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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. All right, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Rick with part one of a message called Where

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<v Speaker 1>Did We Come From?

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<v Speaker 2>When I wrote the book Purpose Driven Life. On the

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<v Speaker 2>very first page of the first chapter, I begin with

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<v Speaker 2>a quote by a well known atheist.

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<v Speaker 3>That man was Bertrand Russell, and.

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<v Speaker 2>He said this quote, unless you assume a God, the

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<v Speaker 2>question of life's purpose is meaningless. I happen to agree

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<v Speaker 2>with him one hundred percent of that. He's right, He's

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<v Speaker 2>intellectually honest and saying, if you assume there's a God,

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<v Speaker 2>then you can assume there's a purpose in life. But

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<v Speaker 2>if there is no God, then the question about the

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of life is meaningless.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me get right to the point. If there is

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<v Speaker 3>no God.

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<v Speaker 2>If this is all just made up, we're just faking it,

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<v Speaker 2>We're just pretending we've been conned by a myth.

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<v Speaker 3>If there is no God.

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<v Speaker 2>If everything in the world is an accident, if everything

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<v Speaker 2>just is random chance, there is no rhyme or reason,

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<v Speaker 2>there is no designer, no creator in the world. If

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<v Speaker 2>that's true, then your life is worthless. Your life doesn't matter,

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<v Speaker 2>Your life has no significance.

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<v Speaker 3>There is no purpose to your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If there is no God and we're all just a

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<v Speaker 2>result of a random chan answer. It was the chance

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<v Speaker 2>you were born, and there'll be a chance that you die,

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<v Speaker 2>then there is no significance in the world. There is

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<v Speaker 2>no right or wrong. There is no basis for law,

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<v Speaker 2>there is no heaven or hell, there is no afterlife.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing really matters.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, to be intellectually honest, the only logical rational

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<v Speaker 2>philosophy for an atheist.

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<v Speaker 3>If you really believe there is no God, this is all.

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<v Speaker 2>Just an accident, then the only rational belief position is nihilism,

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<v Speaker 2>which basically says nothing really matters, nothing really matters at all,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's all just chance.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, I've traveled around the world a lot of times, and.

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<v Speaker 2>I've met thousands and thousands of Christian believers who are

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<v Speaker 2>willing to live with the logical consequences, sometimes bad consequences

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<v Speaker 2>of what they believe, even being willing to be tortured

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<v Speaker 2>for it, and even being willing to die for what

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<v Speaker 2>they believe.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'll have to be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 2>In all of my years, I have never ever met

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<v Speaker 2>an atheist who had the courage to intellectually believe the

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<v Speaker 2>implications of what they say they believe. Every atheist I

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<v Speaker 2>know wants to believe there is no God, but my

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<v Speaker 2>life matters, Well, no it doesn't.

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<v Speaker 3>It doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>If life is just random accident and chance, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>an accident, then nothing really matters. And I've never found

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<v Speaker 2>anybody with the courage. What they want to do is

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<v Speaker 2>they want to believe there's no God, but then they

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<v Speaker 2>want to believe that.

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<v Speaker 3>Their life matters, and the things about.

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<v Speaker 2>An world which isn't in consequential or opposite of what

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<v Speaker 2>you're saying you believe. Camu Albert Camu, the French atheist philosopher,

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<v Speaker 2>pointed us out and he said, the logical extension of

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<v Speaker 2>atheism is despair, and he was a philosopher of despair, now. Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>only about two percent of the people in the entire

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<v Speaker 2>world deny the exist distance of God. Only two percent

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<v Speaker 2>are genuinely atheists. And so we don't live in a

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<v Speaker 2>culture of despair like that. We live in a culture

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<v Speaker 2>that values life. Now tonight, what we're going to do

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<v Speaker 2>is we're going to look at this third question in

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<v Speaker 2>this series of the great questions on life.

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<v Speaker 3>Who am I? And where did I come from? And

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to look at the three things that.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said about who you are and where you came from?

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<v Speaker 3>And then, even more important than.

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<v Speaker 2>That, I want to look at the implications, because there

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<v Speaker 2>are five very profound implications that will affect the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. If you've got your notes, why don't

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<v Speaker 2>you write down these three fundamental truths, these three pillars

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<v Speaker 2>of what we believe. First number one is that God

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<v Speaker 2>created everything.

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<v Speaker 3>God created everything.

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<v Speaker 2>In the first book of the Bible, in the first

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<v Speaker 2>chapter of that book. In the first verse of the

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<v Speaker 2>first chapter of the first Book of the Bible, it

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<v Speaker 2>says this in Genesis one to one. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>in the beginning, it says, that's a good thing to

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<v Speaker 2>start with in the beginning. If you're ever going to

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<v Speaker 2>write a book. Start it within the beginning. In the beginning, God,

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<v Speaker 2>let me just stop right there in the beginning.

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<v Speaker 3>God, If you.

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<v Speaker 2>Can't get back those past those four words, then really

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<v Speaker 2>life has no meaning. It has no purpose, it has

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<v Speaker 2>no significance. But the Bible says, in the beginning God,

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<v Speaker 2>God existed long before the universe, long before this planet,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly long before the human race. In the beginning, God

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<v Speaker 2>created the heavens and the earth. Now, the Bible tells

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<v Speaker 2>us that God spoke the universe into existence. He spoke

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<v Speaker 2>it into existence. You say, how long did that take?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Could have taken a second gold to

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<v Speaker 3>take ten billion years to speak it? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>And really it doesn't matter to me that the bottom.

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<v Speaker 2>Line is that God could take as little or as

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<v Speaker 2>much time as he wanted.

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<v Speaker 3>To speak it. He just spoke it.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, you see, when you are an eternal being,

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<v Speaker 2>time is irrelevant to you because you are not controlled

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<v Speaker 2>by time. Look at what the Bible says, this verse

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<v Speaker 2>up here on the screen. Second Peter three to eight says,

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<v Speaker 2>do not forget this one thing, dear friends, with the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>a day is like a thousand years and a thousand

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<v Speaker 3>Like a day.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not constrained by time, So a one with

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<v Speaker 2>about nine or ten zeros behind it, that's a blink

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<v Speaker 2>of an eye for God. It makes no difference how

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<v Speaker 2>long it took. It took as long as he wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to take. And the Bible that din't actually say how long.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, well, does Rick, do you believe that God

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<v Speaker 2>used the theory of evolution?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I don't. It's a theory, but I don't happen

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<v Speaker 3>to believe it. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>We do know that species change. We do know that,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, you can change the color of an orchid.

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<v Speaker 2>We call it hybrids. You can take a plant or

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<v Speaker 2>an animal and you can change their features.

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<v Speaker 3>You can change an.

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<v Speaker 2>Orchid from yellow to green. But nobody's ever changed the species.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody's ever changed an orchid into an elephant, nobody's ever

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<v Speaker 2>changed a mouse into a monkey.

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<v Speaker 3>There is our change.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, certainly you can show how birds can change their

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<v Speaker 2>beak or their colors because of winter, or the Jerusophila fruitfly,

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<v Speaker 2>and how you can change its life circle and span.

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<v Speaker 2>But no, there is absolutely zero evidence, zero evidence of

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<v Speaker 2>species change in.

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<v Speaker 3>The fossils, not at all.

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<v Speaker 2>There is not any fossils change prove a species changed,

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just a theory. Now, it's interesting that the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible doesn't spend a whole lot of time talking about

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<v Speaker 2>how God created the universe. Instead, it spends a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of time talking about why. And that's really what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>more interested in. Why did he do it? Why did

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<v Speaker 2>God create the universe? Why did God create the Earth?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did God create human beings? What did he Why

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<v Speaker 2>did you create the Earth? We'll look up the next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this, He did not create the Earth

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<v Speaker 2>to be empty, but formed it to be what inhabited.

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<v Speaker 2>God made the Earth to be inhabited. He made it

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<v Speaker 2>so it could sustain life. He didn't want it to

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<v Speaker 2>be a dead planet. He created it to sustain life.

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<v Speaker 2>And he put it just the right distance from the

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<v Speaker 2>that when it's spun, it didn't get too hot or

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<v Speaker 2>too cold, and it could sustain life. Now, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us, I love this. In the message paraphrase, it says,

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't go to all the trouble just to leave

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<v Speaker 2>it empty.

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<v Speaker 3>He made it to be lived in.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, why did God create the Earth to sustain life.

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<v Speaker 2>While the Bible tells us in Hebrews two ten, God

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<v Speaker 2>is the one who made all things, and all things

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<v Speaker 2>are for his glory. He wanted to have many children

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<v Speaker 2>share his glory.

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<v Speaker 3>That says here.

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<v Speaker 2>God created it all to bring glory to himself, to

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<v Speaker 2>enjoy it himself.

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted. He did it because he wanted to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said he wanted to have many children share

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<v Speaker 2>his glory.

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<v Speaker 3>Who's he talking about? There? You and me? You and me?

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<v Speaker 2>If I had time to take you through scripture, I

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<v Speaker 2>could show you that the Bible very clearly teaches that

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<v Speaker 2>God wanted a family.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, God wasn't lonely. He didn't need us. He didn't

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that God is love and that

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<v Speaker 2>we were created as objects of God's love. We were

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<v Speaker 2>made simply so God could love us. If you want

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<v Speaker 2>to know why you're sitting there right now, why you're

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<v Speaker 2>taking the next breath, why your heart is beating the

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<v Speaker 2>next beat, it's you.

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<v Speaker 3>Were made to be loved by God.

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<v Speaker 2>And if God hadn't wanted to love you, you would

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<v Speaker 2>not be taking the breath you're taking right now. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that God created the entire universe just

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<v Speaker 2>so he could create this galaxy, just so he could

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<v Speaker 2>create the earth, just so he could create the human race,

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<v Speaker 2>just so he could create you, so he could love

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<v Speaker 2>you and love me. We were the idea behind creation.

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<v Speaker 2>God made it all possible so that he could love us. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you want a mind blowing idea, that is, in a

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<v Speaker 2>mind blowing experience, The Bible says God created everything, but

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<v Speaker 2>he did it because we are the crown of creation.

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted children.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted to put create some individuals in his image

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<v Speaker 2>that could be a part of his forever family. So

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<v Speaker 2>God created everything. Here's the second pillar of truth. The

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<v Speaker 2>second pillar is God thought of us first, but he

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<v Speaker 2>created us last. God thought of us, the human race first,

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<v Speaker 2>before he thought of anything else. But he created us.

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<v Speaker 2>He made us last. Now, the Bible tells us in

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<v Speaker 2>Genesis the exact order of creation. It says God started

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<v Speaker 2>first by creating light. He made light, and next the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says he created water. He created water, and then

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<v Speaker 2>he created the sky or the atmosphere. He created the atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 2>and then next he created the oceans and the land.

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<v Speaker 2>It created human beings. He created everything else first, but

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<v Speaker 2>Theesians one four says, long before he laid down the

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<v Speaker 3>Not amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>God had us in mind, and he settled on us

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<v Speaker 2>as the focus of his love. He said, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>We are the crown of creation, the Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>among all his creatures. And you, as a human being,

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<v Speaker 2>are unlike anything else.

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<v Speaker 3>God has made.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to talk about that in a little more

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute, but he says you're different. Now here's

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<v Speaker 2>the third thing that God tells us about creation. God

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<v Speaker 2>When you stop and actually think about what I'm actually

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<v Speaker 2>going to share with you from the Bible, it really

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<v Speaker 2>is indescribable. It's unbelievable. It's amazing what God did. David

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<v Speaker 3>In Psalm one thirty nineties, praying to God.

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<v Speaker 2>He says you, God made all the delicate inner parts

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<v Speaker 2>Very few things are more complex than the human body.

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<v Speaker 2>You watched me, God, You watched me as I was

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<v Speaker 2>being formed in utter seclusion. In other words, when you

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<v Speaker 3>God saw it happening.

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<v Speaker 2>He watched, he says, you watched me as I was

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<v Speaker 2>God custom designed you because he had a place and

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<v Speaker 2>without it. Now, don't ever let any professor or any

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<v Speaker 3>You're not an accident.

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<v Speaker 2>There are accidental parents, but there are no oh, accidental babies.

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<v Speaker 2>God planned you. Your parents may not have planned you,

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<v Speaker 2>but God did. And really it has nothing to do

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<v Speaker 3>It's irrelevant.

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<v Speaker 2>Why did God choose your parents because they had just

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<v Speaker 2>and he had you in mind. And whether they were

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<v Speaker 2>good or bad people or whatever, he wanted you created,

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<v Speaker 2>and they had the DNA to create you. There are

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<v Speaker 2>illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate children. God had

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<v Speaker 2>a plan. If you're here, it's because He wanted you here.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, that's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this, look up here on the screen

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eleven, thirty four and thirty five. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>come across anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God,

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<v Speaker 2>this deep wisdom. It's way over our heads we'll never

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<v Speaker 3>Is there anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Around who can explain God? And the answer is no,

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<v Speaker 2>No one can explain God.

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<v Speaker 3>If you could explain God, you'd be God. But you can't.

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<v Speaker 3>You trying to explain God would be like an.

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<v Speaker 2>Aunt trying to explain the Internet. You don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>brain capacity to explain God. God is so great and

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<v Speaker 3>It's just an amazing thing. So what should be our response?

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<v Speaker 2>Just thank him, thank him for his wonderful grace, for

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<v Speaker 2>God for his indescribable gift. God created everything. God thought

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<v Speaker 2>of us first, but made us last, and God custom

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<v Speaker 2>designed you. Now what are the implications of that? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>there are five, and they have profound impact on your

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<v Speaker 2>life when you understand them. Number one first implication, your

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<v Speaker 2>life has sanctity. Your life has sanctity. Now what does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean? Sanctity comes from the word to sanctify. To

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<v Speaker 2>It means to dedicate it for a special use. If

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<v Speaker 2>I were to say to God, God, won't you take

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<v Speaker 2>my car and I want it to just be used

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<v Speaker 2>totally to serve humanity and to serve you, then I

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<v Speaker 2>could say I sanctified that car. I just made it

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<v Speaker 2>special by dedicating it for a special, unique use. Rick

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<v Speaker 2>much Yall could take his guitar and say, God, I

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<v Speaker 2>world a better place. Then he would sanctify the guitar.

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<v Speaker 2>It just means you set it apart for special use.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that your life has sanctity.

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<v Speaker 3>Why is that?

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<v Speaker 2>Because human beings are uniquely different from all the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of creation. Why there are three and they're the next

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<v Speaker 2>three verses there on your outline. First, at the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>He created them. Now here's the first reason in your

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<v Speaker 2>life has sanctity. God designed you in his image. That

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<v Speaker 2>and sheep and ducks and frogs are not designed in

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<v Speaker 2>we different? First, we have a free moral choice. You

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<v Speaker 2>that makes you different from all of the rest of creation.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not the same as animals. God designed you in

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted us made in his image. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>do you know why in the Bible that God authorizes

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<v Speaker 2>To put people to death who've murdered other people. Why

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<v Speaker 2>you know what you forfeit your own life. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>For to murder a person is to kill a living.

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<v Speaker 2>Being made in God's image, and when someone is murdered,

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 1>What does it take to become more loving, live more peacefully,

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