1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,400 Good morning, good morning. Thank you. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,120 Appreciate you, Andrew. We're going to give me some 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,960 encouragement there. What up everybody? 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:15,120 I'm up here again and it is, I want to also thank you all for 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,360 coming. I know whether it's supposed to 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,320 be getting crazy later in this afternoon, but we serve a good 7 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,040 God, Amen. We serve a God that's in 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,280 control, Amen. And we serve as sovereign God, 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,800 Amen. So because that I'm still going 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,520 to take my time. So with that being said, y'all I 11 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,400 am will again, I have the privilege of being part of the 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,320 preaching team up here from time to time. 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,760 And we're still continue to trudge through Genesis, but we 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,360 are in Genesis 2 now and we're almost done with Genesis 2. 15 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,040 We have like 2 more weeks after this one and then Easter. 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,640 Amen. Bro I don't think y'all heard 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,640 what I said. We just talked about the the 18 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,360 resurrection of of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,800 Amen. Cool cool cool. 20 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,560 But no I, I again I I do appreciate that we are taking 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,560 our time through Genesis. I do believe it is one of the 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:22,240 most well known books of the Bible, but also one of the most 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,400 underappreciated books in the Bible. 24 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,040 So I'm I'm truly pumped. We're taking our time. 25 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,760 So I want to share with you all. Yesterday was my mom's birthday. 26 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,120 She would have been 64 years old. 27 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:47,320 Still a tough day. She died October 12th, 2015 and 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,920 after taking her off life support by by her request, I 29 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,240 watched her breathed her last breath. 30 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,400 Fast forward 7-8 months later, one of my fraternity brothers 31 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,039 got married and it was actually one of the the first weddings me 32 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:12,680 and my my wife attended as a married couple. 33 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,360 And that was that was cool. And we were put at the table 34 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,560 with like all my like people who pledged, when I pledged and even 35 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,800 friends and people who played football with it was just a a 36 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,280 great table man. And it was beautiful time filled 37 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:33,160 with like laughter, telling those stories, jokes, you, you 38 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,280 name even jokes about people at the wedding. 39 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,960 It was it was a great time, honestly. 40 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:40,960 And then now if that's where we're at the we're at the 41 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,680 reception, right? It was a beautiful wedding. 42 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,040 We're at the reception and the bride just finished her dance 43 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,160 with her father and they had like a little cute little 44 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,400 handshake. It was, it was bro. 45 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,520 It was dope. No, no, no, lots out there. 46 00:02:54,280 --> 00:03:00,080 And then it's time for the groom and his mother to dance. 47 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:08,520 And the song they're dancing to was Mama by Boys and Men, a song 48 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:15,400 from Mama with the wounds of my mom's death still very fresh. 49 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:25,960 I remember I just quietly got up to go outside while it was still 50 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,040 going on because I didn't want to. 51 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:36,720 I didn't want my grief and my sadness and to become a 52 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,520 distraction and take away from a beautiful moment of one of my my 53 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:54,560 brother's blessings of a day. And Alana, at first she, she was 54 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,240 going to get up with me and I told her I was like, no babe, 55 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,280 like chill like and enjoy the time. 56 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,760 Like I'll just, I'll just kick it. 57 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,640 And everyone saw me get up and I just, I might just go to the 58 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,280 bathroom real quick. Like, I kept it real chill and 59 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:24,560 then I walked outside so I can just kind of grieve by myself. 60 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,480 Stand, if you're able, for the reading of God's Word. 61 00:04:39,250 --> 00:04:44,120 We're in Genesis 219 now, out of the ground. 62 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,000 The Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of 63 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,440 the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would 64 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,240 call them. And whatever the man called 65 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,120 every living creature, that was its name. 66 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:04,040 The man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the 67 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,480 heavens, every beast of the field. 68 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,680 But for Adam, there was no found. 69 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,440 There was not found a helper fit for him. 70 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:25,400 Dear Heavenly Father, as we read through this text, I ask that 71 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:31,440 you hold my hand through it all and hold me tight as that. 72 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,240 As we dive deeper into this, we're reminded of you being a 73 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:41,760 triune God. I ask that you give us wisdom. 74 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,800 Convict those who need to be convicted, encourage those who 75 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:51,000 need to be encouraged, and draw near to those who have drawn far 76 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,920 from you. Father, just give a hug and hold 77 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,600 tight. In Jesus name we pray. 78 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:08,640 Amen. You may be seated cool. 79 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,280 Before diving into this text, let's do a little review. 80 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:15,200 We're going to start actually in Genesis 1/2. 81 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,000 The earth was without form and void and darkness was over the 82 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:26,800 face of the deep in the Spirit of God, the Spirit of God, the 83 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:32,200 Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 84 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,280 The Holy Spirit is present in hovering over the face of the 85 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:40,720 waters. Then the Almighty God created 86 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,640 light, separated it from the darkness, and God called God 87 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:50,520 named the light day and the darkness night, naming them, 88 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,720 thus showing His dominion and sovereignty. 89 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:57,960 He then separated the expands, called the expands heaven, again 90 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,480 showing His dominion and sovereignty. 91 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,720 Then He made the land and calling the land, naming the 92 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:10,320 land earth, and made the waters gather and calling them and 93 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:14,480 naming them. See again showing His dominion 94 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,280 and the sovereignty. Then He created vegetation 95 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:22,960 plants, He created the seasons, He filled the seas, the skies 96 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:30,800 and land with life. Then he says in Genesis 126, Let 97 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:38,040 us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have 98 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,520 dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the 99 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,040 heavens, the livestock all over the earth and every creepeth 100 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:58,000 thing that creeps on the earth. Let us in our image, us our now. 101 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,520 I'm not a literary savant like coal. 102 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,400 I didn't. I didn't go to college to become 103 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,560 a language arts teacher in high school. 104 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,160 Not my thing. Thank God we have a leader that 105 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,000 is like that. And I'm definitely not a 106 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,240 wordsmith who can beautifully articulate all scripture and 107 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,560 give you words that literally hit your heart like Casey did 108 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,360 today. Reading liturgy. 109 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:29,360 Not not my gifting, but I know one thing. 110 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,919 I know that us in the word our are plural words. 111 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,760 I know that much. And this is showing a 112 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,360 trinitarian God. That's a big word case. 113 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:51,440 This God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are 114 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:55,240 all present. John 11 confirms Jesus being 115 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,400 there because he says in the beginning was the Word and the 116 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:04,280 Word was with God and the Word was God the Word being Jesus. 117 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,880 Again, the Holy Spirit is already confirmed there in 118 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:16,000 Genesis 1-2 and then it says let us make men make man an hour 119 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,720 image. This is illustrating that the 120 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,680 Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit have been in perfect 121 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,560 relationship since before time was created. 122 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:32,560 The three in one God made an image bearer in the likeness of 123 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:36,640 God to have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of 124 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,440 the heavens, the livestocks that animals, every living thing that 125 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:47,680 creepeth on the earth. The Lord God also gave that 126 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:54,120 image bearer Job. He put the man, the image bearer 127 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:59,440 in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 128 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:05,280 The Triune God again created a creature from the dirt in his 129 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:11,000 image in his image. The definition of the word image 130 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:15,760 is a representation of an external form of a person or a 131 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,240 thing. In art. 132 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,480 The general impression that a person, organization or product 133 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,520 presents to the public, that's an image. 134 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:34,160 God gave this image bearer dominion than a task and upon 135 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,800 doing that God immediately proclaimed and declares it is 136 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:44,280 not good for man to be alone. Why? 137 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,440 Because God knows we are relational beings made to be in 138 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:54,360 the likeness of a relational God who has been in perfect 139 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,800 relationship since before time was created. 140 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:05,120 This foundational truth is why prolonged isolation destroys us. 141 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,920 To further emphasize this and show that we are relational 142 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,480 beings. According to the US Center of 143 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:22,360 Disease Control and Prevention, AKA the CDC, social isolation 144 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,960 and loneliness can increase a person risk for depression, 145 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,840 anxiety, suicide tendencies, and self harm. 146 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,600 Some of you already guessed that much. 147 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,600 Probably some of you probably experienced that and seen that. 148 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,800 Some of you already think like, yeah, well, that yeah, that's 149 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,720 that's basic knowledge. That kind of makes sense. 150 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:53,520 But it also goes on to say that it also increases the chances of 151 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,200 heart disease, stroke and a heart attack due to the increase 152 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,000 of cortisol levels due to isolation. 153 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,280 Also increase your chances of dementia, type 2 diabetes and 154 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,640 additional chronic diseases. Prolonged isolation literally 155 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:15,480 mores and changes your brain and rewires it drastically. 156 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:23,120 So it's not just and it doesn't just affect you mentally, it 157 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,880 literally effects you physically being isolated. 158 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:35,520 Now to to recap the rewind. Godfather, Son, Holy Spirit 159 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:42,400 created the heavens the earth showed, emphasized dominion and 160 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:47,520 sovereignty through naming, and then created man in His image 161 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,760 again. Image is the defined as a 162 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,960 representation of an external form of a person or a thing, a 163 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,120 general impression that a person, organization, or a 164 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,560 product presents to the public. That's what the image is. 165 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:03,840 He created something in His image. 166 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,680 God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit then gave man dominion 167 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:13,920 over the animals and a task to work and keep the garden. 168 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,600 Then God the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit then proclaimed 169 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,040 it is not good for man to be alone. 170 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,760 And we just dove into some of the ramifications of that, of 171 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:31,560 what isolation is. Now let's dive into the text. 172 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:38,360 Genesis 219 Now out of the ground, the Lord God formed 173 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:43,160 every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and 174 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,160 brought them to the man to see what he would call them. 175 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:51,240 And whatever the man called every living creature that was 176 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:56,640 his its name, God brought them to the man to see what he would 177 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:00,400 call them. This is God welcoming Adam to 178 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,960 the creative process, setting everything up for Adam to 179 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,480 execute it. Then God proceeds to watch and 180 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:14,760 affirm Adam, his image bearer, executing his dominion in 181 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:19,000 sovereignty over the animals and naming the new creations. 182 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,080 Scripture says this. God brought them to the man to 183 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,760 see what he would call them. God inviting Adam and giving him 184 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:33,720 dominion and whatever the man called every living creature, 185 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,800 that was his name. This is God affirming Adam. 186 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:44,960 You said this is the name. This is the name, One commentary 187 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:49,920 says by by giving names to the animals, Adam is doing two 188 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,920 things. He is first recognizing the 189 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,200 categories in in which things come, bringing them together, 190 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,640 what belongs together, discriminating between things 191 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,560 that differ. He is thus beginning to order 192 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,440 his world. He is also recognizing that the 193 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,360 animals environment has been given to him by God. 194 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,760 These two are God's creations and bring some order by 195 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,360 allocating names. Adam is reflecting something of 196 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,200 the image of God which was described in chapter 1. 197 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,800 The review we just had as having dominion over the rest of 198 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,600 creation. But second, in the ancient 199 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,640 world, name giving was an exercise in sovereignty. 200 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,720 Adam is taking authority over the rest of the created order. 201 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,640 The responsibility for stewardship in the natural order 202 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:51,200 now extends to the animal world, and the man takes it on again. 203 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:58,600 Adam is executing A sovereign act that God did before Adam was 204 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:04,080 made, calling and laming the light day, the darkest night, 205 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:09,200 the land, earth expands, heaven, the water, seas, and what God 206 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:18,440 also continues to do after Adam changing Abram to Abraham. 207 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:24,920 Genesis 17, four through 8. Behold, my covenant is with you, 208 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,960 and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 209 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:32,720 No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be 210 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:38,400 Abraham, for I have made you a father of a multitude of 211 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,960 nations. I will make you exceedingly 212 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,920 fruitful. I will make you into a nation, 213 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:49,000 and kings shall come from you, and I will establish my covenant 214 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,560 between me and you and your offsprings, offsprings and after 215 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,440 you throughout their generations, for an everlasting 216 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,200 covenant to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 217 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:08,280 And I will give you into your offspring after you the land to 218 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:14,480 your sojournings for joining all the land of Canaan for 219 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,720 everlasting possession. And I will be there. 220 00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:19,680 God. I struggled. 221 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:27,000 God in this act is claiming Adam's life and making him new, 222 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,160 but stowing him a new name. I need to start lock in with him 223 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,720 because we're going to go through this again because God 224 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,120 does this again with Jacob. Genesis 3227 through 29. 225 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,200 And he said to him, What is your name? 226 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,760 And he said Jacob. Then he said, your name shall no 227 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,040 longer be called Jacob, but Israel. 228 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,360 For you have striven with God and with men, and have 229 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:51,560 prevailed. Then Jacob asked him, Please 230 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,080 tell me your name. But he said, Why is that you ask 231 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:59,400 my name? And there he God blessed him 232 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,760 Israel. God changes his name. 233 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:08,280 Jacob. That meant deceiver to Israel. 234 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,520 That means 1 struggled with God. This change in this blessing 235 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,760 gave Jacob the courage to be obedient to God and return to 236 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,000 his homeland, even facing persecution from his brother. 237 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,000 The power of God changing the name and identity of something. 238 00:18:31,670 --> 00:18:35,990 The act of naming is Adam executing his dominion over the 239 00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:41,960 animals and still being an image bearer of God. 240 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:46,560 Let's continue in verse 20, Genesis 220. 241 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:50,640 The man gave name, saw the livestock to the birds of the 242 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:56,440 heavens, to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was 243 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,960 not a found. There was not found a helper fit 244 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:05,600 for him. As Adam is naming these animals, 245 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:15,360 he he realizes something. He realized that P is different. 246 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,320 One commentary says that Adam gives these names. 247 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:27,560 But Adam didn't name any other animal after himself. 248 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:32,320 He didn't call any other animal man or or human or of my 249 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,160 likeness. By this we understand that he 250 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,480 understood that he was essentially different from the 251 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:45,280 animals. They were not images or image 252 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:52,240 bearers of God, but he was. He knew again that he's not like 253 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:57,400 them. He understood that he can even 254 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,760 see that they don't have the same task as he has. 255 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,240 They don't have the same relationship with God that he 256 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:08,680 has. They don't have the same 257 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,280 dominion. They don't have the same 258 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,200 calling. They don't have the same task. 259 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,760 By God bringing the atom, the animals to Adam, showing Adam 260 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:26,840 the the animals in pairs. Adam is tirelessly naming all of 261 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,720 them. But because God is bringing them 262 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:36,920 to him in pairs and showing them, Adam now realizes what God 263 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:42,360 had already proclaimed, that it is not good for man to be alone. 264 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,720 He sees that unlike the animals, there is no equal or fit for 265 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,400 him. No one with similar standing 266 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,720 meaning beneath God but above the animals. 267 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:02,480 No one that shares his image, no partner, no helper, no one fit 268 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:09,640 for him but God. Everyone say but God, no, we're 269 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,320 going to say this one more time, but God. 270 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:19,480 But God is using this realization to to prepare him to 271 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:25,920 receive a beautiful gift that I believe Cole is going to talk 272 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,960 way more about next week. So don't get excited excited. 273 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,760 That's all you're going to get for me about that today. 274 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:38,280 So what does this mean for Frontier Church? 275 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:45,480 Because you know, it's like, because we're like you, you 276 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,200 didn't really tee it up for marriage. 277 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:52,160 I didn't. You didn't emphasize or anything 278 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,160 like, hey, what husband's supposed to do here? 279 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,440 I didn't nor like last week talk about wives or womanhood. 280 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:00,720 What's that's going to look like? 281 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,160 Show didn't do that either and you didn't even talk about like 282 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,760 life as a single person. Like we've been going through 283 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,480 these past couple of weeks like this is the middle between 284 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:11,680 marriage. Like you didn't do that. 285 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,920 You're right. I sure didn't do that either. 286 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,880 So what the heck does Adam being an image bearer, Adam having a 287 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:23,920 task and Adam knowing it is not good for man to be alone, that 288 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,120 he needed a helper. What does that have to do with 289 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:28,040 us right now if we're not talking about any of that? 290 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,240 Besides, it's just being a biblical history lesson. 291 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,960 I'm happy you asked Will. Well church. 292 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:43,600 Jesus came to earth and lived a perfect life, fully man, fully 293 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,560 God. He was tortured, he was 294 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,920 humiliated and was forsaken by the Father, who he has been in 295 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:56,160 perfect community and perfect relationship with since before 296 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:01,440 time was created. He died, was sent to hell after 297 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:06,040 taking on all of our sins, our transgressions, knowing the 298 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:11,000 absolute worst thing we will ever do, seeing us at our 299 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:17,320 lowest, and still said you are worth it my child, and rose from 300 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:20,240 the dead so that we can be made anew. 301 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,120 Second Corinthians 517 tells us. Therefore, if anyone is in 302 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:33,920 Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. 303 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:41,640 Behold the newest come. My uncle used to say that every 304 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:48,880 Sunday growing up Jesus sacrifice made us new creations 305 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:54,880 on the inside. A new internal image bearer. 306 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:03,120 How you you could even say Jesus then gave us his new internal 307 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:08,880 image bearers a task. Matthew 2818 through 20. 308 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,200 All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. 309 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Go therefore make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in 310 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,560 the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching 311 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:30,160 them to observe all that I have commanded you, and behold, I am 312 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,760 with you always to the end of age. 313 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:38,480 He also tells us the 2 great commandments to to live by, so 314 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,680 our internal change is seen on the outside so we can be 315 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,120 holistically image bearers of God. 316 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:51,320 In Matthew 2237 through 39. You shall love the Lord God with 317 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:54,760 all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 318 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,720 And the second one is like it. You shall love your neighbor as 319 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:07,520 you love yourself. So Jesus being God, made us new, 320 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,160 made us closer internal image bearers. 321 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:16,840 Jesus also being God, knew that we could not do this alone, so 322 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:24,640 he sent us the Helper, the Holy Spirit, to guide us, to convict 323 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,840 us, to encourage us, to write scripture on our hearts, to 324 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,080 speak through us, to give us wisdom, to give us 325 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,440 understanding, to teach us Lovejoy, peace, patience, 326 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:38,760 kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and how 327 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,040 to be self controlled. Let me make this correlation 328 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:48,160 even even clearer and make this correlation of the passage of of 329 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:53,160 Adam to us today and the Holy Spirit and our Helper even 330 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,720 clearer. Just like when God presented the 331 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,960 animals to Adam, and God had already knew that it was not 332 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:05,760 good for man to be alone, and he was already planning to give 333 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:11,840 Adam a helper, God brought the animals to Adam to show him them 334 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:16,840 in pairs so he can realize or be enlightened that it was not good 335 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:27,160 for him to be alone. Unlike Adam, God doesn't walk 336 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,480 clearly as clearly. We don't see his footsteps as 337 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,000 clearly as Adam did because he walked next to Adam and he 338 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:46,560 engaged with Adam. But also, unlike Adam, we have 339 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,880 the Holy Spirit, we have God dwelling within us. 340 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,840 And because the Holy Spirit is God and was there in the 341 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,160 beginning, just like in the Garden, the Holy Spirit reveals 342 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:09,680 things to us, help us discern, but rather giving the glory to 343 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,480 God or giving the glory and thanking the Holy Spirit. 344 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,000 We call these bouts of revelation, wisdom and 345 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:23,160 understanding, epiphanies, inspiration, or even self 346 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:32,680 revelation as if we connected the dots by our own power as a 347 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,480 new internal image bearer. We are also now part of a family 348 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,680 of brothers and sisters in Christ who have the same 349 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,200 admission or tasks, that have similar attributes, the similar 350 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:53,800 positional standing, who are also image bearers, who also 351 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,640 have the Holy Spirit. This family is to encourage us, 352 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:05,040 Proverbs 27, to let another praise you and not your own 353 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:09,520 mouth, a stranger, even not your own lips. 354 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,920 This family is to help hold us accountable. 355 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,880 Proverbs 27. Five through 6. 356 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,240 Better is an open rebuke than hidden love. 357 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:26,120 Faithful are the words of a friend over profuse are the 358 00:28:26,120 --> 00:28:33,520 kisses of an enemy. This family said, so we can bear 359 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:39,080 each other's burdens. Galatians 62 this family so they 360 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,640 can weep with us, rejoice with us, pray with us, worship with 361 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,000 us, challenge US. Proverbs continue. 362 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,760 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. 363 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,280 This family to help give us wisdom, and we are called to 364 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:59,560 participate in this family, serve this family and help this 365 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:06,120 family grow. First Corinthians 12/12 tells us 366 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:13,040 for just as the body is 1 it has many members, all the members of 367 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:19,280 the body of though many are one body, so is it with Christ. 368 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:26,160 For in one spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews or 369 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:32,880 Greek or slave or free, and all were made to drink of the one 370 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,320 spirit. It goes on to 26 to say if one 371 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,160 member suffers, all suffer together. 372 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:47,280 If one member is honored, all rejoice together. 373 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:55,800 I walked out that wedding again to to grieve in isolation, 374 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:05,720 believing my pain was too much of A burden for anyone else but 375 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:10,760 God. I was only outside for a couple 376 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,400 seconds before my wife and the entire table of friends and 377 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,920 fraternity brothers came running out to me. 378 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,880 We all just hugged and cried together and at that moment it 379 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:29,840 grew. The that moment my grief didn't 380 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:38,640 feel as heavy. The day wasn't ruined and I felt 381 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:43,040 so loved and cared for. It was later my wife told me 382 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:50,440 that after I got up it was like they all came to the same 383 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,160 realization as to why I random got up and left and they came 384 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:58,800 running. I now know that I wasn't just an 385 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:05,680 epiphany or a man made realization, but the Holy Spirit 386 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:21,580 bringing bringing them to me so God could bring me comfort and 387 00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:25,580 love to His Son who desperately needed it. 388 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:31,620 It is not good for man to be alone. 389 00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:40,760 We cannot help this family grow nor contribute to this family in 390 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:47,120 isolation, be it communal. Communal work with me Isolation 391 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,440 meaning no Christ centered community involvement or 392 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:57,040 relationships or even spiritual. Isolation, meaning leaning on 393 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,000 your own strength and your own understanding, rather than the 394 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:08,160 Holy Spirit, our Helper. We as image bearers like Adam, 395 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,840 have a task. We are called to go and make 396 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,520 disciples. We are called to go and grow his 397 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:21,200 Kingdom like Adam, and it's not good for us to be alone. 398 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:27,240 Like Adam, we were given a helper, the Holy Spirit. 399 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:34,360 Thanks to the new Adam, Jesus. We were given a family in Christ 400 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:41,320 to also walk alongside us. Are we trying to do it by 401 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:48,720 ourselves or are we utilizing the family that God has given 402 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,440 us? And as a family, are we leaning 403 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:56,520 on the Holy Spirit, our helper, or are we trusting in our own 404 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,040 strength? If we are utilizing our family, 405 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,880 then when we have a sense struggle, when we feel tempted, 406 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,800 when we're facing the hardship, when we're facing tough 407 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,000 situations, when we have a massive decision that has to be 408 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,120 made or your faith is being challenged, we would reach out 409 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,240 to a brother. We would reach out to a sister 410 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:24,440 and we would pray, we would fast, and we would guide each 411 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:30,400 other back to the scriptures. We would have our own rhythms of 412 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,680 prayer. We would have our own fasting 413 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,040 rhythms. We would study the scripture and 414 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:46,800 have our own rhythms to discern the Holy Spirit in our lives so 415 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:52,720 we can continue to sanctify us so we can be closer and better 416 00:33:53,520 --> 00:34:02,120 image bearers of God. Matthew 1819 and 20 says again, 417 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:07,240 I say to you, if 2 of you agree on earth about anything they 418 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,480 ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 419 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:18,159 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am 420 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:20,920 among them. Community. 421 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,320 It's not good for man to be alone. 422 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,840 So with that in mind I'm give you all some applications for 423 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,560 the week and I'm gonna get out your here. 424 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,120 We got 4 today. I know I usually do 3 but we got 425 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,840 4. Some of y'all probably even know 426 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:42,080 what some of them are. Oh yeah I'm consistent. 427 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,800 But first number one get connected. 428 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:53,400 Join ACG, join a fighter group or get with one of the leaders 429 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,240 at our church to help you and to help you get connected. 430 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:04,040 You need to get connected. Get connected this week to read 431 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:09,360 your Bible with someone this week, be intentional about it. 432 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:17,760 Pray with someone this week again, be intentional about it. 433 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:24,240 And lastly, fast with someone this week. 434 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:32,400 Be intentional about it. I want to leave you all with one 435 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,000 last thing. The the big idea or however you 436 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,560 want to put it. If you don't get anything from 437 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,480 this message today, If if because I was up here whining a 438 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,920 little bit, you didn't understand me. 439 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,520 Or maybe you didn't laugh at my jokes because you're bored. 440 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,080 I don't care. I think I'm funny. 441 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,640 But I need y'all to remember one thing. 442 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,880 Please remember this. Remember that God made us in his 443 00:35:56,880 --> 00:36:02,760 image. He gave us a task and He sent us 444 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,000 a helper, the Holy Spirit and a family. 445 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:14,080 Let's utilize him. It is not good. 446 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:21,520 That man should be alone. Let's pray the Heavenly Father 447 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:26,800 thank you. Thank you for giving us help 448 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,200 when we didn't even know we needed it. 449 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,720 Thank you for being sovereign. Thank you for being good. 450 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,920 Thank you for holding us. Thank you for loving us. 451 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,560 Thank you for giving us comfort. Thank you for being you. 452 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,080 In Jesus name we pray, Amen.