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 body because the

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 body and the mind

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 are so close together

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 that it's not possible.

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 Of course it's true

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 isn't it?

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 In a post-fall world

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 and we'll think about

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 this next week

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 that it is possible

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 for our spirits

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 to be separated

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 from our bodies

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 our souls

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 to live separate

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 from our bodies

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 in the glories

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 of heaven

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 as we wait

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 for the return

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 of Christ.

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 But the Christian hope

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 is not a bodiless

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 existence floating

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 around in the sky

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 the Christian hope

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 is the hope

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 of the resurrection

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 of the body

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 the physical return

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 of Jesus Christ

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 to this earth

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 in his resurrection

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 body

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 to raise our bodies

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 that they may be

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 reunited

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 with our souls

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 to live with him

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 in a physical universe.

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 But it's worth

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 pondering this

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 isn't it?

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 The Bible

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 is unashamed

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 of your body

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 not because the Bible

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 is immodest

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 God covers the

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 nakedness of his people

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 in Genesis 3

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 we'll find next week

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 but all the same

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 God does not think

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 that your body

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 is embarrassing

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 or dirty

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 or to be ignored.

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 Genesis 1 and 2

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 contradicts the idea

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 that how you are made

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 has nothing to say

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 about what your life

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 is for.

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 God has designed

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 your body

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 and has given it

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 to you

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 to teach you

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 what your life

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 is for.

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 You are mind

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 and body

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 body and soul

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 and when God

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 comes to save

00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:01.980
 he comes

00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:02.680
 in the person

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 of the son

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 who clothes himself

00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.839
 in flesh

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 like ours

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 not just

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 so that he can die

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 although of course

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 that is central

00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.299
 to his mission

00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:13.419
 dying for sin

00:13:13.419 --> 00:13:14.219
 and for salvation

00:13:14.219 --> 00:13:14.799
 that he might

00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:15.679
 forgive us

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.240
 for our sins

00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:17.159
 but also

00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.000
 for the purpose

00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:18.919
 of resurrection

00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.500
 too

00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.759
 a physical presence

00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.719
 that God

00:13:22.719 --> 00:13:24.100
 might be with us

00:13:24.100 --> 00:13:25.379
 in body.

00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:28.079
 So we are made

00:13:28.079 --> 00:13:29.159
 body and spirit

00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:29.699
 secondly

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 we are male

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 and female

00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.199
 look back at chapter 1

00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:33.060
 verse 27

00:13:33.060 --> 00:13:35.120
 so God created

00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.340
 mankind in his own

00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:36.780
 image

00:13:36.780 --> 00:13:38.000
 in the image of God

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:39.100
 he created them

00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:40.820
 male and female

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 he created them

00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:44.900
 again this is linked

00:13:44.900 --> 00:13:45.660
 to what it means

00:13:45.660 --> 00:13:46.040
 to be made

00:13:46.040 --> 00:13:46.660
 in the image of God

00:13:46.660 --> 00:13:47.400
 and we are coming

00:13:47.400 --> 00:13:48.100
 to that in a moment

00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.860
 but let's notice

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.520
 this distinction

00:13:49.520 --> 00:13:50.640
 between men and women

00:13:50.640 --> 00:13:51.640
 that is woven

00:13:51.640 --> 00:13:52.259
 into creation

00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:52.879
 from the beginning

00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:54.480
 here in chapter 1

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 as humanity

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 is made in the same time

00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.780
 in chapter 1

00:13:57.780 --> 00:13:58.620
 and then in chapter 2

00:13:58.620 --> 00:13:59.520
 made independently

00:13:59.520 --> 00:14:00.140
 with the woman

00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:01.160
 being fashioned

00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:01.779
 by God

00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.179
 from the rib

00:14:02.179 --> 00:14:02.740
 of man

00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:04.299
 Matthew Henry

00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.079
 the commentator

00:14:05.079 --> 00:14:06.039
 famously pointed out

00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:06.779
 300 years ago

00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.179
 that woman

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:08.139
 was made not

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.659
 from the foot

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.059
 of man

00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.980
 to be downtrodden

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:10.799
 nor from the head

00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.919
 to rule over him

00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.899
 but from the side

00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:14.839
 to walk alongside him

00:14:14.839 --> 00:14:15.679
 whether that's the meaning

00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.559
 of the rib

00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.059
 is debatable

00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:17.779
 but the point is

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.439
 that the distinction

00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:19.600
 between the sexes

00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.819
 is not to do

00:14:20.819 --> 00:14:22.000
 with cultural stereotypes

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.000
 there are no

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.579
 cultural stereotypes

00:14:25.579 --> 00:14:27.419
 in Genesis 1 and 2

00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:27.720
 right

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.639
 no one's written

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.299
 a piece of music

00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:29.859
 yet

00:14:29.859 --> 00:14:30.919
 no one has built

00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.439
 a building

00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:32.639
 no one has done

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.299
 any art

00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.439
 yet there is no

00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:35.539
 cultural stereotypes

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.319
 football was not

00:14:36.319 --> 00:14:37.099
 invented yet

00:14:37.099 --> 00:14:37.919
 ballet had not

00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.879
 been done yet

00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.939
 okay so there's no

00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:41.359
 cultural stereotypes

00:14:41.359 --> 00:14:42.139
 with which God

00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:43.059
 makes man and woman

00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:44.199
 rather he makes

00:14:44.199 --> 00:14:45.299
 them male and female

00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:46.359
 the distinction

00:14:46.359 --> 00:14:47.339
 is a distinction

00:14:47.339 --> 00:14:48.819
 given by God

00:14:48.819 --> 00:14:50.479
 so that man and woman

00:14:50.479 --> 00:14:51.759
 are by definitions

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.019
 given to them

00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.500
 by him

00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.099
 sorry that was a

00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:54.819
 completely confusing

00:14:54.819 --> 00:14:55.279
 sentence

00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.339
 the definition

00:14:56.339 --> 00:14:57.039
 of man and woman

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.819
 was given to them

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.440
 by God

00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.280
 which are biologically

00:15:00.280 --> 00:15:01.700
 present in every cell

00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:02.560
 of their bodies

00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:04.200
 you know so that

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:05.100
 despite the huge

00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.300
 similarity between us

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 as men and women

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 the difference is

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 literally watermarked

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 in us

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 all the way through us

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 again this is really

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 precious the more

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 you think about it

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 you know the shift

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 that we've experienced

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 in contemporary culture

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 this splitting apart

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 of the body and the mind

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 that we were thinking

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 about

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 means that the world

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 asks our children

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 don't they

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 are you a boy or a girl

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 how do you feel

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 what do you think

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 what are you more

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 drawn to

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 and then they're

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 medicated to make

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 their bodies conform

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 to the decision

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 that their immature

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 mind has made

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 and we call that

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 freedom

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 but it's actually

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 oppression

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 and the bible

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 comes along with

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 true freedom

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 doesn't it

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 and says listen

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 God made you

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 he made you

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 and he loves you

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 he's made you

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 body and spirit

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 male or female

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 now go and explore

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 how you can bring

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 glory to him

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 and that is

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 wonderfully liberating

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 it's wonderfully

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 precious

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 as we're made

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 with that kind

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 of dignity

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 so humanity

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 is made

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 body and spirit

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 we're made

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 male or female

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 next we are made

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 in the image

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 of God

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 now we could

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 spend ages on this

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 because really

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 if you want a headline

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 for what the bible

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 says about it

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 means what it means

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 to be human

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 you could just say

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 it means we are

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 made in the image

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 of God

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 a human being

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 is the image

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 of God

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 so look back

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 at chapter 1

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 verse 26

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 then God said

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 let us make

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 mankind

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 in our image

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 in our likeness

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 so that they may

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 rule over the fish

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 of the sea

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 and the birds

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 in the sky

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 over the livestock

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 and over all

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 the wild animals

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 and over all

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 the creatures

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 that move along

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 the ground

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 so God created

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 mankind

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 in his own

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 image

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 in the image

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 of God

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 he created them

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 male and female

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 he created them

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 God blessed them

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 and said to them

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 be fruitful

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 and increase in number

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 fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 rule over the fish

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 in the sea

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 and the birds

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 in the sky

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 and over every

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 living creature

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 that moves

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 in the ground

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 now notice here

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 that being in the image

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 of God

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 is a unique dignity

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 afforded to humanity

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 alone

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 so that all creation

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 reflects the glory

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 of the one who made it

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 but humanity

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 is uniquely

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 made in the image

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 of God

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 this is really important

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 it is not so much

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 that humanity

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 carry the image

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 of God

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 people sometimes

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 use the word

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 that we are image

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 bearers

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 but it's more than that

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 we are ourselves

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 the image of God

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 think about it like this

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 it's not like

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 someone says to you

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 what does God look like

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 you pull out a picture

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 in your pocket

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 and say you know

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 this is what God

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 looks like

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 you wouldn't do that

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 with God

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 because you can't

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 take a picture

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 of God

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 maybe your father

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 what does your father

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 look like

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 and you pull a picture

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 out your pocket

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 it's not that

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 you're not carrying

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 an image of God

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 you are the image

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 of God

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 what does your father

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 look like

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 he looks like me

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 you can see him

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 in me

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 and that's what's

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 going on here

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 uniquely humanity

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 carry in themselves

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 the image of God

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 it seems doesn't it

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.539
 in the context

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 that this image

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 is related to the purpose

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 that humanity

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 are given

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 according to verse 26

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 it's so that they might

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 rule they are made

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 to be ambassadors

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 in God's world

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 stewarding and caring

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 for what he has made

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 they're to continue

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 this gardening work

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 that was started

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 by God in chapter 2

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 verses 5 and 6

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 this is what

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 El read for us

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 in Psalm 6

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 Psalm 8

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 isn't it

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 verse 6

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 you made them

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 rulers over the work

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 of your hands

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 this is how God

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 has made us

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 you put everything

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 under their feet

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 all flocks

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 and herds

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 and the animals

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 of the wild

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 the birds in the sky

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 and the fish in the sea

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 all that swim

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 the paths

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 of the seas

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 God hands responsibility

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.980
 to humanity

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 uniquely responsible

00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.179
 for the world

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 that God has made

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 and they are accountable

00:18:53.139 --> 00:18:53.759
 to God

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 for stewarding his creation

00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:56.939
 again we're going to see

00:18:56.939 --> 00:18:57.720
 more of this next week

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 but they are given rules

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 by which to do it

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:01.399
 in other words

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:02.799
 being God's image

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.099
 means doing his work

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 in righteous ways

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 doing it in conformity

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 to the commands

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 that he has given them

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 naming the creatures

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 forming and filling

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 the garden

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 in a way

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 that all the other

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.540
 living creatures

00:19:15.540 --> 00:19:16.620
 are incapable of

00:19:16.620 --> 00:19:19.080
 it also seems

00:19:19.080 --> 00:19:19.700
 that this image

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.340
 though is something

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:21.780
 that is done

00:19:21.780 --> 00:19:23.040
 by the complementarity

00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:24.440
 of male and female

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 it seems that

00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:26.540
 it is impossible

00:19:26.540 --> 00:19:27.660
 on their own

00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.860
 for a man

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 or a woman

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.380
 to reflect the image

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.620
 of God

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.420
 in quite the same way

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.940
 as that they're able

00:19:31.940 --> 00:19:32.600
 to together

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 it is the diversity

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.740
 in men and women

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.320
 that is made

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:37.340
 to reflect the diversity

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:38.019
 of father son

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 and spirit

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 it is man

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.519
 and woman

00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.740
 who are the image

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.320
 of God

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 as the writer

00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.339
 of Genesis

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:44.939
 Moses

00:19:44.939 --> 00:19:46.119
 points out

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.759
 in chapter 2

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.240
 verses 24 and 25

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 if you glance over

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.279
 to that

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.279
 he's there got

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.079
 a little editorial

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.919
 note about what

00:19:51.919 --> 00:19:52.439
 marriage is

00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:53.200
 he says the two

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:54.639
 become one flesh

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:56.279
 not just for their

00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:56.819
 own pleasure

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:58.059
 but as they serve

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.879
 this greater good

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.859
 of reflecting God

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.539
 to creation

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.899
 Adam and Eve

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.579
 come together

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.500
 and bear children

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.480
 and work the garden

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.639
 as father son

00:20:05.639 --> 00:20:06.079
 and spirit

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.960
 united together

00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:07.539
 have created

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.240
 the universe

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.839
 so Adam

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.680
 can't do

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.240
 what God

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.599
 has given

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.500
 him to do

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.279
 without a woman

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.559
 which means

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.059
 not only that

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.620
 man and woman

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.359
 are equal

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.039
 image bearers

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.559
 but that it is

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.299
 their unity

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.799
 which brings

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:21.140
 the image of God

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:22.359
 even more apparent

00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:24.779
 now we could spend

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:25.480
 longer on that

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.259
 I've whistled through

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.940
 those three

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.799
 things

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.400
 we are made

00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:29.220
 body and spirit

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.460
 male or female

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.519
 and we're made

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.359
 in the image of God

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:33.680
 now those things

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.120
 stand in stark contrast

00:20:35.120 --> 00:20:35.920
 to how the world

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.920
 defines what it means

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:37.460
 to be human

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.840
 but let me pull out

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:40.420
 three specific

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.700
 applications for us

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.180
 I want to talk

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.820
 about dignity

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.060
 I want to talk

00:20:44.060 --> 00:20:44.820
 about authority

00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:46.200
 and I want to talk

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.900
 about community

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.800
 so let's start

00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:48.460
 with dignity

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 I want to suggest

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.080
 to you that

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:51.900
 actually everybody

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.920
 loves the idea

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:53.420
 of dignity

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 don't they

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.539
 we all want

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.140
 to be treated

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:55.680
 personally

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.220
 we want to be

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.360
 treated with

00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.200
 dignity

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.980
 even the famous

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.720
 euthanasia clinic

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.180
 is called

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.039
 dignitas

00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:03.080
 it's this idea

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.740
 of dignity

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.860
 but really

00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.860
 I want to tell you

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.259
 that it's only

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.119
 Genesis 1 and 2

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.480
 that gives you

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.920
 an account

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.400
 of the dignity

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.859
 that we have

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.359
 as humans

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:11.140
 I don't know

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.400
 whether you know

00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:12.160
 but what your body

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:13.180
 is made up of

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.700
 right

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:15.640
 60% of our bodies

00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.460
 is made up

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.299
 of just water

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.759
 right

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:19.379
 16% of us

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.160
 is protein

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.980
 16%

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.000
 give or take

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:23.420
 a little bit

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.180
 is fat

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.859
 and 6%

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.859
 is minerals

00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.980
 and then a few

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.460
 other bits

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.379
 alongside it

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.799
 now according

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.299
 to the internet

00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.460
 which is a source

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.259
 of absolute

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.859
 reliability

00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:36.079
 the price

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.979
 of those

00:21:36.979 --> 00:21:38.759
 constituent parts

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.419
 is 78 pounds

00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.819
 66 pence

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.419
 if you wanted

00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:43.099
 to buy

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.259
 the elements

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.759
 that make up

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.500
 a human being

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.539
 it would cost you

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.619
 78 pounds

00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.939
 66 pence

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.899
 that is if you're

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.579
 using a particularly

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.439
 expensive form

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:51.959
 of hydrogen

00:21:51.959 --> 00:21:52.279
 as well

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.939
 if you were prepared

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.439
 to just use

00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:54.459
 water from the tap

00:21:54.459 --> 00:21:55.459
 it would cost you

00:21:55.459 --> 00:21:56.439
 about 35 quid

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.659
 which is a bargain

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.019
 right

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.399
 in other words

00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.580
 because the value

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.240
 of our bodies

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:02.580
 has very little

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.160
 to do with our

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.280
 constituent parts

00:22:04.280 --> 00:22:04.700
 right

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.140
 that the value

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.820
 of humanity

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:07.500
 is a value

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.540
 that is assigned

00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.440
 to it

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.500
 from outside

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.160
 of itself

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.860
 not something

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.620
 that springs

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.480
 from itself

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.980
 because of what

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.800
 it's made of

00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:16.320
 now that might

00:22:16.320 --> 00:22:16.960
 be a bit complicated

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.620
 it's really important

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:18.120
 so let me give you

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.580
 an example

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 imagine for a moment

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.660
 you collect autographs

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.259
 that's not a thing

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.860
 anyone does anymore

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.160
 is it

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:24.000
 you collect selfies

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.240
 now

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.580
 but right

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:24.759
 okay

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.000
 imagine that you

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:27.620
 collected autographs

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:29.139
 and so you came to me

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.919
 in a moment of weakness

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.679
 because you're really

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.059
 struggling

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.339
 right

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.879
 you came to me

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.099
 and said

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.039
 will you sign my autograph

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.879
 so I sign your autograph

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.619
 yeah I'll sign that

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:34.859
 you know

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:36.219
 and you take my autograph

00:22:36.219 --> 00:22:36.519
 right

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.779
 and then you walk out

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.119
 church

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:39.199
 and you see

00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:40.399
 Stormzy walking down

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.699
 the street

00:22:40.699 --> 00:22:41.139
 and you go

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.799
 I know him

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:44.139
 he got an honorary

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.439
! PhD from Cambridge

00:22:45.439 --> 00:22:45.959
 this week

00:22:45.959 --> 00:22:46.619
 did you know that

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.259
 or was it Oxford

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.739
 one of the two

00:22:47.739 --> 00:22:48.339
 anyway

00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.159
 and you go

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.959
 I know him

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.359
 I'm going to get

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.059
 his autograph as well

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.979
 so he signs your book

00:22:51.979 --> 00:22:52.419
 right

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.419
 now

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:55.399
 those two pages

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:55.899
 in your book

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:57.019
 are worth

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.079
 exactly the same amount

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.339
 right

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.059
 Steve

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.720
 Stormzy

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.759
 similar length

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:00.960
 right

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.700
 so there's a similar

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.980
 amount of ink

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.900
 on the page

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:05.680
 the constituent elements

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.639
 of those two pieces

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:07.000
 of paper

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.720
 are worth

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.980
 exactly the same

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:10.000
 but which is more

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.779
 important to you

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.920
 which is more precious

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:14.279
 of course it's Stormzy's

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.740
 isn't it

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.920
 because of who he is

00:23:15.920 --> 00:23:18.000
 he has signed it

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.079
 it carries

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:20.440
 his signature

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.859
 there is an assigned

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:23.539
 value to that page

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.339
 which is higher

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.180
 than the value

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.639
 of the page

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.519
 that I signed

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.700
 because of who

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.579
 wrote it

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.819
 and that's the same

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.619
 here isn't it

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:32.019
 God has assigned

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.339
 a value to humanity

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.160
 which is greater

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.480
 than the 35 pounds

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.139
 that it would cost

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.839
 to make us

00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:39.000
 because we have

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.420
 his signature

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.299
 on us

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.579
 we are signed

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.139
 by the one

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:44.059
 who made us

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.200
 and that is where

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.799
 our dignity

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.639
 comes from

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:48.400
 we are from the dust

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.879
 aren't we

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:50.579
 without the animating

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.180
 work of God

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.420
 that is all we are

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:54.299
 but in Genesis 1 and 2

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.240
 humanity is given

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.480
 a dignity beyond

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.500
 the value

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.400
 of its elements

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:59.500
 as a reflection

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.500
 of the glory of God

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.900
 God had his fingerprints

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.819
 all over us

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.700
 and we are called

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.120
 good

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:05.039
 very good

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.900
 by the God

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.299
 who made us

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.960
 in his image

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:09.120
 now importantly

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.839
 that dignity

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.660
 belongs to us

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:12.420
 regardless of who we are

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:12.680
 right

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:14.180
 regardless of what

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.819
 we've done

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.819
 regardless of

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.099
 where we are from

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:20.199
 an unborn child

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:21.559
 carries that same

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.059
 dignity

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:24.039
 as you or I do

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.699
 that the person

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.439
 who is lost

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.139
 in dementia

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:28.539
 has that same

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.019
 dignity

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.339
 that you or I do

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.259
 because it is

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.539
 assigned to them

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.319
 by God

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.319
 it's not because

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.059
 of what they are

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.019
 capable of

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.819
 it is because

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.639
 of whose image

00:24:37.639 --> 00:24:38.779
 they were made in

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:41.399
 so it's not

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.599
 just wrong

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.199
 to kill the

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:43.899
 unborn child

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:45.359
 because it is

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.919
 a real baby

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.620
 it is wrong

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.660
 to kill the child

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.259
 because they are

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.380
 created in the image

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.700
 of God

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.340
 and they carry

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:51.420
 the divine dignity

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:53.279
 euthanasia is

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.820
 wrong

00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:56.080
 because even

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.740
 when you are

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.620
 lost in dementia

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.400
 or you are facing

00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.340
 the end of your life

00:24:59.340 --> 00:24:59.860
 through a terminal

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.220
 illness

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.539
 you still carry

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.259
 the dignity

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.019
 of God

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:05.019
 assigned to us

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.980
 made in his image

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:08.340
 there are loads

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.000
 more implications

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.580
 of that aren't there

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.380
 let me just pull out

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.900
 one to you

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.320
 which I think

00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:11.880
 is particularly

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:13.039
 important for us

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.300
 think about racism

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:16.879
 we live in a world

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:18.139
 blighted by racial

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.799
 discrimination

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.339
 don't we

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:20.539
 where people's

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.619
 experience of life

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.559
 has often been

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.519
 dictated to them

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.039
 by the colour

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.720
 of their skin

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.119
 or the cultural

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.899
 heritage that they're

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.279
 from

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:29.099
 the story of

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.599
 humanity

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:31.200
 has tragic

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.899
 chapters

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:33.240
 of enslavement

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.159
 and colonisation

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:36.079
 now I would imagine

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.720
 that if you spoke

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.519
 to almost anybody

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.099
 in London

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.639
 if you spoke

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:39.980
 to someone

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.539
 on the bus

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.019
 which you're not

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.740
 really supposed to do

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.259
 but you can do it

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.700
 if you want to

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.220
 speak to someone

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.599
 on the bus

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.180
 and you said to them

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.580
 what do you think

00:25:44.580 --> 00:25:45.180
 about racism

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:47.620
 I think 99%

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.299
 of people would

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.920
 tell you that they

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.820
 they are bored

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:51.400
 they think it's a

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.840
 terrible thing

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.620
 they think it's wrong

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:54.279
 if you then say

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.700
 to them

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:56.220
 why

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.340
 they're going

00:25:57.340 --> 00:25:58.100
 to be stumped

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:59.460
 why is it wrong

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:01.019
 why is it wrong

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.840
 to treat people

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.480
 differently based

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:02.799
 on the colour

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.299
 of their skin

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:05.340
 if we are not

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.120
 made by God

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.820
 in the image

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.240
 of God

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.120
 if we are just

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:09.279
 here by chance

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.660
 and really it is

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.840
 selfish self-interest

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.560
 which defines

00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.380
 what the human life

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.900
 is for

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.780
 the mind

00:26:15.780 --> 00:26:16.200
 ruling

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.660
 trying to get

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.400
 its own way

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.780
 and making

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:18.360
 everyone else

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.160
 conform to what

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.440
 my mind says

00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.260
 if that's the story

00:26:22.260 --> 00:26:23.540
 and there is no

00:26:23.540 --> 00:26:24.740
 assigned dignity

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.560
 to people

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.860
 then racism

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.660
 can't be wrong

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:30.220
 but if the truth

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.720
 is that

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.920
 we were created

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.660
 by God

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:34.440
 assigned dignity

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.960
 by the one

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.880
 who made us

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:37.340
 who loves

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.900
 the difference

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.560
 and the distinction

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:38.980
 in the world

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.700
 that he's made

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.519
 in fact

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.279
 is especially

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.100
 glorified

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.100
 by that distinction

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.580
 then of course

00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.759
 racism is wrong

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.759
 not only because

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.400
 it's an offence

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.920
 to the person

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.720
 who's receiving it

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.220
 but because it's

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.660
 an offence

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.140
 to the God

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.840
 who made them

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:52.940
 we're precious

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:54.380
 you know

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.799
 our church

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.279
 should be the

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.240
 safest place

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.720
 in the world

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.240
 to be

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.039
 and to be

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.740
 who you are

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.160
 because we know

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.440
 that everyone

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.960
 in this room

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.420
 is precious

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.019
 because we are

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.660
 signed

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.600
 by the God

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:06.019
 of glory

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.640
 who made us

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.180
 with dignity

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.519
 secondly

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.259
 authority

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.220
 authority

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:12.220
 notice here

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.700
 that God

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.420
 made humanity

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.140
 with a purpose

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.820
 of ruling

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.120
 over creation

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.440
 they're given

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.420
 this subordinate

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.200
 authority

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.740
 over what he's

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.100
 made

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:21.240
 and actually

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.279
 those two things

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.820
 go together

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.240
 don't they

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.160
 it is

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.799
 it is

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.600
 as Adam

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:25.900
 and Eve

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.560
 submit

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.380
 to God

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.299
 and his rule

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:29.660
 that they gain

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.400
 authority

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.200
 over what he

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.900
 has made

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:33.259
 we're going to

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.840
 think about that

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.200
 some more

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.920
 what went wrong

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.440
 next week

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.420
 but it means

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.860
 doesn't it

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.579
 that life

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.699
 has a purpose

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:39.799
 right

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.839
 life has been

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.899
 given to you

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.419
 to me

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.159
 that we might

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.839
 continue

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.639
 what God

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:45.279
 has started

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.899
 in creation

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.740
 that we might

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.000
 fail

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.599
 subdue

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.219
 and rule

00:27:49.219 --> 00:27:50.019
 over creation

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.439
 now obviously

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.899
 you don't need me

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.279
 to tell you

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.759
 that idea

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.039
 has been

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.099
 massively abused

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.500
 is it

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.059
 we don't have

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.779
 the sort of

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.959
 privilege of

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:58.819
 pillaging creation

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.500
 for whatever we

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.979
 desire

00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.740
 there's a sense

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.479
 of stewardship

00:28:01.479 --> 00:28:02.399
 and responsibility

00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:03.419
 that's given here

00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.799
 but still God

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.399
 has given us

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.279
 work to do

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.899
 not as a punishment

00:28:07.899 --> 00:28:08.879
 but as a blessing

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:10.899
 creation does not

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:11.619
 need to be left

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.639
 to go to wild

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.859
 it needs humanity

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:15.119
 to garden it

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.839
 it's a blessing

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:17.619
 to creation

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.779
 and it's part

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.539
 of following him

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.859
 you know the garden

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.319
 in the bible

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.799
 becomes

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.759
 you know we get

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:24.279
 excluded from it

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.500
 but then as you go

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.099
 on in the story

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.879
 it becomes

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.619
 you know a camp

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.019
 a settlement

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.480
 a town

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.879
 a city

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.299
 a nation

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.220
 a global economy

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.519
 as humanity

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.519
 in a very broken

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.799
 way

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.740
 are carrying on

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.339
 with this work

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.700
 of filling

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.180
 and subduing

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.079
 the earth

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.140
 we have this

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.640
 collective

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.640
 responsibility

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:41.099
 not as ultimate

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.620
 authority

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.519
 but as subordinate

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:42.519


00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:44.180
 with what is called

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.559
 the cultural mandate

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.579
 now that means

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.059
 loads of different

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.539
 things doesn't it

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.420
 but amongst other

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.019
 things

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.640
 I don't know

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.940
 where you're going

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.460
 to find yourself

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:52.839
 tomorrow

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.759
 what is it you're

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.079
 going to be doing

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.480
 tomorrow

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.660
 maybe you're going

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.359
 to work

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.279
 maybe you don't

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.079
 like your job

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.720
 very much

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.900
 maybe you're going

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.599
 to be at home

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.059
 and you know

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.519
 that you've got

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.120
 chores to do

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.859
 you've got washing

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.500
 to fold

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.019
 tomorrow

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.519
 you've got

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.359
 meals to cook

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.059
 for people

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:10.039
 it means doesn't it

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.659
 that actually

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:12.539
 God is interested

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.039
 in even those

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.679
 things

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:16.139
 and those things

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.979
 are an opportunity

00:29:16.979 --> 00:29:18.099
 for us to live out

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.799
 the lives that he's

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.519
 given us

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.359
 by doing a good job

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.559
 by organising

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.339
 our little corner

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.919
 of creation

00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:25.039
 by folding the washing

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.859
 tidying the flat

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:27.479
 serving those around us

00:29:27.479 --> 00:29:29.199
 that is our opportunity

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:30.439
 to bring God glory

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.140
 it's fascinating

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.440
 isn't it

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.420
 if in the world's eyes

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.600
 this idea of splitting

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.440
 your mind and your body

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.100
 means that what

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:38.100
 the purpose of your life

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.240
 is to think really hard

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.880
 about what it is

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.920
 that you want

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.100
 and there you will

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.900
 find your purpose

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:45.480
 if Genesis 1 and 2

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:46.000
 are true

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.700
 then what you find

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.340
 is actually

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.720
 your job is to

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.940
 reflect who

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.140
 God is

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.080
 in the way

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.940
 that he's made you

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.960
 and use that

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.600
 as an opportunity

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.559
 to serve those

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.340
 around you

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.340
 and there you

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:58.180
 will find purpose

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.840
 and it's a much

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.380
 more satisfying

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.200
 way to live

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.320
 finally

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:04.100
 community

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:05.680
 we don't have loads

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.420
 of time left

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.019
 to go into this

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.960
 but let's try

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.120
 and discover it quickly

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:10.100
 notice humanity

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:11.240
 are not only made

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.860
 for relationship

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.580
 with God

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:14.460
 we saw that last week

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.700
 don't we

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.200
 are made to be

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.960
 with him

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.299
 but we are also

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.160
 made for relationship

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.860
 with one another

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.420
 look down at

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.900
 chapter 2

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.680
 verse 18

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:23.080
 the Lord God

00:30:23.080 --> 00:30:23.620
 said

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:25.100
 it is not good

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:26.019
 for the man

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.759
 to be alone

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.200
 I will make

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.879
 a helper

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.700
 suitable

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.000
 for him

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.920
 now that I think

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.480
 is an easily

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.420
 misunderstood verse

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:35.599
 what is not good

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:37.700
 I don't think

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.460
 it's loneliness

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:40.180
 it's not just

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.700
 that he looks

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.240
 at man and says

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.160
 it is sad

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.140
 that he's on his own

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.059
 when in verse 20

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.579
 it says that

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.259
 no suitable

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.640
 helper is found

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.299
 it's not about

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.379
 companionship

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.160
 so much as it is

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.200
 about service

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.400
 it's really here

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.420
 about being able

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.140
 to do

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.099
 and to be

00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.660
 what God

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.379
 has called

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.160
 Adam to be

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.820
 and to do

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:59.540
 Adam on his own

00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:00.200
 is unable

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.880
 to fill

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.400
 and subdue

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.820
 creation

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.880
 he needs

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.760
 a suitable

00:31:03.760 --> 00:31:04.640
 helper

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.580
 he needs

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.160
 a woman

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.700
 so that together

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.620
 they can work

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.500
 not just on the

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.880
 garden

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.640
 but also on the

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.300
 procreation

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:11.740
 that will be

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.580
 needed to fill

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:13.260
 the earth

00:31:13.260 --> 00:31:15.080
 now we don't

00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.540
 have time

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.080
 to uncover

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.560
 all of the

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.120
 Bible's teaching

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.740
 on sex

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.180
 marriage

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.780
 and singleness

00:31:18.780 --> 00:31:19.480
 and it's more

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.160
 nuanced than

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.600
 what's just

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.320
 in Genesis 1

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.740
 and 2

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:23.280
 it's changed

00:31:23.280 --> 00:31:24.040
 by the fall

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.240
 it's changed

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.799
 and transformed

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.559
 actually by

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.480
 the need for

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.319
 people to hear

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.259
 of Jesus

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.980
 which actually

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.599
 is even more

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.399
 important isn't it

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:33.240
 and again we're

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.639
 going to consider

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.099
 that more in a

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.379
 moment

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:36.059
 but the main

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.819
 point here is

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.359
 that we cannot

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.339
 be truly human

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.740
 on our own

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.119
 we need one

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.460
 another

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:43.259
 not just in

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.819
 marriage

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.779
 but we need

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.359
 friendships

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.440
 we need

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.740
 co-workers

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.759
 filling the earth

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.480
 and subduing the

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.019
 earth is not

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.680
 something we can

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.859
 do on our own

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.919
 not just because

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.599
 of procreation

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.359
 but also because

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.779
 of the need

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.500
 for community

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.539
 and fellowship

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.259
 and friendship

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.799
 and working

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.559
 alongside one

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:58.819
 another

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.479
 in fact it

00:32:00.479 --> 00:32:01.019
 seems that

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.679
 living the good

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:02.799
 life is for

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.240
 the benefit

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.939
 of others

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.519
 this is what

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.919
 we're made

00:32:04.919 --> 00:32:05.279
 for

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.199
 communities

00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.839
 of mutual

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.299
 benefit

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.799
 where we put

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.199
 the needs

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:08.719
 of one another

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:09.219
 ahead of our

00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:09.500
 own

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.719
 not the survival

00:32:10.719 --> 00:32:11.339
 of the fittest

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.959
 but support

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:12.799
 for the weakest

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:14.279
 body and spirit

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.119
 man or woman

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.619
 in the image

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.059
 of God

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.979
 dignity

00:32:16.979 --> 00:32:17.839
 authority

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:19.279
 and community

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.099
 now just as we

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.379
 finish

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.299
 return to this

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:25.160
 massive cultural

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.799
 shift that we

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.119
 have lived

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.420
 through

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.660
 a shift

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.519
 that's risen

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.039
 from this

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.759
 redefinition

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.119
 of what it

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.660
 means to be

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.039
 human

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:32.779
 I want you

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.180
 to see

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.579
 that the

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.119
 basic

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:35.240
 difference

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.700
 between

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.420
 what the

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.899
 world says

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.200
 it means

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.480
 to be

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.839
 human

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.799
 and what

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.220
 the Bible

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.700
 says it

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:40.420
 is to be

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.779
 human

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.779
 is the

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.160
 presence

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.779
 of God

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.279
 right

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:45.720
 what the

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.220
 world has

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.759
 effectively

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.079
 done

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.519
 is it's

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.460
 pushed God

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.099
 out of the

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.519
 definition

00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:49.819
 of what

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.079
 it means

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.319
 to be

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.679
 human

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.619
 and what

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.039
 we think

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.439
 we've done

00:32:52.439 --> 00:32:52.799
 is we've

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.319
 lost God

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.740
 and gained

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.199
 ourselves

00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.779
 what we've

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.219
 really done

00:32:55.219 --> 00:32:55.559
 is we've

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.019
 lost God

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.500
 and we lost

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.939
 ourselves

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.539
 with him

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:59.500
 and so

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.319
 really in

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.939
 order to be

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.779
 truly human

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.799
 you need

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.500
 not only to

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.279
 understand

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.219
 how God

00:33:05.219 --> 00:33:05.599
 made you

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:05.859
 and what

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.279
 God made

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.699
 you for

00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.740
 you also

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.439
 need to

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.899
 know

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:09.879
 God

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:11.139
 that's

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.740
 what Genesis

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.219
 1 and 2

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.679
 are saying

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.459
 you know

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:14.379
 without God

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.399
 without his

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.579
 image in us

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.579
 you will not

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.139
 really be able

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.779
 to understand

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.339
 dignity

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.059
 authority

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.839
 or community

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.660
 you'll have

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.440
 scraps of them

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.279
 because you've

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.000
 got leftovers

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.480
 of them

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.299
 glimmers of

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.399
 them

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:25.940
 but you won't

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.519
 have the real

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.960
 thing

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.399
 and that means

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.720
 doesn't it

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.240
 that the need

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.819
 of our world

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:30.639
 your need

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.299
 this morning

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.160
 whether you'd

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.899
 call yourself

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.339
 a Christian

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.819
 or not

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.619
 your need

00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.180
 my need

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.680
 this morning

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:37.139
 is I need

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.680
 God in my

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.139
 life

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:39.220
 I need to

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.559
 know the

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.980
 Lord

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.759
 to know

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.259
 myself

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:45.339
 I need

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.579
 to know

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.940
 the one

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.740
 who made

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.059
 me

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:48.619
 and of

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.759
 course

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.099
 as I

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.579
 think about

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.059
 that

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.339
 I think

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.480
 that's

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.619
 really

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.099
 difficult

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.299
 how can

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.039
 how can

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.319
 I know

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.779
 God

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.240
 I know

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.539
 that I've

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.799
 lived my

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.099
 life for

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.519
 myself

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.940
 I know

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.400
 that I've

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.059
 lived as if

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.319
 I could

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.879
 live perfectly

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.359
 well without

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.779
 God

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:04.039
 and I've

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.740
 lost myself

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.319
 as a result

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.460
 how can

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.079
 I possibly

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.619
 invite

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.059
 God

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.539
 back into

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.279
 my life

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.699
 well the

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.039
 good news

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.239
 of the

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.579
 gospel

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.420
 is that

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.579
 God

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.880
 hasn't

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.179
 waited

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.519
 for you

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.840
 to come

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.099
 and meet

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.579
 with him

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.259
 he knew

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.579
 he'd never

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.099
 do that

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.079
 he has

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.440
 come to

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.579
 meet

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.360
 with us

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:19.679
 God

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.119
 the son

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.579
 took on

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.860
 human

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.480
 flesh

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.400
 he was

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.699
 born

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:22.940
 into

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.159
 this

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.719
 world

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.679
 coming

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:24.900
 to

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.279
 meet

00:34:25.279 --> 00:34:25.799
 us

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.440
 and

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.779
 forgive

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.340
 us

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.460
 liberating

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.699
 us

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.139
 not only

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.480
 from our

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.860
 crazy

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.360
 definitions

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.579
 of

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.039
 humanity

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.900
 but also

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.279
 from the

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.579
 weight

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.039
 of guilt

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.699
 that piles

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:33.940
 up

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.579
 from using

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.980
 this

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.299
 life

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.660
 that God

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:35.960
 has given

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.200
 us

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.740
 for the

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.080
 purposes

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.320
 of

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.100
 selfishness

00:34:38.100 --> 00:34:39.780
 God

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.320
 creates

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.700
 us

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.580
 in his

00:34:41.580 --> 00:34:42.080
 image

00:34:42.080 --> 00:34:43.620
 he saves

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.140
 us

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:45.140
 by taking

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.960
 on ours

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:47.380
 being born

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.360
 as a

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.740
 man

00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.780
 dying

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.180
 on a

00:34:50.180 --> 00:34:50.640
 cross

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.660
 that we

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.600
 might find

00:34:52.600 --> 00:34:53.360
 ourselves

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.160
 in knowing

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.960
 him

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.340
 let me pray

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.519
 and then we'll

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.780
 sing

00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:07.240
 loving

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.240


00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.580
 heavenly

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:07.880
 father

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.400
 we thank

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.120
 you so

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.760
 much

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:11.200
 that our

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:12.060
 preciousness

00:35:12.060 --> 00:35:12.580
 is a

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:13.060
 gift from

00:35:13.060 --> 00:35:13.360
 you

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.980
 thank you

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.400
 that every

00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:16.160
 person in

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.740
 this room

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:18.940
 has your

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.540
 fingerprints

00:35:19.540 --> 00:35:20.400
 all over

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.700
 them

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:22.200
 and so we

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.760
 want to pray

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.480
 please that you

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.019
 would help us

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.700
 to find

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.280
 ourselves

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.820
 in knowing

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.240
 you

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:28.740
 we pray

00:35:28.740 --> 00:35:29.260
 especially

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.800
 maybe for

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.180
 people in

00:35:30.180 --> 00:35:30.480
 this room

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.780
 who would

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.100
 not yet

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:32.000
 call themselves

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.560
 Christians

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:34.560
 we pray that

00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:34.820
 they might

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.240
 realize that

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.680
 this great

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.420
 search for

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.980
 themselves

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:38.400
 is found

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.000
 in looking

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.540
 to you

00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:40.000
 and knowing

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.460
 you

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:42.180
 and we pray

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.780
 please that

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.120
 through the

00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:43.640
 person of the

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.040
 Lord Jesus

00:35:44.040 --> 00:35:44.800
 we might all

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.440
 meet with you

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.960
 this morning

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.380
 and we ask

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.820
 these things

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.460
 in his name

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.440
 amen

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.260
 amen