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[Instrumental music]
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KIRK: This is the big mother
question for people,
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no matter what
your background is
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or what your
belief systems are:
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is there any real justice
in the world
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and why do bad things
happen to good people?
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If there is a God of love
and power
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and he can heal
and he can do miracles,
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why doesn't he heal
all the amputees
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and eradicate cancer
and pain and suffering
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and all these kinds of things?
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Where is this God?
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And so I want to answer
that question based
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on what we can know
from experience,
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and from history,
and from God's word.
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There's always going
to be a question mark
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this side of heaven.
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I think we get to find out
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the big answers
on the other side
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in ways that will, you know,
amaze and thrill us.
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But for now, how do
we get through?
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How do we deal with it
in a way
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that doesn't make us want to
just crawl into a hole and die
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and give up all faith or hope
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that God is there
and that he cares?
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I think, I think about it even
more now that I'm a father.
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My wife and I have
six precious little kids.
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There's nothing in the world
that I wouldn't give up
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to keep them healthy and happy.
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And my wife and I have been
serving at a camp
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for terminally-sick children
for the last 20 years
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and so we've met over 100
families who are struggling
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with things like cancer
and terminal illnesses
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and this is a question that
comes up every summer for us:
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Why doesn't God heal
my baby girl?
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As a dad, I wanna fix things.
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I wanna fix problems
and the one problem
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that I would do anything to be
able to fix, I can't fix.
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I can't...I can't make this,
this cancer go away.
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And so, yeah, it's a question
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that's been on my mind
a long time.
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[Vocalizing] ♪ Oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, ohhhh...♪
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KIRK: Well, actually I got home,
I actually got home with Jack.
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Um, where were we?
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What was... Oh, I was
at Living Waters.
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Um, we got home
in three hours of traffic
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and the funny things was,
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is that I was talking with
Chelsea on the way home
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and she was telling me
about the day.
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And I was telling her
about all the things
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that we accomplished.
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We went down to a local college
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and were witnessing
to these kids.
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Had some great witnessing
conversations.
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Got to share the gospel
with them, you know.
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They stepped right into
an apologetic trap
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and I was like, "Yes!"
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You know... [chuckles] and
a great day of witnessing.
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And I get home, Jack was
in the house before me,
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and as I'm just gathering
stuff out of my Jeep he says,
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"Dad, Luke said Matt died."
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I said, "What?"
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And he says, "Well, that's
what Luke said."
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So I got on my phone
and I called, uh,
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I called Matt's dad and he
answered, "Hello?"
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"James, it's Kirk."
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"Hey, Kirk."
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I said, "What's going on?
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I heard something's going
on with Matt?
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I don't know anything.
What happened?"
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And he just said, "Well,
Matthew went home
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to be with the Lord today."
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KIRK: I was like, "Wow."
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You know, I was expecting it,
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because I knew he was that sick,
he was days away,
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but, you know, just, you know,
you hear that news
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and I had just seen him.
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So, you know, you get that
lump in your throat where,
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you know, your throat
closes up and you can't talk.
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And so he was, he was
pretty choked up
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and he was just saying how...
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he told the story
that... [sniffs]
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He said, "Yeah, Matt,
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Matt went to be with
the Lord today."
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He said, "He went peacefully,
he went quietly."
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And he told the story
of how, you know,
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they were with him
pretty much 24/7.
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He was sleeping in their bed
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and how he had a real hard time
breathing last night
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and they gave him some medicine
to help him sleep.
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And then the next day they
just left for just a few minutes
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to go get some lunch in
the living room, in the kitchen,
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and their daughter had
a funny feeling
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and she went back in
to check on him.
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And she came out and said,
"I think Matt's not breathing."
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And he was gone.
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KIRK: When I was talking
with Matthew's dad he said,
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"You know, the hardest
part is," he said,
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"A couple days ago, Matt was
laying in his bed
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and I was sitting
on the side of his bed
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and he looked at me
and he said, 'Dad,'
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he put his hand on his chest
and he said,
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'Dad, I feel so weak.
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I don't have anything
left in here.'"
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Then he held up his arms,
and he said,
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he made a circle with
his fingers and said,
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"But Dad, my arms are this big."
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And he said, "I don't know if
I can make it this time, Dad."
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'Cause he had been battling
cancer for ten years.
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And then he looked
at his dad, he said,
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"He looked me right in
the eyes and he said,
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'Dad, can you fix me?'"
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And his dad said,
"Buddy, the only one
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who can help me fix you
right now is God."
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And he said Matthew
just looked down
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and just nodded his head
and he knew...
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that God was not gonna
heal him this time.
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KIRK: Of course, the question
that we can't help but ask is,
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God, why did you let this happen
to such a good family?
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James and Marcy Sandgren,
they love you.
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Matthew loves you.
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Kylie loves you.
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The whole family goes
to church every Sunday.
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They sing songs.
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They're still singing songs
on Sunday.
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Why didn't you heal their son?
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Where are you in this?
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Why did you let this happen?
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This is the faith-wrecking
question of so many people.
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This is the question that turns
Christians into atheists.
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Why does God allow bad things
to happen to good people
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when we know he could stop
those bad things?
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Does it mean that God doesn't
exist, like some wanna say?
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Does it mean that
God does exist,
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but that he's not able
to stop it?
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Or maybe he doesn't know it's
gonna happen until it happens.
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Or is it that God is able,
but that he doesn't care?
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Or he's just not listening
to you and your prayers.
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But this was a good family.
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If you can't answer
the question,
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"Why does God allow bad things
to happen to good people,"
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it can destroy your faith
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and prevent you from moving
forward in your life.
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You'll go crazy.
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But to answer that question
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requires understanding the
character and nature of God,
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the one who made all this and is
allowing these things to happen.
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But understanding that
is like trying to pour
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the entire ocean into
this coffee cup.
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It just won't fit;
it's too much information.
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So what do you do?
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Well, the best way I know how to
get a grip on what God is doing
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is looking into the book
that he wrote
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and understanding that
there is an author
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who is writing the greatest
story in the world.
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The great drama of life is
being enacted right now
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on the stage of this world
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and you and I are characters
playing roles in this.
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And I'm not saying this
just because I'm an actor,
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it's because that's
really what's going on.
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And everybody we know,
everything we experience,
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every mountain, every stream,
every ocean, every bird,
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every sun, every moon,
every star
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are props that have been
placed strategically
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where they are
in order to assist
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and ultimately make sure
that this story is told.
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And right in the middle of this
story written by God, history,
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you and I are making
real-world choices
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with real-world consequences
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and somehow God is steering
the whole thing.
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So let's go back to the very
beginning of the story.
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This is dirt.
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God's whole story starts with,
with dirt.
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KIRK: He makes the dirt.
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He calls it the land, the earth.
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KIRK: And in the dirt, he causes
seeds to come forth
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that grow into plants
and fruit-bearing trees
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and then he takes the dirt
and forms a man out of it.
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And God takes the dirt
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and causes a mist to come up
from the dirt
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and cover the face
of the ground.
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So he's working with mud
and shapes a creature
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that is made in his own image.
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He breathes the breath of life
into his nostrils
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and he becomes
a living creature,
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the main character of the story.
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KIRK: And this creature is
called man, Adam.
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He is made of the earth,
that's what Adam means,
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it means earth, it means dirt.
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And he's not like any
of the other creatures.
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Not only is he made
in the image of God,
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he's given the authority to rule
over every other creature.
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He's given privilege
and authority
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to name every other
living creature.
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I mean, when you have authority
to name something
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that means you have authority
over their life.
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And Adam's naming everything,
elephants, giraffes.
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And so here he's, he's naming
animals as they go by,
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male and female,
and male and female.
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And it had to have been
just a pounding question
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in his own mind, "Where is
the female for me?
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Where is my partner?
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Where is the counterpart,
someone for me?
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Everyone else has one,
but I don't."
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This was the only thing that
was not good in the story,
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but Adam had no ability
to provide for himself
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what he so desperately needed
to make it good.
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He was incapable of doing that.
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He needs someone else
to provide that for him.
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And then Adam gets put
into a deep sleep
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and while he's sleeping,
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God is busy forming
a new creature for him.
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It would come out of his side
and this creature would be
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something that his eyes
had never seen,
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with a voice that his ears
had never heard,
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and something his mind
never could have imagined.
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She would be bone of his bones,
flesh of his flesh,
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and they would be naked
and not ashamed.
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KIRK: So now man is
no longer alone.
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He has his woman and the two
of them are beautifully,
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perfectly designed to
compliment one another.
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The two have become one flesh.
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Adam says, "This is bone of
my bones and flesh of my flesh.
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She shall be called woman."
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He names her and they
become one flesh.
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So here you have,
just think about this,
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here you have God taking
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the creature he made
in his image,
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breaking him into two,
removing part of him,
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he becomes two, and then
the two become one.
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So one becomes two,
two become one,
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and that oneness is seen
most clearly in the birth
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of that union of male
and female,
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a child that's half dad
and half mom.
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humanity right there
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in marriage and the birth
of a child.
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And then God gives them
the assignment,
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the great mission,
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and that is to be
fruitful... multiply,
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have lots and lots of babies
and fill the earth
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and subdue it, rule it,
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take dominion over
all of God's creation.
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Just as God used heaven
as the pattern
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for the Garden of Eden,
everything was perfect,
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everything was good,
everything provided.
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It was very good.
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Adam and Eve were to use
the garden as a pattern
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for the rest of the world,
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to bless the world,
to heavenize the world...
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and make it beautiful.
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Adam had one job and it was
to tend and keep the garden.
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In other words, to cultivate
and guard,
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to beautify and protect.
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Well, if I said that to you,
"Guard this.
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Protect what has been
entrusted to you."
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The obvious question you
should be asking yourself is,
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"From what?"
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And this is the worst part of
the story, up until this point.
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Adam is in the garden
with his wife,
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the most precious thing
in the garden.
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He is to be protecting her,
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beautifying her,
doing his job...
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and a serpent enters the garden.
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This is exactly what Adam
should have been watching for.
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He should have smelled him
a mile away
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and ran to him
and crushed his head
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the second that he saw him,
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especially after he saw what
he was doing to his wife.
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This is the ultimate breakdown
of a man's responsibility.
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This is a story of a man
throwing his wife under the bus
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and using her as a guinea pig
in the human experiment.
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Remember God had said
to Adam,
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"The day that you eat
of this fruit,
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you will surely die."
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And the Serpent says,
did God really say...?
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God did not really mean
that you will die.
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He just knows that
if you eat of this fruit,
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you will become like him.
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Surely you won't die."
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So who's telling the truth here,
God or the Serpent?
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And so Adam allows his wife
to be deceived by the serpent.
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He fails to protect her,
he fails to guard her
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and he watches while
he stands there with her,
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the story says,
and watches her eat.
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[Dramatic instrumental music]
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[Crow cawing]
Caw, caw...
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[Crow cawing]
Caw, caw...
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KIRK: And we all know what
happens in the story next.
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God comes looking for Adam,
"Adam, where are you?"
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Well, Adam and Eve are hiding.
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They're running from God.
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They're filled with guilt
and shame and fear
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and they're covering themselves
with fig leaves.
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And then God pronounces
a curse on the serpent
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and the ground and on Eve's
childbearing
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because he knows that
they're gonna have kids,
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it's gonna be difficult,
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and then he clothes them
in skins of animals.
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Now why did God do that?
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Was it because the fig leaves
were gonna wear out
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and this was a better covering?
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Probably, but have you ever
thought about this:
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God clothed them in
the skins of beasts
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because they had just
listened to a beast.
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Maybe it was a reminder
of their sin.
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God is saying if you're gonna
act like beasts,
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you're gonna look like beasts.
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Because people always
end up looking like
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the gods they follow.
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♪ It's been so long,
long hard days ♪
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♪ and they don't say
God's changed my ways. ♪
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♪ Change my ways,
those evil ways. ♪
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♪ So I set out across that way
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♪ to strike them down,
to make them pay. ♪
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♪ Change their ways,
their evil ways. ♪
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♪ But I can't cry, whoa.
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♪ And I won't hide, whoa, hey!
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♪ My evil ways
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♪ I found how their hate
grow cold ♪
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♪ That God rise up
and damn my soul ♪
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♪ 'cause I ain't changed,
changed my ways. ♪
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♪ I ain't changed.
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♪ So I won't hide, whoa.
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♪ And I won't hide, whoa.
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♪ No, I can't hide,
yeah, whoa. ♪
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♪ I can't hide, hey...
my evil ways. ♪
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♪ But I can't hide, whoa
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♪ And I won't hide, whoa, yeah
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♪ I can't hide, whoa.
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♪ No, I can't hide, hey...
my evil ways ♪♪♪
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KIRK: The first human being's
blood has just been spilled.
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There is a person dead
for the first time
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in God's perfect world.
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I mean, if you're gonna tell
a story about a family
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and the family has two boys,
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the worst thing
that can happen
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is you have one of the boys
kills the other one
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and the one that dies
is the good one.
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It wasn't the bad kid that died,
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it was the good one,
the innocent one,
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the one who did the right thing.
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His blood is spilled and God
protects the murderer.
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The bad guy doesn't die,
the good guy dies
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and then God places
a mark on Cain
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and it was a mark
that protected him.
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That told everyone around him
if you come after Cain,
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I am coming after you,
with this mark on this beast.
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I mean, we could almost wonder
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if this isn't the first mark
of the beast,
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the original mark of the beast,
and it's a mark of protection.
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Why is this happening?
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I mean, if I were
writing the story
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I'd have the bad guy die
and the good one win,
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but that's not what happens.
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What's going on?
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KIRK: When we ask these
big questions about why,
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why do these things happen?
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Why does pain and suffering
exist in a world like this?
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We gotta get a perspective
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that is much bigger than
where we are right now
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and we open up the Bible.
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This is God's story and this is
where he explains
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how to make sense of this world
that we're living in.
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But when we open it up,
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we start out with this wild
story of creating a world
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and a universe out of nothing.
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And then God creates man
out of dirt
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and then he creates a woman
out of a side of a man
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and we think, wow, that's
amazing, and it's beautiful
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and I can buy that.
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Then we can see how man falls
into rebellion and sin
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and then there's the story
of Cain and Abel
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and that's a very sad story,
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but you can, you can
believe that.
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You see people doing
horrible things
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and taking people's lives.
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But that's a story about
brothers and bad things
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that they're doing
to one another
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and we can believe that
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because we see that
happening all the time.
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But then the story takes this
drastic turn to what God does.
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The world gets so filled
with violence
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and corruption and wickedness,
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God decides to unleash
a giant flood.
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He decides to break open
the great fountains of the deep
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and the windows
of heaven open up
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and water floods
the whole world
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to the point where
everything dies.
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Everything that has breath
on the land and in the air
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completely perishes,
except for one man, Noah,
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and those who are with him
on the Ark.
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From a storytelling
point of view,
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that is such a hard sell.
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It's funny because I've been
in plenty of meetings where
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you're trying to pitch a story
to Hollywood executives
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and you're trying
to convince them
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that this is the greatest story
in the world.
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-EXECUTIVE: Hey, Mr. Cameron.
-KIRK: Good to see ya.
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-EXECUTIVE 2: How you doing?
-KIRK: Good to see ya.
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EXECUTIVE 3: Hey, Mr. Cameron,
good to see ya.
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KIRK: But if this was the story
and this was the script...
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EXECUTIVE: How's it goin'?
How's Jack?
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KIRK: That I had to pitch
as a story.
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EXECUTIVE: So, what's next?
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Give it to us.
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KIRK: I can't even imagine
getting to the point
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where I tell them that
the hero of the story
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actually floods the entire world
that he made and everyone dies.
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Because God gives
man a choice
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to either obey him
or to rebel against him
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and man chooses to rebel
against him, as you know,
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that sends the whole world
down a path of destruction.
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I would imagine that
they would say to me
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you need to go back
to scriptwriting school.
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Clearly, you missed
a few classes.
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That's not how you endear
the hero to the audience.
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We see the apex of evil.
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EXECUTIVE: Hmmm.
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KIRK: We see humanity
is destroying itself.
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This part in the story is such,
it's such a hard sell.
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And before man destroys
the entire world,
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God steps in and he raises up
a man named Noah.
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[Silence]
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KIRK: Who has a, who has
a heart after God...
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EXECUTIVE: Hero.
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KIRK: He's blameless
in the sight of God...
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EXECUTIVE: Hero.
[makes trumpet noise]
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KIRK: Who begins calling
everyone else
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to turn from evil...
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-EXECUTIVE 2: Oh, he saved them.
-KIRK: And turn back to God.
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EXECUTIVE: He's a savior.
He's a savior.
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KIRK: And the way God
commissions him to build
a giant ship.
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EXECUTIVE 3: Like a cruise ship?
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EXECUTIVE 2: Ooh, cruise ship.
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EXECUTIVE: Oh, I like that.
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EXECUTIVE 3: I'm thinking
like a cruise ship maybe.
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That can appeal to people.
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Who doesn't like a cruise ship?
I know I do. I do!
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EXECUTIVE: Midnight buffet!
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Ooh, attention travelers,
Midnight Buffet.
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EXECUTIVE 3: I know you got
that martini deal.
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EXECUTIVE: Like how many
desserts can you have
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at like, one in the morning?
493
00:31:47,601 --> 00:31:49,255
EXECUTIVE 2: I gained ten pounds
on my last cruise.
494
00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,474
KIRK: Hey guys, guys, I know
we all love cruise ships,
495
00:31:51,648 --> 00:31:55,304
but this is not...this is not
about a cruise ship.
496
00:31:55,478 --> 00:32:01,528
It's a three-story,
massive cargo barge.
497
00:32:01,702 --> 00:32:04,879
With Noah and his family,
they're inside together
498
00:32:05,053 --> 00:32:07,621
with two of every
kind of animal...
499
00:32:07,795 --> 00:32:10,493
EXECUTIVE: Well, but he's,
500
00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:11,755
he's with his family
and the animals?
501
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,322
KIRK: Yes.
502
00:32:13,496 --> 00:32:14,454
EXECUTIVE 2: All right,
this is where
503
00:32:14,628 --> 00:32:16,456
the family movie comes in.
504
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:17,544
EXECUTIVE 3: The animals could
possibly talk to each other.
505
00:32:17,718 --> 00:32:18,588
Kids love talking animals.
506
00:32:18,762 --> 00:32:19,285
EXECUTIVE: Absolutely.
507
00:32:19,459 --> 00:32:21,026
KIRK: No.
508
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,289
There is a complete deluge
of the entire world
509
00:32:23,463 --> 00:32:25,465
and everyone in all the world...
510
00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:27,336
EXECUTIVE: Gets into these
cities, I'm seeing it, cities.
511
00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:30,035
And everyone's on these
floating cities.
512
00:32:30,209 --> 00:32:31,775
They're like pirates,
but they create
513
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,995
all their own little
sub world and culture.
514
00:32:34,169 --> 00:32:35,518
EXECUTIVE 3: Yes,
that's a great idea.
515
00:32:35,692 --> 00:32:37,085
EXECUTIVE: Right, with animals,
516
00:32:37,259 --> 00:32:39,131
they have to live with
sea creatures.
517
00:32:39,305 --> 00:32:41,089
And everyone forms like a,
like a republic.
518
00:32:41,263 --> 00:32:44,223
KIRK: No floating cities.
[murmuring]
519
00:32:44,397 --> 00:32:47,878
One ship with Noah
and his family and the animals.
520
00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:51,012
EXECUTIVE: So where are
all the people?
521
00:32:51,186 --> 00:32:52,840
KIRK: Drowned... dead.
522
00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:55,190
EXECUTIVE 3: It kind of portrays
God as the enemy here.
523
00:32:55,364 --> 00:32:57,932
EXECUTIVE 2: Are we talking
like babies and families?
524
00:32:58,106 --> 00:32:59,412
EXECUTIVE: When you say
everyone,
525
00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:01,109
you mean just locally
in that area.
526
00:33:01,283 --> 00:33:03,764
KIRK: Everyone's bad,
and not local, worldwide.
527
00:33:03,938 --> 00:33:05,287
Everywhere, the whole world.
528
00:33:05,461 --> 00:33:08,725
Everyone dies except Noah
and his family.
529
00:33:08,899 --> 00:33:10,684
And the reason God does this...
530
00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:13,730
EXECUTIVE: If we go back to
the boat and the animal thing.
531
00:33:13,904 --> 00:33:17,386
[All talking at once]
532
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,084
EXECUTIVE 3: And the more
I visualize this,
533
00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:21,086
I see this more as a cartoon,
more than a...
534
00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:22,261
EXECUTIVE 2: Well,
the animals talk.
535
00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:23,740
EXECUTIVE 3: Yeah, absolutely.
536
00:33:23,914 --> 00:33:25,177
EXECUTIVE: What if
they don't know
537
00:33:25,351 --> 00:33:26,917
that there are
snakes on the boat?
538
00:33:27,092 --> 00:33:28,310
EXECUTIVE 3: That would be
great, I like that.
539
00:33:28,484 --> 00:33:29,746
EXECUTIVE: "Hey!
Who's going to feed us?"
540
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:30,747
Right? A cobra's like, "Oh!"
[laughs]
541
00:33:30,921 --> 00:33:32,010
That would be good...
542
00:33:32,184 --> 00:33:33,446
KIRK: And then the water
recedes,
543
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:35,796
the boat rests
on a mountain.
544
00:33:35,970 --> 00:33:39,365
Noah...Noah comes
out of the ship
545
00:33:39,539 --> 00:33:42,063
and he sees in the sky
a giant rainbow.
546
00:33:42,237 --> 00:33:44,152
EXECUTIVE: If we could make
this more about the rainbow.
547
00:33:44,326 --> 00:33:46,633
Like, this is the story
of the rainbow.
548
00:33:46,807 --> 00:33:49,201
This is not the story of God,
549
00:33:49,375 --> 00:33:51,029
"I'm angry, I'm going
to flood everybody!"
550
00:33:51,203 --> 00:33:52,987
But how about we sort of
make this, you know,
551
00:33:53,161 --> 00:33:55,946
have you ever wanted to know
where the rainbow comes from?
552
00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:57,209
I can even see a song.
553
00:33:57,383 --> 00:33:59,037
♪ Have you ever wondered
554
00:33:59,211 --> 00:34:00,255
♪ where the rainbow
comes from? ♪
555
00:34:00,429 --> 00:34:02,127
EXECUTIVE: Focus
on the rainbow.
556
00:34:02,301 --> 00:34:04,999
EXECUTIVE 2: I can see
kids all over the world
557
00:34:05,173 --> 00:34:05,869
painting rainbows
in their rooms.
558
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,958
EXECUTIVE: Yeah.
559
00:34:08,133 --> 00:34:08,742
EXECUTIVE 3: Things would spike
on Pinterest, that's for sure.
560
00:34:08,916 --> 00:34:10,265
EXECUTIVE: Yeah.
561
00:34:10,439 --> 00:34:11,440
KIRK: Well, then God sends
out a dove
562
00:34:11,614 --> 00:34:13,051
and this dove comes back...
563
00:34:13,225 --> 00:34:14,052
EXECUTIVE 2: How about an eagle?
Not a dove.
564
00:34:14,226 --> 00:34:16,141
EXECUTIVE: Yeah.
565
00:34:16,315 --> 00:34:18,795
And that eagle, pfhtt,
kind of comes to me
566
00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:20,406
in slow motion like ramping,
567
00:34:20,580 --> 00:34:22,756
you know, what I mean,
like, "Pfft." "Caw!"
568
00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:24,627
EXECUTIVE 2: That's good.
569
00:34:24,801 --> 00:34:26,803
Well, he lands right...
570
00:34:26,977 --> 00:34:28,588
it could even be a falcon.
571
00:34:28,762 --> 00:34:31,678
EXECUTIVE: Even better, yet...
Noah, "pfft," right?
572
00:34:31,852 --> 00:34:34,333
And then comes down and
just perches right there.
573
00:34:34,507 --> 00:34:36,161
EXECUTIVE 3: That's our
hero moment.
574
00:34:36,335 --> 00:34:36,987
EXECUTIVE: You know
what that is, guys?
575
00:34:37,162 --> 00:34:38,772
Poster moment.
576
00:34:38,946 --> 00:34:40,730
EXECUTIVE 3: Hello!
EXECUTIVE: Poster moment...
577
00:34:40,904 --> 00:34:41,688
EXECUTIVE 2: I can see it, yeah.
You know, we can actually...
578
00:34:41,862 --> 00:34:45,257
[Instrumental music]
579
00:34:45,431 --> 00:34:46,997
EXECUTIVE: Back to you, Kirk.
580
00:34:47,172 --> 00:34:48,477
KIRK: Guys, this is not
a kids' story.
581
00:34:48,651 --> 00:34:50,479
The story can't change.
582
00:34:50,653 --> 00:34:53,569
The story has to be this way.
583
00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:56,616
EXECUTIVE: I think what
we're all saying here is
584
00:34:56,790 --> 00:35:01,360
this is a fantastic movie,
we love, we love the story,
585
00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:03,666
we love where you're going,
we love all the characters...
586
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:05,451
EXECUTIVE 3: And we love you,
Kirk.
587
00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:09,716
EXECUTIVE: We love...
we're all huge, huge fans.
588
00:35:09,890 --> 00:35:11,718
EXECUTIVE 3: Look at that smile.
EXECUTIVE: Kirky Kirk fans.
589
00:35:11,892 --> 00:35:12,893
My neighbor was like,
"You're working with Kirk?"
590
00:35:13,067 --> 00:35:14,373
I was like,"Yeah."
591
00:35:14,547 --> 00:35:16,244
He's like, "Tell Kirk
I love him."
592
00:35:16,418 --> 00:35:18,116
But what I don't want to do is
go back to my neighbor
593
00:35:18,290 --> 00:35:20,944
when they ask and say what
kind of movie is Kirk making
594
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,208
and I say, well,
he's making a movie
595
00:35:23,382 --> 00:35:27,342
about a God who floods
the whole world.
596
00:35:27,516 --> 00:35:30,998
But, and I want you
to hear me on this,
597
00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:33,435
from a marketing standpoint,
598
00:35:33,609 --> 00:35:38,527
from a storytelling standpoint,
if we focus on the ark,
599
00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:47,623
the family, the adventure,
the animals and the rainbow,
600
00:35:47,797 --> 00:35:50,104
and sort of try
to skip over...
601
00:35:50,278 --> 00:35:52,889
I'm not saying you can't
have this part,
602
00:35:53,063 --> 00:35:58,199
but if we just focus
on those three elements,
603
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:01,985
that's a story people
want to hear.
604
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:08,601
You don't want to be telling
a story about death.
605
00:36:08,775 --> 00:36:12,561
It's not what people
want to hear.
606
00:36:12,735 --> 00:36:17,175
People don't want to go to
a movie and hear about death.
607
00:36:19,394 --> 00:36:23,006
[Instrumental music]
608
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:24,878
EXECUTIVE [in echo]: People
don't want to go to a movie
609
00:36:25,052 --> 00:36:28,882
and hear about death.
610
00:36:29,056 --> 00:36:38,892
[Instrumental music]
611
00:36:39,066 --> 00:36:53,863
[Instrumental music]
612
00:36:54,037 --> 00:36:58,912
[Instrumental music]
613
00:36:59,086 --> 00:37:13,840
[Instrumental music]
614
00:37:14,014 --> 00:37:18,888
[Instrumental music]
615
00:37:19,062 --> 00:37:33,860
[Instrumental music]
616
00:37:34,034 --> 00:37:38,908
[Instrumental music]
617
00:37:39,082 --> 00:37:49,528
[Instrumental music]
618
00:37:49,702 --> 00:37:53,793
KIRK: The problem with stories
that we think we know so well
619
00:37:53,967 --> 00:37:59,059
is that sometimes we become
so familiar with them
620
00:37:59,233 --> 00:38:03,368
that we get confused because
we overlook details
621
00:38:03,542 --> 00:38:05,892
that actually make
the story make sense,
622
00:38:06,066 --> 00:38:10,418
the details that actually
complete the whole story.
623
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,900
Think of Adam and Eve.
624
00:38:14,074 --> 00:38:18,252
It's easy to be caught up with
the serpent and the rebellion
625
00:38:18,426 --> 00:38:19,688
and the fruit on the tree
626
00:38:19,862 --> 00:38:21,995
and God pronouncing
a death sentence
627
00:38:22,169 --> 00:38:24,737
and being expelled
from the Garden.
628
00:38:24,911 --> 00:38:30,569
But what should captivate
us above all other things
629
00:38:30,743 --> 00:38:33,441
is the fact that God
is demonstrating
630
00:38:33,615 --> 00:38:36,618
his mercy and his kindness,
631
00:38:36,792 --> 00:38:41,536
his care, his protection
and his grace towards them.
632
00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:45,061
I mean, think about it, God
did not kill Adam and Eve.
633
00:38:45,235 --> 00:38:46,236
He didn't abandon them.
634
00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:49,544
He didn't throw them into Hell.
635
00:38:49,718 --> 00:38:51,372
He begins providing for them.
636
00:38:51,546 --> 00:38:53,505
He gives them clothes,
he gives them food.
637
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:55,507
he gives them more children.
638
00:38:55,681 --> 00:38:58,074
He sends angels to watch
over them
639
00:38:58,248 --> 00:39:00,686
and He gives them a promise.
640
00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:03,689
When they were filled with guilt
and shame and fear,
641
00:39:03,863 --> 00:39:05,299
He gives them a promise
642
00:39:05,473 --> 00:39:07,823
that must have filled them
with hope.
643
00:39:07,997 --> 00:39:11,914
A promise that God would send
someone, a descent of Eve,
644
00:39:12,088 --> 00:39:19,095
who would crush that serpent's
head and fix all of this.
645
00:39:19,269 --> 00:39:21,402
When you're standing in
the midst of a crime scene,
646
00:39:21,576 --> 00:39:25,014
it's easy to notice
and be shocked
647
00:39:25,188 --> 00:39:27,408
by bloodstains on the ground,
648
00:39:27,582 --> 00:39:29,323
but what should shock us
even more
649
00:39:29,497 --> 00:39:31,586
at this point in the story is
650
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,591
the grace and patience
and kindness of God.
651
00:39:36,765 --> 00:39:38,898
Think about it, if ever
there was a time
652
00:39:39,072 --> 00:39:42,423
where God could have said,
"I am done with the human race.
653
00:39:42,597 --> 00:39:46,122
I am going to end this
right now," it was here.
654
00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:49,517
Adam rebelled against God.
655
00:39:49,691 --> 00:39:52,390
And the apple didn't fall
far from the tree.
656
00:39:52,564 --> 00:39:57,873
Now his son murders his brother
and lies to God's face.
657
00:39:58,047 --> 00:40:01,964
While he was talking to God,
God heard Abel's blood crying
658
00:40:02,138 --> 00:40:07,274
through Cain's lying teeth,
but God didn't kill him.
659
00:40:07,448 --> 00:40:08,754
And he didn't forget about Abel.
660
00:40:08,928 --> 00:40:11,887
He wasn't oblivious
to Abel's cry.
661
00:40:12,061 --> 00:40:16,283
Abel's blood had a voice
and it cried out from the ground
662
00:40:16,457 --> 00:40:19,242
and reached God's ears
in Heaven,
663
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:23,682
and Abel made it into
the Faith Hall of Fame.
664
00:40:23,856 --> 00:40:27,947
He's been given a lasting legacy
and will be forever remembered
665
00:40:28,121 --> 00:40:30,079
as an example of someone
who approached God
666
00:40:30,253 --> 00:40:32,995
the right way, by faith.
667
00:40:33,169 --> 00:40:35,607
There's only one world.
668
00:40:35,781 --> 00:40:38,044
The world that Adam
and Eve lived in,
669
00:40:38,218 --> 00:40:41,439
Cain and Abel lived in, is
the same world that we live in.
670
00:40:41,613 --> 00:40:45,051
We breathe the same air,
we walk on the same ground
671
00:40:45,225 --> 00:40:47,619
and we look at the same ocean.
672
00:40:47,793 --> 00:40:49,316
During the days of Noah,
673
00:40:49,490 --> 00:40:52,145
this was not about God
destroying the world,
674
00:40:52,319 --> 00:40:55,714
humanity was destroying itself.
675
00:40:55,888 --> 00:40:58,064
Men had filled the world
with so much wickedness
676
00:40:58,238 --> 00:41:01,633
and violence that they were
going to completely kill
677
00:41:01,807 --> 00:41:03,156
and annihilate one another.
678
00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:05,811
All they needed was more time,
679
00:41:05,985 --> 00:41:09,031
but God mercifully steps in
and cuts that short.
680
00:41:09,205 --> 00:41:12,992
He puts a period at the end
to stop evil.
681
00:41:13,166 --> 00:41:16,648
[Waves crashing]
682
00:41:16,822 --> 00:41:19,172
KIRK: He packs the whole world
up into a wooden box
683
00:41:19,346 --> 00:41:22,828
and fills it with everything
needed for a brand new world.
684
00:41:23,002 --> 00:41:25,308
He floats it on top of the ocean
685
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,921
while he deals with all
of the evil below.
686
00:41:29,095 --> 00:41:32,141
And when He's finished, it rests
on the top of a mountain
687
00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:34,535
and He opens the wooden box
688
00:41:34,709 --> 00:41:37,538
and everything is there
to start all over.
689
00:41:37,712 --> 00:41:41,063
A new man, a new woman,
children, a family,
690
00:41:41,237 --> 00:41:44,197
food, animals.
691
00:41:44,371 --> 00:41:45,285
Noah plants a vineyard.
692
00:41:45,459 --> 00:41:46,939
We're back in a garden.
693
00:41:47,113 --> 00:41:50,159
We're starting over,
a new and better world
694
00:41:50,333 --> 00:41:54,076
is being birthed
through tragedy.
695
00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:58,559
[Instrumental music]
696
00:41:58,733 --> 00:42:00,866
KIRK: The world has
been born again.
697
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,651
And then God gives them
a promise,
698
00:42:03,825 --> 00:42:08,395
a brilliant sign in the sky,
a rainbow.
699
00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:15,358
KIRK: Let's think for a minute
about the rainbow,
700
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:16,969
The promise that God
put in the sky,
701
00:42:17,143 --> 00:42:20,320
this symbol that would be
a permanent promise
702
00:42:20,494 --> 00:42:23,366
that He would never
again use water
703
00:42:23,541 --> 00:42:25,194
to flood and destroy the world.
704
00:42:25,368 --> 00:42:28,981
It's interesting that the word
"rainbow" is not the word
705
00:42:29,155 --> 00:42:33,202
that God uses when
he promises Noah.
706
00:42:33,376 --> 00:42:36,597
The word he uses is "bow,"
just simply my bow.
707
00:42:36,771 --> 00:42:38,468
He says, I'll place my bow
in the clouds.
708
00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:41,733
I will hang my bow
in the clouds.
709
00:42:41,907 --> 00:42:43,865
Well, what's God's bow?
710
00:42:44,039 --> 00:42:46,999
His bow is only one thing,
711
00:42:47,173 --> 00:42:51,612
it's what God says he will bend
and he will dip the arrows
712
00:42:51,786 --> 00:42:55,355
and point them at the hearts
of his enemies.
713
00:42:55,529 --> 00:42:59,011
God's bow is his weapon
of judgment,
714
00:42:59,185 --> 00:43:04,016
it's a war bow of wrath
aimed at his enemies.
715
00:43:04,190 --> 00:43:05,974
And God's saying, I'm going
to hang that up in the clouds.
716
00:43:06,148 --> 00:43:07,759
He's putting it away.
717
00:43:07,933 --> 00:43:12,024
He's not using it,
he's hanging it in the clouds.
718
00:43:12,198 --> 00:43:14,592
In essence, he's suspending
his judgment
719
00:43:14,766 --> 00:43:16,811
and he will no longer use
water to flood
720
00:43:16,985 --> 00:43:18,987
and destroy all flesh
and the world.
721
00:43:19,161 --> 00:43:22,251
But have you ever noticed
how the bow is positioned?
722
00:43:22,425 --> 00:43:23,731
How it's oriented?
723
00:43:23,905 --> 00:43:26,299
Look at the way it's hanging.
724
00:43:26,473 --> 00:43:28,693
It's hanging like this.
725
00:43:28,867 --> 00:43:31,130
If it were a bow, the string
would be stretched
726
00:43:31,304 --> 00:43:33,219
along the horizon.
727
00:43:33,393 --> 00:43:34,699
And where is the bow pointed?
728
00:43:34,873 --> 00:43:36,309
Where would the arrows
be directed?
729
00:43:36,483 --> 00:43:38,790
Where?
730
00:43:38,964 --> 00:43:41,575
Up to Heaven.
731
00:43:41,749 --> 00:43:43,185
Where is God?
732
00:43:43,359 --> 00:43:45,579
In Heaven.
733
00:43:45,753 --> 00:43:49,061
[Instrumental music]
734
00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:53,413
KIRK: The next time we see
God pouring out his judgment
735
00:43:53,587 --> 00:43:57,591
and wrath for the sin
of the whole world
736
00:43:57,765 --> 00:44:03,597
is at the cross where Jesus
Christ hangs and dies.
737
00:44:03,771 --> 00:44:09,821
He, himself, God himself,
becomes a man, a perfect man
738
00:44:09,995 --> 00:44:11,649
and then he takes upon himself
739
00:44:11,823 --> 00:44:16,044
the judgment for the sin
of the world.
740
00:44:16,218 --> 00:44:20,440
Could the rainbow possibly
be pointing to that day?
741
00:44:20,614 --> 00:44:33,845
[Instrumental music]
742
00:44:34,019 --> 00:44:38,937
KIRK: When God's judgment
and wrath comes to him
743
00:44:39,111 --> 00:44:41,766
instead of upon his creation?
744
00:44:41,940 --> 00:44:51,819
[Instrumental music]
745
00:44:51,993 --> 00:45:06,704
[Instrumental music]
746
00:45:06,878 --> 00:45:11,796
[Instrumental music]
747
00:45:11,970 --> 00:45:26,767
[Instrumental music]
748
00:45:26,941 --> 00:45:30,684
[Instrumental music]
749
00:45:30,858 --> 00:45:33,643
KIRK: I mean, let's just fill in
the distance
750
00:45:33,818 --> 00:45:39,824
between the bow and the cross.
751
00:45:39,998 --> 00:45:42,783
God washes the world
clean of sin,
752
00:45:42,957 --> 00:45:45,351
he drowns evil and gives man
a brand new chance.
753
00:45:45,525 --> 00:45:49,355
You have a new beginning,
but you have the same old heart
754
00:45:49,529 --> 00:45:51,792
and the same pattern starts
to emerge again.
755
00:45:51,966 --> 00:45:53,533
Man is pushing God away.
756
00:45:53,707 --> 00:45:55,578
He wants to get out from
under the authority of God
757
00:45:55,753 --> 00:45:57,885
and make a name for himself.
758
00:45:58,059 --> 00:46:00,322
And bad goes to worse
759
00:46:00,496 --> 00:46:02,498
and eventually you come
to the Tower of Babel
760
00:46:02,672 --> 00:46:05,110
where they're all together
as one people,
761
00:46:05,284 --> 00:46:08,113
in one place, with one language.
762
00:46:08,287 --> 00:46:10,463
You have a one-world government
763
00:46:10,637 --> 00:46:13,553
building a tower to reach
to the heavens,
764
00:46:13,727 --> 00:46:16,948
so that we will not be scattered
all over the earth.
765
00:46:17,122 --> 00:46:19,864
Well, that's exactly what
God told them to do.
766
00:46:20,038 --> 00:46:21,604
He told it to Adam,
"Be fruitful and multiply,"
767
00:46:21,779 --> 00:46:23,519
spread out and fill the earth.
768
00:46:23,693 --> 00:46:25,391
He told the same thing to Noah.
769
00:46:25,565 --> 00:46:27,697
And that's precisely what
they're not doing.
770
00:46:27,872 --> 00:46:31,179
So God confuses their language,
they have no more communication
771
00:46:31,353 --> 00:46:35,096
and they are forced
to scatter and disperse.
772
00:46:35,270 --> 00:46:37,838
And all of that develops into
the Babylonian Empire
773
00:46:38,012 --> 00:46:40,362
and then we see
the Assyrian Empire.
774
00:46:40,536 --> 00:46:45,019
These are cultures of death,
human sacrifice, idolatry,
775
00:46:45,193 --> 00:46:47,152
wickedness, violence,
immorality.
776
00:46:47,326 --> 00:46:50,590
Moving into the Greek Empire
and the Roman Empire.
777
00:46:50,764 --> 00:46:54,028
And the Romans conquered
the Greeks militarily
778
00:46:54,202 --> 00:46:58,206
but the Greeks' morality
infected and conquered Rome
779
00:46:58,380 --> 00:47:01,688
and brought Rome to
the darkest, bleakest,
780
00:47:01,862 --> 00:47:04,691
most wicked culture
on the planet.
781
00:47:04,865 --> 00:47:07,694
This was a culture of death.
782
00:47:07,868 --> 00:47:10,088
Now meanwhile,
we see that God
783
00:47:10,262 --> 00:47:12,264
has still not given up
on his plan
784
00:47:12,438 --> 00:47:14,135
and he is starting
a brand new nation
785
00:47:14,309 --> 00:47:16,137
in the middle of this
culture of death.
786
00:47:16,311 --> 00:47:19,053
He raises up a man named
Abraham, who starts a nation
787
00:47:19,227 --> 00:47:21,708
through his family
called Israel.
788
00:47:21,882 --> 00:47:25,233
And it's through these promises
789
00:47:25,407 --> 00:47:32,023
that God brings that man,
that new and better Adam
790
00:47:32,197 --> 00:47:36,897
into that ultimate
culture of death,
791
00:47:37,071 --> 00:47:42,990
that the Son of God, the author
of life, is born.
792
00:47:43,164 --> 00:47:53,044
[Instrumental music]
793
00:47:53,218 --> 00:48:07,972
[Instrumental music]
794
00:48:08,146 --> 00:48:13,020
[Instrumental music]
795
00:48:13,194 --> 00:48:27,992
[Instrumental music]
796
00:48:28,166 --> 00:48:33,040
[Instrumental music]
797
00:48:33,214 --> 00:48:45,487
[Instrumental music]
798
00:48:45,661 --> 00:48:48,577
KIRK: Let's just talk about
Jesus for a minute.
799
00:48:48,751 --> 00:48:55,671
[Instrumental music]
800
00:48:55,845 --> 00:49:01,155
KIRK: This is the man that God
promised Eve in the Garden
801
00:49:01,329 --> 00:49:03,288
would come as one
of her descendants
802
00:49:03,462 --> 00:49:05,507
and crush the serpent's head.
803
00:49:05,681 --> 00:49:10,991
[Instrumental music]
804
00:49:11,165 --> 00:49:14,342
KIRK: Precisely what her
husband Adam did not do.
805
00:49:14,516 --> 00:49:19,565
[Instrumental music]
806
00:49:19,739 --> 00:49:21,175
KIRK: The last Adam, Jesus,
807
00:49:21,349 --> 00:49:23,525
was the one who would
protect his bride.
808
00:49:23,699 --> 00:49:27,312
[Instrumental music]
809
00:49:27,486 --> 00:49:29,662
KIRK: Adam failed to protect her
in the Garden.
810
00:49:29,836 --> 00:49:32,752
Jesus succeeds and is
victorious in a garden
811
00:49:32,926 --> 00:49:33,927
and he protects his bride.
812
00:49:34,101 --> 00:49:35,973
He crushes the serpent's head.
813
00:49:38,410 --> 00:49:41,543
KIRK: He is the one who is going
to reverse the curse.
814
00:49:41,717 --> 00:49:44,546
This is the new and better
Adam, the last Adam,
815
00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:46,766
who is going to raise the dead,
816
00:49:46,940 --> 00:49:49,116
heal the sick,
give sight to the blind,
817
00:49:49,290 --> 00:49:51,771
turn water into wine,
feed thousands
818
00:49:51,945 --> 00:49:57,124
and restore the whole world
back to its maker
819
00:49:57,298 --> 00:49:59,648
and his people back
to their mission
820
00:49:59,822 --> 00:50:03,261
of heavenizing the earth.
821
00:50:03,435 --> 00:50:07,221
He comes and fulfills all
the law and the prophets
822
00:50:07,395 --> 00:50:10,007
and then his own people
kill him.
823
00:50:10,181 --> 00:50:20,060
[Instrumental music]
824
00:50:20,234 --> 00:50:28,373
[Instrumental music]
825
00:50:28,547 --> 00:50:30,375
KIRK: I mean, that's how
the story goes.
826
00:50:30,549 --> 00:50:36,685
It's Jesus facing his own team
being fully corrupted,
827
00:50:36,859 --> 00:50:41,603
a religious hypocrisy that is at
its worst and the Roman Empire,
828
00:50:41,777 --> 00:50:43,562
which is in charge
of the whole world.
829
00:50:43,736 --> 00:50:49,437
And together they conspire
to kill Jesus.
830
00:50:49,611 --> 00:50:51,613
But then he's resurrected.
831
00:50:51,787 --> 00:50:54,834
So hopes are back up that
he is who he said he was.
832
00:50:55,008 --> 00:50:57,315
That this was the redeemer
who would set people free
833
00:50:57,489 --> 00:51:00,187
from fear and guilt
and shame and death.
834
00:51:00,361 --> 00:51:03,451
This really was him,
but then he leaves.
835
00:51:03,625 --> 00:51:06,933
He's only back for 40 days
and then he leaves.
836
00:51:07,107 --> 00:51:09,849
And he leaves his followers
in this culture of death,
837
00:51:10,023 --> 00:51:13,418
which has only gotten worse.
838
00:51:13,592 --> 00:51:16,508
They were sawed in half,
they were fed to the lions,
839
00:51:16,682 --> 00:51:21,861
they were burned at the stake,
they were crucified upside down.
840
00:51:22,035 --> 00:51:26,170
More tragedy in the story.
841
00:51:26,344 --> 00:51:30,261
At what point does
God say, "Enough?"
842
00:51:30,435 --> 00:51:34,047
Enough of death,
I'm done with it.
843
00:51:37,355 --> 00:51:41,837
KIRK: It's exactly at the moment
that Jesus dies on the cross.
844
00:51:42,011 --> 00:51:48,235
Jesus flips death on its head
by dying for his enemies.
845
00:51:48,409 --> 00:51:54,459
You see, all throughout history,
the manifesto of empires was
846
00:51:54,633 --> 00:51:57,592
you kill your enemies
and take over the world.
847
00:51:57,766 --> 00:52:00,726
Jesus comes in and says,
I'm going to show you
848
00:52:00,900 --> 00:52:03,598
how you use death
to change the world.
849
00:52:03,772 --> 00:52:07,167
And in love, he comes
and lays down his own life
850
00:52:07,341 --> 00:52:09,778
for his enemies.
851
00:52:09,952 --> 00:52:19,832
[Instrumental music]
852
00:52:20,006 --> 00:52:34,760
[Instrumental music]
853
00:52:34,934 --> 00:52:39,808
[Instrumental music]
854
00:52:39,982 --> 00:52:44,987
[Instrumental music]
855
00:52:45,162 --> 00:52:48,556
KIRK: Three days after he was
placed into a tomb,
856
00:52:48,730 --> 00:52:51,124
everything changed.
857
00:52:51,298 --> 00:52:53,692
Nothing is the same.
858
00:52:53,866 --> 00:52:56,869
The funeral is no longer
the finish.
859
00:52:57,043 --> 00:53:01,047
The grave is not the goal.
860
00:53:01,221 --> 00:53:04,355
Jesus said, "Unless
a kernel of wheat
861
00:53:04,529 --> 00:53:08,794
falls to the ground and dies,
it remains alone.
862
00:53:08,968 --> 00:53:16,497
But if it dies, it will multiply
and produce abundant fruit."
863
00:53:16,671 --> 00:53:21,676
Matthew is a seed who was
planted in the earth
864
00:53:21,850 --> 00:53:26,638
and already I'm seeing
signs of life.
865
00:53:26,812 --> 00:53:29,423
Every graveyard is a garden.
866
00:53:29,597 --> 00:53:32,513
In fact, they used to be
called Grave Gardens
867
00:53:32,687 --> 00:53:34,385
because they're full of seeds,
868
00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:38,954
people who love God
planted in the earth.
869
00:53:39,128 --> 00:53:42,697
And one day each of those
seeds, like Matthew,
870
00:53:42,871 --> 00:53:45,570
will burst through the mud
on top of their grave
871
00:53:45,744 --> 00:53:48,486
into a brand new world.
872
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:53,055
When Jesus rose from the grave,
that was his victory lap.
873
00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,754
The battle had already been won.
874
00:53:55,928 --> 00:54:01,368
The resurrection was good
publicly humiliating evil.
875
00:54:01,542 --> 00:54:03,936
This was life swallowing up
death.
876
00:54:04,110 --> 00:54:06,504
This was rubbing the Devil's
nose in the fact
877
00:54:06,678 --> 00:54:11,422
that he had just been stripped,
de-fanged and neutered.
878
00:54:11,596 --> 00:54:13,554
And when Jesus ascended
into heaven,
879
00:54:13,728 --> 00:54:16,427
he wasn't abandoning
his disciples,
880
00:54:16,601 --> 00:54:19,473
he was going to his father
to present all the spoils
881
00:54:19,647 --> 00:54:22,215
from his decisive win.
882
00:54:22,389 --> 00:54:25,436
He had just won his bride,
he defeated the Devil
883
00:54:25,610 --> 00:54:27,481
and he was going to sit down
on his throne
884
00:54:27,655 --> 00:54:31,355
and receive all authority,
power and dominion
885
00:54:31,529 --> 00:54:34,662
both in heaven and on earth.
886
00:54:34,836 --> 00:54:37,361
He put all his enemies
under his feet.
887
00:54:37,535 --> 00:54:39,450
I can even hear the words
of the father saying,
888
00:54:39,624 --> 00:54:43,584
"Well done, son. Well done."
889
00:54:43,758 --> 00:54:47,022
And the son saying, "There's
just one more thing,
890
00:54:47,196 --> 00:54:49,547
let's give 'em power."
891
00:54:49,721 --> 00:54:52,724
And the story goes on to
the whole world being lit up
892
00:54:52,898 --> 00:54:56,597
with the good news that light
overcomes darkness.
893
00:54:56,771 --> 00:55:01,863
That love overcomes hatred
and life overcomes death.
894
00:55:02,037 --> 00:55:12,918
[Instrumental music]
895
00:55:13,092 --> 00:55:16,704
KIRK: We have a God who is not
immune to pain and suffering.
896
00:55:16,878 --> 00:55:22,710
[Instrumental music]
897
00:55:22,884 --> 00:55:25,887
KIRK: He's not a God who's
sitting out on a cloud somewhere
898
00:55:26,061 --> 00:55:29,456
with his arms and legs crossed
and his eyes closed,
899
00:55:29,630 --> 00:55:33,373
with a smile on his face,
not paying attention
900
00:55:33,547 --> 00:55:36,768
or not caring about the things
that are happening right here.
901
00:55:36,942 --> 00:55:45,472
[Instrumental music]
902
00:55:45,646 --> 00:55:48,083
KIRK: He stepped into it.
903
00:55:48,257 --> 00:55:51,913
He entered our world
of flesh and blood,
904
00:55:52,087 --> 00:55:54,046
of pain and suffering.
905
00:55:54,220 --> 00:55:58,398
[Instrumental music]
906
00:55:58,572 --> 00:56:02,620
KIRK: Of tears and death,
he tasted it,
907
00:56:02,794 --> 00:56:08,843
he's experienced it,
he fully, completely gets it.
908
00:56:09,017 --> 00:56:19,332
[Instrumental music]
909
00:56:19,506 --> 00:56:24,293
KIRK: He hung on a cross, alone,
910
00:56:24,468 --> 00:56:27,732
nails through his hands
and his feet,
911
00:56:27,906 --> 00:56:32,650
his arms and his legs twisted,
his back ripped open,
912
00:56:32,824 --> 00:56:36,393
his face bleeding from the thorn
pricks around his head.
913
00:56:36,567 --> 00:56:40,571
his mouth dry and unbearably
thirsty,
914
00:56:40,745 --> 00:56:43,704
plunged into God-forsaken
darkness.
915
00:56:43,878 --> 00:56:56,238
[Instrumental music]
916
00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:58,893
KIRK: And he did it for us.
917
00:56:59,067 --> 00:57:03,289
He understands, he can help.
918
00:57:03,463 --> 00:57:05,987
That's the God that's for me.
919
00:57:06,161 --> 00:57:09,077
That's the God that's for you.
920
00:57:09,251 --> 00:57:20,132
[Instrumental music]
921
00:57:20,306 --> 00:57:22,221
KIRK: I know there's
a question mark
922
00:57:22,395 --> 00:57:24,876
that still hangs over
the subject of suffering.
923
00:57:25,050 --> 00:57:27,008
Why?
924
00:57:27,182 --> 00:57:32,274
Why didn't you heal my friend
when I know you could have?
925
00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:42,937
[Instrumental music]
926
00:57:43,111 --> 00:57:47,899
KIRK: Why doesn't he heal
your pain or my pain?
927
00:57:48,073 --> 00:57:51,903
But I have a peace about
Matthew's life and death.
928
00:57:52,077 --> 00:57:55,036
I watched his mother
and his father and his sister
929
00:57:55,210 --> 00:57:57,778
walk Matthew to the gates
of Heaven.
930
00:57:57,952 --> 00:58:04,524
[Instrumental music]
931
00:58:04,698 --> 00:58:07,484
KIRK: One father handing
his son to another
932
00:58:07,658 --> 00:58:10,312
and I have peace about that
933
00:58:10,487 --> 00:58:13,751
because I've already seen
my God use
934
00:58:13,925 --> 00:58:17,145
the most horrific and tragic
events in history
935
00:58:17,319 --> 00:58:20,366
for the greatest things
in the world.
936
00:58:20,540 --> 00:58:22,324
He was there at the fall.
937
00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:23,761
He was there at the flood.
938
00:58:23,935 --> 00:58:25,371
He didn't take his hands
off the wheel.
939
00:58:25,545 --> 00:58:27,982
He was there in the crucifixion.
940
00:58:28,156 --> 00:58:32,465
And the worst, most tragic thing
that has even happened
941
00:58:32,639 --> 00:58:36,643
to the most perfect and pure
and innocent person turns out
942
00:58:36,817 --> 00:58:41,256
to be the greatest thing
the world has even seen.
943
00:58:41,430 --> 00:58:47,741
It brought the salvation
of God to the world.
944
00:58:47,915 --> 00:58:52,354
And so I have hope that every
tragedy in my life and in yours,
945
00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,314
every future tragedy
and every future pain
946
00:58:55,488 --> 00:58:57,403
and struggle and suffering
and death,
947
00:58:57,577 --> 00:59:03,191
God can and will use those
things for his greater glory
948
00:59:03,365 --> 00:59:07,282
and for our good, because that's
what he's been doing all along.
949
00:59:07,456 --> 00:59:11,330
Through all of the pain
and the suffering and the grief,
950
00:59:11,504 --> 00:59:16,248
God is working out this same
unstoppable purpose for you.
951
00:59:16,422 --> 00:59:18,729
He's forming in you
the character needed
952
00:59:18,903 --> 00:59:22,036
for the assignment
that he has for you.
953
00:59:22,210 --> 00:59:27,172
Every father, every daughter,
every mother, every son,
954
00:59:27,346 --> 00:59:31,263
he's creating a sense
of commitment in you.
955
00:59:31,437 --> 00:59:35,528
God is developing a confidence
that only those who experience
956
00:59:35,702 --> 00:59:39,445
trials and tragedy can have.
957
00:59:39,619 --> 00:59:42,753
Only though a Matthew
kind of process
958
00:59:42,927 --> 00:59:45,843
can you have that
unshakable faith
959
00:59:46,017 --> 00:59:48,585
and overwhelming
confidence in God
960
00:59:48,759 --> 00:59:53,372
because he is a God of purpose.
961
00:59:53,546 --> 00:59:57,985
And he floods your heart with
a compassion for other people
962
00:59:58,159 --> 01:00:02,337
so that you can help them
when they go through trials.
963
01:00:02,511 --> 01:00:04,731
What's being created in you
964
01:00:04,905 --> 01:00:07,778
because of your painful
experience,
965
01:00:07,952 --> 01:00:10,084
this is the very apex,
966
01:00:10,258 --> 01:00:16,656
the ultimate expression of
the very heart of God to others.
967
01:00:16,830 --> 01:00:21,661
And that God of purpose
and love and power
968
01:00:21,835 --> 01:00:24,490
somehow transforms
that question mark
969
01:00:24,664 --> 01:00:31,366
into an exclamation point for me
and reminds me that God is good,
970
01:00:31,540 --> 01:00:37,155
we can trust him, and his
purposes are unstoppable.
971
01:00:37,329 --> 01:00:47,208
[Instrumental music]
972
01:00:47,382 --> 01:00:53,084
[Instrumental music]
973
01:01:12,494 --> 01:01:25,812
[Instrumental music]
974
01:01:25,986 --> 01:01:31,862
♪ I cut my teeth on the back
of an old church pew, ♪
975
01:01:32,036 --> 01:01:37,563
♪ I learned to walk in the ways
of light and truth ♪
976
01:01:37,737 --> 01:01:43,047
♪ and I was told not to speak
till I was spoken to. ♪
977
01:01:43,221 --> 01:01:45,963
♪ I heard it preached,
978
01:01:46,137 --> 01:01:48,487
♪ what I should
and I should not do ♪
979
01:01:48,661 --> 01:01:49,880
♪ and the choir sang...
980
01:01:50,054 --> 01:01:55,363
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh
oh oh... ♪
981
01:01:55,537 --> 01:02:00,629
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh
982
01:02:00,804 --> 01:02:03,241
♪ I tried to be a good boy,
983
01:02:03,415 --> 01:02:06,331
♪ but I ain't a boy no more.
984
01:02:06,505 --> 01:02:12,076
♪ I've seen some things that
a man just can't ignore ♪
985
01:02:12,250 --> 01:02:17,951
♪ and this world's gonna see
what I'm standing for. ♪
986
01:02:18,125 --> 01:02:24,001
♪ I've kept my peace, but I
can't hold my tongue anymore. ♪
987
01:02:24,175 --> 01:02:29,571
♪ You can't buy my silence,
you can't still my voice, ♪
988
01:02:29,746 --> 01:02:36,404
♪ you can't keep me quiet,
I will bring the noise. ♪
989
01:02:36,578 --> 01:02:41,105
♪ Try to beat me down,
tell me to shut my mouth ♪
990
01:02:41,279 --> 01:02:47,764
♪ but there's a time to speak
and the time is now... ♪
991
01:02:47,938 --> 01:02:53,465
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh
oh oh... ♪
992
01:02:53,639 --> 01:02:58,731
♪ Woh, oh oh oh oh oh oh
993
01:02:58,905 --> 01:03:03,910
♪ The squeaky wheel is
always getting greased. ♪
994
01:03:04,084 --> 01:03:06,652
♪ Well, I've been
sitting still, ♪
995
01:03:06,826 --> 01:03:10,090
♪ parked here on the side
of the street. ♪
996
01:03:10,264 --> 01:03:15,226
♪ Always tiptoeing,
trying not to wake the beast ♪
997
01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:17,445
♪ oh, but here I come,
998
01:03:17,619 --> 01:03:21,754
♪ all you monsters had
better run from me. ♪
999
01:03:21,928 --> 01:03:27,194
♪ You can't buy my silence,
you can't still my voice, ♪
1000
01:03:27,368 --> 01:03:34,201
♪ you can't keep me quiet,
I will bring the noise. ♪
1001
01:03:34,375 --> 01:03:38,902
♪ Try to beat me down,
tell me to shut my mouth ♪
1002
01:03:39,076 --> 01:03:47,127
♪ but there's a time to speak
and the time is now... ♪
1003
01:03:47,301 --> 01:03:57,572
♪ Oh, the time is now,
yeah, it's now. ♪
1004
01:03:57,746 --> 01:04:02,708
♪ Oh, the time is,
time is now, yeah. ♪
1005
01:04:02,882 --> 01:04:08,279
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh
oh oh... ♪
1006
01:04:08,453 --> 01:04:13,632
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh.
1007
01:04:13,806 --> 01:04:19,246
♪ You can't buy my silence,
you can't still my voice, ♪
1008
01:04:19,420 --> 01:04:26,340
♪ you can't keep me quiet,
I will bring the noise. ♪
1009
01:04:26,514 --> 01:04:30,997
♪ Try to beat me down,
tell me to shut my mouth ♪
1010
01:04:31,171 --> 01:04:37,003
♪ but there's a time to speak
and the time is now ♪
1011
01:04:37,177 --> 01:04:42,574
♪ You can't buy my silence,
you can't still my voice, ♪
1012
01:04:42,748 --> 01:04:49,276
♪ you can't keep me quiet,
I will bring the noise. ♪
1013
01:04:49,450 --> 01:04:53,890
♪ Try to beat me down,
tell me to shut my mouth ♪
1014
01:04:54,064 --> 01:05:00,809
♪ but there's a time to speak
and the time is now... ♪
1015
01:05:00,984 --> 01:05:05,902
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh
oh oh... ♪
1016
01:05:06,076 --> 01:05:11,908
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh
1017
01:05:12,082 --> 01:05:17,783
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh
oh oh... ♪
1018
01:05:17,957 --> 01:05:22,919
♪ Woh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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