I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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My name is John Dinzey.
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I'm glad to be with
you during this hour,
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where we will be
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sharing
together from God's Word.
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And we have some of the
members of the 3ABN family,
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which it's an
extension of your family.
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So I'd like to
start out on my left
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with Sister Francine.
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Welcome. Thank you.
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I'm glad to be
here. I appreciate it.
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And you do a wonderful
work with the kids' channel.
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Tell us about that?
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Well, there's a
lot of programming
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going on with
the kids programming
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and right now
with what's going on.
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We're also having
the lessons for the kids.
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So definitely,
we're having a lot of fun
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and we have a
little new addition coming.
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Praise God.
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Well, next to you is
your husband Jason Bergmann.
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Welcome. Good to
be here. Thank you.
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Thank you for allowing me
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to be a part of this great time.
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Amen. Amen.
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And you work in what
aspect of the 3ABN ministry?
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So I'm part of the
accounting finance area.
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So I enjoy numbers.
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And so, really
good group of people
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and it's good to be
here and be a part of 3ABN,
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especially during this time.
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I'm seeing all those
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who are donating to
3ABN, it's a true blessing.
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So, and just
happy to be a part of it
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and seeing what we do
here, it's just a blessing.
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Thank you so much,
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and going to my
right Sister Nancy O'Brien.
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Welcome. Thank you.
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It's nice to be here.
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I always enjoy Family
Worship on Friday night,
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so it's good to be here.
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Thank you. Amen.
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Tell us a little bit about
what you do for 3ABN family?
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I am a trust
officer in the Plant Giving
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and Trust Services department.
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So we work with people
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that are interested in trusts
and annuities, and wills and...
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All those things.
All those things, yeah.
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Well, we have
heard from Joe O' Brien,
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tell us a little bit
about what you do and welcome.
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Thank you.
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I guess I
started here around 1999
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and have been in
the pastoral department,
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started with Johnny
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with just the two
of us for a while.
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That's right.
And love what I do.
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It's a good job to be able to go
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out to the world and share,
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answering questions
from the good old Word.
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Thus saith the Lord
because He really is healing
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and points the
direction and how to get there.
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I love it. Amen.
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We worked for many years
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in the pastoral
ministry department
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and I always
enjoyed your passion
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as you speak to
people and pray with them.
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Speaking of prayer,
we're going to go to the Lord
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in prayer right now
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and I'm going to
ask Pastor Joe O'Brien
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to lead us in prayer.
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Our Father in
heaven, this morning,
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we look to being
together, one with you.
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It's important, Lord,
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that having been
made in Your image,
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having fallen,
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that Your love has
provided for us a Savior,
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who's paid the price
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and that we have the opportunity
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to once again become
your sons and daughters
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and walk with You,
according to Your will.
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Help us Lord along the way
and in this meeting today here,
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we want to share
some of the points
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that are necessary and
useful in being restored,
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being redeemed, being sanctified
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for the future, new
heaven and new earth.
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And we thank You
for being with us,
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and helping us to
share those thoughts
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that are
important for this time.
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And we thank You
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen. Thank you so much.
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Well, today we're talking
about something very important.
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What I believe is
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and that is sons
and daughters of God.
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And we have to start,
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what you would say
where the problem started.
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It was God's
intention that we would live
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eternally happy
being children of God,
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but sin entered into the world.
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We're going to take a
brief look at Genesis Chapter 3,
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because it tells us the story,
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I would say, very briefly
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of how sin
entered into the world.
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Well, there was the enemy,
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I'm going to give a
little summary before that.
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There was the enemy, Lucifer,
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wonderful, beautiful
angel that rebelled in heaven
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having no reason whatsoever,
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but that desired that
which did not belong to Him.
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And not only was he not happy,
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he tried to create
that same unhappiness
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in the other angels
and a third of the angels,
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for some reason or another,
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sided with Lucifer to
cause rebellion in heaven.
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I don't know if
any one of you wants
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to give something brief
about the rebellion in heaven.
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And what do you,
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what the Lord has shown
you there about the rebellion?
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I mean, there was
really no reason whatsoever.
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I do remember hearing somebody
mentioned something about
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when you want to
sell an idea to somebody
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that you have to somehow
make them believe it's theirs.
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I've heard of
salesmen, that some people
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some they say when you
show up to somebody's house,
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they don't know
they need what you have.
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So you have to
somehow let them believe,
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lead them to
believe they have a need,
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even though they
don't think they did.
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And so, any thoughts?
I see you sharing them.
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It surprised
when I gave it thought
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that in heaven, this
war, there was no bloodshed.
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And then it occurred to me
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that the war was a war of words,
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and thoughts, and
ideas, and beliefs.
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And obviously, Satan has said,
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"I will be as the Most High,"
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which means he
wants to be worshiped.
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And with that in
mind, things started to look
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a whole lot different
when I read Scripture.
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So he craved, he
desired the worship
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that God that
rightfully belong to God.
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There's a
wonderful song out there
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that is called
God and God alone.
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And it's a beautiful
song, beautiful words,
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but let's go to Him
coming to the earth.
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He came to the
earth to try to gain
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more supporters for His cause.
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Genesis 3:1-10.
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And I would like to read,
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let's say the
first five verses and,
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Sister Francine,
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if you would read the next five,
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and then we will talk
a little bit about it.
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Now it says in Genesis 3:1,
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"Now the serpent was
more crafty or subtle,"
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the King James Version says,
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"than any of the wild
animals the Lord God had made.
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He said to the woman,
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'Did God really
say you must not eat
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from any tree in the garden?'
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The woman said to the serpent,
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'We may eat fruit from
the trees in the garden,
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but God did say
you must not eat fruit
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from the tree
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that is in the
middle of the garden,
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and you must not
touch it, or you will die.'
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'You will not certainly die,'
the serpent said to the woman,
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for God knows that
when you eat from it,
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your eyes will be
open and you will be like
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God knowing good and evil.'"
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"So when the women saw that
the tree was good for the food,
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that it was pleasant to the eyes
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and the tree
desirable to make one wise,
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she took it for
its fruit and ate.
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She also gave it to
her husband with her,
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and he ate.
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Then the eyes of
both of them 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 coverings.
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And they heard
the sound of the Lord
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God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day,
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and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
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from the presence of the Lord
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God amongst the
trees of the garden.
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Then the Lord
God called to Adam,
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and said to
him, 'Where are you?'
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So He said,
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'I heard your
voice in the garden,
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and I was afraid
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because I was
naked, and I hid myself.'"
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Very good. Thank you very much.
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Any comments about
these verses that we read?
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There's a lot packed in there.
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There's a lot
packed in there, yes.
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I was thinking about verse
4, I believe it is, it says,
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"And the serpent
said unto the woman,
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'You shall not surely die.'"
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And I once asked myself,
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why didn't he just
say you shall not die?
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This is a war of words.
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He put that
word in there surely.
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You should not surely die.
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Maybe just a little bit,
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or maybe it's
different than you think.
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And so, I looked at
that a little closer
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and thought to myself,
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this is the
beginning of spiritualism.
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We hear people talk about
spiritualism as a bad thing.
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And what is it and
where did it come from?
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Well, what he's saying is,
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"You shall not surely die."
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He's saying, "You
don't surely die."
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When you die, you don't
die. What are you talking about?
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That's
spiritualism. You still live.
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What are you talking about?
He says, "You don't surely die.
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If you don't surely
die, your spirit lives on."
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That is spiritualism,
believing that you don't die,
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that you're immortal.
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And the Bible says
only God is immortal.
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So then, actually,
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we are believing
Satan instead of God.
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You shall not surely die.
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You got a choice,
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you're going to believe
you die or you don't die.
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Is God right or Satan right?
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And if you
believe in spiritualism,
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that when you die, you
live on somehow surely.
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That's spiritualism
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and you're believing
Satan that you don't die.
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So something I
noticed in verse 9,
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where Francine read,
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"Then the Lord
called to Adam and Eve
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and said to him,
'Where are you?'"
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You know, when I look at,
when I consider that question,
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God knows the end
from the beginning.
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And for him to ask the question,
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where are you,
He already knew that
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something had drastically
changed the relationship
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between His children.
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And for him to
ask, I'm sure His heart
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was just devastated
but understanding that
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the plan of salvation
is now needs to be enacted.
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And I just see that
here's a relationship
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that was close that they
were eager to run to Jesus
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and then from eager
running to a hiding.
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And that, boy, I tell you
from a parent perspective,
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you know, I play hide
and go seek with my daughter
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and you know,
it's all fun and games,
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but when you're
talking about your creation,
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who was eager to
see you to a point
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where they're afraid of you now,
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that was hard.
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It must have been hard.
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And for me,
their eyes were opened.
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And as a parent,
like you were saying,
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we want to protect
our daughter, for example,
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and I don't want her
eyes always opened on evil,
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what is bent, what is evil.
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And so, yes,
their eyes were opened,
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but was it for the good?
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And then it comes back to
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when Amanda
specifically a little too quiet
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or something like,
you have that relationship
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with her, you know,
something's amiss, you know,
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and it's because
of that relationship.
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And she knows when
I'm coming up the stairs
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or, you know,
when mommy's coming,
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she knows, you know,
she's doing something
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because she's
lately, she's at that age
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where she wants to
experiment with things.
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And so she's going
through my cupboards
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and grabbing some things
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and trying to mix
things and, you know,
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which is a good thing,
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but she knows
there's certain things
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she's not supposed to get into.
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And so, you know,
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when she has that
guilty conscience,
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mommy already
knows something's wrong,
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like there's that atmosphere
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because of that relationship
and that's the same with God.
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God already had
that relationship,
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and so did Adam.
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And he knew God was coming.
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And he had that
guilty conscience of,
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"I've done something.
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And there's this
separation of that we've done."
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And even when my daughter
will do something like that,
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that she's not supposed
to, it's hurting the trust
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that we have for
each other, you know,
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and it's also
making that barrier
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and so you have to
almost reinstate, like,
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she has to earn that trust
back to be able to do that.
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And I think that's
what God's working on here
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is working back
for our salvation.
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Definitely.
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Yes. Thank you very much.
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When you mentioned guilt,
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I just, it hit me that all of us
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when we sin, we feel guilt.
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And you don't have to be
a Christian to feel guilty.
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I mean, this is powerful stuff.
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So when we feel
guilty, what happens to me,
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I mean, my experience is that
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you don't want to
see God right away,
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maybe a couple days
later might be better
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because you forget
about these things, you know,
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so it's a little
easier to go back to Him.
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And so I began to realize
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this is the spiritual war.
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God wants us to be righteous,
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Satan wants us to be wrongteous.
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I want to coin that word
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because if there's
up, there's down...
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That's a new word, isn't it?
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If there's up, there's down,
if there's hot, there's cold,
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if there's righteousness,
there must be wrongteousness.
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But anyway, so the point is that
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when you sin, when I
sin and you feel that guilt,
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you don't want to see the boss,
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you don't want to
see your best friend,
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because not right
now, maybe in a day or two,
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but I've come to understand that
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this is a war and
because it's a war.
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If I were to tell a
lie, and wait a day or two,
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it might be easier.
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But Satan's got
that time on his turf.
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He's still
messing with you, okay?
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And when I would say a
lie, if I were to tell a lie,
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the best thing you can do
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is fall on your
knees one second after
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and say, "Lord, don't leave me.
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I'm sorry, forgive me.
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Let's be buddies
again, let's be friends."
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And do that as quick as you can,
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because the time
from you've done it,
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to the time that you get
around to get in friendly
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with your boss, is Satan's time.
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Don't let him have it,
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take it away
from him immediately.
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You know, and also
anybody must have love Jesus.
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I mean that love
relationship is there.
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And when they sinned,
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I'm sure they felt guilt,
but it was also guilt that
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they had hurt
someone they loved.
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I mean, I remember as a teenager
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saying something to my mother
that after I said it was like,
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and I saw her face, it was like,
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"Oh, I didn't, you know,
I'm so sorry, I said that."
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Because when you love someone,
you know that it's the hurt
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that you've caused them
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that causes you
the terrible feeling.
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Amen.
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So the question is, is
feeling guilty a good thing?
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Is it a good thing?
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It can be.
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Actually it can
be. It actually can be.
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And that's the hardest thing
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is when you feel
guilty is to say, I'm sorry.
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I mean, even for our daughter
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at two or three
years old that was,
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that's the hardest
thing for her to do sometimes
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is just to say, I'm sorry.
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You know, and
there's other times
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it comes quickly.
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But there's
other times it's like,
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I'm not that sorry like,
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you know, and
sometimes we're not.
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As human
beings, we're not sorry.
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Now, I'm hoping that
they were very sorry,
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especially with
the ramifications
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of what we see here.
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I'm sure they must
have had that guilt.
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And that, you know,
being sorry for sin.
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And that's the step of
reconciliation, I guess.
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You know, it's interesting
that as we look at this,
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there are many things
that we can bring out,
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but I believe
there's a great possibility
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that there was more conversation
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between the serpent and Eve
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before they got
to this question,
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"Did God really
say you cannot eat
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from every tree of the garden"
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because I can't really,
I mean, I don't meet people
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that I just met and say,
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"Hey, did God
really say, you know."
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No, there was possibly
some more conversation,
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but the Bible is giving us
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the main discussion
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to lead to what happened.
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And so it's interesting that
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the serpent says,
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"For God knows
when you eat from it,
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your eyes will be
open and you'll be like
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God knowing good and evil."
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Now, to some degree, I
believe that, you know,
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they want it to be
like God, they admired Him.
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But now, the way
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the serpent presents this thing,
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it's like, you know,
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it seems like
God doesn't love you
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enough to give you more
than what He's given you,
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because He knows that
when your eyes are open,
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you're going to be knowing
good and evil and seem to paint,
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if I say that way,
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like knowing
evil was a good thing.
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I mean, if I
say, if I say to you,
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"Jason, you're
going to be like God,
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knowing good health
and really bad health."
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It doesn't sound
as good, does it?
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Or knowing disease,
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knowing health
and knowing disease,
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it doesn't sound as good.
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But apparently, Eve's curiosity
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was heightened to say,
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"Wow, must be
something good to know,
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good and evil."
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And so, I think you
wanted to say something
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about this aspect of the,
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that she had to
evaluate what He said,
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"Wait a minute, if
I eat of the fruit,
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I will be like God,
knowing good and evil."
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Well, the first thing
that crosses my mind is that
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this was Satan's
problem in heaven.
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He was in the Eve's position.
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He wanted more,
00:20:01.73\00:20:03.06
he wanted to be
like the Most High.
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And he figured, well,
that'll work for Eve too.
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I can tell her
she can have more.
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And in the process
of that, there's a...
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I think it's
verse 6 in Genesis 3:6.
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Okay.
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"And when the woman saw that
the tree was good for food,"
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that's the carnal
part, the physical part.
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And I read that
numerous times until one day,
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it occurred to
me, she saw something.
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What did she see?
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Well, in the Hebrew
language, the word saw is raah.
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And raah is defined
as to be caused to see,
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to be shown,
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and to be exhibited to you.
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Exhibited, she saw something.
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So we could probably
consider the likelihood
00:20:57.12\00:20:59.69
that Satan took a bite.
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And guess what? He didn't die.
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Whoa, maybe he knows something,
00:21:07.86\00:21:11.23
maybe he know something
about this good and evil thing
00:21:11.27\00:21:13.50
is what I wanted a
little bit of that.
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In any event just real
quickly to bring out that,
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she took the fruit
thereof and did eat
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and gave it also
unto her husband.
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And he did eat.
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Now when she went to
give it to her husband,
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there was already a bite gone.
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I mean, she was probably...
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He knew that she had
eaten it, and she was not dead.
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So it wasn't as easy
to criticize and say,
00:21:35.32\00:21:38.73
"Well, these people
weren't paying attention."
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No, there was
something more going on there
00:21:40.20\00:21:41.80
than we realize, you know.
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So in any event, though,
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that's just the
carnal perspective.
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The spiritual
perspective is that Satan,
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it says in the end of time,
00:21:51.87\00:21:54.18
God's people will keep
the commandments of God
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and have the Spirit of Jesus,
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but it also says
00:21:57.78\00:21:59.11
they will not have
guile in their mouths.
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This is an experience of guile
00:22:01.38\00:22:05.65
using words cleverly that sound
00:22:05.69\00:22:07.76
like the truth
based on God's Word,
00:22:07.79\00:22:11.33
but there's guile there.
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This is brilliant.
Be careful. Thank you.
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You know, as we
were reading here,
00:22:16.26\00:22:18.43
I saw something that
00:22:18.47\00:22:19.80
I've never really
thought about before.
00:22:19.83\00:22:21.60
And I'm going to say just to,
00:22:21.64\00:22:24.94
not that I'm going to
make a comment about it,
00:22:24.97\00:22:26.41
but it's interesting to me.
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Notice verse 9 and 10,
00:22:28.38\00:22:30.85
"But the Lord God
called to the man,
00:22:30.88\00:22:32.95
'Where are you?'
00:22:32.98\00:22:34.32
He answered, 'I
heard you in the garden
00:22:34.35\00:22:37.35
and I was afraid
because I was naked, so I hid."
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So one of two things
have to be happening here.
00:22:41.76\00:22:44.96
He is, God is
talking to Adam by himself
00:22:44.99\00:22:49.93
or Eve stayed
behind for some reason,
00:22:49.96\00:22:54.34
because he only
answered for himself.
00:22:54.37\00:22:56.97
I was naked. He
didn't say, we were naked.
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He said, I was naked.
It's very interesting.
00:22:59.47\00:23:03.04
And so, I'm sure
you have heard that
00:23:03.08\00:23:08.12
Adam and Eve
before sin were robed,
00:23:08.15\00:23:12.49
they were wearing
a garment of light.
00:23:12.52\00:23:16.42
It's very interesting
when you consider that
00:23:16.46\00:23:20.30
they sewed fig leaves together
to make themselves a garment.
00:23:20.33\00:23:25.40
And part of this
shame is I'm not wearing
00:23:25.43\00:23:28.90
the garment You gave me anymore.
00:23:28.94\00:23:32.14
I'm wearing
something else, you know.
00:23:32.17\00:23:35.24
So there's the
guilt aspect of it.
00:23:35.28\00:23:37.98
I don't want to face God,
00:23:38.01\00:23:39.85
I've done something
He told me not to do.
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And, of course,
00:23:42.48\00:23:43.82
then there are the consequences.
00:23:43.85\00:23:45.69
But here, there's this mercy
00:23:45.72\00:23:50.26
offered to both Adam
and Eve and I'm sure that
00:23:50.29\00:23:53.26
because of time we
are not able to talk
00:23:53.29\00:23:55.00
about the whole thing.
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Genesis Chapter 11.
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This time I'm
going to read verses...
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I'm going to read five verses.
00:24:01.97\00:24:05.34
And then, Mrs. O'Brien,
00:24:05.37\00:24:10.41
if you read them
unto verse 19 when I stop.
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"And he said, 'Who told
you that you were naked?
00:24:13.72\00:24:15.92
Have you eaten from the tree
00:24:15.95\00:24:17.79
that I commanded
you not to eat from?'
00:24:17.82\00:24:19.99
The man said,
00:24:20.02\00:24:21.36
'The woman you put here with me,
00:24:21.39\00:24:22.82
she gave me some fruit
from the tree and I ate it.'
00:24:22.86\00:24:26.33
Then the Lord God
said to the woman,
00:24:26.36\00:24:28.30
'What is this you have done?'
00:24:28.33\00:24:30.70
The woman said,
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.07
'The serpent
deceived me, and I ate.'
00:24:32.10\00:24:35.27
So the Lord God
said to the serpent,
00:24:35.30\00:24:37.71
'Because you have done this,
00:24:37.74\00:24:39.67
cursed are you
above all livestock,
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.14
and all wild animals,
you will crawl on your belly,
00:24:42.18\00:24:45.38
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.'"
00:24:45.41\00:24:49.98
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
00:24:50.02\00:24:52.92
and between your
seed and her seed.
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He shall bruise your head
and you shall bruise his heel.
00:24:55.59\00:24:59.36
To the woman He said,
00:24:59.39\00:25:00.90
'I will greatly
multiply your sorrow
00:25:00.93\00:25:03.06
and your conception.
00:25:03.10\00:25:04.60
In pain, you shall
bring forth children.
00:25:04.63\00:25:07.44
Your desire shall
be for your husband,
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.90
and he shall rule over you."
00:25:09.94\00:25:12.44
Then to Adam He said,
00:25:12.47\00:25:14.28
'Because you have
heeded the voice of your wife,
00:25:14.31\00:25:17.18
and have eaten from the tree
00:25:17.21\00:25:18.58
of which I
commanded you, saying,
00:25:18.61\00:25:20.68
You shall not eat of it,'
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.75
cursed is the
ground for your sake,
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.02
in toil you shall eat of
it all the days of your life,
00:25:25.05\00:25:28.79
both thorns and thistles
it shall bring forth for you,
00:25:28.82\00:25:32.13
and you shall eat
the herb of the field
00:25:32.16\00:25:34.73
in the sweat of your
face, you should eat bread.
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.57
So you return to
the ground for out of it
00:25:37.60\00:25:40.54
you were taken for dust you are,
00:25:40.57\00:25:43.41
and to dust you shall return.'"
00:25:43.44\00:25:46.37
Thank you very much.
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Any comments about
these verses we read?
00:25:47.94\00:25:50.61
Anything stand out to you?
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If you got an
hour. No, not anymore.
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Wow.
00:25:57.99\00:25:59.35
Well, there's
blessing and curse.
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God, the sons
and daughters of God,
00:26:00.96\00:26:04.86
the people He
created holy in His own image
00:26:04.89\00:26:08.66
were to live
righteous and be blessed
00:26:08.70\00:26:12.27
on and on and on for eternity.
00:26:12.30\00:26:15.54
And we the sons and daughters
of God, made another friend.
00:26:15.57\00:26:21.34
And that friend
gives bad advice.
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.11
And the result for
that is not blessing.
00:26:24.15\00:26:28.38
The judgment, God
is a perfect judge
00:26:28.42\00:26:30.69
is that there's
blessing for righteous choices
00:26:30.72\00:26:34.52
and there's curse
for wrongteous choices.
00:26:34.56\00:26:39.63
But in any event,
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.00
the things that
God gave to them,
00:26:41.03\00:26:44.73
the thistles and
the childbirth problems
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.74
and things like that,
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.54
is a learning tool to
realize there is a better way,
00:26:50.57\00:26:55.14
I want to go back.
00:26:55.18\00:26:57.45
And the sons
and daughters of God
00:26:57.48\00:26:58.95
are on their way back.
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.98
That's one thing I
sense. Thank you very much.
00:27:01.02\00:27:04.32
To me, I mean, what
you were reading earlier
00:27:04.35\00:27:06.72
and just before we started
reading the second section,
00:27:06.76\00:27:10.49
it is interesting to me that
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.23
we see that they
were reflecting Christ,
00:27:12.26\00:27:15.76
God's light really
00:27:15.80\00:27:17.27
because they
had a robe of light,
00:27:17.30\00:27:19.03
righteousness and
then all of a sudden
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.70
that light is no longer there,
00:27:20.74\00:27:22.50
which is why they
realized that they were naked.
00:27:22.54\00:27:26.41
They were no longer
reflecting His character and yet
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.41
and that is what God wants to do
00:27:29.44\00:27:31.71
is still have us shine His light
00:27:31.75\00:27:34.28
even in His character.
00:27:34.32\00:27:36.55
And when I think about
how God wants to do it,
00:27:36.58\00:27:41.22
He says how much
He has chosen us.
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.09
I mean, it's almost
as if we are adopted,
00:27:44.13\00:27:47.30
if I want to say it this way,
00:27:47.33\00:27:48.73
because when you
have your own children,
00:27:48.76\00:27:52.13
you have given what
God has given you based,
00:27:52.17\00:27:55.57
you know, because
it's already biological.
00:27:55.60\00:27:58.64
But adoption is where
God has actually chosen you.
00:27:58.67\00:28:02.64
God has already chosen
Adam and Eve, He formed them.
00:28:02.68\00:28:06.01
And then coming back later on,
00:28:06.05\00:28:08.58
I mean, I've got
some other texts here,
00:28:08.62\00:28:10.09
but where God is calling
us as His sons and daughters,
00:28:10.12\00:28:13.99
I mean, He's almost adopting us
00:28:14.02\00:28:16.02
and He wants us
to come back to Him.
00:28:16.06\00:28:18.49
And we store that light that
we chose to separate from Him.
00:28:18.53\00:28:24.30
Yes, it's true. We
chose to separate from Him.
00:28:24.33\00:28:27.24
You know, it's very
interesting that they were told,
00:28:27.27\00:28:33.38
sometimes when we read it,
I think most people in the day
00:28:33.41\00:28:37.28
that you eat of it,
you will surely die.
00:28:37.31\00:28:38.71
Some people say,
00:28:38.75\00:28:40.08
oh, they were
supposed to die that day.
00:28:40.12\00:28:41.68
You know, it's interesting
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.28
when I can
almost see Adam and Eve,
00:28:43.32\00:28:48.46
when the Lord talks
to the serpent and says,
00:28:48.49\00:28:51.79
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,"
00:28:51.83\00:28:55.96
and notice,
00:28:56.00\00:28:57.33
"and between your offspring
and hers," in King James says,
00:28:57.37\00:28:59.93
"Your seed and hers,
00:28:59.97\00:29:01.30
he will crush your head
and you will strike his heel."
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.44
It's almost like I
could see Eve look at Adam.
00:29:03.47\00:29:06.94
Did you hear that?
00:29:06.98\00:29:08.31
I'm going to have
a seed, an offspring.
00:29:08.34\00:29:10.01
So, right there's
it's good news already.
00:29:10.05\00:29:12.41
Wait a minute, this is not going
00:29:12.45\00:29:13.78
to end today, you know.
00:29:13.82\00:29:15.68
And so, then the
description, you know,
00:29:15.72\00:29:18.92
thorns and
thistles are coming and,
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.26
wait a minute,
00:29:21.29\00:29:23.89
there's talk of life continuing.
00:29:23.93\00:29:27.06
And eventually, of course,
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.10
in the sweat of thy brow
you'll return to the dust.
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.57
But they saw hope.
00:29:31.60\00:29:33.50
And this is God
extending mercy to them.
00:29:33.54\00:29:35.44
One thing here, interesting.
00:29:35.47\00:29:38.11
When Adam and Eve sinned,
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.11
we don't see in the Bible that
they were out looking for God,
00:29:40.14\00:29:42.38
we need to talk
to God about this,
00:29:42.41\00:29:43.75
you know, they were hiding.
00:29:43.78\00:29:45.45
God came to look for them.
God came to search for them.
00:29:45.48\00:29:49.38
And this is a marvelous God.
00:29:49.42\00:29:51.42
And the same way that God
was looking for Adam and Eve,
00:29:51.45\00:29:54.99
went to meet with
them, for those of us
00:29:55.02\00:29:57.83
that have separated
00:29:57.86\00:29:59.19
from the Lord God
is looking for us.
00:29:59.23\00:30:01.83
And wanting to get
call us back to Him,
00:30:01.86\00:30:05.57
to restore the relationship
that we should have with Him.
00:30:05.60\00:30:09.44
We can't stay here in
Genesis, we have to move on
00:30:09.47\00:30:11.87
because the separation happened.
00:30:11.91\00:30:14.94
And Adam and Eve, they
became estranged children.
00:30:14.98\00:30:20.55
And no longer
were they able to have
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.88
the joy of face to
face communion with God.
00:30:22.92\00:30:27.26
God had to withdraw
Himself for their sake
00:30:27.29\00:30:32.19
because what we
understand is that God is,
00:30:32.23\00:30:36.67
His Holiness would
consume sin in them.
00:30:36.70\00:30:41.57
And then if
having the sin in them,
00:30:41.60\00:30:45.91
any thoughts about this
that you would like to share?
00:30:45.94\00:30:48.94
Well, and it
reminds me of Moses,
00:30:48.98\00:30:51.15
how Moses was asking to see God,
00:30:51.18\00:30:53.98
I believe it was in Exodus 33,
00:30:54.02\00:30:56.82
and how he wanted to
see who God was and again,
00:30:56.85\00:30:59.55
God is reaffirming
that you cannot see Me.
00:30:59.59\00:31:02.52
I mean, I need to put My hand,
00:31:02.56\00:31:03.96
you know, and
He's giving provision
00:31:03.99\00:31:07.46
so that He can see,
it's a part of His glory.
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.97
But again, it's
just showing that
00:31:11.00\00:31:13.80
we need to have
His character and yet,
00:31:13.84\00:31:16.84
at least Moses had that
desire of wanting to see God.
00:31:16.87\00:31:20.14
Yes. Amen.
00:31:20.18\00:31:21.78
I think we should
have that desire too.
00:31:21.81\00:31:26.72
And there's that
beautiful song face to face,
00:31:26.75\00:31:29.22
I shall behold Him.
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.82
Job expressed something similar,
00:31:30.85\00:31:34.09
where he says
in the latter rain,
00:31:34.12\00:31:35.86
I will see him.
00:31:35.89\00:31:37.53
I'm trying to
remember how it's worded,
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.46
but maybe I will look for it as,
00:31:39.49\00:31:40.83
if someone is, as somebody,
00:31:40.86\00:31:42.40
someone sharing information
but here in Isaiah 59,
00:31:42.43\00:31:46.07
I just like to go to
that one really quick
00:31:46.10\00:31:47.60
just to highlight what happens
00:31:47.64\00:31:53.38
if we hold on to sin,
00:31:53.41\00:31:56.78
this is I would say
clearly brought out in Scripture
00:31:56.81\00:32:02.28
that what happens with sin.
00:32:02.32\00:32:05.45
And Isaiah 59:2,
"But your iniquities
00:32:05.49\00:32:10.59
have separated
you from your God,
00:32:10.63\00:32:13.70
and your sins have
hidden his face from you,
00:32:13.73\00:32:15.76
so that he will not hear."
00:32:15.80\00:32:17.27
You see, it's us that separate
from Him, not Him from us.
00:32:17.30\00:32:22.74
But He has to for
our sake withdraw,
00:32:22.77\00:32:26.94
I would say for a little while,
00:32:26.98\00:32:29.11
because we will
see Him face to face.
00:32:29.14\00:32:33.11
Anything that you would
like to share concerning
00:32:33.15\00:32:35.18
these verses here
and sin separating us
00:32:35.22\00:32:37.85
from God and God's,
00:32:37.89\00:32:39.72
because we need to
move now to God's desire
00:32:39.75\00:32:42.82
to restore us to Him.
00:32:42.86\00:32:45.39
I do have some...
00:32:45.43\00:32:48.06
While you're
thinking about that,
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.43
I do have some
verse that I like to share
00:32:49.46\00:32:51.70
to highlight the
fact that Adam and Eve
00:32:51.73\00:32:53.70
were God's children and
this is in Luke Chapter 3,
00:32:53.74\00:32:57.71
and if we read the genealogy
there of Christ is mentioned,
00:33:00.78\00:33:07.18
there are two
genealogies of Christ.
00:33:07.22\00:33:09.15
One is in Matthew Chapter 1.
00:33:09.18\00:33:12.75
But then there's
one in Luke Chapter 3
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.22
which does
something a little different.
00:33:15.26\00:33:17.19
In Matthew, it starts from Jesus
00:33:17.23\00:33:19.93
was the son of Joseph
00:33:19.96\00:33:21.30
and it goes
backwards, but here in Luke,
00:33:21.33\00:33:25.07
it goes
00:33:25.10\00:33:30.51
all the way to Adam.
00:33:30.54\00:33:32.27
And so we're going to
read the last three verses
00:33:32.31\00:33:36.14
of Luke Chapter 3
and that's verses 36,
00:33:36.18\00:33:39.61
37 and 38.
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.62
"The son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad,
00:33:41.65\00:33:44.45
the son of
Shem, the son of Noah,
00:33:44.49\00:33:46.25
the son of Lamech,
00:33:46.29\00:33:47.62
the son of
Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
00:33:47.66\00:33:50.19
the son of Jared,
the son of Mahalalel,
00:33:50.23\00:33:54.30
the son of
Cainan, the son of Enosh,
00:33:54.33\00:33:56.56
the son of
Seth, the son of Adam,
00:33:56.60\00:33:59.57
the son of God."
00:33:59.60\00:34:01.20
And so it tells us here
that Adam was the son of God,
00:34:01.24\00:34:06.54
and Adam being the son of God.
00:34:06.57\00:34:08.91
Here the woman is not mentioned,
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.28
Eve was the daughter of God.
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.98
So Jesus came to
restore the blessing of us
00:34:13.01\00:34:18.05
being sons and daughters of God.
00:34:18.09\00:34:20.76
And this is where we
want to focus on now,
00:34:20.79\00:34:22.46
sons and daughters of God.
00:34:22.49\00:34:23.83
Any scriptures you want to share
00:34:23.86\00:34:25.19
about that or thoughts?
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.50
Interesting, 1 John 3:1.
00:34:27.53\00:34:32.40
And it says,
"Behold, what manner of love
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.47
the Father has bestowed upon us,
00:34:35.50\00:34:38.11
that we should be
called the sons and daughters
00:34:38.14\00:34:40.61
or sons of God, therefore,"
and this is interesting,
00:34:40.64\00:34:44.45
"therefore the
world knoweth us not,
00:34:44.48\00:34:47.38
because it knew him not."
00:34:47.42\00:34:49.72
Basically what it's saying
is, if you go back to being
00:34:49.75\00:34:53.02
a son or daughter of God,
00:34:53.05\00:34:54.59
if you go back to living
the law of God's government,
00:34:54.62\00:34:59.69
as we started out doing,
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.76
the world isn't
going to think much of you,
00:35:01.80\00:35:05.27
you're going to be a standout
00:35:05.30\00:35:06.63
and they're going to be
throwing tomatoes at you.
00:35:06.67\00:35:10.71
You know, it's interesting.
00:35:10.74\00:35:13.24
And we should understand that
00:35:13.27\00:35:14.61
and I'm glad
you brought that out
00:35:14.64\00:35:15.98
because it was sin
00:35:16.01\00:35:19.38
and disobedience
to God's commands
00:35:19.41\00:35:23.62
that brought us
into this situation.
00:35:23.65\00:35:26.86
We should not expect that
we will continue a life of evil
00:35:26.89\00:35:30.39
and
disobedience in for eternity.
00:35:30.43\00:35:34.63
God wants us to be willing
00:35:34.66\00:35:37.40
to put an end to a life of sin,
00:35:37.43\00:35:39.80
through the
power that He gives us,
00:35:39.83\00:35:42.30
so that we can
live in harmony with Him
00:35:42.34\00:35:45.57
and in harmony
with our fellow men.
00:35:45.61\00:35:47.11
Johnny, the next
verse verifies that.
00:35:47.14\00:35:50.05
Okay.
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.41
So we just read, you know,
00:35:51.45\00:35:53.18
1 John 3:1, verse 3 says,
00:35:53.21\00:35:56.89
"And every man that
hath this hope in him,
00:35:56.92\00:36:01.22
to purify himself
even as he is pure."
00:36:01.26\00:36:04.59
We're just going home.
00:36:04.63\00:36:06.09
We're going back to
what we were meant to be.
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.40
You know, there's angels
that have two-thirds are holy,
00:36:08.43\00:36:12.10
they've never sinned.
00:36:12.13\00:36:13.67
They aren't going to
sin, and we're being invited
00:36:13.70\00:36:16.50
to come home and walk
the streets with them.
00:36:16.54\00:36:20.54
And that means to be restored
00:36:20.58\00:36:22.31
or like you
said, Francine adopted.
00:36:22.34\00:36:25.85
We're going home.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.62
Now, we're going to
join them and be pure.
00:36:27.65\00:36:31.39
And there won't
be any more thistles.
00:36:31.42\00:36:35.16
The scripture that came to
mind when Francine said adopted
00:36:35.19\00:36:37.79
was in Galatians 4:4-7,
00:36:37.83\00:36:42.03
it says, "But when the
fullness of the time had come,
00:36:45.77\00:36:48.60
God sent forth His
Son, born of a woman,
00:36:48.64\00:36:51.41
born under the law,
00:36:51.44\00:36:53.04
to redeem those
who were under the law,
00:36:53.07\00:36:55.71
that we might
receive the adoption as sons
00:36:55.74\00:36:59.38
and because you
are sons and daughters,
00:36:59.41\00:37:01.88
God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts,
00:37:01.92\00:37:05.92
crying out, 'Abba, Father.'
00:37:05.95\00:37:08.89
Therefore, you're
no longer a slave,
00:37:08.92\00:37:11.13
but a son, and if a son
00:37:11.16\00:37:13.53
than an heir of
God through Christ.'"
00:37:13.56\00:37:16.43
Wow. Marvelous.
00:37:16.46\00:37:18.33
Yeah. Powerful.
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.97
Powerful indeed. Yes.
00:37:20.00\00:37:22.27
Powerful, powerful indeed.
00:37:22.30\00:37:23.91
And so, this is something
I would like to bring out
00:37:23.94\00:37:28.64
because somebody
may be listening,
00:37:28.68\00:37:31.98
watching and they wonder,
00:37:32.01\00:37:34.78
"Oh, no, I'm just
too evil, too wicked."
00:37:34.82\00:37:38.02
You know, the sacrifice
of Christ on the cross.
00:37:38.05\00:37:42.19
Provision has been made
so that the worst person
00:37:42.22\00:37:46.96
like Paul claimed I
am the chief of sinner,
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.20
I am the worst of them all.
00:37:49.23\00:37:52.07
Provision has been made
through the sacrifice of Christ.
00:37:52.10\00:37:54.47
Reality the Bible points out
00:37:54.50\00:37:56.27
that Jesus took the sins
of the whole world upon Him
00:37:56.30\00:37:59.97
so that any individual no matter
00:38:00.01\00:38:02.41
how sinful they have lived
00:38:02.44\00:38:04.91
can have eternal
life through Jesus Christ.
00:38:04.95\00:38:08.12
So if you are wondering there,
can I be included in that?
00:38:08.15\00:38:12.12
Yes, yes, God wants
you to be His child.
00:38:12.15\00:38:16.52
And so I encourage
you to make a decision
00:38:16.56\00:38:18.83
to be a son or
a daughter of God.
00:38:18.86\00:38:21.20
And to back that up,
00:38:21.23\00:38:22.56
there's a couple of
verses I really love.
00:38:22.60\00:38:24.63
One of them says,
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.80
"He who is forgiven
the most, loves the most."
00:38:26.84\00:38:31.77
And another one says,
00:38:31.81\00:38:35.31
"The last on earth
will be first in heaven."
00:38:35.34\00:38:38.21
So don't ever scratch
your name off the list.
00:38:38.25\00:38:41.82
What's interesting
00:38:41.85\00:38:43.18
that I see in all
this is here, you know,
00:38:43.22\00:38:47.46
God's glory is a
refiner, and sometimes you know,
00:38:47.49\00:38:53.46
we think that you want
to do the exact opposite of,
00:38:53.50\00:38:57.83
you know, it gets hot
when you go to a fire.
00:38:57.87\00:39:00.77
But there's purity,
00:39:00.80\00:39:03.07
and when we go towards
Christ, we learn more about Him.
00:39:03.10\00:39:06.44
And we understand His love
and we experience His love.
00:39:06.47\00:39:11.28
And that's the refining.
00:39:11.31\00:39:12.98
So anybody can come
to Jesus, no matter what.
00:39:13.01\00:39:16.82
And He'll attract you to Him
00:39:16.85\00:39:19.75
if you're willing to be refined,
00:39:19.79\00:39:22.62
and to be a son and daughter
of God, which is amazing.
00:39:22.66\00:39:27.16
You know, when you look at
00:39:27.20\00:39:28.53
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
00:39:28.56\00:39:30.33
they went into that fire.
00:39:30.37\00:39:33.17
And what was amazing
is the purity of Jesus
00:39:33.20\00:39:36.81
with them took anything
00:39:36.84\00:39:39.11
that was
restrictive off of them.
00:39:39.14\00:39:43.01
And that's what
happens when we go to Jesus,
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.41
all those things that we may
00:39:45.45\00:39:49.05
or shouldn't do those
things that have restricted us
00:39:49.08\00:39:53.19
are now being released
when we go towards Christ.
00:39:53.22\00:39:56.66
And we're refined
00:39:56.69\00:39:58.03
and we get renewed in
our mind in the direction
00:39:58.06\00:40:00.76
that we should go
because He gives us that light,
00:40:00.80\00:40:03.80
not only physically
00:40:03.83\00:40:05.50
but also mentally
which is credible.
00:40:05.53\00:40:09.40
Amen, amen. Amen.
00:40:09.44\00:40:13.01
What reminds me
is again that love
00:40:13.04\00:40:15.58
and that
relationship with others
00:40:15.61\00:40:17.15
and in especially if we can show
00:40:17.18\00:40:18.91
that relationship with others.
00:40:18.95\00:40:20.28
In Ephesians 4:2, it says,
00:40:20.32\00:40:21.98
"Be completely humble and gentle
00:40:22.02\00:40:24.19
and be patient bearing
with one another in love."
00:40:24.22\00:40:27.29
We always want to have
that love, and I don't know
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.42
if somebody
else wants to look up
00:40:29.46\00:40:32.03
1 Peter 4:8.
00:40:32.06\00:40:34.70
But I don't know you
want to look that up?
00:40:34.73\00:40:39.23
Thank you, Mrs. O' Brien.
00:40:39.27\00:40:43.14
But it says, I mean,
we want to love each other
00:40:43.17\00:40:46.51
because when we love each other,
00:40:46.54\00:40:47.88
we have that love of Jesus.
00:40:47.91\00:40:51.15
That should overpower
any sin that we already have.
00:40:51.18\00:40:55.78
If you can read that. Yes.
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.15
Thanks.
00:40:57.19\00:40:58.55
"And above all things
00:40:58.59\00:40:59.92
have fervent
love for one another,
00:40:59.95\00:41:02.32
for love will cover
a multitude of sins."
00:41:02.36\00:41:04.83
Amen.
00:41:04.86\00:41:06.90
And so even though
in our sinful nature,
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.06
we can turn to God.
00:41:09.10\00:41:10.67
Amen.
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.10
In John 1:12, he even says,
00:41:12.13\00:41:16.60
"But as many as received Him,
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.97
to them He gave right
to become children of God,
00:41:19.01\00:41:22.54
to those who
believe in His name."
00:41:22.58\00:41:25.08
You know, and it just
takes faith to believe.
00:41:25.11\00:41:29.25
And because I mean,
there's, there's no proof that
00:41:29.28\00:41:32.59
we can say, "Oh, yeah,
00:41:32.62\00:41:33.96
I've got this
certificate that says,
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.42
"I'm a child of God."
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.73
But we have to
accept it on faith.
00:41:37.76\00:41:39.19
But he says,
"There's many as received Him,
00:41:39.23\00:41:42.26
He gives them right to
become children and God."
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.97
Amen.
00:41:44.00\00:41:45.83
And that's powerful,
because there's so many people
00:41:45.87\00:41:48.07
in the world
today that feel like
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.67
they don't have
parents or, I mean,
00:41:49.70\00:41:51.81
I know there for a
while I didn't feel like
00:41:51.84\00:41:54.28
I had a role model,
00:41:54.31\00:41:55.64
somebody that I
could call father
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.11
so whenever I pray, I
often used the word father
00:41:57.15\00:42:00.42
because to me, that
shows a relationship.
00:42:00.45\00:42:03.95
To me that's the
most special word for me
00:42:03.99\00:42:07.26
is to be able to
call Him my father
00:42:07.29\00:42:09.32
and so many
people are hurting that
00:42:09.36\00:42:10.99
they don't have that,
00:42:11.03\00:42:13.06
that relationship
that they want to be
00:42:13.09\00:42:14.76
able to feel like somebody
00:42:14.80\00:42:16.13
is taking them under their wing,
00:42:16.16\00:42:17.50
looking out for them,
00:42:17.53\00:42:19.27
I mean looking out
for their well being.
00:42:19.30\00:42:21.00
And that's what
God's always doing.
00:42:21.04\00:42:22.54
And sometimes when
the hardship comes,
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.51
we don't realize that
God is really looking down,
00:42:24.54\00:42:27.68
trying to protect us.
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.04
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:42:29.08\00:42:31.11
There's one
verse I'd like to read
00:42:31.15\00:42:32.58
because right in
the midst of all this,
00:42:32.61\00:42:34.58
sons and daughters of God
00:42:34.62\00:42:35.95
and adoption is
00:42:35.98\00:42:39.69
Galatians 4:5,
00:42:39.72\00:42:45.63
it covers a lot.
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.30
It says, "The redeemed
them that were under the law,"
00:42:47.33\00:42:52.47
that's us,
"that we might receive
00:42:52.50\00:42:55.34
the adoption of sons,
00:42:55.37\00:42:58.47
and because you are
sons when you are adopted,
00:42:58.51\00:43:02.41
God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into your hearts."
00:43:02.44\00:43:07.78
And it goes on and says,
00:43:07.82\00:43:09.48
"Wherefore thou
are no more a servant,
00:43:09.52\00:43:12.89
but a son, and if a son,
00:43:12.92\00:43:15.76
then an heir of
God through Christ."
00:43:15.79\00:43:20.23
So we're going to
inherit everything we lost,
00:43:20.26\00:43:23.43
which includes an eternal life.
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.80
That's something.
00:43:26.84\00:43:28.20
Well, you know,
bringing out this thing
00:43:28.24\00:43:30.91
about being an heir is,
00:43:30.94\00:43:33.27
it's a marvelous thing to
consider that God wants to,
00:43:33.31\00:43:39.08
for us to understand that
00:43:39.11\00:43:41.42
we are joint heirs with
Jesus Christ is like what?
00:43:41.45\00:43:44.72
Me?
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.79
You know, and
therein is the marvelous
00:43:46.82\00:43:51.36
love of God displayed
for us in different ways
00:43:51.39\00:43:55.20
God is trying to
help us understand.
00:43:55.23\00:43:58.23
You know, you remember the time
00:43:58.27\00:43:59.60
when the
disciples said to Jesus,
00:43:59.63\00:44:02.10
"Teach us to pray,"
00:44:02.14\00:44:03.51
as John also
taught his disciples.
00:44:03.54\00:44:05.74
And Jesus said to him,
00:44:05.77\00:44:07.24
"After this
manner, therefore pray,
00:44:07.28\00:44:09.61
our Father,
which art in heaven."
00:44:09.64\00:44:12.01
You know that,
00:44:12.05\00:44:13.38
that's an endearing
term to say our Father,
00:44:13.42\00:44:16.62
which art in heaven, and
He wants us to understand
00:44:16.65\00:44:20.89
I am your Father,
you are My children.
00:44:20.92\00:44:24.16
And I see God loving us so much
00:44:24.19\00:44:27.70
and providing for us and
it's such a wonderful thing
00:44:27.73\00:44:33.70
to realize that, you know, we...
00:44:33.74\00:44:36.50
He twice tried to
help us understand,
00:44:36.54\00:44:39.31
you are not alone.
00:44:39.34\00:44:41.28
I will be with you always
even to the end of the world.
00:44:41.31\00:44:43.68
I will supply your
needs. You are My children.
00:44:43.71\00:44:46.61
Ask and you will receive
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.42
and ask that you
join me before, you know.
00:44:48.45\00:44:52.05
And so, we have
great privileges,
00:44:52.09\00:44:55.66
great opportunities.
00:44:55.69\00:44:57.56
And I do
remember this little story
00:44:57.59\00:45:01.53
somewhere reading in,
00:45:01.56\00:45:02.96
and there was this
little boy on this hill.
00:45:03.00\00:45:06.57
And there was
this ship out there,
00:45:06.60\00:45:08.60
this boat and he
was calling over there,
00:45:08.64\00:45:11.27
like, come here like come here
and somebody was watching him,
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.71
he says, "Little
boy, don't you know that
00:45:14.74\00:45:19.51
they don't have time to be
stopping for every little boy
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.58
that is waving at them."
00:45:22.62\00:45:25.05
And soon that
boat started turning
00:45:25.09\00:45:28.12
come in this way
coming towards him
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.23
and the person is amazed
and stayed there watching,
00:45:30.26\00:45:35.03
wandering, is this
boat really coming this way
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.40
for this child and the boy
ran too close to the water.
00:45:37.43\00:45:42.24
And then he
said, "Dad, dad, dad."
00:45:42.27\00:45:44.71
The captain was his father.
00:45:44.74\00:45:46.61
When he saw his
son calling for him,
00:45:46.64\00:45:48.91
he said "Yes,
I'm going to my son."
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.11
And that is the
way God is, you know,
00:45:51.15\00:45:54.12
we can call upon Him anytime
00:45:54.15\00:45:57.65
and He is listening attentive
00:45:57.69\00:46:00.72
and becoming a father,
00:46:00.76\00:46:04.09
you know, you learn many things,
00:46:04.13\00:46:06.39
I say, you know,
00:46:06.43\00:46:07.76
I'm going to learn more
about God by having children.
00:46:07.80\00:46:10.37
So I remember times when
as when they were little,
00:46:10.40\00:46:15.00
even now I recognize their voice
00:46:15.04\00:46:16.37
when they were little.
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.77
And they were playing
00:46:17.81\00:46:19.74
and we were
talking with other people,
00:46:19.77\00:46:21.31
all of a sudden you hear a bang
and a cry, you know, you know,
00:46:21.34\00:46:26.25
it was your child,
then you run over there
00:46:26.28\00:46:28.78
to help out,
see what's going on.
00:46:28.82\00:46:30.75
And so the same way, you know,
00:46:30.79\00:46:33.25
God can pick us
out among the millions
00:46:33.29\00:46:36.49
and know it's you, the
moment you start saying,
00:46:36.52\00:46:40.76
my Father which art...
00:46:40.80\00:46:42.80
Oh, that's my
child. He knows us by name.
00:46:42.83\00:46:45.33
And that's what God
wants to communicate to us.
00:46:45.37\00:46:48.44
You may remember
Dr. Meshach Samuel,
00:46:48.47\00:46:50.54
I'm sure you do.
00:46:50.57\00:46:51.91
You didn't meet him.
00:46:51.94\00:46:53.27
But anyway, when he was coming
00:46:53.31\00:46:54.94
to the Thompsonville Church,
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.31
he said something that
I remember and he said it,
00:46:56.34\00:46:59.61
you know, in India, I don't know
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.48
if there are millions and
millions of so called gods,
00:47:01.52\00:47:05.79
including trees and animals
00:47:05.82\00:47:07.72
that they deemed them as God.
00:47:07.76\00:47:10.99
But he says in
all of those ideas
00:47:11.03\00:47:14.50
and concepts of God,
00:47:14.53\00:47:16.36
they don't have
what Christianity has,
00:47:16.40\00:47:19.07
and that is that
God is our father,
00:47:19.10\00:47:22.37
and that we can have
a relationship with Him.
00:47:22.40\00:47:25.14
You know, I look at
our Heavenly Father,
00:47:25.17\00:47:27.54
and, you know,
00:47:27.58\00:47:30.15
there's, I don't know
if you've ever thought it,
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.51
but I think how, what
are the characteristics?
00:47:31.55\00:47:34.82
What are the ways that
I can grow to, you know,
00:47:34.85\00:47:40.39
be or have that
characteristics of God
00:47:40.42\00:47:43.83
and when you look
at some of the things
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.33
in Galatians
5:22 and 23, you know,
00:47:45.36\00:47:50.33
it kind of
gives like the roadmap
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.30
of our Heavenly
Father, and how good He is
00:47:52.33\00:47:57.14
and you know, when
you look at the fruits
00:47:57.17\00:47:59.44
of the Spirit in
22, it says, this,
00:47:59.47\00:48:03.58
the fruits of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace,
00:48:03.61\00:48:06.41
long suffering,
goodness, kindness,
00:48:06.45\00:48:08.55
faithfulness,
gentleness and self control.
00:48:08.58\00:48:12.15
And I look at
being an heir of God.
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.76
And you think,
00:48:15.79\00:48:17.13
well, these are
some of the attributes
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.19
of being an heir of God.
00:48:19.23\00:48:20.96
Amen.
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.33
And when you look at
00:48:22.36\00:48:23.70
these attributes,
I mean, of course,
00:48:23.73\00:48:25.67
love is basically the
foundation of everything.
00:48:25.70\00:48:28.84
Without love, there's nothing
and how it shows that God is
00:48:28.87\00:48:34.04
joy, God is peace
and long suffering.
00:48:34.08\00:48:37.18
And it builds an
understanding of the character
00:48:37.21\00:48:40.38
and how God thinks
and looks at things
00:48:40.42\00:48:44.32
and His attributes, and how,
00:48:44.35\00:48:47.22
when I look at
my life, I'm like,
00:48:47.26\00:48:49.22
wow, there's
some things in there
00:48:49.26\00:48:51.26
that I think I need to work
on and I really need His help.
00:48:51.29\00:48:55.93
But, you know, that's part
of like climbing that ladder
00:48:55.96\00:48:59.80
of growing with the
Lord and understanding
00:48:59.83\00:49:03.61
and being part of His
kingdom and being that heir,
00:49:03.64\00:49:07.74
but without acknowledging
Jesus as our Savior,
00:49:07.78\00:49:12.55
all this is meaningless
unless we accept Jesus.
00:49:12.58\00:49:16.62
But then we have this
roadmap on the character
00:49:16.65\00:49:20.52
that God wants us to have.
00:49:20.56\00:49:22.62
And to be that light in a
time that we're living in,
00:49:22.66\00:49:26.46
that there's lots
of things going on,
00:49:26.49\00:49:28.73
there's a lot of pain,
there's a lot of suffering,
00:49:28.76\00:49:31.83
there's things that
people do to each other.
00:49:31.87\00:49:34.20
And then you look
at the character of God
00:49:34.24\00:49:36.27
and you're like,
00:49:36.30\00:49:37.64
"Wow, this is totally
different than what's going on."
00:49:37.67\00:49:40.88
Yes. Amen.
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.64
So thank you very much.
00:49:42.68\00:49:44.18
You know, it's
interesting there that verse 26,
00:49:44.21\00:49:47.25
the last verse in Galatians 5.
00:49:47.28\00:49:51.02
It says, "Let us
not become conceited,
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.46
provoking one
another, envying one another."
00:49:53.49\00:49:56.32
And that's what
happened to Lucifer.
00:49:56.36\00:50:00.46
He became conceited and envious.
00:50:00.50\00:50:04.10
And there was that God gave,
gives us freedom of choice.
00:50:04.13\00:50:09.50
We can choose to be happy
00:50:09.54\00:50:11.31
and have salvation
through Jesus Christ,
00:50:11.34\00:50:13.44
or you can also
choose to be lost.
00:50:13.48\00:50:15.91
And God wants us to be happy.
00:50:15.94\00:50:18.11
And the
scriptures, so many scriptures
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.98
that come to mind.
00:50:21.02\00:50:22.52
And there is 2 Peter Chapter 3,
00:50:22.55\00:50:25.72
"God is not willing
that any should perish."
00:50:25.75\00:50:29.26
You know, you ask
a mother or a father.
00:50:29.29\00:50:31.66
Okay, which one of your children
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.03
are you willing to lose?
00:50:33.06\00:50:34.40
Which one are you
willing to give up?
00:50:34.43\00:50:36.93
No, none. They're all precious.
00:50:36.97\00:50:39.93
You love them all. You
don't want to give up one!
00:50:39.97\00:50:43.27
And so this is God.
00:50:43.30\00:50:45.71
God is not willing
that any should perish,
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.51
but that all
should come to repentance
00:50:47.54\00:50:49.24
and become His children.
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.95
I see the time has escaped us.
00:50:50.98\00:50:53.65
And we're going to
start where we started.
00:50:53.68\00:50:55.62
I mean, yeah, we're
going to start again
00:50:55.65\00:50:56.99
where we started
with Sister Francine,
00:50:57.02\00:50:58.35
and we're going to go
00:50:58.39\00:50:59.72
each one by one
to share something
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.46
as a final comment
because our time is running.
00:51:01.49\00:51:04.76
Anything final you
would like to say about
00:51:04.79\00:51:07.46
being sons and daughters of God,
00:51:07.50\00:51:08.93
perhaps even how you feel,
00:51:08.96\00:51:12.20
or some scripture that
you would like to share?
00:51:12.23\00:51:16.20
For me, I'm
just so thankful that
00:51:16.24\00:51:18.87
God deems us as valuable
and wants us to be His sons,
00:51:18.91\00:51:22.91
His daughters for Him, and that
00:51:22.94\00:51:24.91
nothing we can do
can separate us from God
00:51:24.95\00:51:27.82
if we allow Him
to live in our hearts
00:51:27.85\00:51:29.78
and so it's,
00:51:29.82\00:51:34.36
I just think of John 15:12,
00:51:34.39\00:51:36.86
"My command is this,
00:51:36.89\00:51:38.23
love each other
as I have loved you."
00:51:38.26\00:51:40.73
He has that unconditional
love for each of us.
00:51:40.76\00:51:43.37
And so, just have that faith
00:51:43.40\00:51:45.07
that God wants
you, He loves you.
00:51:45.10\00:51:48.04
Amen. Amen.
00:51:48.07\00:51:49.40
Jason?
00:51:49.44\00:51:50.77
So you know,
I've been reflecting
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.64
on the character of God a lot.
00:51:52.67\00:51:54.84
And I was looking at this
00:51:54.88\00:51:57.41
and I'm so grateful
that God loves us even though
00:51:57.45\00:52:01.55
we're really not worthy of love,
00:52:01.58\00:52:04.02
except through Jesus Christ
00:52:04.05\00:52:05.92
and our Heavenly
Father and Jesus wanting us
00:52:05.95\00:52:10.23
to be a part of Him.
00:52:10.26\00:52:12.03
And He, when you look at
00:52:12.06\00:52:13.96
how He's the
kindness and the goodness
00:52:14.00\00:52:16.56
and how He wants to
build that relationship,
00:52:16.60\00:52:19.03
and how, you know, in Exodus 20,
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it talks about the
Ten Commandments and how,
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you know, the
first three, you know,
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talks about how our
relationship with Him
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and being a jealous God.
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I'm so glad He's a jealous God,
that He loves us so much that
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He put everything on
the line for me, for you.
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And then the last six verse
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talking about the relationships,
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you know, as
brothers and sisters,
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how do we grow together,
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some of the
things we should not do,
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some of the things we should do,
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and then the Sabbath
that kind of brings it
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all together, the
fourth commandment,
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and how we, you know,
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God has given us
this plan of salvation.
00:52:58.27\00:53:01.18
And this law that I
used to think that, wow,
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the Ten Commandments or this law
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was a terrible thing
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and attaining the
character of God was difficult.
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But then the more you
look at the refining that
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God does in our
lives, He gives us that
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ability only through
prayer and studying the Word
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and understanding the
Lord more and focusing on
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what He wants us to do.
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So it's just an awesome
that He's willing to work with,
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even me.
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That law wasn't necessary
00:53:28.74\00:53:30.57
only because we broke
right the relationship,
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then God brought that the
laws, the Ten Commandments.
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Amen. Thank you so
much. Sister Nancy?
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I think the thing
that has touched me
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the most is that
God is a personal God.
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He wants us to come to
Him on a intimate basis.
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And that scripture that
I had read where it says,
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and this is Galatians
4:5, "Because you are sons,
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God send forth
the Spirit of His Son
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into our hearts
crying out, 'Abba, Father.'"
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Well, Abba is like, today
we would say, daddy, you know,
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that's what He wants us
00:54:08.98\00:54:10.31
to have that
relationship with Him
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is on a personal intimate level.
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I mean, He's
God, He's Almighty God
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and yet He wants that.
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Amen. Amen.
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Joe?
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We were made in the image of God
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and we were
keeping His commandments
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and everything was right.
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And in John 14, he says,
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"He that keep my commandments,
my commandments and keep...
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He that hath my
commandments and keepeth them."
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So he's qualifying it.
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Come home, get back
where you used to be,
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"And he it is that loves me,
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and he that loves me
shall be loved of My Father,
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and I will love him."
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It's a big
family reunion of love,
00:54:55.12\00:54:58.99
but the
commandments are the qualifier.
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments.
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Amen. Thank you so much.
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And we have good news to end
with in Revelation Chapter 21.
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And we like to begin in verse 1,
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Revelation 21.
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"Now I saw a new
heaven and the new earth,
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for the first heaven,
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and the first
earth had passed away.
00:55:23.05\00:55:26.35
Also there was no more sea.
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Then, I, John saw the Holy City,
00:55:28.96\00:55:32.19
New Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven,
00:55:32.23\00:55:35.70
from God,
prepared as a bride adorned
00:55:35.73\00:55:39.77
for her husband.
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And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:55:41.40\00:55:43.81
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and he will do well with them,
00:55:48.18\00:55:49.91
and they shall be his people.
00:55:49.94\00:55:52.01
God himself will be
with them and be their God.
00:55:52.05\00:55:55.78
And God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes
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and they shall be no
more death, nor sorrow,
00:55:59.79\00:56:03.06
nor crying, there
shall be no more pain,
00:56:03.09\00:56:06.53
for the former
things have passed away."
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Praise God.
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A glorious future,
a wonderful blessing
00:56:12.03\00:56:15.80
is waiting in store for
each and every one of us.
00:56:15.84\00:56:18.81
And so, I would
like to encourage you,
00:56:18.84\00:56:20.58
if you have not
joined the family,
00:56:20.61\00:56:23.51
join the family, make
a decision to be a child,
00:56:23.55\00:56:27.75
a son, a daughter of God,
00:56:27.78\00:56:30.22
because He longs for you
to be a part of His family.
00:56:30.25\00:56:34.62
And God is
waiting for your decision.
00:56:34.66\00:56:38.03
And I hope you'll
make it today, right now.
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And so as we end, I
like to thank Francine,
00:56:41.16\00:56:46.10
Jason Bergmann's
and Nancy O'Brien,
00:56:46.13\00:56:50.21
and Joe O'
Brien, thank you so much
00:56:50.24\00:56:51.67
for your
participation and sharing.
00:56:51.71\00:56:53.71
And, of course,
00:56:53.74\00:56:55.08
we from our
family to your family,
00:56:55.11\00:56:56.71
we want to thank
you for joining us
00:56:56.75\00:56:58.51
and being a part
of Family Worship.
00:56:58.55\00:57:00.78
We welcome your prayers.
00:57:00.82\00:57:03.02
And we thank you for
your financial support
00:57:03.05\00:57:04.82
that makes possible
bringing programs like this one
00:57:04.85\00:57:07.92
and others to help the people
00:57:07.96\00:57:10.79
prepare for the
coming of Jesus Christ
00:57:10.83\00:57:12.76
when He will redeem
us and join us together
00:57:12.79\00:57:17.17
and that we can have fellowship
with Him and with one another.
00:57:17.20\00:57:20.27
And like we read, no pain,
no sorrow, no sin, nor death.
00:57:20.30\00:57:25.04
Wonderful future for us.
00:57:25.07\00:57:27.14
So, I end with give your
heart to the Lord Jesus Christ
00:57:27.18\00:57:30.85
and you will have
joy, happiness and peace
00:57:30.88\00:57:33.52
that begins in this
world and continues forever.
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God bless you.
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