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 Last night we looked at man as ruler. This morning we're going to look at man as ruined.

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! What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving,

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! How express and admirable, in action, how like an angel, in apprehension, how like a

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 God, the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals? And yet, to me, what is this quintessence

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 of dust? Man delights not me, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.

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 So wrote Shakespeare in his play Hamlet. Did you hear Shakespeare's tension as he looks

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 at man? In one moment he looks with admiration. Oh, what a piece of work is man! And in the

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 next moment he looks with aversion. Man delights not me.

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 We do the same, don't we? In one moment we look on the human being with admiration, like

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 when we see the intellect of an Albert Einstein coming up with a theory of relativity, or when

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 we see the athleticism of a Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon in the Olympics. And yet in another

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 moment we look on the human being with disgust, like when we see the men of ISIS destroy women

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 and children in Syria and Iraq, or when we hear of Rolf Harris abusing women and children

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 all of his life. Why in one moment do we look on the human being with amazement, and in the

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 next moment with aversion? Oh, what a piece of work is man! But man delights not me! Why the tension? Well, the Bible gives a very simple answer.

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 Well, the Bible gives a very simple answer, and it's a one word answer. Sin. S-I-N. Our origins, as we saw last night, are high and holy, but we have fallen very far short from what God intended us to be.

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 We have, in a word, sin. And Genesis chapter 3 gives us three aspects of sin. Number one, the definition of sin is transgression. The definition of sin is transgression. Verses 1 to 6 of chapter 3.

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 The perfect creation that God had made in chapter 1 is soon disturbed by one of his own creatures. Verse 1.

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 Now, the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

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 He said to the woman,

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 Did God actually say,

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 You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 Now, the serpent doesn't directly contradict God's words here. He just twists God's words.

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 Look back at chapter 2, verse 16.

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 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,

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 You may surely eat, or freely eat, of every tree of the garden,

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

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

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 Then look at what Satan says.

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 Chapter 3, verse 1.

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 Did God actually say,

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 You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 Then, God gives an expansive provision.

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 You're free to eat from any tree except one.

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 And Satan turns that expansive provision into a restrictive prohibition.

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 Did God say you can't eat from any tree?

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 He's trying to make God look like a killjoy.

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 He's trying to make God look tight.

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 Now, if we're going to understand Eve's response properly,

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 we first need to think about what this tree of the knowledge of good and evil actually represented.

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 And in order to do so, I want you to imagine, or draw on your page, a picture, a diagram.

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 Imagine a big circle.

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 Big circle.

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 And underneath that big circle is a little circle.

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 So big circle, little circle.

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 And in between both circles is a horizontal line.

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 That is Genesis chapter 2 and 3 in a picture.

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 The big circle is God.

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 The small circle is everything that he made, including us.

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 And the horizontal line is the distinction between God and us.

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 Between creator and creature.

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 And the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is like that horizontal line.

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 It's God's way of saying, I'm the creator, you're the creature.

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 I'm the one with the authority to decide what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.

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 It's God's way of saying to us, I'm God, you are not God.

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 That was the first law.

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 It was the first law of all God's laws.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall respect the horizontal line.

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 So, with that understanding of the tree, let's return to this conversation between the serpent and the woman.

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 Now remember, God's the big circle above the horizontal line.

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 And he is given a command.

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 And here is a creature, the serpent, below the horizontal line, questioning the command.

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 And what does Eve do?

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 Verse 2.

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 And the woman said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

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 But God said, you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden.

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 Neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

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 Eve enters into dialogue here with the serpent.

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 And in effect, she acts like the authority of God is up for debate.

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 She starts rubbing out that horizontal line.

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 That's her first mistake.

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 It's not that the fall occurs at this point.

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 But her foot has started to slip.

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 Why?

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 Because she has started to deny God his position of absolute authority.

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 As the one who decides what is right and wrong.

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 When Satan asked her the question, did God say, you shall not eat of any tree in the garden?

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 Her response should have been, who are you to talk back to the creator?

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 He's God.

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 You are not God.

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 You do what he says.

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 It is for our good.

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 Instead, she adopts a position of neutrality.

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 As she thinks, let me objectively assess here what God's word has said.

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 And look what happens when a creature enters discussions over God's word with another creature.

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 God's word gets minimized.

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 Did you notice that in her words?

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 Eve minimizes their privileges.

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 God said, you are free to eat or you may surely eat.

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 She says, we may eat.

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 She understates the potential judgment.

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 God says, you will surely die.

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 She says, you will die.

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 She's taken out the surely.

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 She maximizes the prohibition.

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 God said, you must not eat.

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 She says, you must not eat and you must not touch it.

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 Eve, you can go and put your hammock in it if you want and have a sleep.

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 You just can't eat from it.

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 So do you see what happens when you enter into neutral discussions about God and his word instead of respecting his authority?

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 His word gets minimized.

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 Well, the serpent has noticed that Eve no longer respects God's authority completely.

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 And so he goes for the jugular.

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 He contradicts God's word directly.

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 Verse four.

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 But the serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die.

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 The exact opposite of what God said in chapter two, verse 17.

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 For God knows that when you eat of this tree, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

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 What the serpent offers the woman here is the opportunity to be like God, to become God of her own world, to have her own kingdom.

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 Look at her response.

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 Verse six.

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 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,

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 she took of its fruit and ate and she also gave some to her husband who was with her.

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 And he ate.

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 Now, I want you to think with me about what actually happens here in this process.

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 Notice how the woman comes to this decision.

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 She comes to the decision to eat from the forbidden tree independently from God.

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 The woman depends on her own senses and rationale as she weighs up eating from this tree.

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 Do you notice that in verse six?

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 Pleasing to the eye, good to taste, intellectually advantageous.

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 God said it is not wise to eat.

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 She assesses it independently from God and says it would be wise to eat from this tree.

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 She becomes the interpreter of reality.

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 She rejects God's interpretation of reality and she becomes her own interpreter.

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 In short, she interprets the tree independent from God.

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 That is how she comes to this decision.

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 But notice also what this act means.

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 Precisely because she interprets the tree from her own perspective and not God's perspective,

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 what has she done?

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 She has set herself up as the ultimate authority to interpret the world.

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 She now decides what is right and what is wrong.

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 And for her, it's right to take from the tree.

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 Because she has interpreted the tree independently from God.

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 She has rubbed out that horizontal line and she's moved the little circle up beside the big circle.

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 In the beginning, God established a kingdom.

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 And here are his creatures, Adam and Eve, establishing their own kingdom.

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 The kingdom of the self.

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 Where self interprets by itself and self acts by itself.

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 And the name of the kingdom, autonomy.

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 Auto nomos.

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 A law unto themselves.

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 And that is the heart of sin.

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 They wanted to be God.

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 They wanted to have their own kingdom.

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 Jackie and I last year enjoyed watching a TV series.

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 Not recommended to anyone under the age of 18.

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 Called Breaking Bad.

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 From the giggles I can see that some of you have seen it.

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 And in this TV series, it's about a man who's a chemistry teacher.

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 Who's dying with a lung tumor.

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 He's got six months to live.

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 And he decides to try and make money for his family before he dies.

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 And because he's a chemistry teacher, he knows how to make methylene drugs.

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 He doesn't take it himself.

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 But he starts making it.

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 And he starts making lots of money.

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 Like hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.

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 But life just gets so complicated.

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 He starts getting offside with gangs who he's selling the drugs to.

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 The cartel in South America start wanting to kill him.

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 People have been killed in the process.

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 And his partner, Jesse, at one point says,

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 We have to get out of this.

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 It is getting too crazy.

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 People are getting killed.

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 People are losing their lives.

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 Families are being destroyed.

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 Why won't you give this up?

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 And Walt looks at him and says,

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 It's not about the meth.

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 It's not about the money.

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 It's about the empire.

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 It's this poignant moment when you start to see what is in Walter White's heart.

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 It's about the empire.

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 And for Adam and Eve, it wasn't about the fruit.

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 It was about the empire.

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 They wanted to be God.

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 They wanted their own kingdom.

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 And that is what is at the heart of sin.

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 It is the promotion of ourselves to that place of ultimate authority where we become our own gods.

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 Adam and Eve transgressed the law that God is God and we are not.

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 They broke the first commandment.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 They worshipped and served the creature rather than the creator.

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 They transgressed the line between the big circle and the little circle.

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 When God said, you shall not cross that line.

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 That is the definition of sin.

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 It is transgression.

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 Transgression of what?

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 Transgression of the law that God is God and we are not God.

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 That is the first point that Genesis 3 teaches us.

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 The definition of sin is transgression.

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 Number two.

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 The corruption of sin is systemic.

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 The corruption of sin is systemic.

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 That's just another way of saying that sin affects the whole person.

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 Now, in each of the points that I'm going to make this morning,

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 there's a picture I want you to have in your head or an image.

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 The first one is the big circle, the little circle, and the horizontal line.

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 This one is of a river.

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 A river that's being contaminated with some chemicals at its source.

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 What happens when you pour chemicals into a river at its source?

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 Well, the whole river gets contaminated, doesn't it?

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 And that's like sin.

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 Sin gets to the source of our being, to the core,

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 and it contaminates everything.

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 Our body, our emotions, our will, our heart, our words,

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 our actions, our mind.

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 And I want to focus on two of these.

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 The heart and the mind.

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 The will and the mind.

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 Let's take a look at the heart.

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 Come with me to Genesis 6, verse 5.

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 Genesis chapter 6, verse 5.

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

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

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 Now, the heart in the Bible is the control center of the person.

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 It's not where you shed your tears from.

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 It's not your emotions.

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 The heart in the Bible is the command center of the person.

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 It's the command center of the will.

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 And look again at what Genesis 6, verse 5 says.

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 Note the extreme expressions.

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 Every, only, continually.

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 There's no wiggle room here.

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 Every inclination, not one inclination, evades the accusation.

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 Every inclination, it gets to the root of our decision making.

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 Every inclination of the thoughts gets to the thinking behind our actions.

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 And behind our thinking is an inclination.

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 It's only evil.

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 Singularly descriptive.

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 Nothing else describes every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart

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 except that adjective, evil.

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 All the time, continually.

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 The evil of the heart has no respite, no pauses, no timeouts, no Sabbaths.

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 All day, every day, every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart

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 are only evil.

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 Wow.

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 Jeremiah 17, verse 9.

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 In the heart is deceitful above all things.

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 Beyond cure, who can understand it?

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 Now, this is not how our society views the human nature.

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 I think there's a number of views that our society expresses about human nature.

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 Let me give you two.

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 And let me give you two explanations they give for why we do what we do.

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 There is the view that we are amoral beings.

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 That is, that we are neither good nor bad.

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 We are simply advanced animals.

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 Products of a long evolutionary process.

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 We act out of impulse and instinct.

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 When we do do something bad, in inverted commas,

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 it's not really badness, it's just immaturity.

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 We're just exhibiting that part of us which we have in common with the lower animals.

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 We just need to grow up, or rather grow out,

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 of those immature, primitive, instinctual behaviors

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 that we have inherited from our ancestors.

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 So that's the one view.

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 We are amoral.

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 And we act out of just instinct, because we're just animals.

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 Another view is that we are actually essentially good.

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 We're not bad.

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 We're essentially good.

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 And it's just external factors that make us behave the way we do.

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 It's things outside of us, like family, environment, culture, circumstances,

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 that cause us to act or react instinctively, not intentionally.

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 And the Bible's perspective is so very different to those two views.

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 We are not amoral creatures.

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 We are moral creatures.

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 We are not inherently good.

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 We are inherently bad.

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 We are corrupt at the very core of our being.

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 Every facet of our nature is contaminated by sin.

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 The Bible doesn't speak of sin on a scale of immaturity to maturity.

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 The Bible speaks on the axis of moral accountability.

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 The Bible doesn't say that we act out of instinct or impulse.

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 It says we act out of intent.

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 What the Bible says is that we do what we do out of intent, not instinct.

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 We do what we do, not out of anxious emotional reactivity of the brain,

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 but out of the intentional thoughts of the heart.

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 It's not that your brain isn't involved.

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 It is.

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 But it is your heart that is driving your mind.

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 Paul Tripp puts it well.

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 Circumstances and people do not make us do what we do.

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 They are simply the occasions for our hearts to reveal themselves.

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 It's not your circumstances or the people around you,

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 the external factors that make you do what you do.

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 They are simply the occasions for your heart to reveal itself.

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 And Genesis says that our hearts are corrupt at the core.

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 They're polluted at the source.

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 Every inclination of the thoughts of our hearts are only evil continually.

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 And our society doesn't know what to do with this.

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 A good example is the case of Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer.

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 Do you remember that guy in Norway who set off a bomb down in the city as a distraction

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 and then made his way to an island where there was a socialist political retreat of young people?

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 And then with a machine gun he mowed down 77 people on that island.

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 During the court case, Anders Breivik testified that he knew exactly what he was doing,

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 that he wanted to do it, and that he did it because of his fascist ideology.

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 What was fascinating in that case was that the prosecution didn't accept his testimony.

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 They refused to think that this man was compass mentis when he acted in such a way.

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 They wanted to prosecute him on the grounds that he was insane.

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 Yet all along he's saying,

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 I know what I was doing, I wanted to do it,

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 and I did it because I'm a fascist ideology.

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 Now why was it the prosecution couldn't fathom that?

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 Well it's because they didn't have a category for understanding human nature as evil.

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 But if we accept the Bible's testimony,

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 then we have to say that Anders Breivik did what he did,

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 because at the very core of his being,

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 all common grace restraints had been removed,

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 and the full evil of his heart was revealed.

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 I'm sure his family history affected him.

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 I'm sure his social environment affected him.

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 I'm sure his cultural context affected him.

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 I'm sure that day he was reacting emotionally with anxiety

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 as he went around shooting people.

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 But Anders Breivik did not act out of instinct or impulse.

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 He acted out of intent.

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 And that is what the Bible says,

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 that at the very core of our being we are corrupt.

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 And that corruption affects all of our actions.

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 It affects our heart,

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 but it also affects our mind.

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 So we've looked at the heart, the will,

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 now I want to look at the mind.

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 Now of course, we know the mind is finite,

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 we know it's forgetful,

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 but beyond this,

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 does sin actually affect our minds?

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 Most Christians I know have either not thought about this,

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 or if they have,

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 they think it hasn't affected our minds very much,

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 because after all,

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 don't non-Christians invent things,

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 make great scientific discoveries,

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 produce magnificent works of art,

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 literature and architecture?

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 And at one level that's true.

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 If we had time to keep reading in Genesis chapter 4,

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 we would read about rebellious,

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 murderous Cain,

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 who builds a city.

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 Well, you have to have some intellect to build a city.

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 Or his descendant,

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 Jubal,

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 was gifted in music.

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 And Jubal Cain,

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 another descendant,

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 was an engineer

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 who worked with industrial instruments

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 like bronze and iron.

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 So non-Christians can think,

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 they can create,

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 they can play,

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 they can construct.

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 As Cornelius Van Til put it,

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 the Israelites did not have to recut

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 the timbers fashioned by the Phoenicians

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 to fit them into the temple.

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 When the Phoenicians measured a piece of wood

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 for the temple,

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 the measurement was the same

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 as if an Israelite had measured it.

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 Measurements are measurements

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 or measurements.

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 Pagans,

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 Christians and Muslims

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 can each measure.

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 So the question is,

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 does sin actually affect our minds?

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 Well, I want to suggest that it does

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 and I want to go through various passages now

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 to show you that it does.

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 We get the first hint of it

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 in chapter 3 actually of Genesis.

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 Just look at what Adam and Eve's response is

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 to their sin.

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 Verse 7.

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 Then the eyes of both were opened

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 and they knew that they were naked

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 and they sewed fig leaves together

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 and made themselves loincloths.

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 And they heard the sound of the Lord God

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 walking in the garden in the cool of the day

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 and the man and his wife hid themselves

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 from the presence of the Lord God

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 among the trees of the garden.

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 Now just think about who it is

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 they're trying to hide from.

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 The creator of the universe

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 who made the trees,

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 who made fig leaves.

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 I mean, if this isn't the case

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 of the human mind

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 not quite thinking straight,

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 then I don't know what is.

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 Let's go and hide from God.

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 Yes, behind those trees.

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 He won't see us behind those trees.

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 It's a bit like our son Ben

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 who loves to play hide and seek

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 after dinner

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 while we're still sitting

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 at the dinner table

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 and he goes and hides

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 in the very room that we're sitting

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 and draws the curtains

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 and says,

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 Where's Ben?

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 Where's Ben?

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 We don't know Ben.

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 Where's Ben?

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 I mean, he is a legend,

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 you know,

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 but he's letting down

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 the family name at that point.

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 There are strong hints here

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 in Genesis 3

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 that the human mind

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 has been affected by sin.

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 They're trying to hide

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 from the God

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 who sees all things.

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 But come with me

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 to Ephesians chapter 4.

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 Ephesians chapter 4.

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 And here's a passage

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 that I think really penetrates

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 to the heart

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 of how sin affects our minds.

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 Ephesians 4 verse 17.

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 Now this I say

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 and testify in the Lord

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 that you must no longer walk

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 as the Gentiles do

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 in the futility of their minds.

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 They are darkened

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 in their understanding,

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 alienated from the life of God

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 because of the ignorance

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 that is in them

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 due to the hardness

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 of heart.

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 Do you see how Paul

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 gives a cause

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 to the cause

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 of our darkened understanding?

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:14.740
 Verse 18,

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 our minds are futile,

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 our understanding

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 is darkened.

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.440
 Why?

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 Because we are separated

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.519
 from the life of God

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:24.180
 because of the ignorance

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.579
 of God that is in us,

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:27.480
 that is the willful defiance

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 that there is a God,

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 due to the hardening

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.220
 of heart.

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 Do you see the double causation

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.519
 behind our thinking

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.079
 that's futile and darkened?

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:42.059
 There is the ignorance of God

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 and behind the ignorance of God

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:46.640
 is a hard heart.

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 That is the cause

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:53.000
 of futile and flawed thinking.

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:55.680
 Behind the mind

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:57.759
 is a heart

00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:00.240
 that hates God.

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:02.240
 The mind is governed

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.079
 by the heart.

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.460
 The mind is governed

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.460
 by the heart.

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:07.400
 This is a profound

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:09.359
 theological point.

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.799
 Now some people

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:12.059
 would like to dispute that.

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.460
 They'd say,

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.099
 no, no, no.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.380
 It is possible

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.460
 for the mind

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:17.059
 to govern the heart.

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.160
 It's possible

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.740
 for the mind

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:20.240
 to control our actions,

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.880
 our emotions.

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 Indeed, isn't that

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.480
 the mature person?

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.960
 The person who acts,

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.260
 exhibits, sorry,

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.360
 mind over will,

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.620
 mind over heart,

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.960
 mind over emotions?

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:33.500
 In other words,

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 if only Anders Breivik

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.580
 had just stopped

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.680
 to think

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.300
 for a moment.

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.900
 And this, of course,

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.520
 is the boast

00:28:42.520 --> 00:28:43.700
 of secular humanism,

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:45.140
 that the natural person,

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:46.840
 by the reasonable use

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:47.680
 of reason,

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:49.260
 can interpret

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.879
 the course

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.779
 and constitution

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.720
 of their nature,

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.279
 that the mind

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.039
 can control the heart.

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.140
 But that is fundamentally

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.240
 to misunderstand

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:01.039
 how God has made us.

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.819
 God has made us

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.700
 in such a way

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:05.039
 that we have a mind,

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.879
 but that behind our mind

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.740
 is a heart

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:09.879
 that drives our mind.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.140
 Let me give you

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.960
 an illustration.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.299
 Imagine I gave you

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.660
 a bowl of cockroaches.

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.900
 Imagine this afternoon

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:19.120
 you had cockroaches

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.740
 for lunch.

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.120
 And I said,

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:23.019
 please eat the cockroaches.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.340
 And you said,

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.340
 well, I don't want

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:26.360
 to eat the cockroaches.

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.380
 And I say to you,

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.320
 why don't you want

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:30.240
 to eat the cockroaches?

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.940
 I don't like cockroaches.

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.740
 Okay, so,

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.259
 you've proved my point,

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.860
 that you're driven

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.940
 by your desires.

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.759
 You hate cockroaches,

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.300
 and that's why

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:41.040
 you won't eat them.

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.040
 You're driven

00:29:42.040 --> 00:29:43.040
 by your heart,

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.019
 not your mind.

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.759
 And you say,

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.779
 well, okay,

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.799
 I'll eat the cockroaches

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:50.599
 to prove to you

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.700
 that my mind

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.559
 can overcome

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.639
 my desires.

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.279
 I'm going to apply

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.019
 my mind

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.960
 in such a way

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:58.319
 that I overcome

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.519
 my dislike

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.660
 for cockroaches.

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.579
 So I'm going to eat them.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:03.420
 So you start chomping

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:04.460
 on your cockroaches.

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.500
 And you say,

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.859
 see,

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.319
 I've proved it.

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.759
 I've made a decision

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.720
 with my mind

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:11.420
 that has overcome

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.740
 my desires.

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:15.160
 And you would be right.

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.820
 Right?

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.380
 Wrong.

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.460
 Yes,

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.320
 you have overcome

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:22.140
 your dislike

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.940
 for cockroaches

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.680
 by a decision

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.320
 of your mind,

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.480
 but you are now

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.140
 controlled

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:28.019
 by a stronger desire.

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.500
 The desire

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.660
 to prove me wrong.

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.120
 Do you see?

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.820
 Every decision

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:37.039
 is driven

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.640
 by the desires

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.100
 of your heart.

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:41.059
 Whether you don't

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.939
 eat the cockroaches

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.539
 because you don't

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.939
 like them,

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.939
 or you do eat

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.639
 the cockroaches

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.159
 because you want

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.139
 to prove me wrong,

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.240
 either way,

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.139
 you are led

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.759
 by the desires

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:51.119
 of your heart.

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.679
 It is heart

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.539
 over mind,

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.319
 not mind

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.039
 over heart.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.259
 And this means

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.079
 that our thinking,

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.139
 first and foremost,

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.439
 is a heart issue.

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:02.059
 It's a moral issue.

00:31:02.459 --> 00:31:03.559
 And do you see that

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.859
 in Ephesians 4?

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.779
 Our mind is futile,

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.299
 our understanding

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.919
 is darkened.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.259
 Why?

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.960
 Because at the very

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.920
 root of it

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.500
 is a hard heart.

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.519
 And the first point

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.980
 I want to make

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.539
 on this thing

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.180
 about the mind

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.240
 is that our thinking

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:21.480
 is a moral activity.

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:23.180
 It's not neutral

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:25.099
 intellectual activity.

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.440
 Another way

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.119
 of saying this

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.779
 is thinking

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:29.259
 is a very spiritual

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.200
 thing to do.

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.160
 And by thinking,

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.859
 I don't just mean

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.420
 thinking about

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.259
 the things of God,

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.920
 I mean thinking

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.640
 about anything.

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.859
 What Paul says

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.919
 to us is,

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.819
 the thinking

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:41.059
 we do with our minds

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:43.059
 is a very moral thing.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.679
 It's the activity

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.459
 of your heart.

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.419
 All thinking

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:47.259
 is essentially

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.619
 moral and spiritual.

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.799
 You can't think

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.359
 about psychology

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.679
 and geology

00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.759
 and engineering

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.559
 over here

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.959
 and then go over here

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.639
 and start thinking

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.519
 about morality.

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:01.259
 When you think

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.220
 about psychology

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.480
 and geology

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.420
 and engineering

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.980
 over here,

00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:06.519
 you are acting

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.200
 morally.

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:09.539
 That is a spiritual

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.240
 activity.

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.500
 And that is the

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.180
 first connection

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.940
 we need to see

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.420
 that our thinking

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.379
 is moral.

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.559
 Our thinking

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.160
 is moral.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:18.960
 Second,

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.059
 our thinking

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.099
 is hostile.

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.000
 Chapter 4,

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.700
 verse 18.

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:25.059
 They are darkened

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:26.120
 in their understanding,

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.360
 alienated from

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:28.180
 the life of God

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.880
 because of the

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.759
 ignorance that is

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.200
 in them

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.420
 due to the

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.860
 hardness of heart.

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.500
 Our heart

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.420
 lies behind

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.000
 our thinking,

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.600
 but notice

00:32:36.600 --> 00:32:37.740
 what kind of

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.180
 heart

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:39.480
 lies behind

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.100
 our thinking.

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.600
 It is a hard

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:41.920
 one.

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.779
 Another way

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.380
 of saying this

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.120
 is that our hearts

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:46.299
 are hostile to God,

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.840
 set in opposition

00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:48.360
 to God,

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.980
 which means

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.660
 therefore that

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.539
 our minds

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.819
 are set in

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.840
 opposition to God.

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.779
 because our hearts

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.980
 control our minds.

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.359
 Paul says in

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.179
 Romans 8, 7,

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:59.359
 the mind

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.199
 controlled by

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.980
 the flesh

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:03.480
 is hostile

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.339
 to God,

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.659
 does not submit

00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.319
 to God's law

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.000
 nor can it

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.599
 do so.

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:09.359
 If all our

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.299
 thinking is moral

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.759
 and if our hearts

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.639
 are hard in

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.419
 rebellion against

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:13.759
 God,

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.179
 then our thinking

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.179
 is really

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.419
 immoral.

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.279
 It is hostile

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.519
 to God.

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.899
 All our thought

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.559
 patterns and

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.279
 whatever areas

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.720
 of life

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:25.179
 are constantly

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.019
 expressing

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.720
 rebellion

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:28.220
 against God.

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.940
 The reason

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.659
 we do that

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.940
 is because

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.139
 that was

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.480
 what our

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.319
 first parents

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.619
 did.

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.240
 Remember what

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.619
 we saw

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.019
 with Adam

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.419
 and Eve.

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.759
 They interpreted

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.519
 the tree

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.639
 independently

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.679
 from God

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:42.000
 using their

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.779
 own senses

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.539
 and rationale.

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.480
 They thought

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.759
 in opposition

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.339
 to God.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.099
 They acted

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.980
 in opposition

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.700
 to God.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.779
 Their thoughts

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.599
 about the tree

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.319
 became hostile

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.319
 thoughts

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:54.759
 in comparison

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.439
 to God's

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.859
 thoughts.

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.839
 They stopped

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.740
 thinking God's

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.240
 thoughts about

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.639
 the tree.

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.519
 Do not eat.

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.159
 It is not

00:34:00.159 --> 00:34:00.959
 wise to eat.

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.679
 And they

00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:02.500
 started thinking

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.119
 their own

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.859
 thoughts about

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.299
 the tree.

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.619
 We can become

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.379
 like God.

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.539
 And that

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.179
 position of

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.920
 independent

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.819
 interpretation

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.700
 God's world

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.240
 is what

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:13.400
 skews

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.340
 all thinking

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.840
 about the

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.820
 facts of

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.180
 God's

00:34:16.180 --> 00:34:16.500
 world.

00:34:17.620 --> 00:34:18.260
 Another

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.160
 picture for

00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:20.680
 you from

00:34:20.680 --> 00:34:21.320
 Cornelius

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.880
 Van Til.

00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:23.059
 All is

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:24.380
 yellow to

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.220
 the jaundiced

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.860
 eye.

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.840
 If your

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.200
 eye is

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:28.780
 jaundiced

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.320
 and you're

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.840
 looking out

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.140
 of it,

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.140
 you'll see

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.519
 yellow

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.740
 everywhere you

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:32.960
 go.

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.600
 And because

00:34:34.600 --> 00:34:35.220
 our hearts

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.820
 are hard

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.360
 when we look

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.840
 at the world

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.340
 and try to

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.120
 think about

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.660
 something,

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:40.139
 our mind

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:41.000
 is futile,

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.980
 our understanding

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:44.039
 is hostile

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.899
 to God.

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.599
 Which brings

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.099
 us to the

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.679
 third point,

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.219
 our thinking

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.799
 is moral,

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.299
 our thinking

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:50.079
 is hostile,

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.420
 and third,

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.279
 our thinking

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.359
 is darkened.

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.119
 Because it's

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.980
 hostile to

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.420
 God, our

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.480
 thinking is

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.179
 darkened.

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.420
 Last year

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.179
 I was in

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.699
 Oxford.

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.619
 We were

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.059
 playing a

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.679
 hockey game

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.239
 and I was

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.859
 travelling home

00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.219
 that night

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.779
 from Oxford

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.099
 and I

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.619
 borrowed a

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.019
 friend's

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.440
 GPS,

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.019
 a friend

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.359
 who lives

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.880
 in Cambridge

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.039
 and when

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.279
 I got

00:35:12.279 --> 00:35:12.639
 into the

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.179
 car I

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.440
 switched on

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.900
 the GPS

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.199
 and I

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.539
 saw the

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.299
 home setting

00:35:16.299 --> 00:35:16.599
 and I

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.179
 just clicked

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.579
 home.

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:18.519
 And I

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.859
 looked on

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.219
 the map

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.460
 and it

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:20.059
 looked like

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.259
 it was

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:20.579
 heading to

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.759
 Cambridge

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.079
 so I

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.480
 just said

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.059
 done and

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.500
 off we

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.839
 went.

00:35:23.339 --> 00:35:23.559
 And I

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.900
 was just

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.179
 on my

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:24.480
 own and

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.619
 I'm

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.940
 driving

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.199
 back and

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.500
 I'm

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.099
 moving from

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.380
 Oxford

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.779
 towards

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.039
 Cambridge

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.559
 and as

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:28.759
 I'm

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.139
 coming

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:30.319
 30 miles

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.819
 towards

00:35:30.819 --> 00:35:31.259
 Cambridge

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.920
 the

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.380
 GPS

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.920
 starts

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.679
 taking me

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.500
 slightly

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.199
 away from

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.699
 Cambridge

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.779
 and I'm

00:35:36.779 --> 00:35:37.099
 thinking

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:38.539
 maybe it's

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.940
 just a

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.259
 different

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.800
 route to

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.099
 get me

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.500
 back to

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.659
 Cambridge

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.900
 so I

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.259
 just keep

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.380
 going and

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.779
 the closer

00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.099
 and closer

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.519
 I get to

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.139
 Cambridge the

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.539
 more I

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.980
 realize I'm

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.500
 being taken

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.639
 slightly away

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.440
 from Cambridge

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.159
 and I'm

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.500
 sort of

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.340
 tapping this

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.639
 thing

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.920
 what's wrong

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.239
 with this

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:51.579
 GPS

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:53.259
 and then I

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:54.719
 realized that

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:55.380
 the home

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.840
 setting wasn't

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.900
 actually Cambridge

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.639
 it was something

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.420
 like 10

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.340
 miles outside

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:00.800
 of Cambridge

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.420
 I didn't

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.719
 know whether

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.119
 this friend

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.840
 played a joke

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.300
 on me or

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.519
 not but

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.320
 he basically

00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:06.099
 visited a

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:07.239
 friend and

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.599
 for some

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.019
 reason he

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.519
 put his

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.079
 home setting

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.539
 down as

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.139
 this friend

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.840
 10 miles

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.139
 out of

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.420
 Cambridge

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.139
 and here

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.739
 I am

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.679
 following this

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.619
 GPS going

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.820
 slightly away

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.699
 from Cambridge

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:18.480
 now what

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.159
 was wrong

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:21.780
 was it the

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.179
 GPS

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.420
 no

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.900
 there's

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.199
 absolutely

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.739
 nothing wrong

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:25.960
 with the

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.539
 GPS it

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.239
 was functioning

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.759
 normally

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.820
 what was

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.059
 wrong was

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.860
 the home

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.719
 setting

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:33.679
 the default

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.519
 setting was

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.000
 wrong the

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.759
 coordinates

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.980
 were wrong

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.760
 and it's

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.200
 the same

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.520
 with the

00:36:38.520 --> 00:36:39.220
 human mind

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.660
 as a

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.140
 reasoning

00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.820
 faculty

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.780
 it works

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:42.460
 just fine

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.300
 like the

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.020
 GPS but

00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:44.640
 it's home

00:36:44.640 --> 00:36:45.180
 setting

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.880
 for discovering

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.820
 truth has the

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.860
 wrong coordinates

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.320
 they're set

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:51.160
 in opposition

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:52.240
 to God

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:53.360
 therefore no

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:53.880
 matter how

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.380
 much you

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.480
 trust the

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.300
 normal functioning

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.000
 of the mind

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.920
 it will always

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:59.060
 end up at the

00:36:59.060 --> 00:37:00.020
 wrong destination

00:37:00.020 --> 00:37:00.880
 when trying to

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.740
 discover something

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:02.559
 that is true

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:04.219
 a human mind

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:05.019
 whose home

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.939
 setting is

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:07.139
 opposition to

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.519
 God

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.500
 independence

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.599
 from God

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.819
 is never

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.359
 going to

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:12.119
 arrive at a

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.699
 true

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.579
 understanding

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.319
 of any

00:37:14.319 --> 00:37:15.099
 subject

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:16.019
 why

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:18.019
 because God

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.039
 is no longer

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.779
 in the picture

00:37:19.779 --> 00:37:24.159
 now I want

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.619
 you to think

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.139
 with me about

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.539
 this

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.439
 why does

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:27.319
 rejection of

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:28.079
 God lead

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.259
 to darkened

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:30.059
 understanding

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.799
 why is it

00:37:30.799 --> 00:37:31.199
 that when I

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.960
 reject God

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.279
 when I

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:33.299
 study geology

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.019
 and rocks

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:35.219
 I can never

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.079
 properly

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:37.119
 understand them

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:38.259
 I'm always

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:39.259
 just slightly

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.699
 off

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.739
 a proper

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.480
 understanding

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.599
 well let me

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.139
 take you back

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.639
 up the road

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.319
 to Oxford

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:45.500
 to the

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:46.019
 Bodolian

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.480
 library

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.899
 and it's

00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:48.259
 one of the

00:37:48.259 --> 00:37:48.960
 oldest libraries

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.519
 in the world

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.339
 it has 9

00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:51.199
 million books

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.559
 in it

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.460
 and inside

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.939
 one of the

00:37:52.939 --> 00:37:53.599
 rooms in the

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:54.039
 Bodolian

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.539
 library

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.859
 on one of

00:37:55.859 --> 00:37:56.339
 the roofs

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:57.000
 this old

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.519
 panel

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.759
 paneling

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.359
 wooden

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.960
 paneling

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.460
 of a roof

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.519
 there are

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.920
 little

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.400
 Latin

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.940
 phrases

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.619
 written on

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.000
 this roof

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.360
 it's the

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.699
 same

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.079
 Latin

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.740
 phrase

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.840
 dominus

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.960
 illuminatio

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.900
 mea

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:10.619
 God

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.420
 is

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.119
 my

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.920
 light

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.320
 it's the

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.820
 motto of

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.199
 Oxford

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.940
 University

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.480
 now why

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.260
 did the

00:38:17.260 --> 00:38:17.880
 founders of

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:18.340
 that great

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.980
 university

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:20.360
 put that

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.360
 on the

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.800
 roof

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.699
 of the

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.099
 library

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.139
 because

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.900
 they knew

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.619
 that when

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.340
 any student

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.280
 studied

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.340
 any subject

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.900
 in order

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.340
 for them

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.380
 to understand

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.240
 that subject

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.880
 correctly

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.160
 they needed

00:38:35.160 --> 00:38:35.760
 the light

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.840
 of God

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:39.560
 Psalm 36

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:40.140
 verse 9

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.900
 in your

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.300
 light

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.040
 I see

00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:42.760
 light

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.560
 think about

00:38:44.560 --> 00:38:44.880
 where they

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:45.300
 put it

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.840
 they put

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.080
 it on

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.540
 the roof

00:38:46.540 --> 00:38:48.400
 so that

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.519
 the students

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.980
 would know

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.519
 if you want

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.000
 to understand

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.580
 English

00:38:51.580 --> 00:38:52.160
 if you want

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:52.760
 to understand

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.220
 German

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.660
 if you want

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:54.340
 to understand

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:55.040
 psychology

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.380
 God

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.000
 is

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.420
 your

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.960
 light

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:59.400
 and when

00:38:59.400 --> 00:38:59.759
 you

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.420
 ask

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.920
 God

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.460
 to leave

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:01.639
 the

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.019
 building

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.980
 you

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.219
 flick

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:04.380
 the

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.639
 lights

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.079
 off

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.179
 that

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.340
 is

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.619
 what's

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.880
 wrong

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.059
 with

00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.279
 all

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.920
 non-Christian

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.400
 thinking

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.099
 they've

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:10.480
 asked

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.639
 the

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.940
 God

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.119
 who

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.279
 is

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.599
 light

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.119
 to

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.539
 leave

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.960
 the

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.320
 building

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.619
 and so

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.980
 they are

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.659
 studying

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.420
 in the

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.820
 dark

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:20.259
 God

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.599
 you see

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:20.940
 is the

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.300
 source

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.659
 of all

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:21.940
 true

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.300
 knowledge

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:22.500
 and

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.779
 every

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.579
 fact

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.219
 has

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:24.579
 its

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.739
 interpretation

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.099
 in

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.519
 God

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.000
 all

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.319
 true

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.779
 knowledge

00:39:28.779 --> 00:39:29.679
 exists

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:29.960
 in

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.199
 God

00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:30.500
 because

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:30.679
 he

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.099
 created

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:31.380
 all

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.900
 things

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.299
 and

00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:32.500
 he

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.860
 therefore

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.500
 interprets

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:33.719
 all

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.079
 things

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.659
 every

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.139
 fact

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.460
 in the

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.860
 universe

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.299
 is an

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:36.860
 interpreted

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.460
 fact

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.920
 there's

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.299
 no such

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.599
 things

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.799
 as

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.179
 brute

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.759
 facts

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.199
 mere

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.759
 facts

00:39:40.759 --> 00:39:41.519
 facts

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.699
 that

00:39:41.699 --> 00:39:41.840
 are

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.199
 facts

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.559
 simply

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:42.779
 by

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.000
 being

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.619
 facts

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.319
 all

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:44.519
 by

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.079
 themselves

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.099
 no

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.579
 fact

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:46.739
 is

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:46.920
 a

00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:47.420
 fact

00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:48.340
 outside

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:48.519
 of

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.679
 its

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.179
 relationship

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:49.480
 to

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.659
 its

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.159
 creator

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.940
 a

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.259
 fact

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:51.480
 is

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.699
 only

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:51.920
 a

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.259
 fact

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.579
 because

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:52.880
 God

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.360
 created

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.579
 it

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:54.139
 determined

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.400
 it

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.519
 to

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:54.659
 be

00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:54.900
 that

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.259
 fact

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.819
 and

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:56.099
 has

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.440
 given

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.860
 his

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.699
 interpretation

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.480
 of

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.779
 that

00:39:58.779 --> 00:39:59.179
 fact

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.699
 and

00:39:59.699 --> 00:39:59.860
 if

00:39:59.860 --> 00:39:59.980
 you

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.159
 want

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.299
 to

00:40:00.299 --> 00:40:01.039
 understand

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.319
 the

00:40:01.319 --> 00:40:01.920
 facts

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.139
 of

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.299
 the

00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:02.759
 world

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:04.000
 then

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.139
 you

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:04.319
 need

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:04.480
 to

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:04.659
 live

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:04.779
 in

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:04.960
 the

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.299
 light

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.460
 of

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.599
 the

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.980
 God

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.199
 who

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.599
 created

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:06.960
 those

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.420
 facts

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.639
 and

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:07.880
 gave

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.179
 those

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:08.619
 facts

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:08.880
 their

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.599
 interpretation

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.119
 you

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.980
 need

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.679
 the

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.159
 God

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.659
 who

00:40:13.659 --> 00:40:13.860
 is

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.319
 light

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:15.559
 to

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:15.840
 give

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.019
 you

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.460
 light

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:20.099
 so

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.259
 that

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:20.440
 is

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.619
 the

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:20.940
 three

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.480
 ways

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.759
 that

00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:21.940
 our

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.500
 mind

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.119
 is

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:23.539
 affected

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.840
 by

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.119
 sin

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.240
 it

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.400
 is

00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:24.820
 moral

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.599
 it

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:25.760
 is

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.280
 hostile

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.880
 and

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.000
 it

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.340
 is

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.360
 darkened

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.440
 now

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:31.079
 that was

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.840
 a bit

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.000
 of

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.619
 serious

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.200
 brain

00:40:33.200 --> 00:40:33.599
 thing

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.039
 going on

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.179
 there

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.440
 wasn't

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.559
 it

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:34.700
 the

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:35.000
 facts

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.220
 the

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.519
 facts

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.740
 the

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.200
 facts

00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:37.300
 you

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.599
 may be

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.980
 saying

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.200
 if you've

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.460
 kept

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.880
 with me

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.139
 you may

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:40.260
 be

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:40.400
 saying

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.579
 but

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.460
 can

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.619
 an

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.200
 unbeliever

00:40:42.200 --> 00:40:42.400
 know

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.820
 anything

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.240
 then

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:47.459
 perhaps

00:40:47.459 --> 00:40:47.479
 perhaps

00:40:47.479 --> 00:40:47.839
 I don't

00:40:47.839 --> 00:40:48.000
 know if

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.099
 we're

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.619
 having a

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:49.179
 Q&A

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.439
 but

00:40:49.439 --> 00:40:50.599
 I think

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:50.879
 we will

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:51.219
 be having

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:51.759
 a Q&A

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.279
 after those

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.579
 last

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.119
 10 minutes

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:54.919
 let me

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:55.139
 give you

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.599
 my quick

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:55.979
 thing

00:40:55.979 --> 00:40:56.959
 can a

00:40:56.959 --> 00:40:57.500
 non-believer

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.000
 know anything

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.859
 about chickens

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.379
 cows

00:40:59.379 --> 00:41:00.059
 and calculus

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.919
 absolutely

00:41:01.919 --> 00:41:02.559
 not

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.679
 they don't

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.059
 have a

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.779
 clue about

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.239
 chickens

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.679
 cows

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:06.339
 and calculus

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:08.260
 in their

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.900
 world view

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.740
 they have

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.039
 lived

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.700
 independently

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.200
 from the

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.440
 God

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.720
 who is

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:11.980
 light

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.460
 they switch

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.900
 the lights

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.240
 off

00:41:13.240 --> 00:41:14.280
 and they

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.440
 don't

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:14.740
 have a

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.019
 clue

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.400
 about

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:15.960
 cows

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.400
 chickens

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.620
 and

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:18.200
 calculus

00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:20.820
 unbelievers

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.640
 all the

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:21.980
 time

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.380
 speak

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.880
 truth

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.220
 about

00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:23.680
 cows

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.059
 chickens

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.300
 and

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:24.800
 calculus

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.160
 how is

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:27.360
 that

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:28.760
 well

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.820
 God's

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.320
 common

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:31.220
 grace

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:32.880
 at that

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.559
 very point

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:33.880
 when an

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.380
 unbeliever

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:34.820
 speaks

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.180
 something

00:41:35.180 --> 00:41:35.519
 that is

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:35.800
 true

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.120
 about

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:36.559
 cows

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:36.940
 chickens

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.139
 or

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:37.579
 calculus

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:39.299
 they are

00:41:39.299 --> 00:41:39.759
 acting

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.199
 like a

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.599
 Christian

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.339
 they are

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:41.920
 exhibiting

00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.259
 that they

00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:42.400
 are

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.839
 image

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.460
 bearers

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.900
 of the

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.279
 God

00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.799
 who made

00:41:44.799 --> 00:41:45.039
 them

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.940
 they are

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.299
 at that

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:47.299
 very point

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:48.019
 when they

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.619
 understand

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:49.119
 that 2

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.639
 plus 2

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.400
 equals 4

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.380
 they are

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:52.039
 at that

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:53.199
 very point

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:54.039
 showing

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.639
 themselves

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.059
 to be

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.400
 image

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:56.019
 bearers

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:57.559
 that they

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.039
 need the

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.339
 God

00:41:58.339 --> 00:41:58.699
 who is

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.039
 light

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.940
 to give

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:00.199
 them

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.539
 light

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:01.839
 but you

00:42:01.839 --> 00:42:02.159
 can maybe

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.599
 ask me

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.019
 more about

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.359
 that in

00:42:03.359 --> 00:42:04.319
 a Q&A

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:06.300
 let me

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:06.580
 just

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:07.400
 pause

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.039
 and reflect

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.539
 where we've

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.059
 come from

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.980
 the definition

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.580
 of sin

00:42:10.580 --> 00:42:11.580
 is transgression

00:42:11.580 --> 00:42:12.620
 God is

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:12.960
 God

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.280
 we are

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.640
 not

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:15.380
 the corruption

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:15.920
 of sin

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.780
 is systemic

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:16.860
!

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.660
 it's affected

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.140
 our whole

00:42:18.140 --> 00:42:18.599
 lives

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.380
 our heart

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:22.599
 and we saw

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:22.940
 that our

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.400
 society

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.920
 has two

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.480
 views of

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.940
 the heart

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:25.539
 this one

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.880
 that it's

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:26.559
 amoral

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:27.180
 it's neither

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.740
 good nor

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.180
 bad

00:42:28.180 --> 00:42:29.420
 and that we

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.960
 only act

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.240
 out of

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.800
 instinct

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.880
 then there

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.240
 is the

00:42:32.240 --> 00:42:32.880
 idea that

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:33.340
 our heart

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:34.079
 is good

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.680
 essentially

00:42:34.680 --> 00:42:35.079
 and it's

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.720
 external

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:36.539
 factors that

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.340
 make us

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:37.700
 do what

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:38.120
 we do

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:38.920
 and then

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.480
 we've seen

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.440
 that sin

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.160
 affects our

00:42:41.160 --> 00:42:41.720
 minds

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.760
 our minds

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.160
 are driven

00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:43.640
 by our

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.079
 hearts

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:45.199
 since our

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:45.639
 hearts

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.319
 are hostile

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:47.019
 to God

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.819
 therefore

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.799
 our minds

00:42:48.799 --> 00:42:49.799
 are darkened

00:42:49.799 --> 00:42:52.119
 in short

00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:53.099
 we are fallen

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.819
 in every

00:42:53.819 --> 00:42:54.679
 area of our

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.179
 lives

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:56.500
 what a piece

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.219
 of work

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.739
 is man

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.559
 said Shakespeare

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.880
 but man

00:42:59.880 --> 00:43:00.819
 delights

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:02.239
 not me

00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:04.639
 so what

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.079
 then is

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.900
 the solution

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:07.619
 to our

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.019
 sin

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:09.699
 where do

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.199
 we find

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:10.840
 the solution

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:12.420
 well I

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.119
 hope if you

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.880
 followed me

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.860
 you can see

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.400
 that we

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.980
 don't find

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:16.260
 it in

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.780
 ourselves

00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.539
 if our

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:19.079
 hearts are

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.619
 only evil

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.220
 continually

00:43:20.220 --> 00:43:21.200
 then we

00:43:21.200 --> 00:43:21.640
 don't have

00:43:21.640 --> 00:43:22.300
 the desires

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.140
 within ourselves

00:43:23.140 --> 00:43:23.780
 to change

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.340
 ourselves

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.140
 if our

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:25.720
 minds are

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.460
 hostile to

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.900
 God and

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:27.160
 therefore

00:43:27.160 --> 00:43:27.760
 darkened

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.039
 in their

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.660
 understanding

00:43:28.660 --> 00:43:29.460
 then we

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.840
 don't have

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:30.539
 the mind

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.280
 to work

00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:32.619
 out how

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:32.920
 to get

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.220
 out of

00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:33.380
 the

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:33.760
 darkness

00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:36.519
 we're a

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:36.800
 bit like

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:38.000
 people who

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.960
 are hiking

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.960
 out in

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:40.400
 the mountains

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.900
 and we've

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.480
 lost our

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.099
 compass

00:43:42.099 --> 00:43:45.659
 well the

00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:46.219
 solution to

00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:46.779
 sin is not

00:43:46.779 --> 00:43:47.339
 found in

00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:47.960
 ourselves

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:49.119
 Cornelius

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.579
 Van Til

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:49.960
 has this

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:50.639
 great picture

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.599
 he said

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:52.839
 there's more

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.420
 chance of a

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.380
 man made

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.799
 of water

00:43:54.799 --> 00:43:55.619
 this is a

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.279
 totally bizarre

00:43:56.279 --> 00:43:57.079
 illustration but

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.900
 come with me

00:43:57.900 --> 00:43:58.699
 for a moment

00:43:58.699 --> 00:44:00.199
 a man

00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:01.360
 made out of

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.880
 water

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:03.259
 at the bottom

00:44:03.259 --> 00:44:03.960
 of an ocean

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:05.619
 climbing out

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:06.259
 of the water

00:44:06.259 --> 00:44:07.319
 on a ladder

00:44:07.319 --> 00:44:08.319
 made of water

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:10.519
 picture it

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:11.440
 a man made

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:11.780
 of water

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.220
 at the bottom

00:44:12.220 --> 00:44:12.700
 of the ocean

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.460
 climbing out

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.980
 of the ocean

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:15.039
 on a ladder

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.860
 made of water

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:17.460
 what was Van Til

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:18.039
 trying to say

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.539
 he was trying

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:18.900
 to say

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.920
 it is utterly

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:21.039
 futile

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.720
 to think

00:44:22.720 --> 00:44:23.220
 that you can

00:44:23.220 --> 00:44:24.059
 save yourself

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:26.280
 you are

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:27.320
 encased

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.220
 in the very

00:44:28.220 --> 00:44:28.980
 problem you're

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.480
 trying to get

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.059
 yourself out

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.320
 of

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:34.039
 we cannot

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.900
 save

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:36.000
 ourselves

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:38.119
 doesn't

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.920
 the phrase

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.559
 you need

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:39.900
 to be

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.519
 saved

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.619
 take on

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:41.920
 a whole

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.579
 new meaning

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:42.920
 now

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:43.480
 when you

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:43.920
 understand

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.480
 the doctrine

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:45.019
 of sin

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:46.380
 we've seen

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:47.079
 the definition

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.960
 of sin

00:44:47.960 --> 00:44:48.760
 is transgression

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.380
 the corruption

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:49.780
 of sin

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:50.320
 is systemic

00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:50.719
 and this

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.119
 brings us

00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:51.400
 to our

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:52.159
 final point

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:52.960
 back in

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.739
 Genesis 3

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.719
 15

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:56.059
 the solution

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:56.679
 to sin

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:57.380
 is Christ

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.300
 the solution

00:44:58.300 --> 00:44:58.960
 to sin

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:00.219
 is Christ

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:03.539
 verse 15

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.340
 I will put

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:04.800
 enmity

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:05.539
 between you

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.760
 and the

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:05.980
 women

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.519
 God is

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:06.780
 speaking

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.139
 to the

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.420
 serpent

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.320
 I will

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:08.900
 put enmity

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.500
 between you

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.719
 and the

00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:09.940
 woman

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.360
 and between

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:10.639
 your

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:11.000
 offspring

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.380
 and her

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.719
 offspring

00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:12.559
 and he

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:12.860
 shall

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:13.260
 bruise

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:13.920
 your head

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.760
 and you

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.059
 shall

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:15.579
 bruise

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.079
 his

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:17.000
 heel

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:18.559
 in dealing

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:18.880
 with the

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.179
 problem

00:45:19.179 --> 00:45:19.699
 of sin

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.059
 God

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:20.719
 goes right

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:21.119
 to the

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.820
 source

00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:23.179
 the serpent

00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:24.559
 the serpent

00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:25.119
 was the one

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.480
 who brought

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.000
 sin into

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.440
 the world

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.139
 and so

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:27.400
 God

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:27.860
 promises

00:45:27.860 --> 00:45:29.039
 to destroy

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.659
 him

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:30.800
 and thus

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.659
 by implication

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:32.760
 to rid

00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:33.340
 the world

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:35.039
 of sin

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.960
 but I want

00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.199
 you to

00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:36.480
 notice

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:36.960
 in chapter

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.440
 3

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:37.880
 there are

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:38.579
 two men

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:40.340
 who have

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:40.960
 an encounter

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.420
 with the

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:41.719
 serpent

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:42.539
 there is

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:42.960
 Adam

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.519
 the first

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:43.820
 man

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.619
 who stands

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:45.139
 by his

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.500
 wife

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.119
 silent

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:46.840
 do you

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.259
 notice that

00:45:47.259 --> 00:45:47.900
 in verse 6

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:49.119
 he

00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.880
 her husband

00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:50.460
 who was

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:51.139
 with her

00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:52.079
 he just

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:52.559
 stood there

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.199
 silent

00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:56.939
 he stood

00:45:56.939 --> 00:45:57.639
 before the

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:58.000
 serpent

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.799
 and fell

00:45:58.799 --> 00:45:59.199
 down

00:45:59.199 --> 00:45:59.939
 before him

00:45:59.939 --> 00:46:00.960
 but there

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:01.319
 is this

00:46:01.319 --> 00:46:01.980
 other man

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:02.539
 who is

00:46:02.539 --> 00:46:02.879
 going to

00:46:02.879 --> 00:46:03.199
 have an

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:03.619
 encounter

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:04.039
 with the

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:04.319
 serpent

00:46:04.319 --> 00:46:05.259
 this

00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:06.279
 descendant

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:06.960
 of Eve

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:08.259
 a son

00:46:08.259 --> 00:46:10.259
 a representative

00:46:10.259 --> 00:46:10.960
 son who

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:11.359
 will do

00:46:11.359 --> 00:46:11.619
 what

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:12.039
 who will

00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:12.699
 fight

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:13.599
 against

00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:13.879
 the

00:46:13.879 --> 00:46:14.199
 serpent

00:46:14.199 --> 00:46:15.619
 two men

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.039
 in chapter

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.480
 3

00:46:16.480 --> 00:46:17.980
 fight the

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.279
 serpent

00:46:18.279 --> 00:46:19.480
 Adam

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:21.559
 stands

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:22.219
 before him

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:22.840
 as a

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:23.240
 coward

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:24.219
 says nothing

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:24.820
 and falls

00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:25.099
 down

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:25.659
 before him

00:46:25.659 --> 00:46:26.400
 this

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.920
 second

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:28.119
 son

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.460
 this

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:28.960
 second

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.480
 Adam

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.440
 will

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:31.840
 stand

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.780
 before him

00:46:32.780 --> 00:46:33.820
 and fight

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:34.099
 him

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:36.519
 the

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.039
 solution

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:38.240
 to sin

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:39.300
 is in

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:39.599
 this

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.179
 promised

00:46:40.179 --> 00:46:41.179
 son

00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:41.800
 the

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:42.360
 hope of

00:46:42.360 --> 00:46:42.559
 the

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:43.000
 world

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:44.280
 is in

00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:44.460
 a

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:44.980
 son

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:47.360
 now

00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:47.539
 I've

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:47.719
 given

00:46:47.719 --> 00:46:48.019
 you

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.519
 a number

00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:48.740
 of

00:46:48.740 --> 00:46:49.099
 pictures

00:46:49.099 --> 00:46:49.500
 this

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:49.839
 morning

00:46:49.839 --> 00:46:50.519
 a

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:50.719
 big

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.239
 circle

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:52.380
 small

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:52.779
 circle

00:46:52.779 --> 00:46:53.339
 horizontal

00:46:53.339 --> 00:46:53.839
 line

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.159
 the

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:54.480
 picture

00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.679
 of

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:54.799
 the

00:46:54.799 --> 00:46:55.299
 distinction

00:46:55.299 --> 00:46:55.679
 between

00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:55.860
 the

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.239
 creature

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:56.400
 and

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.500
 the

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.880
 creature

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.980
 the

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:58.339
 river

00:46:58.339 --> 00:46:59.159
 contaminated

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.699
 at its

00:46:59.699 --> 00:47:00.199
 source

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.519
 a

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:00.779
 picture

00:47:00.779 --> 00:47:00.980
 of

00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.139
 the

00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:01.719
 systemic

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:02.420
 corruption

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:02.659
 of

00:47:02.659 --> 00:47:03.000
 sin

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:04.559
 cockroaches

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.539
 picture

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:05.900
 of your

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.500
 heart

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:08.099
 over your

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.639
 mind

00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:09.199
 the

00:47:09.199 --> 00:47:09.659
 GPS

00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:10.299
 home

00:47:10.299 --> 00:47:10.759
 setting

00:47:10.759 --> 00:47:11.139
 leading

00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:11.380
 us

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:11.799
 away

00:47:11.799 --> 00:47:12.119
 from

00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:12.719
 Cambridge

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:13.759
 picture

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:14.139
 of our

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.619
 thinking

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.000
 being

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.860
 skewed

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:16.119
 because

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:16.360
 we've

00:47:16.360 --> 00:47:16.619
 asked

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:16.779
 the

00:47:16.779 --> 00:47:17.059
 God

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.199
 who

00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:17.339
 is

00:47:17.339 --> 00:47:17.679
 light

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.219
 to leave

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:18.380
 the

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:18.739
 building

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:19.679
 the

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.239
 Bodleian

00:47:20.239 --> 00:47:20.739
 library

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.259
 with that

00:47:21.259 --> 00:47:21.699
 motto

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:22.000
 on the

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.219
 roof

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:22.639
 God

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:23.099
 is my

00:47:23.099 --> 00:47:23.539
 light

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.779
 with our

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:25.279
 darkened

00:47:25.279 --> 00:47:26.019
 understanding

00:47:26.019 --> 00:47:27.679
 let me

00:47:27.679 --> 00:47:27.959
 give you

00:47:27.959 --> 00:47:28.539
 one more

00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:29.319
 picture

00:47:29.319 --> 00:47:32.139
 I want you to

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.899
 picture two

00:47:32.899 --> 00:47:33.699
 giants

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:35.899
 and by

00:47:35.899 --> 00:47:36.439
 giants

00:47:36.439 --> 00:47:37.139
 I mean

00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:38.039
 giants

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:39.839
 the shoe

00:47:39.839 --> 00:47:40.539
 of one

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:40.839
 giant

00:47:40.839 --> 00:47:41.559
 would be in

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.439
 this whole

00:47:42.439 --> 00:47:42.959
 building

00:47:42.959 --> 00:47:44.279
 his ankle

00:47:44.279 --> 00:47:45.159
 would be up

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:45.539
 to that

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:45.919
 roof

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:47.079
 so we're

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.380
 talking

00:47:47.380 --> 00:47:47.780
 about

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.099
 a

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.320
 big

00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:48.760
 giant

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:50.220
 and on

00:47:50.220 --> 00:47:50.480
 that

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:51.340
 huge

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.960
 giant

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.380
 these

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:52.619
 two

00:47:52.619 --> 00:47:53.119
 giants

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:54.700
 is a

00:47:54.700 --> 00:47:54.980
 belt

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.579
 each of

00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:55.720
 them

00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:56.059
 has a

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:56.260
 belt

00:47:56.260 --> 00:47:56.619
 and on

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:56.860
 that

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:57.159
 belt

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:57.480
 is

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.460
 tens

00:47:58.460 --> 00:47:58.700
 of

00:47:58.700 --> 00:47:59.260
 thousands

00:47:59.260 --> 00:47:59.519
 of

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:00.059
 tiny

00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:00.440
 tiny

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:00.760
 little

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:01.159
 hooks

00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:02.940
 and

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.440
 hanging

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:03.920
 from

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.260
 those

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:04.840
 hooks

00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:05.780
 are

00:48:05.780 --> 00:48:06.260
 people

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:09.260
 two

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:09.800
 giants

00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:10.720
 two

00:48:10.720 --> 00:48:11.220
 belts

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:12.079
 and there

00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:12.260
 are

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:12.680
 people

00:48:12.680 --> 00:48:13.280
 hanging

00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:13.800
 onto

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:14.060
 their

00:48:14.060 --> 00:48:14.519
 belts

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:16.400
 you may

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.600
 think

00:48:16.600 --> 00:48:16.820
 I've

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.000
 gone

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.560
 completely

00:48:17.560 --> 00:48:18.539
 crazy

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:20.780
 Thomas

00:48:20.780 --> 00:48:21.200
 Goodwin

00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:21.400
 the

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:21.800
 Puritan

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:22.220
 said

00:48:22.220 --> 00:48:22.740
 in God's

00:48:22.740 --> 00:48:22.920
 sight

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.220
 there are

00:48:23.220 --> 00:48:23.440
 only

00:48:23.440 --> 00:48:23.720
 two

00:48:23.720 --> 00:48:24.000
 men

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.380
 Adam

00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:24.600
 and

00:48:24.600 --> 00:48:24.880
 Jesus

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:25.360
 Christ

00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:25.560
 and

00:48:25.560 --> 00:48:25.840
 these

00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:26.100
 two

00:48:26.100 --> 00:48:26.420
 men

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:26.720
 have

00:48:26.720 --> 00:48:27.120
 all

00:48:27.120 --> 00:48:27.480
 other

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:27.940
 men

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.380
 hanging

00:48:28.380 --> 00:48:29.180
 from

00:48:29.180 --> 00:48:29.440
 their

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:29.980
 girdle

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:30.500
 strings

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:32.240
 that

00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:32.720
 picture

00:48:32.720 --> 00:48:33.180
 of those

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.420
 two

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:33.940
 giants

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:35.039
 is the

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.820
 theological

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:36.780
 structure

00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:37.380
 of the

00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:37.860
 whole

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.340
 Bible

00:48:38.340 --> 00:48:39.760
 the

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:40.039
 one

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.480
 giant

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:40.800
 is

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:41.100
 called

00:48:41.100 --> 00:48:41.420
 Adam

00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:42.340
 the

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.560
 other

00:48:42.560 --> 00:48:42.980
 giant

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.440
 is called

00:48:43.440 --> 00:48:43.800
 Jesus

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:44.380
 Christ

00:48:44.380 --> 00:48:46.380
 and what

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:46.659
 we've

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:46.860
 seen

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:47.079
 this

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:47.340
 morning

00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:47.699
 is that

00:48:47.699 --> 00:48:47.960
 our

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.360
 problem

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:48.840
 is this

00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:49.519
 we are

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:49.980
 hooked

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:50.639
 onto

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:50.940
 that

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.360
 first

00:48:51.360 --> 00:48:51.800
 giant

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.860
 we're

00:48:52.860 --> 00:48:53.260
 connected

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:53.639
 to the

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:53.880
 wrong

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.340
 man

00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:55.360
 Adam's

00:48:55.360 --> 00:48:55.659
 heart

00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:56.139
 became

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.559
 corrupt

00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:57.000
 with

00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:57.579
 evil

00:48:57.579 --> 00:48:58.780
 intentions

00:48:58.780 --> 00:48:59.240
 all the

00:48:59.240 --> 00:48:59.500
 time

00:48:59.500 --> 00:48:59.960
 our

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:00.340
 hearts

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:00.539
 have

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:00.840
 become

00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:01.320
 corrupt

00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:02.139
 with

00:49:02.139 --> 00:49:02.460
 evil

00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:03.019
 intentions

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.380
 all the

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:03.659
 time

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.219
 Adam

00:49:04.219 --> 00:49:04.599
 became

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:05.079
 hostile

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 his

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 our

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 understanding

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 our

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 Adam

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 giant

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 and the

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 solution

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 to our

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 sin

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 is to

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 get

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 unhooked

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 from

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 Adam

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 and to

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 get

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 hooked

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 into

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 this

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 promised

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 son

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 last

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 Adam

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 and

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 when

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 you

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 get

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 unhooked

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 from

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 Adam

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 and

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 get

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 hooked

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 onto

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 you

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 get

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 a

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 new

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 heart

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 and

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 you

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 get

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 a

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 new

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 mind

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 let

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 us

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 pray

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